As I understand it, the Minneapolis City Council will
vote Friday on a resolution concerning voting
equipment. The resolution will urge the State to add
Instant Runoff Voting compatibility to the
requirements for new voting machines. Sounds like a
good idea to me. There has been a lot of talk
WizardMarks wrote:
> Good. That's a sign of maturity. There is no such thing as unbiased
> reporting--it's a null class. As one colleague put it, "The
> minute you write it down, it's a lie." I would perhaps not go quite so
> far, but so long as the facts are fulsome and correct, the bias is t
>From Marian Biehn - Whittier Alliance Development
Manager:
Thought you all ought to know that there is a send-off
party for Sami Rasouli, former WA board member and
owner of Sinbads Bakery and Deli, Saturday Oct 23
from 6-9PM at St. Joan of Arc Church hospitality hall
4537 3rd Ave.S. It is being
I cannot speak for other Northeast neighborhoods, but the Board of Saint
Anthony East, as well as those residents in attendance when the Kroc idea
was floated, are supportive of this plan. So at the very least you must
retract the small circle remark. It becomes a false statement when endorsed
by
Standoff on James
- I am forwarding this message from Council Member SAMUELS and the PEACE Partners
Ddorie gallagher
nokomis
From: PEACE Partners and
cOUNCIL MEMBER SAMUELS
To: Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:52 PM
Subject: Standoff on James
the police and an armed 17-year-old boy on t
Pulse of the Twin Cites
October 20 October 26, 2004
Volume 8, Issue 27
http://pulsetc.com
Your Locally Grown Alternative Newspaper
--
Liz Wielinski wrote:
Apparently Diane Loeffler had the RIGHT idea. Now Northeast is trying
desperatly to attract the Kroc Foundation into building a Community
Center but at Northeast Park. I for one would have found it alot easier
to get to a central location like the Holland neighborhood rath
WizardMarks wrote:
Bill Cullen wrote:
But it seems that Mpls is always on the bad side of every "investment."
Is there no planning? Is there never a risk assessment?
It is my understanding that when planners have addressed the council
with their concerns, they have been largely ignored. I think
Beth Hawkins, my colleague at City Pages who wrote the Peebles piece and no
longer subscribes to this list, has apparently been apprised by other list
members about the conversation here. She contacted me and asked me to submit
this on her behalf.
Britt Robson
Lyndale
Here is Beth's post:
Given th
In lieu of protesting, check out this. Hearing all this talk about the
Presidential Election, I thought I'd share this with the list this
non-partisan website asking President Bush and Senator Kerry to submit to a
4th debate with John Stewart as moderator. Sorry the url is an IP address
rather th
Original Message
Subject: Fw: Hosmer Public Library...Presents - Vickie Brock
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:08:00 -0500
From: "Sheryl Kabat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Please be sure to mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 27th at 7:30
p.m. to witness history in the making at Ho
Bill Cullen wrote:
But it seems that Mpls is always on the bad side of every "investment." Is
there no planning? Is there never a risk assessment?
It is my understanding that when planners have addressed the council
with their concerns, they have been largely ignored. I think I remember
the las
Michael Atherton wrote:
I've given up hope that I
will ever get unbiased news reporting from the City
Pages.
Good. That's a sign of maturity. There is no such thing as unbiased
reporting--it's a null class. As one colleague put it, "The minute you
write it down, it's a lie." I would perhaps not
Britt Robson wrote:
> Given that Peebles' abrasive style is an increasing topic
> of conversation in the halls of both the schools and
> administrative buildings of the MPS (and, increasingly,
> among MPS parents), I'm sure he is aware of a lot of other things.
It is nearly impossible to promot
--- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Interesting you should mention this. The returns, by fund, are
> actually
> quite decent. They are managed mostly be pensioner-elected boards -
> even
> though, when the market-driven returns dip too low to fulfill the
> funding
> formulas, the taxp
I'll concede that my City Pages colleague was uncharacteristically sloppy
with the facts in the recent story on Peebles. But before Mr. Brandt served
up his gratuitous condescension ("Reporting is more than repeating what
people tell you. You have to check it out--if you want to get the story
strai
Bill Cullen writes:
> Many corporations, unions and cities across the U.S. are having trouble
with
> their pensions. A soft stock market will cause this.
>
> But it seems that Mpls is always on the bad side of every "investment."
Is
> there no planning? Is there never a risk assessment?
>
> Is
Many corporations, unions and cities across the U.S. are having trouble with
their pensions. A soft stock market will cause this.
But it seems that Mpls is always on the bad side of every "investment." Is
there no planning? Is there never a risk assessment?
Is it possible that an expert could
Back again for a tenth time, an all new issue for reading and then feeding
the mites. In this report, available for those who crave color and bad
design at www.project504.org/504WeeklyReport.pdf:
---YOU SCREEN, I SCREEN
We All Screen and Get . . . A New Class of People Without Housing
---HOUSIN
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