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Re: Re-charging of ISAG cases - Couple of facts & a question
Andy Driscoll wrote: > If the City of Minneapolis prosecutes these cases, they'd better damned well > prosecute the 40 Saint Paul police officers who participated undercover and > may have helped incite this clash with overreactive Minneapolis officers. > > Whatever happened to the judge's ruling that the lack of willingness to > identify those St. Paul cops was enough to dismiss these misdemeanors. The city appealed the judge's ruling to the Minnesota court of appeals. The case is on hold while the appellate court considers the issue. (FYI - Most of the 35-40 undercover cops appear to be from the Minneapolis police dept, but included several St. Paul police officers state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, and it is unknown if there were undercover law enforcement officers from other agencies. This might be part of the information that the City is so desparately trying to hide) Jordan Kushner Powderhorn
Re: Re-charging of ISAG cases - Couple of facts & a question
Response to Ms. Becker: > First off, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, not the City of > Minneapolis Attorney's Office will be prosecuting these cases. Incorrect!!! (as usual Ms. Becker) The Minneapolis City Attorney's office IS prosecuting the ISAG protest cases referenced by Rosalind Nelson. Points of information - the City attorney's office prosecutes misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors with a very few exceptions (such as malicious punishment of a child), and the protesters are charged with misdemeanors. The County Attorney handles felony cases and charges involving juveniles. > > Second off, the County Attorney has 160 attorneys, and over 400 staff total > and it is doubtful that these few cases would cause any overtime or other > things sliding. The City Attorney's office has substantially fewer attorneys. There is one attorney (Assistant City Attorney Michael Hess) offiicially handling all the cases. I do not know how many staff and police are doing work on the prosecutions. It is obvious, however, that the hundreds of hours being spent on prosecuting political activists could otherwise be used for other purposes. (I do not know that the other ways that their time would be spent would necessarily be much better - eg discriminatory prosecution of people of color for minor offenses arising out of discriminatory arrests). > > Third off, this article does not provide any information as to why these > cases are being brought back. There are good legal reasons that they could > be brought back. Does anyone have information on why this is? The charges are being brought back on the basis of allegations that the accused persons participated in the ISAG demonstration. It is as simple as that. The city alleges that the demonstration was unlawful, and is therefore prosecuting people whom it believes participated. It is my admisttedly unobjective opinion that not only are there no good legal reasons for the proseuctions, but the prosecutions have the intention and effect of repressing free speech. I have yet to hear any refutation of this opinion. The other underlying motive for the prosecutions (and I feel comfortable stating it to be a fact) is the political pressure from the police department to pursue the cases based on reasoning that the fact of criminal charges somehow justifies all of the violence and money ($1.15 million) that they spent to repress 150 peaceful protesters. > Carol Becker > Longfellow Happy new year! Jordan Kushner Powderhorn > > > - Original Message - > From: Rosalind Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 12:51 PM > Subject: Re-charging of ISAG cases > > > According to the Independent Media website (www.minneapolis.indymedia.org) > > the city is re-charging ISAG protesters whose cases had been dismissed in > > November (apparently the ones that were dropped by the judge because of > "no > > probable cause"). So are they hoping for a different judge? Trying to > > make extra work for the protester's lawyers? > > > > It seems as though the City Attorney's office must have some > > responsibilities other than conducting a war of attrition with protest > > groups. So are they hiring extra staff, working lots of overtime, or > > letting their other normal duties slide? > > > > Rosalind Nelson > > Bancroft > >
Olson reappointment
Dear Council member Herron: I moved into your ward about 2 1/2 months ago. I am watching with great interest the votes on whether to reappointment Chief Olson. I have doubts that he will lose, but I am looking at the votes as an important litmus test of commitment to civil and human rights. Olson has taken credit for developing CODEFOR and other aggressive policies that have the effect of targetting people in predominantly low-income communities of color for harassment, illegal searches, false arrests, and other intrusions. Although these policies were initiated at the behest of the elected officials who are ultimately to blame, Olson has publicly stood behind the police department's practices even after obvious evidence presented by the Star Tribune provided overwhelming statistical and anecdotal evidence that the practices are racist. The removal of Olson obviously will not end racist practices that existed long before he was alive, but it will at least signal some commitment by the city council to make changes. Another extremely disturbing development under Olson's leadership has been the greatly increased repression of political protesters. - In December, 1998, the Minneapolis police department coordinated the operation that sent more than 600 police officers to arrest 38 peaceful protesters objecting to the re-route of Highway 55. The vast majority of the protesters were merely present at the site, and were arrested in jailed for two days even though they were doing nothing illegal. A small number of the protesters chained themselves to the houses. Although they were completely non-violent and posed no threat to anyone, the police had been instructed to use pepper spray gel with the purposes of causing extreme pain to these protesters to force them to comply with police. Minneapolis police continued to use gratuitous violence during other protests on the Highway 55 matter. - On May 1, 2000, the police department, under Olson's personal command, arrested approximately 34 peaceful protesters. Approximately 29 of the cases were dismissed at the first court appearance because there were not even allegations by police of any wrongdoing. One of the protesters went to trial and was acquitted because the arresting officer's allegations about her resisting arrest were contradicted by photographs. - On July 24, 2000, the Minneapolis launched a paramilitary operation of 831 officers from several agencies to prevent a protest against an animal genetics conference by 150 protesters. The Minneapolis police used tear gas, rubber bullets and batons to attack this entirely non-violent and arguably legal protest. There were about 80 arrests. Of the 31 criminal cases left that are being pursued at the political behest of the police department, it is unlikely that any will result in criminal convictions. Using tactics reminiscent of a totalitarian soceity, the Minneapolis police used undercover officers to infiltrate and spy on the groups planning the protest. It was widely publicized that the Minneapolis police department spent a total of more than 1.1 million dollars on this travesty. What is most distrubing is that Olson has responded to the revelations about the complete absurdity and offensivenss of his department's actions by spending even more money trying to defend himself and whitewash his department's actions! The department actually put together a large pamphlet claiming to analyze its response to the ISAG protests but in reality trying to rationalize the actions. By continuing to falsely refer to the activists as violent and suggesting his department's actions were justifiable, Olson shows that he has no appreciation for the concept of free political expression, and ensures that our constitutional rights will not be respected in the future. You are undoubtedly aware that Minneapolis police officers have shot and killed five people within the past year. Although I am not intimately familiar with the facts of any of these incidents, I strongly believe that so many tragedies in such a short time are a manifestation of a department that has serious problems at the top. Enough facts are available to support a conclusion that all of these incidents could have at least turned out differently. What is again most disturbing is that Olson has responded to each of these deaths by immediately defending what happened. The prioritization of public relations far ahead of finding out the truth again ensures that the department will be far less likely to change its policies in the future and lessen the likelihood of civilians being killed by police. I do wish to emphasize that changing police chiefs will not fundamentally solve all problems in the department. At the same time, the problems cannot be solved by keeping a chief that is committed to policies that perpetuate racist oppression, brutalize and repress political activists, and encourage the use of deadly force. A radical and fundamenta
Re: Chief Olson's Got to Go! (fwd)
