[Mpls] Who speaks for Who?

2003-01-03 Thread dyna
Posts from Jason Goray and Susan Maricle raised a very interesting question to my mind. Who speaks for Olin Moore? Martha, I speak in support of Olin Moore. But I speak only for myself. I speak in support of Olin Moore because he is the candidate that best personifies my values and those of t

[Mpls] A man is stabbed on 19th and Portland

2003-01-03 Thread JIM GRAHAM
Breaking story for January 3, 2003.   Apparently a man has been killed one block off of Franklin at 19th and Portland.  It is reported that a man who had been stabbed and then ran into the grocery store.  It is also reported that the man had expired after police and paramedics arrived. It was

Re: [mpls] the party vs. the people

2003-01-03 Thread Pamela Taylor
Hello All, The Union Bug: When I ran for school board is when I found out about this little creature.  I was DFL., had even been a precinct chair and state delegate, but that fact escaped me.  Maybe I missed something when I joined up, but I was never educated to that fact, and I bet, as Michelle s

[Mpls] Cub on Central is Toast

2003-01-03 Thread Bruce Shoemaker
Good news--this morning it was announced that Cub Foods is pulling out of the proposed Sherman Associates development at 23/24th and Central. What many of us has suspected turned out to be true: Without a large public subsidy the project is not feasible. Faced with significant neighborhood opposi

RE:[Mpls] Who speaks for Moore?

2003-01-03 Thread V.L. Freeman
martha bolinger Say's: Yet posts from Moore supporters attack Samuels personally. Do these folks -- Vanessa and Dyna -- speak for the Moore campaign? Does Moore endorse their views and methods? Vanessa Freeman: First let me advise you, I speak for myself not for any other person but, ME!!.

Re: [Mpls] Labor, Pedestrian Killed

2003-01-03 Thread phaedrus
--- Jim Mork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's been really interesting reading this debate on > labor. I have views, but I don't need to offer them > now. However, one thing: "labor" has for many, many > decades refered to ORGANIZED labor. Labor is a noun > and verb with generic meanings, but in

[Mpls] Labor, Pedestrian Killed

2003-01-03 Thread Jim Mork
It's been really interesting reading this debate on labor. I have views, but I don't need to offer them now. However, one thing: "labor" has for many, many decades refered to ORGANIZED labor. Labor is a noun and verb with generic meanings, but in POLITICS, no one has run as a "labor candidate" who

[Mpls] DEVELOPMENT AT 24TH AND CENTRAL

2003-01-03 Thread Fredlud
The following email was sent to me by 3rd Ward Council Aide, Becky Hunter. She has given me permission to send it on to this list. tom taylor Sheridan Neighborhood > MEMO TO NEIGHBORHOODS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT AT 24TH AND CENTRAL > > We met yesterday with Loren Brueggeman from Sherman Associat

Re: [Mpls] 3rd Ward Primary

2003-01-03 Thread phaedrus
After re-reading my response to Dyna's post, my reaction is a bit more emotionally raw than I like and touches on things outside city specifics. For those who would still like to read the full thing (and get links to download a couple great songs as well as a lot of references to major political/l

LIST CAUTION - was [Mpls] Who speaks for Moore?

2003-01-03 Thread List Manager
Title: LIST CAUTION - was [Mpls] Who speaks for Moore? Folks, we’re getting into some very dangerous territory here – evaluating members rather than evaluating issues. (Anne is only the latest, not the only, thus this note.) The request for additional pro-Moore campaign sources has gone out. Le

[Mpls] RE: Mpls digest, Vol 1 #1248 - 12 msgs

2003-01-03 Thread Ray Marshall
>Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 12:09:36 -0600 >Subject: Re: [Mpls] but it IS Junk mail. >From: Robert Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Minneapolis Issues List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Merriam Webster is wrong. >To be more fair, Merriam Webster is out of date. >The modern definition of junk mail is best defi

Re: [Mpls] 3rd ward, etc.

2003-01-03 Thread David Strand
I think one thing that hurt Shane's numbers were Trish's 107 votes. Many of Trish's supporters who have voted --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious about people's explanations for the > astoundingly poor showing by > Shane Price last night...the representative of > Minneapolis'

Re: [Mpls] Who speaks for Moore?

