For insight into the neighborhoods' reaction to the use of NRP funds for
Police, it might be helpful to look at conditioned reflex and Culture
Building experiments.
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. In the cage, hang a banana on a
string and put a set of stairs under it. Before long, a
/As stated many time before - after 120 years of rent it's about time WE
OWN IT. And it is not the same pot of money as our programming funds.
It's time you own it? Why, just because you say so? Is there something
inherently immoral about leasing? The vast majority of corporations
lease
On 6/29/03, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My condolences to you on imminent demise of your Green Party, and I
share your grief. The merger of the Farmer Labor and Democratic party
was not without some angst either. My grandfather carried a grudge
against Humprey for years, but ultimately the
Group may sue to force 2003 city elections
By Bob Gilbert
Some Minneapolis residents are considering
suing the city to hold a City Council
election this fall rather than in
2005.
Lynnhurst resident Mark Kaplan, a
councilmember in the late 1970s, feels
the city neglected its constitutional
Dear Chris,
Thanks for stimulating discussion on independent boards, their budgets
and, whether they cooperate. It is completely reasonable to bring up
many of the questions that you have and question the system or status
quo. Good politics. Gives us a chance to explain ourselves! As you
I just wanted to make a public shout-out to John Erwin for posting this
thoughtful, respectful response here.
I know public officials work for us, and we need to demand answers I do
it for a living - but at times the dialogue becomes disrespectful on both
sides, everybody digs in, and nobody
Jim writes: Anybody else think there's something a little oneSIDED when
Democrats talk politics at the memorial of a political scientist and get
a backlash. Or a DFL council member notes the passing of a leading
racist and is threatened with a backlash. Yet a major party of the
RIGHT does one
on 7/1/03 10:26 AM, Peter T Schmitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Speaking of Wellstone, why don't Democrats, local and national, demand a
thorough investigation, into the accident that killed him--an
investigation that will unequivocally rule out foul play? This is what
they should've been
You know, I am really getting tired of public figures acting as if they are the ones
who are put out by the public's need to know.
I am offended by Superintendent Johnson' fear of naive readers being done in by
lazy reporting. I mean if Johnson were comfortable in explaining how MPS spends
Because Democrats, particularly our own DFLers, are
such wimps the have take extra care in what they say
and do. Republicans, on the other hand, can
practically get away with anything because they
know how to fight.
...
And why would Schiff be so proud to tag along with
the Howard Dean
Barb Lickness has raised an interesting spectre.
She says we have a political machine in control
of our town. Now, let's see. In New York, they
had a machine run by Boss Tweed. In Kansas City
they had a machine run by Boss Pendergast. I
want to know the name of the person running OUR
machine.
Keith Reitman wrote:
Hwy 81 (West Broadway), has a huge
County/Federal/Suburban Municipal(s)
redevelopment/reconfiguaration program from Rogers, to
our City limits. But at our City Limits, planning, and
implementation, dead ends. (snip)
Is it fair to expect that Federally fueled, and
financed,
In case you missed this last week in the Star Tribune, there was a nice
exchange on this important Minneapolis Issue. (Both article and rebutal are
included here - rebutal first.)
Kind Regards,
Aaron Neumann
Holland
http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/3960019.html
Mark Berkson: Lots
Jason, all your points are well taken.
Certainly, you and other like-minded folks can dismiss everything said by me or any
other perceived extremist. But no matter what I think or say, right or wrong, the DFL
is losing its base of support, and it's not because they are these poor, put upon
At 10:18 AM 7/1/03 -0700, Jason Goray wrote:
If you're not ideologically perfect, you're awful, and
if you disagree on anything, you must be disagreeing
for the worst possible ethical reason.
This horse was beat to death during the Moore/Samuels
campaign, and it has come to the point where a whiff
In a message dated 6/30/03 11:43:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The trouble with the argument that we have an
influx of immigrants and that temporarily the
library must exceed its core mission is that the
USA is made UP of immigrants, most of whom never
had any of
However, I think you will soon find that sitting around holding hands
with city officials and bought-off community leaders kumbaya-style
will not net you very much in the way of results.
WM: This is the part that really grinds my grits. Every time some
community person who has taken the
Some of the members of SMART (South Minneapolis Access for Residents and
Transit) will make a presentation to the board of King Field
Neighborhood at their monthly meeting.
Wednesday, July 9 at 7pm. at ML: King Park.
Wizard Marks, SMART member
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