i hate to keep posting links here, but i realize that readership ebbs and
flows with such self-promotion. so, i offer this:
http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/granderson/2003/06/24
and, for the hell of it, this:
http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/granderson/2003/06/23
insights, comments and f
I read in the Strib Metro section about how the community garden located at
26th and Knox in Jordan neighborhood is apparently being considered for
redevelopment by MCDA.
I'd post a link to the story, but for some reason, I can't seem to find it
on the Strib web site.
The article discusses at le
Jim,
Drug dealing and prostitution are already illegal in Minneapolis, okay?
So why do neighborhoods like yours continue to experience drug dealing
and prostitution and all the bad things that come along with it, like
gang wars and shootings and hookers defecating in recycling bins?
The answer i
as a fan of the arts ... and especially urban art - i was happy that the
obey show visited minneapolis, and seeing the occasional andre the giant
sticker.
i think the words of a former supreme court justice on pornography might in
the case for graffiti: "i can't define exactly what it is... but i
Jim Mork writes,
"Send in the cops only works for certain things.
It reduced the murder rate, so it was money well
spent. But I don't recall a time when a
socially caused problem like prostitution or drug
use went away because of social coercion. There
may BE a solution (not every country suffers
Robin -
I realize this gets us off on a deep, dark philosophical debate that easily
becomes non-Minneapolis specific, so here goes the short version.
Advocating more visual pollution because you don't like the current visual
pollution is great logic in an eye-for-an-eye kind of way, but ignore th
> -Original Message-
> From: David Brauer
> Answering the question, "what is art?"
>
>
> Here's what I meant by my somewhat clumsy point: I am
> constantly amused by the conformity of rebels. Think
> spiky-haired punks who look like they stepped out of a Clash
> album; what was origi
Robert D. Smith asked me to forward this message to the Minneapolis
Issues List
Jay Clark
Cooper
--
Mr. Clark
Your comments on the dunderheaded and arrogant new "Patron Pass''
system were forwarded to me. I got ticketed at
Wizard Marks keeps blowing back and forth as she
tries to justify police crackdowns on
prostitution. At no point has she even tried to
answer how that crackdown is going to end
prostitution in light of the fact that
governments back to Sumeria have tried crackdowns
and never achieved its eliminatio
I find myself disagreeing with Scott Vreeland on this issue - an uncommon occurrence.
When I saw my first "obey," on the bike bridge over 35W up in Marcy Holmes, it made me
think. As Conor was right to point out, this cannot be said for much of the visual
clutter in our urban environment. In
Answering the question, "what is art?"
> DB:
>
> For the record, on a personal level, I find the OBEY stuff
> thought-provoking but by now, not very. On a certain level, there's
> irony of people in several cities slapping the same labels everywhere.
> Sorta defeats the idea of unique, local, ind
Your friends at STRIDE remind you that a series of open houses will take place this
week to get input from citizens about the future of Lake Street. The open houses are
as follows:
* Tuesday, June 24, 7 - 9 p.m., Minneapolis Police Fifth Precinct Station, 3101
Nicollet Ave. S.
* Thursda
David Brauer wrote:
Here's the bottom line: I hire good writers and when they are columnists
(like Anna) I generally let them write what they think. I might not
agree with every idea they have, but since I hire them for their
opinions, I usually defer to them.
CD:
I'm relieved that the Skyway
Title: PiPress:Mpls might shun computer porn filters - and federal money
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/6154994.htm
Minneapolis might shun computer porn filters - and federal money
The Minneapolis Public Library may forgo up to $160,000 in federal funds rather than f
And this post should have been offlist as well.
C'mon people. I appreciate Jon wanting to elevate the discussion, but we
need to model the good behavior you want to see.
No more personal shots, please.
David Brauer
List manager
on 6/24/03 12:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 6/24/03 1:34:08 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Bugger off. >>
Jon Sez: Is it just me or does anyone else feel that the septic spirit of
the departed N.E. Krasnov has somehow (ectoplamically?) inhabited Dyna's
soul? I think pissing matches if tha
Peter T Schmitz wrote:
Peter: If you want to believe that
every cop out there is a law abiding citizen, Wizard, go ahead, that's
your privilege, a privilege that white Americans can easier afford.
WM: This is dalmatian defecation and you know it. What I believe about
cops is neither here no the
David Jennings, COO of Mpls Public Schools will discuss the system's final
budget... to be voted on by the school board today for 2003-2004. The
budget cuts $30 million and 700 layoffs.
Please join me and feel welcome to call with questions & comments from
11-11:30 on WCCO AM 830 this morning
Dyna sure tries to paint a poverty stricken and crime riddled view of North
Mpls and I'm here to say that while we have those things, it's not the
ENTIRE image of North Mpls. Geez, EVERY neighborhood in the WORLD has
problems to deal with and it's unfair to characterize an entire community
based on
In a message dated 6/24/03 6:46:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Conor Donnelly wrote: "Even arts advocates bristle
> when the stuff seeps out of the gallery and
> into the streets, alleys, and vacant storefronts."
>
> i do not bristle when this stuff gets out on the
WM: I don't think every cop out there is dumb as a bucket of hair.
Peter: I never said any cop out there was dumb as a bucket of hair or
whatever. The fact is, women and men in prostitution, whether they are
forced into it or not, are vulnerable to blackmail by rogue cops as long
as prostitutio
Conor Donnelly wrote: "Even arts advocates bristle
when the stuff seeps out of the gallery and
into the streets, alleys, and vacant storefronts."
i do not bristle when this stuff gets out on the
street. I enjoy seeing art in all of its forms, and
especially this art because it has a message that
Dyna
If your attitude is that us "yuppies" should "bugger off" then I will grant
your wish.
I do not, and never will, consider myself a "yuppie".
Good luck to you if all you can do is find the bad stuff in North.
Ron Leurquin
-Original Message-
From: Dyna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tu
Dyna
The Central Ave location Cub wants to build on needs a subsidy from the city
to happen. It also needs the city to condemn a lot of very descent housing
so it will have a lot large enough for their overgrown parking lot needed
for their big box retail.
Central Ave really doesn't want the Cub s
I received this and thought others on the list would want to know about it.
Michelle Gross
Bryn Mawr
Communities United Against Police Brutality
On Tuesday, June 24th at 5:00 p.m., Titilayo Bediako is holding a press
conference and protest at the
--- Mark Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Again, the local models everyone likes to point to
are Grand Ave. in St. Paul, Eat Street in south
Minneapolis and more recently, Central Ave. NE.
SAM:
Mark, what you are describing is what Penn and Lowry
was in the 1990s. Can anyone on the list update
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