I've been trying since yesterday to access the primary election results
on the city website at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ with no success.
Seems like the whole site is down. Where are others finding the precinct
level results to fuel these interesting discussions?
Conor Don
voters turned out, 95% of registered voters showed up.
With a little digging one can summarize the same for Minneapolis using
the tables available at:
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us
Conor Donnelly
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I would be curious to know what fraction of the eligible voting
population in
Yes,
It appears that smoking a lot causes some problems with dental hygiene.
Conor Donnelly
Waite Park
From http://www.floss.com/smoking_and_periodontal_disease.htm
Smoking and periodontal disease
by Dr. Anthony Ienna
The effects of cigarette smoking on periodontal disease increases
3.88
Portugal131.88
Iran127.13
Ireland 112.91
Malaysia112.21
Singapore 112.02
Nigeria 110.21
Israel 107.30
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upheld by churches willing to hang out on these fragile limbs.
Government for the people, by the people should not discriminate in
issuing licenses for marriage just as they are not allowed by law to
discriminate in hiring, housing or granting a drivers license.
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survival.
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To my untrained eye part of their wing looks like a monarch; closer to the
body is even more dazzling color and pattern. Cute.
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Am I remembering this right? Or is my mind playing tricks on me.
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expressions, etc. Like Les McCann said, "gotta talk to the people!"
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ard is 2,716 acres
Area of the circumscribing circle is 9,150 acres
2,716 / 9,150 = .297
A perfectly rectangular ward shaped twice as long as wide would have a
CI of .509 so any shape with a CI less than .50 also fails the test of
the Mpls charter. Does this sound right?
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David Brauer wrote:
Here's the bottom line: I hire good writers and when they are columnists
(like Anna) I generally let them write what they think. I might not
agree with every idea they have, but since I hire them for their
opinions, I usually defer to them.
CD:
I'm relieved that the Skyway
you Obey?
Should Skyway news decline to cover the Shepard Fairey exhibit appearing
in downtown Minneapolis at OP-OX gallery? What considerations are
required in making the decision to cover the story or not? Maybe the
editor can alleviate our confusion.
Conor Donnelly
Waitepark
Confusion
Are
Bruce is correct. See list of elevations below, form USGS DEMs.
http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/dem.html
Demming Heights Park: about 980 feet
Tangletown Watertank : 945 feet
Colombia Parkway - north edge of golf course: 930 feet
Prospect Park Water Tower -witches hat- : 930 feet
Conor
ment. All it
does is describe the spatial distribution of tagger graffiti. Make of it
what you will. For now, I agree with Keith Reitman on West Broadway. The
field of urban problems is scattered with much greater monsters.
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not assume it warns of impending deterioration of our
city.
So before you light your torches and get your mob together to issue
citations to parents of taggers, think about what some explanations for
this phenomenon could be. Then proceed to work on the hundreds of more
pressing problems facing
life" list than graffiti. I think I heard we might be closing some
libraries soon.
I see this as mainly an aesthetic issue, especially on public property.
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hnson Street exit off
35W. Like a strange whiff of something, like baking bread mixed with
spraypaint.
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Chris Steller wrote:
>
> You can smell lots of things along the river, but I believe the source of
> the sickly sweet smell along Main Street SE is the flo
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free! Fill out the required info at
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This commentary appears in the latest issue of "EXTRA" from Fairness and
Accuracy in Reporting.
http://www.fair.org
Reporter in the "Pleasure Palace"
Thailand is "one of the world's great pleasure palaces," w
A and CDBG but rather to supplement
these programs."
Sounds to me like the NRP housing funds were intended mainly for middle income
households right from the start.
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WaitePark
Neighborhood Revitalization Program 1990.1999Page 73
TEAMWORKS: Evaluation Report
Background
Gus Gustafson, the Mayor of the Warehouse District passed away on Monday. I'm
sure some of you knew him.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/3592504.html
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close in Ward 2 if I remember correctly.
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David Finke wrote:
> Based on my sense of Mr. Zimmerman's past statements over the years, I
> would think he would be enthusiastic about more election opportunities.
