Perhaps the MPRB should abandon plans to move into new downtown digs, and
instead, set up shop in the up and coming office space in the Loring Park
shelter building. Of course, some downsizing might be required, but what
the heck, even more cost savings.
Matt Klemp - Nokomis
no apologies
>Dat
>Voters should be more concerned about who is using the schools as
>a stepping stone to higher office.
>
>Michael Atherton
Why? In the past quarter-century, there has been only 1 Mpls
School Board member who has been elected to a higher office, as far as I
can remember. That is Len B
Boy, I must have been asleep because I heard nothing about this nutty idea to
park cars on the Meadowbrook gold course during the Solheim Cup play until I
read about it here.
In fact I played at Meadowbrook on Tuesday and saw a lot of traffic barricade
stuff piled around at various places and
Wow! That sounds exciting Jay. I wish you would do a
training for neighborhood groups on how to raise money
from charitable gambling. I think Bingo night could
be a great community building event.
It is important for neighborhoods to be creative in
raising funds to support the organization.
Nei
Our list server will render addresses inactive if mail bounces back from
them over several days.
In the last few days, I've had 10-20 with the ci.minneapolis.mn.us
suffix become inactive. At first, I thought perhaps the city sysop was
cleaning out old addresses, but recently, I've noticed some ac
Well it sounds as if red-light running and stop sign-ignoring are rampant. What's to be done? Minnehaha Avenue in general is an accident waiting to happen--but never for long, as there are plenty. Especially dangerous is the intersection at 46th St. Besides the car accidents--at least once ever
While working for a neighborhood organization in Chicago, I was in
charge of running a weekly bingo that netted $30,000 a year.
My organization ran a total of five bingos, pulling in a total of around
$150,000 from bingo alone. They raised 70% of their total budget
through grassroots fundraising
Carol asked about the status of interconnection between Mpls and St. Paul in case there is a problem with our supply from the Mississippi. There is nothing currently planeed for interconnecting with St. Paul but a new 40 milion gallon reservoir is planned for SW Minneapolis (40th and France). Act
Ed Felien, a Green Party endorsed candidate for the Hennepin County Board,
is proud to announce a labor endorsement. Ed is running against incumbent
Peter McLaughlin.
Ed's candidacy has been endorsed by the United Electrical Workers, Local
1139. Felien commented, "I am proud to earn this endorse
Ed Felien is kicking off his campaign for Hennepin County Commissioner with
a picnic at Minnehaha Park this Friday, August 23. The picnic will be from
5 to 8 PM, just north of the pavilion. Join hosts Wade Russell and Gene
Martinez for a Southside Picnic. We will furnish brats and veggie burger
In a message dated 8/21/02 9:03:26 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I agree, Paul. It's no surprise that when the Legislature refuses to fund
transit properly that there are delays - especially in big projects. It's
especially a shame in this case since the building of a fi
If anyone disagrees that IRV is superior to our
current system, please point out how and why.
*
Take a three candidate election, 1 liberal, one conservative, one
independent. For simplicity, use 12 voters (in real life you would
need to expand the percentages)
5 prefer t
I think most would agree Minnesota drivers are the pits. Red lights =
accellerate at all costs; green lights, you break out a lunch.
I've noticed most can't seem to do two things at once i.e. talk on the phone
and continue to accellerate and at least attempt to stay in their lane. I
thought spe
Local government (city/county/township/judiciary) offices are nonpartisan,
meaning that Instant Runoff Voting in such races would only make sense if we
eliminated the primary, which currently serves the same purpose. In
municipal elections, if more than two candidates have filed for an office,
the
Ed Felien is kicking off his campaign for Hennepin County Commissioner with
a picnic at Minnehaha Park this Friday, August 23. The picnic will be from
5 to 8 PM, just north of the pavilion. Join hosts Wade Russell and Gene
Martinez for a Southside Picnic. We will furnish brats and veggie burger
Bob Copeland is correct in his post regarding priority's in the Loring Park
Master Plan. The Loring Park neighborhood did not rank renovation of the
shelter building above other improvements. For example, restoration of the
Berger Fountain was ranked higher but the MPRB has said that "we are not i
Just visited the temporary Central Library, and wanted to share a sign
at the entrance:
Future home of Minneapolis Public Library, August 19, 2002 to Spring, 2006.
Making way for the NEW Central Library being designed by world-class
architect Cesar P
Can anyone tell me why Minneapolis does not use
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) for all elected positions?
This will allow all people to vote for the candidate
that best matches their own priorities while reducing
or eliminating the concerns like the Nader/Gore
situation. It also insures that any win
Barbara Lickness wrote:
"The State of Minnesota Audits EVERY neighborhood
association in Mpls. that receives NRP funding."
Vicky Heller comments:
Barbara's statement may be true now, but I doubt it.
