Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks, Conflict of Interest and the Urban Ventures

2002-03-27 Thread WizardMarks
Eva Young wrote: >>Zack Metoyer has been the business chairman and board >>chairman for the Central Neighborhood Improvement >>Association. >> > >I'd be curious what Zack Metoyer would say about this -- he is on this list >-- and so could defend himself here. > >>David Piehl writes: >>Is thi

[Mpls] Bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread D.Klein
As an addition to my earlier post - I've tried to get into the state highway patrol site for two days per Dan Fehler (and other's) suggestion and have gotten an error message that the site is not available. D. Klein Kenwood ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civ

[Mpls] shooting

2002-03-27 Thread timothy connolly
A number of years ago I spent six months in Negril in the west of Jamaica. Most every day I found a reason to ride my bike from where I lived with a friend into town or farther up the cliff. I had one hangout down the road a piece that was no more than a shack by the side of the road where a few

Re: [Mpls] bad driving & good urban medicine

2002-03-27 Thread GarySimmbo
This sort of anonymous message-sending via the State Police seems to be a bit odd to me.  I suppose it may serve a purpose, but seems to be a "venting" program more than anything else. Do you suppose the system may be subject to abuse - false or confused allegations which only result in confusion

Re: [Mpls] please...let's move on...

2002-03-27 Thread Pamela Taylor
List, Point of Clarification: The reason that I made a point in my previous post of saying that this incident PRE-DATED the Blue Crew board election was so that everything would not have to reflect on that particular group. There were problems at CNIA before thenm, and far too many of the comm

Re: [Mpls] please...let's move on...

2002-03-27 Thread Pamela Taylor
--- Citizens for a Loring Park Community <> > Jana Metge writes: > > All I can say is..., get on with your life, let go > of the anger...this is > over 2 years old. Which was my point. I wanted to shed light on the incident which was, IMHO, insinuated, so it could be put to rest. It is ove

[Mpls] please...let's move on...

2002-03-27 Thread Citizens for a Loring Park Community
> > Pamela Taylor writes: In defense of Zack Metoyer in this incidence, I sat on a sub-committee along with a few others which included Judy Paul, Karen Forbes, Pauline Thomas, etc., etc., etc. Jana Metge writes: All I can say is..., get on with your life, let go of the anger...this is ove

[Mpls] Neighborhood Sustainability- April follow up mtgs- mark you calendars

2002-03-27 Thread Sean Gosiewski
Mark your calendar! Neighborhood sustainability meetings, April 2nd through April 30th Hello NBHD list serve folks, many of you attended the Neighborhood Environmental Sustainability January 26th, 2002 . 250 Mpls folks and 100+ St. Paul folks attended. Participants will receive the conference not

Re: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread N.S. Gill
I was honked at once while bicycling downtown because the light had changed while I was crossing the street. The driver didn't know that. All he saw was me there with a red light. But the honking didn't help me get to safety any quicker. In fact, it was indirectly responsible for my falling off my

[Mpls] New e-mail address

2002-03-27 Thread Ryan, Amy E
Hi Everyone, Please note my new e-mail. Thanks. Amy Amy Ryan Project Director Community Libraries 612 630 6206 phone 612 630 6210 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY 300 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civi

[Mpls] Friday @ 7:30 Breakfast with Gary

2002-03-27 Thread Jim Berg
Breakfast with Gary City Council Member, Ward 9 Friday, March 29th from 7:30 to 9 a.m. This month's topic: Affordable Housing- What's the solution? Hear from experts about what it takes to build affordable units, the development process, regulatory hurdles, and things Minneapolis should do to e

Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks

2002-03-27 Thread WizardMarks
Selwin Ortega is trying to save his 24 (I think) stores. He is going to fling accuations this way and that--he has shown that he will. Personally, I have always thought Ortega was not a stand-up guy. I think anything he says in these admin. hearings is worthless. The INS has been in his busine

Re: [Mpls] "The Watchdog that Never Barks"

2002-03-27 Thread Michael Atherton
Pamela Taylor wrote: > This week in Florida a man was attacked by another > with a machete. The man who was attacked had no > weapons, but managed to fight him off and survived. > He cut cut twice, and yes, he was lucky that was all. > If the cut on the back of his neck had been an inch or > so

[Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks

2002-03-27 Thread Steve Brandt
Barb Lickness asked: Does anyone know what the outcome was of the administrative court hearing on his businesses? Steve Brandt here: The administrative law judge's recommendation to the City Council in this matter is not expected for at least two months. I'll be reporting it when it is made.

