Where did Hennepin County officials get the the million dollars to bribe
with...and the money belongs to whom?!
Well, let the under the table deals begin...Stupid is as stupid does..where
are the other areas that might be so enriched?
If the stadium is such a money making investment...why
Mike J scribed, in part:
I agree with Gary a lot on urban/ energy issues but I just don't buy the
argument that there's no difference between R.T. and the Governor, between
Michelle Bachman and Scott Dibble, etc.
Mike, I agree with all you've said above. Note that I contrast Dibble and
In Ballot Box: Notes on last night's Park Board and Library Board forums
A top-flight field of Library Board candidates aired their views last
night at the Communications Workers union hall, and 5th District Park
Board candidates Jason Stone and Carol Kummer engaged in a lively
debate.
Go to:
Anderson Turpin wrote:
David Greene:
So the next question is, how will you hold RT accountable?
Mark Anderson again:
Real good question David. You're the one who thinks that representative
system can give us what we want, so I'd like to get your answer. Rybak is
apparently now in favor of
[This is directed to all of us, not Gary specifically.]
We detox/withdraw from avarice in a variety of ways. One of them is by
standing our ground on principle when the illusory bauble is once again
dangled before us by those who are experts at manipulation.
Here's exactly why I am extremely
This discussion on referendra and the sales tax makes
the governor and other Republicans who support a
stadium without allowing a referendra look
particularly hypocritical in light of their turbo
tax proposal.
The turbo tax proposal would issue postcards to each
property on the tax rolls in a
This discussion on referendra and the sales tax makes
the governor and other Republicans who support a
stadium without allowing a referendra look
particularly hypocritical in light of their turbo
tax proposal.
so then the inverse of this is true? Are you hypocritical if you are
dead againt
John Harris wrote:
if the corporate entity is foreign owned but pay local taxes, why
shouldn't they have a voice in the level of those local taxes?
They do. They're called lobbyists and other funded forms of public
persuasion. These methods seem to work pretty well witness greatly
reduced
David Shove wrote:
It is the power of the developers. One way or another, the rich are going
to get our money and our land and our possessions, no matter what we or
democracy say. Arrogant lawlessness. We can hand it to them today or we
can hand it to them tomorrow. The black hats rule. Until we
A package containing the serious (ballpark finances, dealmaking) and
the ridiculous (Sid Hartman's predictions), featuring work by list
members Britt Robson and G.R. Anderson, Jr.
See:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1275/article13266.asp
David Brauer
List manager
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil!
Outdoor baseball has an intangible
benefit to the community that I appreciate. I think it is worth the
cost. I have only seen the people of Minnesota completely united 3
times in my lifetime, 1987, 1991 and 9/11. What is that worth, what was
the cost?
All three were fleeting. (The unity
With the Minneapolis DFL convention approaching, NARAL
Pro-Choice Minnesota released an open letter to DFL
delegates supporting both R.T. Rybak and Peter
McLaughlin as 100% pro-choice candidates.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MINNEAPOLIS DFL DELEGATES:
At the May 14th Minneapolis DFL convention, delegates
From the 5/9 issue...chumming the waters for list comment...
A sex offender's tale
There are six Level III sex offenders in Minneapolis. Four live in one
Lyndale neighborhood house. One tells his story.
http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/05/11/news/news01.txt
The sex offender's landlord's
I only have one volunteer so far--We need MORE if we are going to make this
work!
Are there list members interested in being at a table at the Minneapolis DFL
City convention to get people to sign-up for the list? We have a banner and
a neat electronic town square model to draw people in.
This is a chance for those non-DFLers to have a reason to check out the
festivities and help spread the word about this important forum for the
citizens of Minneapolis.
Join us.
Cheers,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
P.S. If you can't help on Saturday, drop me [EMAIL PROTECTED] an
e-mail if you
The tooth fairy left Hennepin County $28 million dollars under its pillow!
