On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 11:06 PM, Wendy Wulff wrote:
The highway user tax distribution fund (which funds MnDOT, as well as
County
State-Aid Highway payments, and Municipal State Aid (MSA) road funding)
comes from 3 sources:
1. The gas tax
2. Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (the sales tax you
Pulse of the Twin Cities
November 17 - November 23, 2004
Volume 8, Issue 33
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Tim Bonham says:
But Dan, you DON'T pay for the roads you drive on. The Dept. of
Transportation obtains 2/3rds of it's funds directly from the general state
fund. Only 1/3rd is paid for by the fuel taxes, etc.
Wendy replies:
Actually, no.
The highway user tax distribution fund (which funds
Fastracks surprised me for a state like Colorado. The intermountain West is
traditionally Republican which traditionally doesn't get behind these
issues. That said, I don't see how the city of Minneapolis should or could
carry through with such a referendum. Maybe this is something better left
or left of their own accord when they
found their drugs of choice were none too available in small town
Minnesota.
. . .
Dyna Sluyter
Dyna, I have a hard time believing there is ANY small town in Minnesota
where drugs are not available, to those willing to look for them.
But Dan, you DON'T pay for the roads you drive on. The Dept. of
Transportation obtains 2/3rds of it's funds directly from the general state
fund. Only 1/3rd is paid for by the fuel taxes, etc.
In addition, lots of highway related costs are hidden elsewhere in the
budgets. For example, the Mp
Below is a response to KSTP news from a friend of mine who used to be
homeless, who allowed me to quote her.
see below,
Margaret Hastings
Kingfield
"The moral test of government is how that government treats those in the dawn
of life, the ch
In Denver. . . .
KIRK JOHNSON, NY TIMES - Mass transit systems get tougher to build as cities
age and grow, planners say. But as the Denver metropolitan area begins work on
one of the most ambitious urban transportation projects in the nation's history
- 120
miles on six new rail lines to be b
I'm afraid I don't have time to give this the full attention that it
deserves today, but here are some preliminary comments:
> "Eli" == Eli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eli> Didn't anybody catch the article in Star Tribune on the
Eli> Saturday that the district was considering or p
>From Stevens Square:
>
> As you may know, Minneapolis' panhandling ordinance has been revised;
> now the emphasis is on "aggressive" panhandling, but it's taking
> awhile for citizens to learn about this. A common misunderstanding
> is that, in general, panhandling is no longer a crime.
>
> T
The NAACP Presidential candidates debate will take place this Thursday at
6:00pm on KMOJ radio 89.9 FM. The debate was rescheduled because of a power
failure at the station last week. Candidates Duane Reed, Zack Metoyer, and
James Everett will all be present. The election will take place this
S
gemgram wrote:
One of the great things about Minneapolis is that people can openly
live as they wish, without too much fear.
* Two summers ago, some clown with an electric megaphone stood in
the parking lot of Goodyear Tires and aimed tons of hate speech at
our house for two weekends
Only two executive committee positions are contested: the offices of
president and vice-president. There were more open positions for at-large
executive
committee officers than candidates.
We are going to see a big change in the leadership of the Minneapolis NAACP
branch regardless of who b
The regular twice-monthly Park Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday,
November 17 at 5:00pm. The meeting is held in the $6 million plus "Taj Mahal"
administrative HQ building at 2117 West River Road, just north of the
intersection with West Broadway.
Normally by the weekend, and at least by
It is not the job of the federal government to improve the quality of life in
Minneapolis. That job falls on the shoulders of the citizens of Minneapolis,
and the council and mayor we elect to represent us. The more money we beg and
scrounge from higher units of government, the more control over
A couple things on MAC's actions yesterday to curtail the Sound
Insulation Programs and the City's lawsuit: today's Star Tribune story
and the press release:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/5087789.html
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak announced today the City will take legal
action again
On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 02:54 AM, David Strand wrote:
just a few weeks ago I joined a candlelit vigil march of 130
people, mostly glbt youth from District 202, through
downtown Minneapolis to protest the hate induced
shooting of Tameka McCloud in South Minneapolis.
My best wishes for
At 9:04 -0600 11/16/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:43:00 -0600
From: "Steven Houdek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Mpls] Bicycle Protocol
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think it's totally senseless for bikers to use a parkway when a bike path
is next to them. Isn't that what it's
> "Steven" == Steven Houdek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steven> I think it's totally senseless for bikers to use a parkway
Steven> when a bike path is next to them. Isn't that what it's
Steven> for? Bicycles? The bikes paths around lakes such as
Steven> Nokomis are just that:
CITY PENSION FUND DIRECTOR SCUTTLES MERGER TALK
The ongoing puzzle over the city's employee pension obligations
became slightly more puzzling Monday, when the executive director of
the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund (MERF) told a City Council
panel that it was unwilling to support a merge
David Strand writes, "All apologies to Jim Ventura but he must be delusional
to believe that Minneapolis is a better place for glbt people to be than
anywhere in Canada"
I am sorry David, but perhaps I did not understand. Were you apologizing
for misusing my name or was it the delusional part.
To the degree that we are left to our own devices here in Minneapolis, we
are relatively advantaged - not just if we happen to be GLBT, either. This
is a pretty good place for all sorts of people to call home. However, our
home rule is a finite thing and there are plenty of folks in the Minnesota
L
All apologies to Jim Ventura but he must be delusional
to believe that Minneapolis is a better place for glbt
people to be than anywhere in Canada(where same sex
couples can now legally marry in British Columbia,
Sasketchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, or Nova
Scotia and the province of Newfoundla
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