Responses to Carol Becker: > I had thought we had discussed this issue pretty thoroughly a couple of > weeks ago. Let me reiterate a few facts: > i thought we had discussed this issue several times over the past several months, but it seems like your discussion is with yourself because you keep bringing up the same points that keep getting refuted or put in proper context by other list members. it gets tiring to repeat the same points, so i will do it once more; but if you repeat the same lines in the future and there is no response, it is not necessarily because people agree with you but probably because you are repeating yourself. > > 1) Crime is down substantially in Minneapolis. Lower than it has been in > decades. This is something to be celebrated. there is no proof that the lower crime rates are the result of police policies. crime STATISTICS are down nationally and is much more likely related to current national economic trends of lower unemployment - and the huge increase in the number of people incarcerated - than the increased police repression in communities of color. It is also important to note that just because crime STATISTICS are down does not necessarily mean that crime is down. a majority of crimes go unreported. it is possible that people in the communities most affected by crime are reporting crimes less because they are more afraid and mistrusting of the police. Finally, even if contemporary police tactics have contributed to any reduction in crimes, is it worth the cost? The cost of denial of constitutional liberties, brutality, harassment, racism, and a record high number of people in prison? I think not. Thoms Jefferson (although not a flawless person) had an instructive quote: [approximate] "Any person who is willing to give up a little freedom for the promise of a little more security is entitled to neither." > > > At the same time, complaints about inappropriate police action are also > down. There are three ways of measuring this: > > a) complaints lodged at the Police Internal Affairs > b) complaints lodged at the Police Civilian Review > c) complaints brought through the court system, which leads to another > measure; > i) payouts from lawsuits brought against the City The decrease in complaints likely has less to do with decreased police misconduct than with an increased realization of the ineffectiveness of the legal channels. The police internal affairs unit, which consists of police investigating their colleagues, has always been notorious for not finding anything wrong. The Civilian Review Authority, which activists fought hard for about eleven years ago, has proven extremely ineffective. It only pursues the really obvious cases of policy violations. Since most cases involve the word of the complaining citizen versus the word of one or more police officers, there are few cases that will fit the Civilian Review Authority. Furthemore, there is police misconduct that the Civilian Review Authority (CRA) will not investigate because it might violate the constitution but no specific police department policies. For example, the CRA generally does not pursue cases of illegal searches or illegal arrests - the type of conduct that is most prevelant under the racist and unconstitutional CODEFOR program. Finally, even if the CRA doesn find misconduct, it can only make recommendations to the police chief who can decide completely on his own whether to impose discipline. The court system is also ridiculously skewed in favor of the police. It is extremely expensive to pursue a lawsuit because of the high cost of investigation, depositions, and expert witnesses, and the large amount of an attorney time that is needed. There are also loopholes such as "qualified immunity" which allow judges to dismiss many police misconduct cases before they go to trial. Most lawyers will not take a police misconduct case unless there is a severe injury and the evidence makes victory almost certain. Since the police are usually given the benefit of the doubt and most victims of police misconduct are not personally appealing to predominantly white middle class judges and juries, very few cases fit these criteria. This is most likely why there have not been lawsuits on behalf of the five people killed by police in the past year. Notwithstanding all of the obstacles to police misonduct cases, there have been some large payouts. The city paid out more than a half million dollars for the innocent person killed in car chase by a police officer going the wrong way on interstate 94, with a supervisor's approval. In summary , the decrease in legal complaints has much more to do with an increased in the inadequacy in the remedies and an increased awareness of the inadequacy of the remedies, than a decrease in misconduct. > > And as to the statistic of the police budget growing from 23% of the General > Fund to 40% of the General Fund (the Police budget is 37% of the
Parking meters
According to tomorrow's Star Tribune, price increases for downtown parking meters are a "done deal." Jackie Cherryhomes announces in the article that it's going to pass and calls it part of a "transportation management system that makes sense." Lisa Goodman advocates increasing parking in other parts of the city. I believe that in reality the increase for downtown parking meters is another regressive tax which will hurt people who have to drive downtown for work or personal business but cannot afford some of the outrageously expensive parking ramps (I noticed tonig a parking ramp downtown that charges $6 for the first hour with a maximum of $17 per day). One of the reasons given for the increase is that it will encourage people to use parking ramps. This leads me to wonder how much campaing donations and other side deals various parking ramp owners have provided to some of our elected representatives. Another reason for the increase is to encourage people to use public transit. The reality is that the public transit system in this city, unless you live within a few miles of your destination right on a bus line or have no time constraints, is practically useless. When we have real public transportation, then it would make sense to make people pay more to drive. The primary reason for the increase seems to be to raise a projected $1.2 million more revenue per year. This revenue could also be raised by cutting Target's $66 million corporate welfare subsidy by 1.8%. If the city council were at all serious about both being fair and raising revenue, it would impose a downtown commerical development tax which would only take a tiny portion of profits by the mostly city-subsidized corporate developers while raising at least tens of millions of dollars that could be used to provide for basic needs of Minneapolis residents. Jordan Kushner Powderhorn
Re: cherryhomes announcement
The Star Tribune article that I read about council member Cherryhomes' reelction announcement mentioned her sheparding through the council the major development projects, specifically mentioning Target [ $66 Million taxpayer subsidy for an already extremely profitable for-profit corporation to build a for-profit retail store next to its two office towers, and in the process, destroy or displace countless small businesses and architecturally distinctive buildings]. It would helpful if some informed list members can put together a list of large TIF subsidies to large developers. It seems that the issue that can unite Minneapolis residents with diverse interests and points-of-view is the out-of-control corporate welfare and the city government's blatant sell-out to corporate interests by making all of us pay for private downtown development. The lack of affordable housing can be in large part tied to the giving away of hundreds of millions taxpayer funds to the corporations that appear to have bought our Mayor and most city council members. Jordan Kushner Powderhorn timothy connolly wrote: > what gives? i thought i could look forward to comments > about the city council president's candidacy for a > fourth term. shocked, i'm shocked! > > my favorite part of the strib's story was the line " a > big part of her personal decision was the North Side > housing development and her work on afffordable > housing." happily i had only imbibed juice and coffee > and no solid food when i read that. > > what work on affordable housing was that to which she > was referring? > > was that leading the council in a 7-5 vote against > councilman jim niland's affordable housing resolution > which came directly out of the work done by and > recommendations from the mayor's task force on ah? > > or was it her leadership in passing a watered down > affordable housing resolution that has resulted in > only a 3% increase in housing for those most in need, > those whose family income is less than 30% of MMI > (median metropolitan income) and a 79% increase in > housing for those at 80% (MMI)? > > i would have thought ms cherryhomes would have pointed > to her work on making "the block formerly known as > block e" a showcase of inner city redevelopment in > which we all may take great pride. > > enough. my nausea has passed. momentarily. > > tim connolly > ward 7 > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Police
In connection with questions raised on this list about the Minneaplis police chief position, i have been informed that his term expires at the end of this year. There is apparently a public hearing on his reappointment scheduled before the City Council Public Safety and Regulatory Services Committee on December 20, 2000 at 1 pm (the time and date have to be confirmed closer to the date). Those who are interested in the issue could probably best provide input at that time. Jordan Kushner Ward 8
Re: police
you can also just as easily stay away from the car whose driver first priority is obviously trying to get away rather than hit anyone. meanwhile there would be pleny opportunity to shoot the wheels to prevent the car from getting away. of course this is all completely hypothetical since the minneapolis police department's accounts are immediately invented stories to fit with the offices' actions rather than the result responsible and professional investigations that could provide actual facts that might take away the need to guess and speculate. jordan kushner powderhorn Bruce Gaarder wrote: > The likely result of being shot wile trying to run someone down is the > sudden lack of ability to control the car, keep the gas pedal on the floor, > etc. It is highly unlikely that the shot person will think anything like > what Rosalind wrote, if indeed they are able to form any thoughts at all, > perhaps being instantly dead. Just consider what you can aim at in a car > coming straight at you, namely a head in the windshield. Not a likely > candidate for a leg wound... > > I do wish that Minneapolis would have kept its drug dealers and police on > the west side of the river, though, instead of having a shoot-out on West > 7th. > > Bruce Gaarder > Highland Park Saint Paul > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Rosalind Nelson wrote: > > > Regarding the two recent shootings, Bruce Gaarder points out that shooting > > the engine and tires probably won't stop a car. I don't see how shooting > > the driver accomplishes that, either. The driver is not likely to think, > > "Gee, I better move my foot from the gas pedal to the brake before I die so > > nobody else gets hurt."
Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct
Ms. Collier, I think you have definitely read the City Charter incorrectly. Chapter 3, section 4 of the City Charter provides the executive committee is responsble for the appointment and removal of the police chief. The executive committee includes the mayor, the city council president and up to three other city council members chosen by the council. Any appointment or removal must further be approved by a majority of the city council under both Ch. 3, sec. 4, and Ch. 6, sec. 1. The city council can also set forth the procedures to be followed in selecting a police chief. The city council is therefore involved both directly and indirectly in the hiring and firing of the police chief. Although the Mayor has ultimitate authority over day-to-day decision making in the police department, the city council can have significant policy influence through the budget and other resolutions. All city council candidates should therefore be questioned about their perspectives on the police department. Jordan Kushner Powderhorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The way the city charter is written, the Chief of Police is responsible only > to the Mayor. Please remember, the City Council members have little if any > authority over the police. Therefore, the only candidates that should be > questioned on the matter of police should be the mayoral candidates. They > are the only ones who will be able to make any changes. > > Karen Collier > Linden Hills >
Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct
yes, it is definitely about time that we start challenging our out-of-control - or perhaps too-much-in-control police department. i think the FIVE KILLINGS IN THE PAST YEAR is a further manifestation of a police department that is not held accountable to our elected civilian government. Complete information about these killings has unfortunately not been publicly available. This is because the police department has apparently not made any attempt at accurate and full disclosure. Chief Olson's response to every killing has been pretty much the same as his response to other abuses such as repression of non-violent protesters and the racist anti-constitutional CODEFOR programs. His response has been focused all on public relations and politically maintaining his position of unaccountability. After each killing, Olson immediately holds press conferences that defend the police actions and blame the victim (e.g. he/she was mentally ill, had a criminal record, and of course was the aggressor) This is an extremely inappropriate and disturbing and unprofessional approach because the chief could not possibly be making an informed judgment immediately after the incidents and before the mandatory formal investigation has been conducted. Chief Olson's immediate public pronouncements in support of the officers who have committed killings further help ensure that no fair and impartial investigation will occur. Since it is law enforcement officers of lower rank who conduct the investigations, they will inevitably take their cues from the police chief that it is their job to rationalize the police actions rather than get to the truth. While Olson's completely PR-focused approach to all of his department's action is problematic, it is especially bad in the case of the police killings. It means that Olson and his department are far more concerned about public relations and their political position than with the value of the human life that has been lost. A genuine commitment to the police being careful about human life would require the police department to refrain from taking a public position on the killing until there was a full investigation and analysis of all the circumatances. It is fair and accurate to conclude that the police department's response to each killing is a critical reason why the killings keep happening. Honest investigations and evaluations would lead to policies, procedures and measures to prevent further police killings in the future. Olson's emphasis on defending rather than examining the police actions ensure that their actions will not change. A couple of specific comments on the last two killings (Abuka Sanders and James Fye). 1) In both incidents, the victims were unarmed but nevertheless shot many times. In both incidents, the police claimed that the victims were using their cars as weapons. Assuming this to be true (obviously we should not automatically accept that it is true), it seems that there is a much less extreme response than shooting the person - the police could easily shoot at the engine and wheels to disable the car. 2) With respect to the killing by Minneapolis police officers in St. Paul, the star tribune article states that two of the officers involved in the killing had 2 years and 7 months experience as police officers. This seems like too little experience to be involved in an operation so sensitive as the pivotal undercover officers in a sting operation. At the very least, the inexperienced officers should have been paired with very experienced officers. I am sure that there could be many policy and procedure issues that could prevent these killings, but, as explained, the police department has shown no commitment to self-evaluation. The most we have gotten over the past year is a little lip service in support of the idea that the police should get more training about dealing with mentally ill people. What inadequate B.S.! It is obvious that the police department is rotten at the top. I also think that we should be pressing city candidates on whether and how they plan to take a more active role in supervising and changing the police department. Jordan Kushner Ward 8 jon kelland wrote: > I am not sure why this issue of police parking and the > abuse of power it implies has not yet been tied into > the Mpls police dept's FIFTH KILL OF THE YEAR (though > police might argue that three of those should not > count since they were mentally handicapped). > > What ever happened to that old-fashioned movie-style > cop/"criminal" interaction where the cop does not > shoot to kill, but instead shoots to slow down or > incapacitate (though I would argue that they should > not be shooting). > > There is obviously a very serious problem generating > steam in Mpls, and it is that the police are not being > held accountable, much less seriously questioned about > tactics and intentions. > > Funny, but in this latest killing, the police were on > a drug buy, and
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --F0ECC1B7B0AD510425E12045 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --F0ECC1B7B0AD510425E12045 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by amethyst.tc.umn.edu (mbox kushn002) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Mon Nov 20 18:46:41 2000) X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 18:46 CST 2000 Received: from mhub3.tc.umn.edu by amethyst.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:38 -0600 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [128.101.250.89] by mhub3.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:35 -0600 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:46:28 -0700 From: "Jordan S. Kushner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: test Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96" X-Mozilla-Status2: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --B16D6B8663C4C868B2858C96 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.htm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.htm" MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: BRIAN HANNINEN Candidate for City Council, Ward 2 Neighborhoods of Cedar-Riverside, Como, Downtown East, Elliot Park, Marcy-Holmes, Prospect Park East River Road, Seward, and University Comments: I envision Minneapolis becoming a city that provides opportunities for all of its residents to achieve fulfilling lives. The individual defines fulfillment whether it is defined by career, religion, family, art, physical exercise, music, philosophy, or other fields of human endeavor. Government can assist individuals by investing in public infrastructure, parks, commercial districts, housing, education, consumer protection regulations, the courts, and all other facets of civic life. The City of Minneapolis must continue to maintain and invest in the civic life of the City. Residents must be engaged in the decisions that occur within their neighborhoods and communities. Greater participation by individuals in civic life will create the Community that all of us seek. Under what circumstances would you support any public funding for sports facilities intended primarily for the use of private professional teams? I will support the public financing of sports facilities if both 1) the sports facility will advance the creation of community among the residents of the City and the region; and 2) the City of Minneapolis receives a reasonable return on its investment. For condition #1 to occur, the sports facility will have to work with the residents of the surrounding neighborhood to identify how the facility could: support the commercial success