[Mpls] Bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread D.Klein
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post - it is great having this resource. I am filing a complaint with both the city and the state. Our neighborhood SAFE officer, Jennifer Nesemeier responded to me privately with a form document I can use with the city. As an aside - I did call the city p

FW: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Vivian Mason
-- From: "Vivian Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Sumner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , "Mpls@Mnforum. Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , "Garwood, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] bad driving Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2002, 1:45 PM Dear Steve, Here is

Re: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Vivian Mason
Dear Steve, Here is a different point of view to consider, offered by a friend of mine Speed limits are to cars as stop signs are to bicyclists.Car drivers speed when they think it is safe to do so. (For that matter-car drivers also run stop signs) If the car driver is wrong, someone ELSE usually

Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks, Conflict of Interest and the Urban Ventures

2002-03-27 Thread Eva Young
>Zack Metoyer has been the business chairman and board >chairman for the Central Neighborhood Improvement >Association. I'd be curious what Zack Metoyer would say about this -- he is on this list -- and so could defend himself here. > >David Piehl writes: > >Is this a suprise to anyone? Doze

Re: [Mpls] "The Watchdog that Never Barks"

2002-03-27 Thread Pamela Taylor
List, This week in Florida a man was attacked by another with a machete. The man who was attacked had no weapons, but managed to fight him off and survived. He cut cut twice, and yes, he was lucky that was all. If the cut on the back of his neck had been an inch or so deeper, he could have bee

Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks

2002-03-27 Thread Rosalind Nelson
Barbara Lickness wrote: > Does anyone know what the outcome was of the > administrative court hearing on his businesses? According to yesterday's Strib, "The hearing is scheduled to end today. Beck [the administrative law judge] then will make a recommendation to the City Council on whether Ort

Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks

2002-03-27 Thread Pamela Taylor
> David Piehl writes: > > Is this a suprise to anyone? Dozens of folks in > Central and Phillips have made similar allegations, > and some have put their concerns in writing in the > form of grievances to the MCDA and the NRP. To > date, > MCDA has essentially dismissed the grievances as > "co

RE: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Garwood, Robin
Chris Steller wrote: "But what is a pedestrian (or motorist) to do on a busy three-lane, one-way street like University Avenue SE?" The only way that we will ever increase compliance with this almost universally disregarded (and relatively unknown) law is to assert our rights as pedestrians. Th

Re: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Chris Steller
Sonja Dahl told a nice story about a police car stopping at a pedestrian crosswalk on Nokomis Parkway. But what is a pedestrian (or motorist) to do on a busy three-lane, one-way street like University Avenue SE? There you see lots of implied crosswalks with pedestrians waiting at them throughout

Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks

2002-03-27 Thread Barbara Lickness
I am not making any judgements about this story in terms of whether it is factual or not. I would like to say (IMHO) that the liklihood of Selwin Ortega being able to recieve $25,000 of NRP funds from the MCDA and use $5,000 of it to pay Zach Metoyer would be very difficult. NRP doesn't write

[Mpls] Cycling in Minneapolis

2002-03-27 Thread Kris . Musser
Steve Sumner: However, it seems to me that a lot of bicyclists have a purposeful disregard for even the most basic of traffic laws. I have even heard a few tell me that the laws don't apply to them. It seems that every time I see a bicyclist on the road they don't regard the laws at all. It doe

[Mpls] NOTICE: Hennepin County Library Users

2002-03-27 Thread WizardMarks
The Director of Hennepin County Library Charles Brown has decided to dismantle the HCL Catalog and Authority which has been built over the last 28 years or so. It is HCL's one claim to fame. His claim, as presented to the Henn. Co. Commissioners, is that it's expensive to catalog materials this

RE: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Dan Fehler
To answer the original question, the Minnesota State Highway Patrol, under the Department of Public Safety, has a form on their website (https://www.dps.state.mn.us/patrol/unsafe/report.htm) Their statement is as follows: "Use this form to report any unsafe driving incidents that you may have wit

