Over the weeks as I've discussed the coming budget, I've mention a number of
factors to be considered. I wonder if that has ever happened. As I've said,
I've worked in city government, I've seen the level of productivity, and I
strongly suspect it can be increased. To me, layoffs of key personn
I agree with Vicky Heller that it would be good to have (at least some) government functions - those that interface with the general public - start and end their days later, to be more accessible to the public, and by the way, alleviate some traffic headaches.
In the minutes of a sub-task-force me
I have never been to a STRIDE meeting, I have educated myself about their position and support them...
There are plenty of us out there who are allies, supporters of STRIDE who are busily organizing around other issues so do not make it to meetings.
So, doing a head count of atetndacne at
No point in going back to the municipal anti-war resolution. The
leadership isn't going there. No point in staying inside that box. Too
bad about the redirection of precious federal dollars.
What about the next box, the one that defines choices as having only to
do with cutting services - the "no
Why doesn't Minneapolis pass an anti-war resolution? Some of my friends
have speculated that Mayor Rybak and City Council President Paul Ostrow
are hoping that Governor Pawlenty and the Republican-controlled State
House of Representatives will be more supportive of our city if no
anti-war resolut
The Minneapolis City Council will vote on the
Minneapolis Bill of Rights Committee's resolution at
the Council meeting on Friday, March 21. This
resolution deals with the parts of the Homeland
Security, Patriot Act, and other Executive Orders that
threaten our costituional rights.
The meeting beg
Hello Minneapolis Issues Folks:
If you look at the numbers of fire fighters that will
be lost Minneapolis residents should be concerned
about public safety. Minneapolis is already near the
bottom for a US city for number of fire fighters. We
will be down to three fire fighters on each rig, which
i
Greetings,
I have been involved in the production of low-income housing for over 25
years. As much as anyone, I understand the need for low-income housing and
share the passion for production of new units. The recent proposal before
the NRP Policy Board to create a mortgage insurance program cau
Has an analysis been published on the traffic impact of Best Buy moving into the new facility on 494 and Penn? From my ordinary Joe Citizen perspective, I can not fathom how forward-thinkers let this go in at the d-mark of metro travel. Hopefully, the data will prove me wrong.
Regards,
Jason Ston
While there are a myriad of secondary issues and effects associated
with the proposed 35W Access Project, I want to discuss for a moment
the actual highway traffic problems the redesign of the Lake Street
interchange is supposed to address, as well as the current proposed
solutions.
First, the prop
Quote: Rybak countered that "any time you have to take $50 million from a budget,
you're going to have tremendous sacrifices across the community. This is the best
possible tool to get there." :End Quote
What scares me about his statement is "tremendous sacrifices across the community", at
what
Can anyone on the list share the reason why, when the highway was originally put in, the 35th and 36th street exit/entrance ramps were installed instead of an exchange at 38th street or another point south, and why Lake street did not get entrance/exit in both directions?
Mike HessKingfieldAd
Oops! My apologies to Dean Zimmermann as well as the list.
I forgot to toggle into my e-mail account to send that last message.
Must be spring fever.
Jenny Heiser {===
East Phillips
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Steve:
The point being that Minneapolis schools will provide the future lawyers who
will defend the suburban-raised athletes of the future?
;-)
Jenny Heiser {===
East Phillips
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Robinson Cook posts: I get sick and tired of watching the Bloomington
Jeffersons, Blaines and other box house suburbs win the hockey,
soccer,
tennis, track...etc championships year after year.
>From yesterday's e-mails:
For Immediate Release
March 13, 2003
Minneapolis South repeats state high
We could simply change the hours that government offices are open.
Instead of 8:00 to 4:30, why not 10:00 to 6:30, or 1:00 to 9:00 p.m.?
Not only would traffic be spread out more evenly, more parking downtown
would be available for commerce, and people with private sector jobs could
actually use
Scott Persons writes:
You see, David and his fellow travelers don't have any
alternative funded and supported plan to show you so
they have to inflate numbers or claim that the sky
is falling when what is really happening is that
outside capital is being invested in our communities.
(JC)
As a fe
Walked around Lake Harriet over lunch hour and stopped in at Linden Hills
Library for a book on my way home. Feels like summer!
Michael Hohmann
Linden Hills
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Judith Yates Borger writes:
"Although police and fire make up 55 percent of the city's $260 million
general fund, they are being cut significantly less than most other city
departments. That's because the council has set the core services of
police, fire and public works as the highest budget prio
Walking home for lunch today, saw people eating outside at Brit's on The
Mall. Looks like life is returning to Minneapolis. We like it here -:)
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
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Title: Mpls police, fire cuts in the PiPress
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/5388020.htm
There have been a number of responses on the list questioning my assertions
about STRIDE. Not only have I visited STRIDE's website frequently since it
went up I have also read the posts of those publicly associated with STRIDE.
I think it is a fair statement to say that STRIDE leans a bit out of t
I am unable to attend this hearing, so I called to state my opposition to
this bill. I was asked to put my opposition in writing and then email it
off so copies could be made.
If anyone is interested in doing the same, here's the info.
Senate File #222
email opinions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bet
David Piehl continues his specialized brand of rhetorical jujitsu on the
subject of taxes:
Saying that city taxpayers are *only* on the hook for
$10 million apparently assumes that those who pay
taxes in the city do not pay state or federal taxes.
Hmm, I didn't think I would have to point this
Scott Persons wrote:
the leftists at STRIDE think our market economy
will just go away but it won't.
David Piehl writes:
I'm not sure why Scott, who admitted that he's never
attended a STRIDE meeting, feels the need to label
STRIDE members as leftist who are against our market
economy. I can sp
I did get a note from Xcel saying they were trimming trees on my block. I
live just a couple of blocks away from Cynthia, so that might be it.
David Brauer
King Field
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Scott Persons wrote:
the City is on the hook for 10 million for the Access
Project. What David should have said is that the
Access Project is about 3 times lower the cost to you
than Block E and 6 times lower than the cost to you
than Target.
David Piehl writes:
Reality check: The Access Pr
AHA! Another one!
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I saw the same sort of person. Actually I saw two of them. They were
on my block, 3900 Pleasant, within the week. They appeared to be
carrying identical probes, almost like a metal detector, and identical
small lunch-bucket-sized boxes on their belts. The
Title: RE: [Mpls] Library - Hennepin County vs. Minneapolis
It seems that every time something controversial
comes up with the library, someone brings up consolidating the Minneapolis
library system with the Hennepin County library system.
This hasn't happened for three
reasons:
1) It w
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