of community business; reduce concerns of safety around the facility; provide meeting space for community events; and support the philanthropic organizations within the neighborhood and Twin Cities region. For condition #2 to occur, the professional sports team and the City would have to reach agreement on the City's share of: concessions' sales, revenue generated from luxury boxes, proceeds from advertising within and outside the sports facility, as well as any other revenue-generating activities. The project would also have to return to the property tax rolls as soon as financially possible. Under what circumstances would you support subsidies or special tax breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in commercial development? Business subsidies can be provided to strengthen the long-term economic success of the residents and businesses within the City of Minneapolis. Among the goals to be supported by business subsidies include: 1) new employment opportunities; 2) livable wages; 3) support of local entrepreneurs; 4) brownfield cleanup and redevelopment; and 5) repairs to the City's physical infrastructure. Ideally business subsidies would go to local businesses that will create linkages with several other local businesses. Development on brownfields is desired because of the infrastructure already present at these sites and the need to reduce the commercial development on farmland and natural areas in the metropolitan region.The fiscal constraints faced by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) will require careful selection of business subsidies and their recipients. What is
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --C7BF714F8D45583E8608E6ED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --C7BF714F8D45583E8608E6ED Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by amethyst.tc.umn.edu (mbox kushn002) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Mon Nov 20 18:39:31 2000) X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 18:39 CST 2000 Received: from mhub3.tc.umn.edu by amethyst.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:39:28 -0600 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [128.101.250.89] by mhub3.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:39:22 -0600 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:39:16 -0700 From: "Jordan S. Kushner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Fwd: Candidate Questionnaire] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1B1CE488A4659AA3D085C689" X-Mozilla-Status2: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1B1CE488A4659AA3D085C689 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --1B1CE488A4659AA3D085C689 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by amethyst.tc.umn.edu (mbox kushn002) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Mon Nov 20 17:55:23 2000) X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 16:28 CST 2000 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from mhub5.tc.umn.edu by amethyst.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:28:02 -0600 Received: from [209.228.14.205] by mhub5.tc.umn.edu for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:28:01 -0600 Received: (cpmta 22355 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2000 14:28:00 -0800 Date: 20 Nov 2000 14:28:00 -0800 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sent: 20 Nov 2000 22:28:00 GMT Received: from [156.99.90.177] by mail.surfree.com with HTTP; 20 Nov 2000 14:27:59 PST Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--=_974759280-21485-0" Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan S Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Web Mail 3.8.1.1 Subject: Re: Candidate Questionnaire X-Mozilla-Status2: This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_974759280-21485-0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Jordan - I am sending my responses to the questionnaire -- or at least a portion of the questionnaire. Forgive me for not having had time yet to complete the questionnaire. This has been very helpful for me as a candidate. This lets me imagine how I would respond to these issues if I were on the City Council. I submit these responses for you to use to help spark discussion. Please allow me the opportunity to submit my responses to other questions as time becomes available to me. Sincerely, Brian Hanninen Cedar-Riverside On Tue, 07 November 2000, "Jordan S. Kushner" wrote: > > In truth, the two-week deadline is a more of a goal. After all, how could it be >enforced anyway. I appreciate the feedback and suggestions, and will continue to >present the questionnaire and refine it. At the same time, i think that some prompt >and thoughful responses could be very helpful to developing productive focus and >discussion. > > jsk > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Jordan - > > > > How definite is the two-week deadline? I am assembling supporters and defining >issues at this time. These questions are excellent and deserve well thought out >responses. To be honest, I think that whatever candidates state right now may change >over the course of the campaign -- conversations with voters will help a candidate >clarify his/her own stands. I'll do my best to complete as much of the questionnaire >within the time limits you give. I'd ask that you offer this questionnaire or a >similar one again in February as the endorsing conventions approach. > > > > Brian Hanninen > > Cedar-Riversdide Surfree.com - nationwide internet access http://www.surfree.com =_974759280-21485-0 Content-Type: application/msword; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.doc" Content-Disposi
One more time
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --5135ECAF47BE0888E15E4F13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm really sorry that the attachment keeps getting messed up. The text version is not as pretty but works on my computer so here it is: --5135ECAF47BE0888E15E4F13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.txt" MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: BRIAN HANNINEN Candidate for City Council, Ward 2 Neighborhoods of Cedar-Riverside, Como, Downtown East, Elliot Park, Marcy- Holmes, Prospect Park East River Road, Seward, and University Comments: I envision Minneapolis becoming a city that provides opportunities for all of its residents to achieve fulfilling lives. The individual defines fulfillment whether it is defined by career, religion, family, art, physical exercise, music, philosophy, or other fields of human endeavor. Government can assist individuals by investing in public infrastructure, parks, commercial districts, housing, education, consumer protection regulations, the courts, and all other facets of civic life. The City of Minneapolis must continue to maintain and invest in the civic life of the City. Residents must be engaged in the decisions that occur within their neighborhoods and communities. Greater participation by individuals in civic life will create the Community that all of us seek. Under what circumstances would you support any public funding for sports facilities intended primarily for the use of private professional teams? I will support the public financing of sports facilities if both 1) the sports facility will advance the creation of community among the residents of the City and the region; and 2) the City of Minneapolis receives a reasonable return on its investment. For condition #1 to occur, the sports facility will have to work with the residents of the surrounding neighborhood to identify how the facility could: support the commercial success of community business; reduce concerns of safety around the facility; provide meeting space for community events; and support the philanthropic organizations within the neighborhood and Twin Cities region. For condition #2 to occur, the professional sports team and the City would have to reach agreement on the City's share of: concessions' sales, revenue generated from luxury boxes, proceeds from advertising within and outside the sports facility, as well as any other revenue-generating activities. The project would also have to return to the property tax rolls as soon as financially possible. Under what circumstances would you support subsidies or special tax breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in commercial development? Business subsidies can be provided to strengthen the long-term economic success of the residents and businesses within the City of Minneapolis. Among the goals to be supported by business subsidies include: 1) new employment opportunities; 2) livable wages; 3) support of local entrepreneurs; 4) brownfield cleanup and redevelopment; and 5) repairs to the City's physical infrastructure. Ideally business subsidies would go to local businesses that will create linkages with several other local businesses. Development on brownfields is desired because of the infrastructure already present at these sites and the need to reduce the commercial development on farmland and natural areas in the metropolitan region.The fiscal constraints faced by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) will require careful selection of business subsidies and their recipients. What is your position on domestic partner benefits for city employees? Domestic partnerships, regardless of sexual orientation, should receive medical and retirement benefits from the City. All workers must be able to help support their families. Guidance from the State of Minnesota for a legal definition of a domestic union would be helpful. However, the City should proceed to apply benefits equally among its employees even if the State does not provide guidance in this matter. What, if any additional civilian oversight for the Minneapolis police department do you support? Will comment at a later time. Do you have any proposals to address racial profiling and other racial disparities in police encounters with citizens? The elevation of racial profiling to public awareness has revealed the underlying racial biases within the City of Minneapolis. The City and the region have never acknowledged the discrimination that its residents, businesses, and governments have practiced. I say "have practiced" becau