> "Power to the P
, ANSWER... the list goes on. Many of
these groups have differing agendas and approaches but have managed to unite in
resistance to this wasteful war in Iraq. Read more?
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030106&s=kaplan
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and universities by providing student
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to census data, maps and learn about research that has already been completed in
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m will never reflect the neighborhoods populations with respect to
low-income people of color, and particularly renters."
What reforms might be necessary to remedy this problem? Do they need to be
enacted by the city, or would individual neighborhood level reforms be
suffici
f politics is lacking in vice or folly then just ignore this kind of
thing, and by all means, don't take it personally. Keep your eyes on the road,
things are just fine.
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Waitepark
Main Entry: sat·ire
Pronunciation: 'sa-"tIr
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or L
our name and/or address.
3) Fill out the little survey and click submit at the bottom.
That's all it takes. I add dots to the map periodically when I receive new
responses. We keep this up and the fun never stops, thanks for partaking.
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indicated by
shading and roads and water bodies are included for reference. I hope to have
some precinct level results available within a week.
http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/gis/html/election2002.html
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A Ring-necked Pheasant liked to roost atop my garage last winter. I suppose
because my neighbor put out 50 pounds of sunflower seed each week to keep his
squirrel pets fat.
Pheasant Info:
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/mlist/h3091.html
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WardOne
ning responsibility for
the suburbanization of the metro area on the central cities requires a lot more
effort than you've demonstrated here.
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not sure to whom the letter should
be addressed. Does anyone have some advice? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
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u of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index -
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ )
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Victoria Heller wrote:
> Each time we discuss and debate issues, especially the cost of local
> government, it is important to maintain perspective - we are serving the
> same number of people t
". Besides, just because the word
Minneapolis appears three times in Jacobsen's post does not make this a Mpls
specific issue. Delete.
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Its all mixed together, routinely braided into our lives murder, torture,
superstition, satire, grueling human ord
ately it
seems that some would prefer we weren't paying attention or
forming opinions at all. Fortunately, we're just a tiny handful of the uninformed
masses.
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or, in JPG format at
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We're nearing a goal of mapping %25 of list subscribers. So far, 193 have been mapped.
Hit the links above to see if y
S)
I have a gut feeling that this number will be miniature. Can anyone on the list make a
ballpark guess at this number?
How many rail passes have been sold yet?
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nd solved the flooding problem. Is it really possible that it's been sold for a
paltry $250? I'm wondering what's intended for this parcel?
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Annie Young wrote:
> SO IT'S A TIE - TIE BALL GAME..
>
> After a summer break maybe we'll come up with a different way to still play
> our old favorite game - baseball and mean while let's work on deciding
> other extr
voters in the ward or precinct. A better way would be to divide the number of
votes
cast by the number of registered voters. This would take into account areas where voter
registration is low and give a more fair comparison of relative turnout.
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Cara Letofsky wrote:
> B
I think this post needs some clarification. At first glance, I thought it was
Minneapolis news, but its not. This group is based in Brooklyn, NY. Can you explain
the connection to a Sheridan neighborhood group? I must have missed something.
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Does the thread become local again if I quote city ordinances?
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Mark Snyder wrote:
> I agree with Steve that the lawn-mowing thread has spread beyond
> Minneapolis, with the exception of Robin Garwood, who asked some really
> great questions ab
Here's a neat website that lets you browse SE Mpls neighborhoods for the 73 business
that
either currently have or have had an air permit file with the MN Pollution Control
Agency. Some
cool maps and useful links for those of you interested in pollution issues.
http://www.secomo.org/ei/
a day.
So what
next, skip the vision and go into action? I'm still waiting to see your name on a
ballot.
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I recommend the PDF version for better quality resolution, zooming and printing, but
suit
yourself.
Also, stick up for yourself and get yer dot on the map if you haven't done so yet.
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Conor Donnelly
Waite
eseeds' is all we need.
