These are not 4's, they are markings (a + sign) centered in
intersections, pointing in the direction of each street. Then at the end
of the west-most one, there is a marking pointing north. Since most
Minneapolis streets run directly north-south and most avenues directly
east-west, they do
Anderson & Turpin wrote:
I've noticed that the city has painted a bunch of big white 4's in the
intersection of several streets in Minneapolis, or at least in south
Minneapolis. My wife said she heard that it is to help helicopter
navigation -- the top of the fours always point North. If that's t
Dyna wrote:
Given our druthers most of us would prefer to see clusters of
pedestrian friendly mainstreet style shops and stores. Sadly, most of us
can't afford what they'd have to charge us for goods and goddess knows
where we'd park if these were the only type of retailers available.
B
I'm glad you found some justification for putting this on the Mpls list,
Paul. I feel we're tiptoeing on forbidden territory (i.e., not
Mpls-specific) with this continued talk of Lindner, even though you feel
it's justified because most of the aggrieved parties are Mpls reps. I'd
widen that. Mos
Hi All!
My justification for putting this on the Mpls list is that most of the aggrieved
parties are Mpls Reps.
Here are the Rules that will govern the committee meeting on Monday. Again, I
assume the result will be no sanctions for either side but the atmosphere is
pretty nasty and partisan in
I agree that Minneapolis has outgrown the cultural conditions under which we
closed bars at 1am or 2am. We let any other business that wants to to stay
open if they can recover their costs. We should do the same with bars
UNLESS the police tell us that it will make their job impossible. Maybe
Vicky says:
"The NRP has about $60 million in the bank earning interest." (VH - no
interest income is shown on the City's financial statements - which makes
me wonder where this money is.)
Nick replies:
The money is not included in the City financial statements because it is
designated to the NRP,
My sincere question: if Lindner is often acting the fool, and the Gov.
and lots of other Republicans say, more or less, "Yeah, that's Lindner,"
and the people most offended are gay, lesbian and African American and
presumably immigrant African stand up and say, 'That's really
offensive!' and t
Okay, I'm sorry for anyone getting this a multitude of times. It is coming through in
gibberish. This is the last time I sent it before I start pleading with David for
help.
--- Begin Message ---
Mark, allow me to offer some insight then as to why this is more serious than just being a nincompo
Trying this again:
Mark, allow me to offer some insight then as to why this is more serious than just
being a nincompoop and such a big deal. A bigot is literally "a person obstinately or
intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices." Given that Lindner
would deny the perse
Mark, allow me to offer some insight then as to why this is more serious than just
being a nincompoop and such a big deal. A bigot is literally "a person obstinately or
intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices." Given that Lindner
would deny the persecution of Gays and Le
It was a good move to have the CNIA meetings video taped. The recorder used was the property of Pauline, I might add, not CNIA. The tapes of the meetings helped to insure that an accurate account of what transpired at them was recorded. I also wrote the minute documents for record. I think that the
Hi All!
I guess the ethics committee will meet Monday to begin to deal with the ethics
complaint.
Something to keep in mind is that the Rules include a provision whereby if the
comlaint is found groundless or frivolous, the signers of the complaint can be
censured themselves!
My gut feeling is t
I've noticed that the city has painted a bunch of big white 4's in the
intersection of several streets in Minneapolis, or at least in south
Minneapolis. My wife said she heard that it is to help helicopter
navigation -- the top of the fours always point North. If that's the case,
then hopefully n
> > Eric Mitchell writes:
> >
> > > The point is that this guy has a list of colleagues in
> > > which he notes gender, race or sexuality. What could
> > > possibly the point of that?
>
> Michael Atherton writes:
>
> > Maybe he wants to remember who to send Kwanzaa cards to.
> > Similar to having
Wowie Zowie - I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this one:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3804880.html
Some excerpts from the article:
"The NRP has about $60 million in the bank earning interest." (VH - no
interest income is shown on the City's financial statements - which makes
me wo
this was posted yeasterday:
http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/granderson/
G.R. Anderson Jr.
Staff Writer
City Pages
612.372.3720
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Jim Graham wrote:
"Drunken sailors and college students have more fiscal responsibility."
and"Having grown up with drunks and poverty, I know it is tough! But we
all have to be there to help the Mayor and Council recover. We have to
stop enabling them."
Vicky adds:
"Giving money and power t
Jason Sittko wrote:
> We should have bars stay open until 2:00 am.
Personally, I don't see why bars shouldn't
be able to be open 24/7/365. Of course,
I also believe that it might be a good
idea not to allow them to be zoned for
parking lots or additionally we might
consider a law that requires
I don't often celebrate the Mpls City Council majority.
But I do this time.
HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!
More power to this group and this precedent.
Power to resisting cities!
Power to the (local) people!
--David Shove
Roseville
On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, ken bradley wrote:
> Hello Minneapolis Folks:
No Don..you are right. MADD is wrong on this one; and maybe some others.
First the issue, spreading out the departure of many partaking in downtown
entertainment will indeed lessen the police burden. Conventioneers from
around the country will be more likely to come to Minneapolis. The problem
I know that big box stores survive by economies of scale. But to build
another one in a location that is already served diminishes those economies
of scale. Nor am I suggesting that it should be OUTSIDE the city. But I am
questioning that city it should be INSIDE is Minneapolis. It seems to me
Vicky adds:
>
> Yep. If you want to see what $100 million worth of "redevelopment" using
> Tax Increment Financing (TIF) can buy - come on over to the West Bank and
> take a look. Our friendly neighborhood developer, The West Bank Community
> Development Corporation, run by Tim Mungavan, spent a
I sat on the board with Pauline Thomas and was there the night she asked
that the meeting be tape recorded. I had served as secretary to that
board for one year when Rev. Maxie Turner was president. It was a very
smart, self-protective move on Pauline's part. It had nothing to do with
any skill
Personally, I didn't know Pauline then. All I know is that she continues
to hone her writing skills and organizing skills, too. In the last several
months, I've seen her handle tense situations around federal mediation with
real panache.
A few days before submitting her article to the Spokesm
Hey Folks,
I guess the link I posted yesterday for a "prettied up" HTML version of the
Bill of Rights resolution was incorrect. This one should work:
http://davespicks.com/archive/2003/bor_resolution.html
(It's not that big of a deal, but it does make it easy to read)
Jim McGuire
Como
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Saturday, April 05, 2003
Thor, NRRC partnership seeks Heritage
homebuilder rights strategic alliance
builds local equity
by Dwight Hobbes, Contributing
Writer
Northside Residents Redevelopment Council (NRRC)
, Sienna Corporation and Thor Construction
have teamed to form the partnership
He
Company with property-flipping past seeks city business
Steve Brandt, Star Tribune
Published April 5, 2003
A mortgage and construction company
hoping to profit from the redevelopment
of the former north Minneapolis public
housing site has a history of making
huge gains on the rapid resal
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