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Another attempts at Questionnaire
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1st Response to Candidate Questionnaire
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --8BD0292D324AA11A778EFFA9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Candidate Brian Hanninen has submitted the first response to the City Candidate Questionnaire which was sent out the week before last. The following is is cover letter, and copies in Word and HTML formats are attached. Jordan -- Jordan - I am sending my responses to the questionnaire -- or at least a portion of the questionnaire. Forgive me for not having had time yet to complete the questionnaire. This has been very helpful for me as a candidate. This lets me imagine how I would respond to these issues if I were on the City Council. I submit these responses for you to use to help spark discussion. Please allow me the opportunity to submit my responses to other questions as time becomes available to me. Sincerely, Brian Hanninen Cedar-Riverside -- --8BD0292D324AA11A778EFFA9 Content-Type: application/msword; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.doc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline; filename="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.doc" 0M8R4KGxGuEAPgADAP7/CQAGAAABIQAA EAAAIgEAAAD+ACD/ ///cpWgAY+AJBABlgwAA 6zEAAO4/6y4A AD4AALIAPgAAsgAAALI+sj4AAACyPgAAALI+ sj4AABQAAADGPgAAAMY+xj4AAADGPgAAAMY+xj4AAAoA AADQPgAAHMY+7j4AAEMAAADsPgAAAOw+7D4AAADsPgAA AOw+7D4AAADsPgAAAOw+7D4AAAIAAADuPgAAAO4+ 7j4AAADuPgAAAO4+7j4xPwAAWIk/AABl 7j4Asj4AAADsPgAAGgAbAAEABADsPgAA AOw+AOw+7D4AAADuPgAAAOw+ sj4AAACyPgAAAOw+AOw+ 7D4AAADsPgAAAOw+7D4AAACyPgAAAOw+sj4A AADsPgAAAOw+Yd+iPlPAAcY+xj4AAACyPgAA ALI+sj4AAACyPgAAAOw+7D4AAADsPgAAAOw+ AAANDU1JTk5FQVBPTElTIDIw MDEgQ0lUWSBDQU5ESURBVEUgUVVFU1RJT05OQUlSRTogDQ1CUklBTiBIQU5OSU5FTg1DYW5k aWRhdGUgZm9yIENpdHkgQ291bmNpbCwgV2FyZCAyDU5laWdoYm9yaG9vZHMgb2YgQ2VkYXIt Uml2ZXJzaWRlLCBDb21vLCBEb3dudG93biBFYXN0LCBFbGxpb3QgUGFyaywgTWFyY3ktSG9s bWVzLCBQcm9zcGVjdCBQYXJrIEVhc3QgUml2ZXIgUm9hZCwgU2V3YXJkLCBhbmQgVW5pdmVy c2l0eQ0NQ29tbWVudHM6DQ1JIGVudmlzaW9uIE1pbm5lYXBvbGlzIGJlY29taW5nIGEgY2l0 eSB0aGF0IHByb3ZpZGVzIG9wcG9ydHVuaXRpZXMgZm9yIGFsbCBvZiBpdHMgcmVzaWRlbnRz IHRvIGFjaGlldmUgZnVsZmlsbGluZyBsaXZlcy4gIFRoZSBpbmRpdmlkdWFsIGRlZmluZXMg ZnVsZmlsbG1lbnQgd2hldGhlciBpdCBpcyBkZWZpbmVkIGJ5IGNhcmVlciwgcmVsaWdpb24s IGZhbWlseSwgYXJ0LCBwaHlzaWNhbCBleGVyY2lzZSwgbXVzaWMsIHBoaWxvc29waHksIG9y IG90aGVyIGZpZWxkcyBvZiBodW1hbiBlbmRlYXZvci4gIEdvdmVybm1lbnQgY2FuIGFzc2lz dCBpbmRpdmlkdWFscyBieSBpbnZlc3RpbmcgaW4gcHVibGljIGluZnJhc3RydWN0dXJlLCBw YXJrcywgY29tbWVyY2lhbCBkaXN0cmljdHMsIGhvdXNpbmcsIGVkdWNhdGlvbiwgY29uc3Vt ZXIgcHJvdGVjdGlvbiByZWd1bGF0aW9ucywgdGhlIGNvdXJ0cywgYW5kIGFsbCBvdGhlciBm YWNldHMgb2YgY2l2aWMgbGlmZS4gIFRoZSBDaXR5IG9mIE1pbm5lYXBvbGlzIG11c3QgY29u dGludWUgdG8gbWFpbnRhaW4gYW5kIGludmVzdCBpbiB0aGUgY2l2aWMgbGlmZSBvZiB0aGUg Q2l0eS4gIFJlc2lkZW50cyBtdXN0IGJlIGVuZ2FnZWQgaW4gdGhlIGRlY2lzaW9ucyB0aGF0 IG9jY3VyIHdpdGhpbiB0aGVpciBuZWlnaGJvcmhvb2RzIGFuZCBjb21tdW5pdGllcy4gIEdy ZWF0ZXIgcGFydGljaXBhdGlvbiBieSBpbmRpdmlkdWFscyBpbiBjaXZpYyBsaWZlIHdpbGwg Y3JlYXRlIHRoZSBDb21tdW5pdHkgdGhhdCBhbGwgb2YgdXMgc2Vlay4NDVVuZGVyIHdoYXQg Y2lyY3Vtc3RhbmNlcyB3b3VsZCB5b3Ugc3VwcG9ydCBhbnkgcHVibGljIGZ1bmRpbmcgZm9y IHNwb3J0cyAgDWZhY2lsaXRpZXMgaW50ZW5kZWQgcHJpbWFyaWx5IGZvciB0aGUgdXNlIG9m IHByaXZhdGUgcHJvZmVzc2lvbmFsIHRlYW1zPyANIA1JIHdpbGwgc3VwcG9ydCB0aGUgcHVi bGljIGZpbmFuY2luZyBvZiBzcG9ydHMgZmFjaWxpdGllcyBpZiBib3RoIDEpIHRoZSBzcG9y dHMgZmFjaWxpdHkgd2lsbCBhZHZhbmNlIHRoZSBjcmVhdGlvbiBvZiBjb21tdW5pdHkgYW1v bmcgdGhlIHJlc2lkZW50cyBvZiB0aGUgQ2l0eSBhbmQgdGhlIHJlZ2lvbjsgYW5kIDIpIHRo ZSBDaXR5IG9mIE1pbm5lYXBvbGlzIHJlY2VpdmVzIGEgcmVhc29uYWJsZSByZXR1cm4gb24g aXRzIGludmVzdG1lbnQuICBGb3IgY29uZGl0aW9uICMxIHRvIG9jY3VyLCB
City Council Candidates
Continuing discussion about prospective City Council Candidates, I have been informed about a prospective candidate seriously considering a challenge in Ward 5: Leola Seals, former president of Minneapolis NAACP. Jordan Kushner Ward 8
Re: parking meters
That might be ok if there were good transit options, but there are not. Bus service is very slow unless you're travelling a short distance on a direct bus line. I completely support biking, but the whether in Minnesota makes it difficult for most people to bike during about one half of the year. Meanwhile, parking in downtown Minneapolis has become prohibitively expensive, except at long-term parking meters. The solution is to provide better mass transit. Raising the rates at parking meters will only make going to work and conducting personal business downtown more financially burdensome, and disproportionately for those with the most limited economic means who cannot affort to pay exorbitant parking ramp fees. Jordan Kushner Ward 6 (formerly in Ward 7) and works downtown "Goodman, Lisa R" wrote: > What would dramatically improve livability downtown is for people to get out > of their cars and walk, bike or use transit! A person out of their cars is > what will provide life on the streets. > > More people would be inclined to do this if parking was more expensive and > if there were more and better transit options. Raising parking meter rates > would help visitors on short trips because it would be more expensive to > park all day on the street thus more meter turnover. If we added more > meters on the street the result would be more traffic, especially during > rush hour and there would be less room in the right of way, than there > already is, for bikes and busses. > > > As to downtown livability, clearly we would experience better air quality > with less cars stuck in traffic. > > Lisa Goodman > Downtown Resident > > -Original Message- > From: John Rocker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject:Re: parking meters > > What struck me about the Strib article was Lisa Goodman's > comment that > increasing rates could encourage more people to use ramps > and thereby > alleviate the congested downtown streets. To me, that flies > in the face of > creating a more livable downtown. > > In my uninformed opinion, raising the rates is fine, but we > should be > dramatically increasing the number of on-street parking > spaces in the core > of downtown to make quick stops easier, provide some life on > the streets and > buffer the pedestrians from traffic. > > If congestion is a problem during rush hour, limit the > parking to non rush > hours and heavily ticket the cars that haven't been moved. > (This works well > in Washington DC.) During non rush hours, all I see are wide > open streets > and No Parking signs. > > John Rocker > JCR Realty Advisors/ > National Survey Systems > 3211 Fremont Avenue South > Minneapolis MN 55408 >
Re: Minneapolis results
Don Jorovsky wrote: > Let's talk about the election results in the city, now that the tallies are all in. > If we add them up, we see that the Gore-Lieberman ticket received 115,566 votes for >a total of 67 percent; Bush-Cheney received 38,865 for 22.5 percent, and Nader-LaDuke >received 18,180 for 10.5 percent. > > What does this mean in terms of what Minneapolitans want? There are many possible >interpretations, but I'll start with a controversial one just to get the ball rolling >(and to get people yelling at me): Nader was overplayed. Very often when reading >this list, one could get the impression that Nader was the number one choice in Mpls, >but his 10.5 percent showing was in the end very weak, as voters came to their senses >and exercised good judgment. > I definitely disagree. Given the fear about Bush winning and the heavy pressure and propoganda from establishment liberals against voting for Nader, the returns in Minneapolis and statewide were very strong showings for a minor party with no funding for advertisements. jordan kushner powederhorn > > Don Jorovsky > former 25 year resident of Mpls, > former member Mpls Charter Commission
Re: Candidate Questionnaire