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Steven Clift wrote:
> These roads, with millions of passenger miles each year, should be ribbons of color
>which
> inspire individual and public acts of gardening throughout our cities. Any takers
>on this
> idea? How ab
ll continue to update this as
needed.
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I bet he's referring to that part of 19th that is south of Riverside. That street is
closed to
automobile traffic for a couple blocks between the freeway and the Viking Bar. I love
walking
along there, a streetscape similar to Milwaukee Ave in Seward.
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.
Thanks again, for all you do.
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hat changes next time around, but it makes no sense to me that the tentative plan
would be
altered, at the last minute, after the public meeting, without re-publishing a new map
and
holding another meeting.
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waite park
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be
interesting for discussion, so hit the site and punch in your stuff and let me know
what you
think. Once I have at least 50 dots, I'll release a map.
Thanks for taking part,
onths. Can
some knowledgeable person with years of experience purchasing baked goods explain to
me why
this is being covered so rigorously? Judging by the popularity of this joint, should
we be
anticipating the opening of one in Mpls soon?
http://www.startribune.com/stories/456/2250474.html
conor donnel
the FBI
uniform crime reports as prepared by the national archive of criminal justice data.
detailed crime stats, http://149.101.22.40/dataonline/
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What shall a person do, for whom no proof of ownership exists? Can a license still be
obtained?
Almost every bike I've ever had has been purchased used from friends or family. Is the
serial
number engraved into the frame someplace?
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waite park
"Garwood, Robin"
needs to be removed will be removed. The mud baths,
part of a
small wetland, will be filled in. Work is expected to start when the ground dries
out, perhaps
as soon as early May. A replanting plan will be developed in 2003, although no funding
amounts
have been specified and no planting
he redistricting commission to come up with multitudes of maps addressing
every
different concern and interest, and getting public feedback on various tentative plans
is not
possible in this short amount of time they had to work with.
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Is it simply cartographic typo?
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loki anderson wrote:
>
> Just took a really good look at the lines in Phillips
> and it looks like Zimmerman is in the Ninth Ward with
> Gary Schiff.
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taking hits to their budgets.
But I love baseball stadiums, they're cool, so how can I be against
this? I don't know, it just seems like if we put our heads together we
could think of something WAY COOLER to build together!!!
Conor Donnelly
WAITEPARK
Here's a quick link to the George Orwell short story mentioned by Alan
Shilepsky.
I found it both sad and thought provoking, especially in light of our
recent
tragedy.
http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/shorts/shootelp.html
Conor Donnelly
Wait
dence has to be restored, and right now
I have very little. I'm certain many others have even less.
Conor Donnelly
WaitePark
Robin Garwood wrote:
>If these officers' behavior was indeed "by the book," we must thoroughly and
>dispassionately examine the book itself, with a
To ward one oners:
Unfortunately, I missed the precinct caucus last night. I've never
attended one before, and I was looking forward to learning a thing or
two. Is it possible to review minutes or agenda notes? Or am I outta
luck. What went on? Who can fill me in?
Conor Donnelly
WaitePar
for those
interested in this new game of hide and seek, see... page includes some
pictures and maps too.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=7937
Conor Donnelly
new1
Pam Blixt wrote:
> I believe that one of the problems with trying to save the spring is that we have
> been prevente
Dear list-readers of this list,
Apparently I just can't get enough when it comes to maps. I've been
thinking for a while about how neat it would be to see a dot map showing
location of each mpls-issues list subscriber. I checked this out with
Mr. David Brauer and he seemed to think it would be ok
In all the hullabaloo over crows, I forgot to mention the other day, I
was snowshoveling the sidewalk when a Ring-necked Pheasant came hopping
across my yard! I was taken aback and stared mouth agape as it scurried
across Polk St. stopping traffic and amazing the neighborhood. What is
it with the
cally. Maybe we'll find out once and for all
whether the perception of increased crow activity in the city is real or
imagined.
