Re: [Mpls] A New Thread

getting them out and keeping them out of the facia and soffits on my older home, and I hate the little dickens. And coming in a close second are pigeons, affectionately referred to as flying rats. Barbara Nelson Seward Are there any Raptors which could keep the squirrels from munching my bulbs

Re: [Mpls] New threads for squirrels

Remember: our rules allow pointed disagreement, but require respectful discussion. -- Actually, the squirrels were chowing down on my newly planted lillies. Unfortunately, those have to be planted shallowly, and the pesky critters seem to love them! Barbara Nelson Seward Steve Brandt wrote

[Mpls] LIST GET TOGETHER REMINDER

Park, there will be background music for about an hour starting at 8:00pm (Baby Grant Johnson, Blues,) and a movie starts at dusk (about 9:00pm, Fantasia 2000). See you there! Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've always thought my flowers had souls. -Myrtle Reed

[Mpls] Grocery Stores near downtown

Isn't there a grocery store on Central just over the 3rd Avenue bridge, north of downtown, corner of Central and University? It used to be a Red Owl? If it isn't there, what happened to that one? Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've always thought my flowers had

[Mpls] LIST GET TOGETHER REMINDER

that night at Steven's Square Park, there will be background music for about an hour starting at 8:00pm (Baby Grant Johnson, Blues,) and a movie starts at dusk (about 9:00pm, Fantasia 2000). See you there! Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've always thought my flowers had

[Mpls] Litter Containers

. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've always thought my flowers had souls. -Myrtle Reed ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e

[Mpls] Oldest tree

Isn't the oldest tree on Franklin Terrace in the park near the new doggie park? I believe there is a plaque to that effect. Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe

[Mpls] LIST GET TOGETHER

and if it's awful, we can change it. Here's the particulars. Anybody interested??? Comments to the list. DATE: Wednesday, June 27th TIME:6:30 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. PLACE: KENWOOD PARK -- Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E

[Mpls] Baseball -- The race for first place

entertainment and these two teams are putting on a terrific show that's family oriented. Just thought with all the politics we could use a little talk about the boys of summer on the list, especially since our boys are so SPECIAL this summer, by golly. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL

Strib not Covering Park Board FT was [Mpls] Full time Park Board

entity. It was not a market driven decision when the Strib decided God wasn't important enough to cover. ;o) Barbara Nelson Seward I also would argue that many people in Minneapolis (the vast number of people who don't do things like post to public policy lists) don't understand

Re: [Mpls] art-a-whirl

Cedar Fest is done Really? What happened? ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Re: [Mpls] Accountability in NRP

-profit organizations do terrible things to vulnerable people? Barbara Nelson Seward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barbara: Minnesota Statutes Section 317A.521 provides that non-profit corporations generally must indemnify (defend in a legal action) any director or other person who acts in an official

Re: [Mpls] pledge to the cloth

and the symbols of your country and what our country stands for. Last time I looked, I was a liberal. Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option

[Mpls] Bird Sightings

Thanks to RT for the tip about the love-struck loons on Calhoun. I, myself, saw my first Robin pain on Saturday. Think they have taken the first bus back to the South as of last night? Br. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What lies behind us and lies before us

Re: [Mpls] Pedestrians

: http://e-democracy.org/mpls -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared with what lies within us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PRO

[Mpls] Well, of course!

, maybe? Oh, well, at least if we Minneapolitans are lost in our own city, we are in Paradise Lost. Am I right? Barbara Nelson Seward Again, thanks to those of you who put me back on the straight and narrow. ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E

[Mpls] Email office

nothing, and could someday turn out to be vital. The example someone gave of the South's evacuation was a good one. If only we could be sure it would never be sold or used for commercial or fiendish purposes. Like fundraising. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] What lies

Re: [Mpls] Alert for Minneapolitans Driving to St Paul

and it seems ridiculously slow, but trust me, it is rigourously enforced, and the curve of the bridge makes a marvelous hiding place for a police car that can't be seen until it is too late. ;) A word to the wise -- drive safely, and may luck be riding shotgun for us all! Barbara Nelson Seward Dean

[Mpls] Dirty City

esponsible for cleaning up their own act. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Demo

Re: [Mpls] Birds (was: Dirty City)

Yes, we have cardinals that overwinter here in Seward too. But, a lot don't. This cardinal was a new one (he told me he'd just flown in, you see). Ahem. Besides, he looked cold. Anyone seen any Robins yet? Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis

[Mpls] Another resource lost

Center is expanding their hardware area and hiring many of the long-time LH employees that this will re-create the backup resource LH once was to our smaller, neighborhood hardware stores. Barbara Nelson Seward Where Welna II RULES! -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the End, we will remember

[Mpls] Annexing a few suburbs? (was chatterbox chatter)

Wizard Marks wrote: Back in the 1960s before the suburbs became so powerful a constituency, the city should have annexed the near burbs out to the 694/494 beltline (roughly quoted from Tony Scallon). Seems to me that the city tried to annex some inner ring suburbs way back when, . . . I

[Mpls] What makes Mpls. feel like our city

d make it a "tunnel" through a deeply wooded urban grove, it will soon contribute to the Minneapolis mellow, rather than be a grating intrusion that cuts through neighborhoods. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whoever said

Re: [Mpls] list and neighborhood papers

in the ensuing discussions. I think Mr. Shapiro has come up with a winner, as long as the people who post don't go overboard in the cheerleading aspect of it all. Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages

[Mpls] Civil debate

I would like to commend Russell Peterson and Carol Becker for demonstrating how disagreements and differences of opinions can be expressed without resorting to cheap shots and name calling. Very refreshing. My thanks to you both. Barbara Nelson Seward

Re: [Mpls] Candidate participation

cut them some slack for now. :-) Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

[Mpls] Re Candidate Participation

Oops. That first sentence should have read: Why is it hard to believe that a legislative rep WOULD have time to read this list? b. NELSON sEWARD -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies. — Gene Hill

Re: [Mpls] Kathy Thurber's withdrawal letter to 9th Ward DFL delegates

What I wonder is why we haven't heard from the mayor (or her spokesperson) on this list. I would think she would want to defend her position on the Target subsidy and correct any inaccurate info and/or perceptions. Barbara Nelson Seward

Re: [Mpls] Kathy Thurber's withdrawal letter to 9th Ward DFL delegates

what candidates -- across the board -- want to do, instead of what they oppose. Barbara Nelson Seward ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e

Re: [Mpls] Designated 'High-Speed Corridors'

efficient and more reliable than planes. For example, they can go in the fog, sleet, etc. and still be safe. For hauling cargo etc., this could greatly relieve the congestion (and night flights) at MSP. Barbara Nelson Seward -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whoever said you can't buy happiness

Re: [Mpls] Repayment of Gavidaee

uld ALL be concerned about what this bodes for the future. Barbara Nelson Seward David Brauer wrote: Barbara writes: My understanding from the article is that the city MAY seek early repayment. This is like you ( if you were Brookfield) getting an opportunity to pay off your mortgage