timothy connolly wrote: > Hello Jordan: > > while the idea of a questionnaire has some merit, i > have some discomfort with this process. who are > various members of the minneapolis issues internet > discussion group for instance? All of the questions were posted on the disccussion group by myself and severals others, where you could have seen them if you read those messages. You could have also had input. > and who are these > anonymous members of the group to take it upon > themselves to, in effect, demand answers to your > questions?\ i do not understand the choice of the word "demand". Obviously, no one has the power to force any candidtates to answer any questions. The questionnaire is by nature voluntary. > > > i, for one, reserve the right to move at my own pace > and to address these issues in a thoughtful discussion > over the length of a campaign. if that does not meet > with your approval or the various unnamed members of > the list, so be it. the questionnaire was for candidtates; i did not know that you were running for office. if so, i am interested in which one? if you are not running for office, the questionnaire was not intended for you to answer, but you are of course welcome to do so. the same applies if you are running for city office. > > > my experience with politics as an independent observer > for many years makes me extreme leery of the sort of > process you propose. politics must stop being the sole > province of the political class. it is just the sort > of arrogance inherent in your notification that turns > me and so many others away from politics. is it any > wonder that so many citizens of this country feel > disenfranch- > ised and cynical? i have a completely opposite interpretation of the questionnarie, and do not at all understand how you arrive at your perception. The purpose of the questionnaire was to open up the process to those beyond the inner circles, and to let us independent communtiy members/activists find out details about where the candidates stand. I also of course would like to steer the issues to areas that i think are important, as would anyone presumably who is asking a question. we all have the right to ask questions. we might have a better shot at getting answers if they come from a group rather than any one of us individuals without any signficant political power. jordan kushner powderhorn ward 8 > > > sincerely, > > tim connolly > ward 7 > candidate for mayor > > > The following is a candidates questionnaire that was > > developed through > > the input of various members of the Minneapolis > > issues internet > > discussion group. A copy is being sent to all > > incumbents (who have not > > announced that they are not seeking reelection), and > > persons whose names > > have been put forward as possible candidates (if I > > have their email > > addresses. Please complete the questionnaire within > > the next two weeks > > and send your responses to the Minneapolis Issues > > discussion forum at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Jordan Kushner > > Powderhorn > > > > P.S. I do not have email addresses for the > > following people who were > > named as prospective candidates: Cam Gordon, Tony > > Solgaard, Jim Graham, > > Michael Guest, Dan Nizolek, Scott Benson, Ken > > Bradley, Brian Hanninen, > > Cathy Teenbroeke, Dean Kallenback, Juan Linares, > > Bridget Reilly, Neil > > Ritchie, Doub Kress, Greg Abbot, Walter Gutzmer, > > David Piehl. > > > > Anyone who has any of these email addresses, please > > send them to me so > > that I can forward copies of the questionnaire. If > > there are any other > > prospective candidates, please send me their emails, > > so that I can > > forward the questionnaire. > > > > > > > -- > > > > MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: > > > > > > Under what circumstances would you support any > > public funding for sports > > > > facilities intended primarily for the use of private > > professional teams? > > > > Under what circumstances would you support subsidies > > or special tax > > breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in > > commerical development? > > > > What is your position on domestic partner benefits > > for city employees? > > > > What, if any additional civilian oversight for the > > Minneapolis police > > department do you support? > > > > Do you have any proposals to address racial > > profiling and other racial > > disparities in police encounters with citizens? > > > > What support or criticism do express for current > > police department > > practices such as the following: > > - CODEFOR > > - SAFE program > > - Responses to political protests > > > > Do you believe that police department leaders should > > have a role in > > setting policy for the city government? If so, what > > do you believe > > should be the scope and extent of that role? > > > > Do you support the city's policy of
Prospective Candidates
In review the responses about prospective or rumored city council candidates, I noticed that no challengers have been mentioned for Wards 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Is everyone satisfied with representation in all of those districts? Jordan Kushner Powderhorn
Candidate Questionnaire
To Candidates and prospective Candidates for City offices: The following is a candidates questionnaire that was developed through the input of various members of the Minneapolis issues internet discussion group. A copy is being sent to all incumbents (who have not announced that they are not seeking reelection), and persons whose names have been put forward as possible candidates (if I have their email addresses. Please complete the questionnaire within the next two weeks and send your responses to the Minneapolis Issues discussion forum at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jordan Kushner Powderhorn P.S. I do not have email addresses for the following people who were named as prospective candidates: Cam Gordon, Tony Solgaard, Jim Graham, Michael Guest, Dan Nizolek, Scott Benson, Ken Bradley, Brian Hanninen, Cathy Teenbroeke, Dean Kallenback, Juan Linares, Bridget Reilly, Neil Ritchie, Doub Kress, Greg Abbot, Walter Gutzmer, David Piehl. Anyone who has any of these email addresses, please send them to me so that I can forward copies of the questionnaire. If there are any other prospective candidates, please send me their emails, so that I can forward the questionnaire. -- MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: Under what circumstances would you support any public funding for sports facilities intended primarily for the use of private professional teams? Under what circumstances would you support subsidies or special tax breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in commerical development? What is your position on domestic partner benefits for city employees? What, if any additional civilian oversight for the Minneapolis police department do you support? Do you have any proposals to address racial profiling and other racial disparities in police encounters with citizens? What support or criticism do express for current police department practices such as the following: - CODEFOR - SAFE program - Responses to political protests Do you believe that police department leaders should have a role in setting policy for the city government? If so, what do you believe should be the scope and extent of that role? Do you support the city's policy of holding landlords and their property accountable for the criminal actions of tenants, non-tenants and passerby? What changes or enhancements to this policy, if any, would you support? How do you feel about the city's physical appearance? Do you believe that there is any problem with the amoung of trash and graffiti on the streets? What solutions would you propose? What initiatives would you propose to increase the supply of affordable housing? Do you support strenghtening the living wage ordinance? If so, describe. What solutions or initiatives would you propose to improve the quality of life in the most impoverished areas of the City? Do you believe that the City should be committed to social responsibility in determining its investments and business transactions? For example, would you support the following: - Refusal to contract with or invest with companies that use sweatshop labor - Refusal to contract with or invest in companies that have are actively involved with oppressive governments What proposals would you advance to reduce the high levels of air pollution in the city? What level of priority and what initiatives would you support for maintaining the quality and integrity of the lakes, creeks, and rivers in the City? Would you support any initiatives to encourage the use of organic foods? If so, please describe. Do you support the current noise plan for the airport? Do you support moving the airport to another location? How would you go about addressing the noise issues? What is your analysis of the current process for distributing NRP funds? What are your feelings and assessment of the diversity of people that you would be representing, in terms of ethnicity, income, values, life styles, age, and physical appearance? How will you be able to respect and serve their needs? How will you balance the needs of different groups whose concerns or interests my at times be in conflict?