2003-01-03 Thread Anne McCandless
While it may be true that Moore's campaign manager or staff have not said anything, there have been several very negative postings from Linda Higgins, the State senator for this part of the Northside.  I find it very disturbing that someone so high in the DFL Party would be so disrespectful t

Re: [mpls] the party vs. the people

2003-01-03 Thread Fredlud
WizardMarks writes: "I'd venture to guess that members of any political party expect that their members will tow the party line or leave to find another party with a more congenial line for them to tow." Back in the early 1990s there were planks in the DFL platform that condemned the use of bov

Re: [mpls] the party vs. the people

2003-01-03 Thread WizardMarks
Michelle Mensing wrote: Michelle states: Dyna's post about this issue is one example of what is wrong with the DFL today. When rules and expectations become more important than the community being served, then there is a problem. WM: Wait a minute. The DFL, by its name, is the Democratic Far

Re: [Mpls] Who speaks for Moore?

2003-01-03 Thread Susan Maricle
--- Eric Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's the supporters that are raising eyebrows and that's probably where the criticism should remain focused - on those individual supporters. (sm) That's true, but list rules say we should address the issues, not the individuals. I suppose we should m

[Mpls] Forwarded from Eric Eskola

2003-01-03 Thread Susan Maricle
I received this yesterday, and wanted to share it with the list. Susan, First, thanks for listening. Rochelle Olson passed along your message. I checked last week's scripts and I certainly did read a story that mentioned only northeast Minneapolis. In my meager defense, I didn't write the

[Mpls] Who speaks for Moore?

2003-01-03 Thread Eric Mitchell
As far as I know, I haven't read a questionable post by Moore's campaign manager or staff. I don't think think they are plugged in on a regular basis to this forum. Let's not attach the words of supporters, or those who dislike the opposition to the campaign or candidate. It's a stretch to tie the

[Mpls] Walgreens in Phillips Neighborhood

2003-01-03 Thread Anderson, Sue
Thank you to Listmembers who noted the demise of Walgreens in Phillips neighborhood, and have noted concerns and comments on this topic. You have asked for information and commentary from Phillips neighbors, so I will pass on what I know. Walgreens has been in intensive negotiations with AIBDC (Am

[Mpls] Who speaks for Moore?

2003-01-03 Thread Martha Bolinger
Posts from Jason Goray and Susan Maricle raised a very interesting question to my mind. Who speaks for Olin Moore? Generally, I'm a list lurker (and not terribly faithful at that), but the 3rd ward race is vitally important to the city as a whole. Now that the primary has distilled an exciting

Re: [Mpls] Rabbit Sculpture at Portland and Minnehaha

2003-01-03 Thread Karen Cooper
At 12:34 PM -0700 10/22/02, Dana Bacon wrote: The rabbit should receive its name sometime next month. Jeff has chosen "Cottontail on the Trail," though "Bunnyhaha" sounded good to a few of us. Something tells me "That Rabbit Sculpture" will prevail, just the same. OK, that was two months ago.

Re: [Mpls] Re: Bike Racks and Busses

2003-01-03 Thread ken bradley
Holle wrote: We NEED clean-running busses that don't make us choke, and that serve peoples' existing transportation needs, and we need them NOW, or better yet, yesterday. I agree we need a clean-running bus system. We also need people t begin to ride the bus to work, if you live in Minneapolis and

Re: [Mpls] but it IS Junk mail.

2003-01-03 Thread Robert Schmid
Merriam Webster is wrong. To be more fair, Merriam Webster is out of date. The modern definition of junk mail is best defined as; Unsolicited mail, email, fax or phone calls for the purpose of generating sales, support, contributions or marketing information. Your reliance on mail class and a

[Mpls] but it's not Junk mail.

2003-01-03 Thread Terrell Brown
-Original Message- From: Joseph Barisonzi As someone who believes strongly in the political process and still idealistically believes in the importance of political speech, my neck has bristled every time I saw the subject line that read "Re: [Mpls] Controversial junk mail (not from Don o

[mpls] the party vs. the people

2003-01-03 Thread Michelle Mensing
Jason Goray asked: >Dyna, When did Samuels bash the unions? Dyna responded: When he ignored the reasonably priced local union printing shops and instead gave his printing job to a non union shop. If union shop printing costs no more, why do Don Samuels' campaign and many republicans' take their b

RE: [Mpls] Community Education vs. Community Schools

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Atherton
James Grathwol wrote: > I think we have a case where reasonable people can have > reasonable disagreements. The challenge in this thread was to provide an example of deliberate distortion for political purposes by a philosophically liberal organization. I believe that I have provided such an

Re: [Mpls] Re: Bike Racks and Paths

2003-01-03 Thread HolleB
I have just been skimming this thread, so maybe this has already been pointed out, but when I went outside this morning at 7 a.m. the air smelled like gasoline. And a cough that had cleared up during my holiday vacation has returned. This is not the Minneapolis I moved to in 1979. Winter was bi