With regard to the discussion of individual property tax increases considerably exceeding the 8% levy increase cap and Sheldon Mains' observation concerning the fact that this relates to the 2001 Tax Act, there are two excellent articles in Tax Facts, a publication of the Property Tax Study Project
Subject: Mayor's Visit for Award Shows The Hypocrisy of Other Planned
Project
We in Ventura Village have instituted a federal lawsuit against the city of
Minneapolis in response to the city's attempt to force a supportive housing
project into our neighborhood in defiance of one of its own ordina
T H E M I N N E A P O L I S O B S E R V E R
A Weekly Digest of All Things Minneapolitan
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Vol. 2, No. 15
November 18, 2002
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As one of the consultants to the Lake Street Partners in 1996, I agree
with Wizard that direct access to Lake Street from 35W has the potential
to help revitalization by improving accessibility and creating more
drive-by traffic for businesses. However, the devil is in the details.
The proposed fly
Last Wednesday evening I attended an interesting public input meeting hosted
primarily by the Corps of Engineers. There are some pretty amazing plans
being contemplated for the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
The basic idea is to add rapids and islands to one side of the river, while
keeping the
Doug Mann wrote:
> 5) The reason some of your 3rd grade students are reading at a
> first grade level is that they were not learning how to decode words in
grades
> one and two. Phonics instruction was either extremely ineffective or
didn't
> happen at all. This is a problem for a lot of 3rd grad
I am saddened that there is a recommendation to end
the Minneapolis Awards. When I received mine in 1994,
I was deeply honored. For me, it felt like the
activists version of being crowned Miss America. It
was a wonderful evening and I recieved a beautiful
plaque and a beautiful bouquet from Roger
Bob Alberti wrote about Anne Sullivan Communications Center:
> And they make it work. My twins are in 6th grade (pause while I check
that
> and discover how old I'm getting), and my youngest is in 2nd. The latter,
> in particular, has been sharing class with some kids who started
> kindergarten w
I received an e-mail from Hennepin County Commissioner
Gail Dorfman. She stated that there has been
discussion regarding placement of this housing type in
all of Hennepin County. I have no reason to doubt what
she is saying. Gail has always been straightforward
with me. However, in reading the minu
I've got an idea to improve the city and raise money
as well.
Isn't there a pretty hefty fine for littering? Lets
hire a bunch of people who are out of work and pay
them a reasonable wage to be (non uniformed) litter
police. People who can't pay the fine can be sentenced
to spend time cleaning up
I like this web page:
http://teachers.net/gazette/NOV02/marshall.html
Regarding snowmen, I see that some things depend
upon state appropriations. But snowmen statues.
Do you serious think if our legislators bring
that up in the legislature, it won't get hooted
down? We have far more chance of th
One time back in the '90s, I got to attend an awards dinner that honored
my neighbor Barb Lickness, among others. It was a dress-up affair at
International Square and I made a point of attending because whatever
Barb and my political differences at the time, I appreciated her work
and felt I could
It appears that you may be correct Dan when you said "...this deal will
already be done." The front page article in the latest Plymouth Church
newsletter trumpets that all the funding for Lydia House has been secured
and they will be ready to begin work on the building at the beginning of the
year
I now remember when one of the threads which brought the Access Project
happened. It was during the talks to create the Lake St. Partners, which
organization was jointly created by Phillips (not divided at the time),
Central, Powderhorn, and Corcoran. Each of the four neighborhoods signed
an ag
Annie Young is right on the mark regarding the demise of the Minneapolis
Awards. My fellow nominator and I were grousing about holding it at the
Convention Center rather than a park building, or at City Hall's new Council
Chambers or the City Hall lobby.
Maybe the Park Board could offer its new he
For the record: Doug Mann has a child who was continuously enrolled
at Lake Harriet Community School from the beginning of Kindergarten
to part-way through the fourth grade in the fall of 2000.
Lynnell Michelsen has a child who was in the same school, in the same
grade level, and sometimes in t
I agree with my fellow award winner Mr. Brauer.
Someone form a Non-Profit and start soliciting money from the little people,
CO's, and everyone in between. This can be made into the Evant'e Sociale of
the Fall season. Take my name and email down now and sign me up for the
board and volunteer com
Annie Young writes:
> Sandy Colvin Roy then responded with a remark about how we must all
take
> our lumps That this year is the last year of the Minneapolis Awards -
it is
> on the budget chopping block. That is a crying shame - there must be
some
> way to acknowledge the great work of citizens i
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Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 12:06 AM
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> Hennepin County Commissioner Peter
> > McLaughlin urged officials to supp
Jim Mork asked how I thought greater Minnesotans were being asked to
subsidize art for Minneapolis. The most obvious is the bonding money that is
being sought from the state - all taxpayers - for the Gurthrie. I know the
argument that the Gurthrie is a state resource, but most people still loo
Community selection process for mediation begins today
Rochelle Olson
Star Tribune
Published Nov. 16, 2002
Perhaps the trickiest aspect of proposed
mediation sessions aimed at cooling
police-community tensions in Minneapolis
gets underway today with a public meeting
devoted to selecting
Jan Del Cazo lost me somewhere. When or how is
Minneapolis asking people in Southwest Minnesota
for help with our art? And how are we going out
of our way to antagonize people we want to help?
And who are those people?
I was doing a little web searching and found some
interesting threads by teac
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