Re: City election issues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In response to Kushner's list: - - does that mean that this "list" is > expected to endorse? obviously not. I cannot speak officially for the list's purpose since i don't run it and haven't even read the rules. but my understanding is that the list is supposed to provide information and a forum for discussion on city-related matters. my list of questions is intended to further these purposes. jordan powderhorn > > > Karen Collier > Linden Hills
City election issues
In preparation for next year's city elections, I have begun a questionnaire for prospective candidates for city council. As we find out the candidates, I think we should nail down their positions on substantive issues. I have formulated some questions. I would welcome added questions, or proposals to sharpen the below questions. jordan kushner powderhorn -- Under what circumstances would you support any public funding for sports facilities intended primarily for the use of private professional teams? Under what circumstances would you support subsidies or special tax breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in commerical development? What is your position on domestic partner benefits for city employees? What, if any additional civilian oversight for the Minneapolis police department do you support? Do you have any proposals to address racial profiling and other racial disparities in police encounters with citizens? What support or criticism do express for current police department practices such as the following: - CODEFOR - SAFE program - Responses to political protests What initiatives would you propose to increase the supply of affordable housing? Do you support strenghtening the living wage ordinance? If so, describe. Do you believe that the City should be committed to social responsibility in determining its investments and business transactions? For example, would you support the following: - Refusal to contract with or invest with companies that use sweatshop labor - Refusal to contract with or invest in companies that have are actively involved with oppressive governments What proposals would you advance to reduce the high levels of air pollution in the city? Would you support any initiatives to encourage the use of organic foods? If so, please describe. What is your analysis of the current process for distributing NRP funds?
Re: City Council
This list would seem to be a good place for discussion and information about prospective city council candidates next election. There are some [for now unnamed] council members whom some of us would undoubtedly like to see challenged. At least Niland's seat would also be empty. Any information or analyis about prospective challengers or candidates for open seats? jordan kushner powderhorn Rosalind Nelson wrote: > To me, the really interesting parts of the Strib article were: > > "Council Member Jim Niland pushed for a council vote against the proposed > move over the objections of Council Member Joan Campbell, who represents > most of the neighborhood, including the original site. The proposed new > site would be in Niland's ward." > > And then: > > "In a 9-1 vote, Campbell was the only dissenter. Council Members Kathy > Thurber and Sandra Colvin Roy didn't vote. Joe Biernat was absent." > > This morning, a Cedar-Riverside coffee-drinking buddy speculated that Ms. > Campbell may have lost some credibility in recent months. > > Rosalind Nelson > Bancroft
Re: Minikahda tax bill?
Now that there is consensus about the unjust benefit for the rich at the Minikahda Club, what are some concrete solutions? What is the procedure for obtaining a higher property valuation for tax purposes? Is there a mechanism for the public to make such a request? Otherwise, what legislation can be proposed? Is thee any way out of the agreement to provide water from Lake Calhoun? Jordan Kushner Powderhorn
Further Reply re Pulse Article on Biernat
Specific Reply to Luther Krueger: > Further: " Biernat's actions were the equivalent of one judge arranging for > the police to put political pressure on other judges sitting on the > decision-making panel. I do not believe it is unfair to label such behavior > as corruption." > > I didn't realize that council members were to put aside their roles as > elected officials who respond to constituent concerns. As chairs of their > committees, I assume they have no vote in the matter? The rules that the City Council adopted for hearings required them to act like judges, as is necessary when going through a procedure that might take away someone's property rights. An appropriate response to constituent concerns during the proceedings would have been to refer the questions to the Minneapolis City Attorney while the proceedings were pending, and then respond to constituent concerns after the matter was over. It is unclear from the transcripted whether Biernate voted at the PSRS committee hearing but he did vote at the full council for the PSRS committee's proposal to refuse to renew the licenses and thereby shut down the Hard Times.. > I'd like a > clarification on this. Regardless, I stand by my previous posts to the list > regarding Hard Times which focussed on the public information surrounding > the business, and it is far from corruption for us to make the case against > a business which allowed criminal activity to take place on its premises. The point is that you were not sharing public information to make a case against criminal activity but were presenting misleading information through inappropriate channels and pursuing the political agenda of police and city officials to close down the Hard Times Cafe. I do not suggest that you were personally corrupt since you were apparently following directions and not advised of the procedures. The "corrupt" label would more properly be placed on the city council member(s) who orchestrated the campaign against the Hard Times in disregard for the rules protecting due process. You were part of that process. The action against the Hard Times was not about criminal activity, but about the desire to shut them down for political reasons. The alleged crimnal activity was the result of about a four-month police sting operation focused on the Hard Times which led to one transaction for a small amount of drugs allegedly involving one employee. Many would characterize this as a "set-up." It is difficult to imagine the police going to such extensive efforts to shut down a business without a strong poltical motive. Imagine such efforts being made to shut down a McDonald's or Perkins? The "information" that you distributed about 911 calls was not merely sharing of public information on criminal activity but was 1) improper because it was presented to council members outside of the proper channel of going through the administrative hearing, and 2) misleading because the 911 calls also originated from the city-owned parking lot next door rather than the Hard Times. The City Attorney apparently chose not to enter the 911 call statistics into evidence at the evidentiary hearing because it knew that the information was not relevant. The police nevertheless used this "information" to improperly and inaccurately influence the city council decision. > > It's called, "doing our duty." Then we have a problem. > > > CPS Luther Krueger 673-2923 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Lyndale, 8th Ward) Jordan Kushner, Powderhorn
Re: [corrected] Re: Biernat Circumvented the Legal Process
"The heart of the issue" is obviously a matter of opinion. There is at least one serious flaw, however, in how you choose to define the issue. You ignore the concepts of due process that are supposed to be built into our system. Would you approve of an accused drug dealer being denied a fair trial, because you were convinced he was dealing drugs anyway? (That is not to say the Hard Times Cafe was guilty, or even the staff person was guilty. That person has yet to go to trial). The point is that some of the City Council members and the police department who controlled them, ignored the procedures intended to make sure the Hard Times got a fair hearing. I think to most people who value our constitutional system, that is a very important issue. As for what you think is the "heart of the issue,"I am interested in some specfic examples of other establishments that were shut down because one staff person was alleged to have been involved in one drug deal, where the rest of the staff was found not to have been involved or aware of the activity. (This is what the Administrative Law Judge found after a hearing). Please let us know which other businesses this happened to. This certainly did not seem to be enough of a reason for city council members to shut down the Hard Times since they relied on the SAFE officers to privately submit deceptive statistics on 911 calls which mostly applied to the city-owned parking lot next door. Jordan Kushner, Powderhorn