About one year ago, I called the State Auditor who offices at the MCDA. His
name is John Bostr
Barbara Nelson wrote:
> I saw a piece on the vulnerability of our local water supply (specifically
> they mentioned Mpls., St. Paul and New Brighton) on some local TV station
> (can't remember which one) and, as I recall, it said that Mpls. water is
> tested 98 times per minute to make sure it is
I saw a piece on the vulnerability of our local water supply (specifically
they mentioned Mpls., St. Paul and New Brighton) on some local TV station
(can't remember which one) and, as I recall, it said that Mpls. water is
tested 98 times per minute to make sure it is okay and if it isn't there is
Phyllis Kahn mentioned:
> Why can't I get any comments (more than one) on
> the dopeyness of the feel-good proposal from the
> Mayor to spend $500,000 to stop terroristic acts
> against the city water supply?
I would like to get more details on what this plan is.
I against spending this money
>James also states that money is disappearing from
>neighborhood groups. This is a blanket statement that
>is very unfair.
Well it's unfair when referring to all neighborhood groups. The statement
fully describes the situation at CNIA.
>The State of Minnesota Audits EVERY neighborhood
>assoc
Can we also talk about stop sign running? There is a stop sign on 42nd St.
and Nokomis Ave. that I make a left turn at every day. I can't trust that
oncoming cars will stop until they actually get to the sign and stop. I
have seen a dozen cars run it -- one actually had to slow down and swerve
Re: suggested
negatives about light rail, the same was said of the construction of the
Government Center at cost of about 55M in early 1970s.
Board chair and GC proponent, Richard O. Hansen, -whose 29 year
career as board member started with county functioning out of one
l
James Jacobson wrote:
"With all the disappearing money from neighborhood
groups, I think any kind of 'fund raising' gambling
deals should be shy'd away from totally."
Barb Lickness writes:
I agree that charitable gambling may not be a good
venue for neighborhood groups to use to raise
addition
In a message dated 8/21/2002 9:20:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Very few people, it seems bike
> the Greenway and it's no wonder. In spite of the heroic efforts of the
> people who work on the Greenway, it remains an ugly, broken glass ,
> graffiti and litter strewn
Even to do a poor job, the amount of time, the learning curve, and
responsibility generated by sitting on any of the elected boards is a
great deal for a citizen to take on. There is always a balance to be
reached between a citizen board and an "experts" (for lack of a more
exact term) board.
The Property Rights Action Committee is having a fundraiser for Mark
Stenglein on Thursday Aug 22 - 7-9:30 PM. Marquette Place (1314 Marquette
Av), 35th floor party room.
Good Food, Beverages, Music and Great Conversation. Catch the latest
gossip.
Minneapolis Listmembers are encouraged to
It was my suggestion and efforts to hold 'Benefit Boogie' in the
Old Fire House on the West Bank, 1975. We got Willie Murphy and Bees to
play for free and took in $1100.00. But then a local neighborhood mugwug
just took the money and walked, I never heard a thing of where it went or
wha
Barb Lickness asked:
I saw an add for a "Lawful Gambling Manager" in last
Sunday's paper for East Side Neighborhood Services. Do
they do bingo or pulltabs? Could this be a way for
other neighborhoods to make money?
Steve Brandt:
Anyone who wants to look up a gambling license may do so at this web
Re: suggested negatives about light rail, the same was said of the
construction of the Government Center at cost of about 55M in early 1970s.
Board chair and GC proponent, Richard O. Hansen, -whose 29 year
career as board member started with county functioning out of one large room
Michelle,
And I have no illusions that anyone will get rich on that, either. However,
it does pay a few bills here and there. And I am not so convinced that the
job done thus far by the MPSB has been that great. So maybe we got just
about as much as we paid for.
Pamela Taylor
(Clearwater, FL)
List,
I am forwarding this response I got from Don Siggelkow at the Park Board
with his permission. It answers all the questions I asked about the
arrangements to park cars on Meadowbrook golf course next month for all you
golfing lurkers out there. (I think I'm the only one who actually posts
HereHere!!
I am still the poster child for this program. If you already have a
commercial dumpster, this is a no brainer. If your a landlord, your already
being blamed for the problem. Get a can, empty it yourself and save your
self a bunch of pain.
Craig Miller
44th Ave North Garbage King
[E
I don't know if it's a proliferation or just business as usual, but the
number of people who run the lights at Lake and Portland, Lake and Park,
31st St. and Park and 31st St. and Portland is astronomical. No week
goes by without that sound of crashing vehicles. Some of those crashes
have crea
Dick Saunders reported:
As of May 2002, MnDOT had postponed the 62/35W
reconstruction project by four years to 2006 or
2007--one of a number of metro project delays =
because of budget shortfall.
David Piehl adds:
The I35W Access Project did not get funded either;
MNDoT committed to about $98 mi
"Greenway, it remains an ugly, broken glass ,
graffiti and litter strewn, subterranean
wasteland..no shops, no peopleBORING."