I have just been reading about how easy it is for Hennepin county to get an
extra $28 million dollars. It is just 3 cents on $20, or $30 on a 20,000
Camry. I mean it might as well be found money. The argument
Peter Vevang wrote:
As far as Carl Pohlad making money off of this, he is old and grey and
bent, his time left is short, and he might not be around to benefit
from a theoretical windfall you predict. This will be his last great
project probably, and he probably wants to be remembered as
Sierra Club Challenges McLaughlin Campaign Claims
The North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club has asked that mayoral
challenger Peter McLaughlin remove a statement on his campaign Web
site claiming he outscored Mayor R.T. Rybak on the Sierra Club's
endorsement questionnaire.
Go to Ballot Box:
MSA 297A.99 states that Imposition of a local sales tax is subject to
approval by voters of the political subdivision at a general election.
Hennepin County commissioners want to impose a local sales tax without voter
approval. The legislature will either have to change the law to read local
David Tilsen:
It is just 3 cents on $20, or $30 on a 20,000 Camry. I mean it might as
well be found money. The argument is, how stingy can you get. You spill
more than that out of your wallet every day. Let us have our sports
stadium, puulleeee.
Ed Kohler:
That's a good point. If it's
Students take direct action to save General College
http://spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=56941sID=4
Web site of the General College Truth Movement
http://webegc.org/namingtheissue.htm
-Doug Mann, King Field
candidate for city council, 8th ward
www.educationright.com
I was once a Twins fan. Someday, maybe I will be again. I began my falling
out of fandom with the player's strike. Spoiled millionaire players whining
for more money, and shutting down the season was kind of unheroic, and a
turn off to baseball. This followed by threats to move the team, followed
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From: Dr. Vinny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
By the way, since we're talking about libraries, who else thinks
that the huge awning sticking out over Nicollet and Hennepin at the
top of the new Central Library is ugly. It sometimes looks like the
building is giving me the
Pulse of the Twin Cities
May 11 - May 17, 2005
Volume 9, Issue 6
http://pulsetc.com
Your Locally Grown Alternative Newspaper
States McL: The fact of the matter is, we've got a crime problem in
Minneapolis.
RT replies: It's a page from Karl Rove's book: scare people so they'll
vote for you.
Now this honks me off more than a little bit. What in heaven's name is
RT smokin?
Yes, we have a crime problem in Mpls. and it
Ed Kohler wrote:
I'd
expect 99%+ of the anti-stadium crowd to favor a new privately financed
ballpark. They're just not interested in spending public money to support a
private business.
I think it's more than that. As a working person who has never had
oodles of spare money and never will,
wmmarks wrote:
Yes, the budget changes RT made did negatively impact police service
(and library services, and park services, and etc.). Each of which
contributed to the current and endlessly on-going crime problem.
Admittedly, of the two, I think McLaughlin is the better choice. RT's
From David Tilsen's article in THE PULSE
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1825
They will also endorse candidates for three at-large Park Board
seats, and then break up to endorse for the six district seats. I have
always thought that the major job of the Park Board was to fight off
List members in the news: David Weinlick is the only candidate as Brian
Melendez seeks the state DFL top job.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5398987.html
David Brauer
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States McL: The fact of the matter is, we've got a crime problem in
Minneapolis.
RT replies: It's a page from Karl Rove's book: scare people so they'll
vote for you.
Now this honks me off more than a little bit. What in heaven's name is
RT smokin?
RT can deny the escelating crime problem
Scare tactics? So they will vote for you?
Tonight, while sitting in my kitchen going over delegates for the convention
this weekend, suddenly there were approximately ten shots in rapid
succession from what sounded to be a semi-automatic nine millimeter pistol.
Three young men (two on bikes,
This might be of interest to list members:
http://ww3.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/bs/84/HF2480.html
David Brauer
List manager
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There's a benefit for Minneapolis Public Schools on Sunday at the
Dakota Jazz Club downtown. All the talent are MPS alumni, and it
looks like fun. More here:
https://www.achieveminneapolis.org/alumni_salute_entry.aspx
If you would like to help the schools but not quite at that level,
you can
Clarification:
The story states David Weinlick is the only candidate Brian Melendez knows
of. There may be other candidates. Stay tuned.
Sorry for the sloppy forward...
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