wizardmarks wrote: > None of what you've said gets to the heart of the issue. Staff people at the Hard > Times were busted for dealing in the cafe. Other establishments who have done > likewise, particularly those whose owners or patrons were largely African American > were closed down under like circumstances. It would hardly be fair to let the Hard > Times slide. > Wizard Marks, Central > > Jordan S. Kushner wrote: > > > Whether Hillary Freeman worked for the police department or City Council > > Member Joe Biernat as of June 6, 2000, does not make any significant difference > > > > on the issue of whether Biernat, Freeman, Krueger and their gang engaged in > > legally > > improper efforts to influence the City Council's actions against the Hard Times > > > > Cafe. Krueger seems to be continuing his role of propoganda and spin > > control that he so activiely pursued in efforts to shut down the Hard Times. > > > > In the email dated June 6, 2000, Biernat instructed Freeman, apparently > > his staff person as well as a FORMER MPD employee, to "contact a few of your > > cop > > friends and have them put c [lobbying efforts] into Ostrow who NEEDS to hear > > from the other side.!!!" Biernat request that his employee arrange for "a > > full-court press" at caucus consisting of "all the police and SAFE people who > > worked on this issue there for resources AND let cms [city council members] see > > > > them." (these are quotes from an email which has been filed with the court and > > provided to The Pulse). > > > > The point is that the revocation/"non-renewal" of a license is supposed > > to be the equivalent of a court proceedings where the city council members act > > as impartial judges of evidence presented at the hearing. Biernat's actions > > were the > > equivalent of one judge arranging for the police to put political pressure on > > other > > judges sitting on the decision-making panel. I do not believe it is unfair to > > label such behavior as corruption. > > > > Another improper action by Biernat was to forward constituent emails > > to Luther Krueger so that he could respond. This would be equivalent to a > > judge responding to citizen's letters about an upcoming decision by arranging > > for an interested party to publicly respond so as to influence the public mood. > > > > The most obvious problem with this approach is that it shows that the judge > > has made up his mind before the hearing and is acting out of purely political > > motivations. > > > > On a personal level, the review of Mr. Krueger's and SAFE's extensive > > lobbying and public relations efforts have confirmed by suspicion's of SAFE's > > role in the system as a mechanism for the police department to exercise its > > political will over what are supposed to be democratically representative > > civilian > > government bodies. > > > > Jordan Kushner > > Powderhorn, Ward 8 > > [recently moved from Ward 6]. > >
[corrected] Re: Biernat Circumvented the Legal Process
Whether Hillary Freeman worked for the police department or City Council Member Joe Biernat as of June 6, 2000, does not make any significant difference on the issue of whether Biernat, Freeman, Krueger and their gang engaged in legally improper efforts to influence the City Council's actions against the Hard Times Cafe. Krueger seems to be continuing his role of propoganda and spin control that he so activiely pursued in efforts to shut down the Hard Times. In the email dated June 6, 2000, Biernat instructed Freeman, apparently his staff person as well as a FORMER MPD employee, to "contact a few of your cop friends and have them put c [lobbying efforts] into Ostrow who NEEDS to hear from the other side.!!!" Biernat request that his employee arrange for "a full-court press" at caucus consisting of "all the police and SAFE people who worked on this issue there for resources AND let cms [city council members] see them." (these are quotes from an email which has been filed with the court and provided to The Pulse). The point is that the revocation/"non-renewal" of a license is supposed to be the equivalent of a court proceedings where the city council members act as impartial judges of evidence presented at the hearing. Biernat's actions were the equivalent of one judge arranging for the police to put political pressure on other judges sitting on the decision-making panel. I do not believe it is unfair to label such behavior as corruption. Another improper action by Biernat was to forward constituent emails to Luther Krueger so that he could respond. This would be equivalent to a judge responding to citizen's letters about an upcoming decision by arranging for an interested party to publicly respond so as to influence the public mood. The most obvious problem with this approach is that it shows that the judge has made up his mind before the hearing and is acting out of purely political motivations. On a personal level, the review of Mr. Krueger's and SAFE's extensive lobbying and public relations efforts have confirmed by suspicion's of SAFE's role in the system as a mechanism for the police department to exercise its political will over what are supposed to be democratically representative civilian government bodies. Jordan Kushner Powderhorn, Ward 8 [recently moved from Ward 6]. "Krueger, Luther" wrote: > Scott McGerik wrote: "... , the fact that he forwarded, to the police, > emails from > > people in support of the Hard Times Cafe shows that he can not be > > trusted. For these reasons, I believe he should resign his position > > immediately. " > > > He is referring to the Pulse article which is erroneous. Pulse states... > "In a June 6th e-mail message to officer Hillary Freeman, Biernat requested > that police officers lobby individual council members at the June 8th > Democratic caucus " > Freeman at that time was not with the police department, she was Joe > Biernat's aide. > > CPS Luther Krueger 673-2923 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Lyndale, 8th Ward)
Re: Biernat Circumvented the Legal Process
Whether Hillary Freeman worked for the police department or City Council Member Joe Biernat as of June 6, 2000, does not make any significant difference as to whether Biernat, Freeman, Krueger and their gang engaged in legally improper efforts to influence the City Council's actions against the Hard Times Cafe. Mr. Krueger seems to be continuing his role of propoganda and spin control that he so activiely pursued in efforts to shut down the Hard Times. In the email dated June 6, 2000, Biernat instructed Freeman, apparently his staff person as well as an MPD employee, to "contact a few of your cop friends and have them put c [lobbying efforts] into Ostrow who NEEDS to hear from the other side.!!!" Biernat request that his employee arrange for "a full-court press" at caucus consisting of "all the police and SAFE people who worked on this issue there for resources AND let cms [city council members] see them." (these are quotes from an email which has been filed with the court and provided to The Pulse). The point is that the revocation/"non-renewal" of a license is supposed to be the equivalent of a court proceedings where the city council members act as impartial judges of evidence presented at the hearing. Biernat's actions were the equivalent of one judge arranging for the police to put political pressure on other judges sitting on the decision-making panel. I do not believe it is unfair to label such behavior as corruption. Another improper action by Biernat was to forward constituent emails to Luther Krueger so that he could respond. This would be equivalent to a judge responding to citizen's letters about an upcoming decision by arranging for an interested party to publicly respond so as to influence the public mood. The most obvious problem with this approach is that it shows that the judge has made up his mind ahead of time. On a personal level, the review of Mr. Krueger's and SAFE's extensive lobbying and public relations efforts have confirmed by suspicion's of SAFE's role in the system as a mechanism for the police department to exercise its political will over what are supposed to be democratically representative civilian government bodies. Jordan Kushner Powderhorn, Ward 8 [recently moved from Ward 6]. "Krueger, Luther" wrote: > Scott McGerik wrote: "... , the fact that he forwarded, to the police, > emails from > > people in support of the Hard Times Cafe shows that he can not be > > trusted. For these reasons, I believe he should resign his position > > immediately. " > > > He is referring to the Pulse article which is erroneous. Pulse states... > "In a June 6th e-mail message to officer Hillary Freeman, Biernat requested > that police officers lobby individual council members at the June 8th > Democratic caucus " > Freeman at that time was not with the police department, she was Joe > Biernat's aide. > > CPS Luther Krueger 673-2923 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Lyndale, 8th Ward)