RE: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Steve Sumner
I agree with Robin, Neal, and Sonja that automobile drivers aren't very careful and break laws also. However, it seems to me that a lot of bicyclists have a purposeful disregard for even the most basic of traffic laws. I have even heard a few tell me that the laws don't apply to them. It seems t

RE: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Garwood, Robin
To respond to Mr. Sumner and piggyback on Ms. Dahl's statements: In my opinion, the driving public has no place criticizing the behavior of bicyclists or pedestrians until every time an automobile approaches an intersection the driver is watching for a pedestrian and prepared to stop. Every inter

[Mpls] Neighborhood kickbacks

2002-03-27 Thread Dave Piehl
Star Tribune Article excerpts: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/2125950.html Minneapolis grocer Selwin Ortega testified Monday that a fellow businessman told him he could obtain a $25,000 neighborhood grant if he kicked back $5,000 to a neighborhood official. snip the conversation severa

Re: [Mpls] Re: Congrats to Mpls. Reps Who Voted for Stadium Bill

2002-03-27 Thread Robert Schmid
Vincent Thomas said: > Dear List Members: > > to be a stronger marketer for Minneapolis than Mayor Sayles-Belton; I > recall talk of him doing for Minneapolis what Mayor Coleman did for > Saint Paul in this regard. If the stadium is located in Minneapolis, it > is more likely that our Mayor will b

[Mpls] Redistricting Countdown

2002-03-27 Thread Fredric Markus
When the Redistricting Commission next meets on Tuesday, April 2, at 6:00 pm in Rm. 220 City Hall, we commissioners will have had the benefit of the NAACP/Urban League community forum "Redistricting in the City of Minneapolis: What Will it Mean to Communities of Color?" on Thursday, March 28, from

RE: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Sonja Dahl
On Sunday I took a beautiful, brisk 1 hour 45 minute walk along the creek and around Lake Nokomis. At one point, my pedestrian path had to cross Nokomis Pkwy at one of those "Pedestrian Crossing" signs. There was a string of cars coming, so I stopped to wait for them to pass. Much to my surpr

[Mpls] Rappin' With Robert

2002-03-27 Thread Jenkins, Andrea D
Rappin' With Robert Meet Your 8th Ward Council Member City Council Vice - President Robert Lilligren Discuss important topics such as : · Civilian Review Authority · The City of Minneapolis Comprehensive Development Plan · Re - districting It's also a great opportunity to bring your n

[Mpls] RE: Silent Sports Meeting!

2002-03-27 Thread John Erwin
Hello All, We held an open discussion of the needs of silent sports (cross country skiing and off road biking) on Monday night at the Theo Wirth Chalet. The attendance was tremendous! We had approx. 65 in attendance plus 6 staff/commissioners. There is clearly an enormous interest in supporting

[Mpls] "The Watchdog that Never Barks"

2002-03-27 Thread Rosalind Nelson
Britt Robson has an article asking whether Hennepin County sheriff's office, headed by Olson's pal Pat McGowan, is the right agency to investigate MPD shootings: http://www.citypages.com/databank/23/1112/article10260.asp Also includes more general discussion on police oversight and recent decisi

[Mpls] Re: Congrats to Mpls. Reps Who Voted for Stadium Bill

2002-03-27 Thread Vincent Thomas
Dear List Members: I write to present a benefit of having the baseball stadium authorized by the House and Senate stadium bills located in Minneapolis that I haven't seen discussed on the list yet. If the stadium is located in Minneapolis, then the city's name will appear on the byline of an

Re: [Mpls] Civilian Review

2002-03-27 Thread Andy Driscoll
This is a reasonable reply. As long as you're going to re-design this entire system, why have an empty vote? But...then again, why not? If it's in redesign, an affirmative vote is just as temporary and you send a signal that subpoena power is one of several critical elements to a truly effective

[Mpls] City of Mpls Redistricting

2002-03-27 Thread Steven Froemming
Hello Minneapolis I have a question for the list. I know that the state just got new political boundaries that will effect the 2002 election. What is the redistricting plan in Minneapolis? Are we going to be in different wards and precincts this year? Are the voting places going to be changed

Re: [Mpls] bad driving

2002-03-27 Thread Michael Atherton
Steve Sumner wrote: > As much as I like our friends riding bicycles, I have to admit that I notice > a lot of them disregarding traffic laws. I honked at one person blowing > thru a stop light in downtown, and he just gave me the finger! I've seen a > number of near misses because of this very