FW: [Mpls] Rent Control

2003-08-07 Thread Anderson, Mark (GESM)
Jason Stone wrote: > Barbara's ideas reflect a strong will, courage, and personal motivation. They appear to focus on > personal experience instead of acknowledging the interaction of any historical and cyclical > poverty and discrimination. > > Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps is a great thin

Re: [Mpls] Pawlenty sends troops to N. Minneapolis

2003-08-07 Thread Kelly Phillips
It would be interesting for North and South Mpls. neighborhoods to compare notes on repeat offenders. In North we have dealers on the streets some of which have been arrested 40++ times and never served time in jail or community service. What crimes are being prosecuted? If a dealer on the co

[Mpls] Sabri on Lake

2003-08-07 Thread Steve Brandt
Ed Felien's post asserts that Basim Sabri has done his redevelopment on Lake Street without government money. Although that's almost entirely the case, there's an exception. I reported in an Aug. 14, 2001 profile of Sabri that his first two buildings on Lake Street received $85,000 in NRP assista

[Mpls] SW Journal stories of note

2003-08-07 Thread David Brauer
A new Southwest Journal is out today. Many stories touch upon list topics. I thought I'd send out a few links - comments welcome, to me or the list. (Note: there is a long story on Mike Christenson and CPED that is somehow not on the website. I will send that link as soon as we post it.) Mayor: C

Re: [Mpls] Gangs, Drugs and Patrols

2003-08-07 Thread Socialist2001
In a message dated 8/6/2003 4:15:15 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Yes, the patrol is starting in Jordan, and yes many of the resources are > coming to Jordan, but the long-term approach is to have a mechanism in place > that will "leave no neighborhood behind". Sorry,

Re: [Mpls] Charging Suspects

2003-08-07 Thread Michelle Gross
At 03:40 AM 8/7/03 -0500, Jim Mork wrote: I'm scratching my head. Could they REALLY have solved this shooting this fast? Have they just grabbed two guys who deserve to be locked up and will be easy to convict? I guess time will tell. If they aren't the real killers, maybe the real ones will

Re: [Mpls] Re: Police Cut The Lines of Communication on NationalNight Out

2003-08-07 Thread Chris Johnson
Tim Bonham wrote: Dyna has it right on this one! This new (allegedly) communications system is an absolute joke. They call it new, but the technology used is very dated, and has pretty much been replaced in the commercial world by better digital systems which are smaller, cheaper, faster, and

[Mpls] Live police reports online in Mpls?

2003-08-07 Thread Steven Clift
Check this out this example in Salt Lake City: http://www.slcgov.com/police/online.htm Is anyone familiar with what the police department plans to put online to assist citizen involvement in crime prevention? Also, is the downtown command e-mail list still active? See: http://www.mail-archive.

Re: [Mpls] Gangs, Drugs and Patrols

2003-08-07 Thread Mark Wilde
"According to the cops, Latino gangs operate on a whole different set of principles (this may not be the best word here). First, they're in for life; Edward James Olmo did a movie about Latino gangs several years ago." WizardMarks, Central I don't think Wizard should be getting her information

[Mpls] CM Don Samuel interview on MPR (Audio File) on Aug 5 2003

2003-08-07 Thread Shawn Lewis
This is worth your time to listen more than once and share with others. Thank You TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2003 HOUR 1: (11 a.m.) Neighbors fighting crime Listen More than 30,000 Minneapolis residents are expected to participate in National Night Out activities Tuesday. This year is the 20th