I strongly disagree with this statement. I think the
greenway is perfect. I feel safe when riding there
with my family. Safe from cars and criminals. It ha
To begin with I want to ask David Brauer to pass on to Skyway News that I
find the Skyway News to be an excellent community paper. In fact, of all the
neighborhood papers, it is the only one that I read. Add to that the Women's
Press, the MN Daily, and Lavender Magazine, and it's on a short list o
As of May 2002, MnDOT had postponed the 62/35W
reconstruction project by four years to 2006 or 2007--one of a number of metro
project delays because of budget shortfall.
Dick Saunders
Diamond Lake
Has anyone noticed a proliferation of red light running in Minneapolis? Within 24
hours on the corner of 54th and Lyndale Avenue South I saw a near miss and a collision
caused by a red light runner. Why is everyone in such a gosh darn hurry?
Bill Dooley
Kenny
___
Thirding that emotion. I've never been able to figure out the rewards for
this particular public service. Totally thankless.
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
> From: "David Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:35:09 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] School Board elec
Pamela Taylor wrote:
> Doug Mann, Joe Erickson and Michael Atherton. I believe they have good
> ideas and can make a difference - together.
Pamela, thanks for the endorsement! I'm glad that someone
thought that Journal's profile of me was positive. ;-)
> More money will not help if not us
To respond to Richard Anderson's post regarding the MPRB and Loring Park;
I wonder why they're spending this money for offices in the shelter
building, when that wasn't identified as a high priority for the
neighborhood during the first phase of the NRP. The Loring neighborhood
worked hand-in-ha
on 8/21/02 10:21 AM, Michelle Mensing at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Pamela Taylor posts:
>> I mean no personal disrespect to anyone, but IMHO there should be term
>> limits on the school board.
>> There has been too many years of the status quo being maintained.
>> Eventually, you have to look at
I've always worried that the LRT tail would wag the Metro Transit dog,
that financial and managerial resources would be diverted away from the
bus system and into the "high tech", feel-good ("green" and above the
traffic) money pit that the more politically connected "rich people"
(commuters,
Pamela Taylor posts:
> I mean no personal disrespect to anyone, but IMHO there should be term
> limits on the school board.
> There has been too many years of the status quo being maintained.
> Eventually, you have to look at who is helping make those decisions.
>
> Food for thought: Would some o
Posted at the request of Brett Feldman, NRP Communications Specialist:
Subject: NRP Policy Board Election set for November 21
Contact: Brett Feldman
612-673-5158
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NRP Policy Board Election set for November 21 - candidate filing materials
now online
MINNEAPOLIS (A
In addition, at list member Steve Clift's suggestion, we simplified the link to the
following:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/budget2003
Laura Sether
Office of Mayor Rybak
> -Original Message-
> From: Pai, Vaman M
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:35 AM
> To: 'rachel_n_lewis"@uhc.
There is also an election guide published in the August 19 edition of the SW
Journal. The guide was put together by Southwest Citizens for Civic
Engagement and is called:
A New Guide to Local and State Elections - based on the old workplace adage
"it's always best to know the job description bef
Not so
unusual the lite rail delay, whatabout the Crosstown interchange freeway
that was supposed to be getting improved.
I, at least, am glad to see that the project is in
progress and eventually will be 'on line', and I wish they would do the
same with the Crosstown.
I was riding my bike on the Midtown Greenway yesterday and I noticed
the tracks that used to run along the bikeway are being pulled up. I
presume a busway will occupy that space. Very few people, it seems bike
the Greenway and it's no wonder. In spite of the heroic efforts of the
people who wo
I agree, Paul. It's no surprise that when the Legislature refuses to fund
transit properly that there are delays - especially in big projects. It's
especially a shame in this case since the building of a first rail line in
most cities is usually followed by a demand from the public for more.
List,
>From reading the SW article and posts thus far, here's my vote as to who
should govern the schools:
Doug Mann, Joe Erickson and Michael Atherton. I believe they have good
ideas and can make a difference - together.
More money will not help if not used properly. I feel what is allocated
Voter's guide available
Published Aug 21, 2002 BR21
Star Tribune
A voter's guide listing offices that will appear on the ballot this fall,
pertinent dates and locations of polling places is available from the
Minnesota secretary of state's office.
It also includes information about absentee b
Phyllis Kahn wrote:
> Why can't I get any comments (more than one) on the dopeyness of the
> feel-good proposal from the Mayor to spend $500,000 to stop terroristic
> acts againest the city water supply?
It is August in Minnesota. I can only speak for myself, but after 4 days in
the BWCA I am s
In a message dated 8/20/02 12:24:37 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A month from now
Interlachen Country Club holds the Solheim Cup, it's an LPGA team
competition between Europe and the US like the Ryder Cup for men's golf. I
read this morning in the Strib that they will be p
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