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WaitePark W1P1
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My late grandmother spent the last two years of her life living in an
apartment on the West Bank, with windows facing west towards the big
towers. She lived alone, but the crows kept her company. They came in
droves, and filled the trees of her neighborhood, fascinating her. She
always reminded me
I too recently saw a commercial for the MOA in which a woman, spinning
with glee, tosses her hat into the air. Who were the ad wizards that
came up with that one?
Conor
w1-p1
Chris Steller wrote:
>
> Not all is well in TV Land.
>
> Seen on the KSTP news tonight: a Mall of America commercial
List junkies,
I've been mucking around with the election results again. I made a map
showing the margin of victory for SSB and RT in each precinct from the
november election.
No big surprises here, but it's interesting to note some of the areas
where SSB slipped between sept and nov. Comparison
MPLS List readers. A glimpse into the past. These are images of Gateway
Park, and the New Nicollet Hotel. These onetime landmarks of our city
are gone, but the site could be restored to prominence by the new
central library (could it be 15 stories tall?). After looking at these
images, I think it
This is fundamental to
democracy, to ignore it for 10 more years would be lousy government.
Conor Donnelly
WardOne
ready to volunteer at the polling place
Annie Young wrote:
> And in
> these budget cutting times, let's not forget the expense of running
> elections (not only for
do TIF projects all over the place and make us
all rich? However, her point is well taken, if the project would never
have happened without TIF, then there is really no loss to the general
fund. So how do I get more facts on TIF and less opinion?
Thanks for all your help,
Conor Donnelly
WAITEPARK
T2
Its also worth noting that Wells Fargo recently purchased the former
Honeywell site between 26th and 28th. A big chunk of the mortgage staff,
about 2,300 employees will be moving in there in the next two years,
vacating their former space in the 5th street towers and elsewhere.
Conor Donnelly
David Brauer wrote:
I think it's important for neighborhood folks - whether opposed to 35W
expansion or not - to get a fair analysis of this argument. Does the
proposed expansion really boost transit or not? If it doesn't boost
transit,
then as Jordan notes, it punctures a propagandistic spin o
sparity in district population and demographics impact elections
in those areas? All your thoughts and ideas are appreciated.
Conor Donnelly
WaitePark
P.S. Any northeasters on the list have updated info on the Hollywood theater
renovation? I'm dreaming of riding my bike down there on a warm spring e
>From Strib Stadium coverage:
"The mayor-elect also suggested to the panel that the area around the stadium
could be declared a tax-increment district, with increased development ideally
helping fund transit or affordable housing."
CD:
I'm not understanding this. I thought the ability of the cit
ideal by 1,154
persons. This seems like it should be repairable. Maybe this is situation is
unavoidable for some reason I've overlooked. Glad I'm not responsible for
juggling this these dangerously sharp knives.
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formerly of
LowryHillEast,
onvinced it gives an advantage to greens, but if it does, it may end up on
the cuttingroom floor anyways.
Conor Donnelly
W1-P1
Waitepark
List Manager wrote:
> The Pogey plan can be viewed at:
>
> http://maps.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/website/l0006-0/viewer.htm
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sewers, the courage
we built up over the whole morning, by noon geared up with rope and flashlites
and backpacks with tools and matches and whatever else. Who would go in first?
Now they're sealed up and locked.
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I will again cast my vote for the Northern League/Parade Stadium site if the
Twins are evaporated, for these reasons.
1) It's already there.
2) The city owns it. Any investment required benefits our park board, our city,
us.
3) Great view of downtown, walking distance to many of the cities cultu
er than that, yeah, let's go for it. Maybe owned by citizens on a stockholder
>plan? That would be the team the stockholders would own, not a new stadium. (we HAVE
>a stadium! It has adjacent parking, will be convenient to rapid transit, already has
>hot dog grills...)
>
> While C
I am loving the latest bruceshoe idea. RT, once elected, will you
consider the possibility? Can we expand the northern league? Can we
build a city owned, old style ballpark and fill it to the brim on sunny
summer days? Of course we can! Maybe we can just use the Parade Stadium
site, with modest im
D. Brauer Wrote:
> >3. If so, what must be done to reduce the correlation between
> >poor-performing schools and schools with high percentages of poor
> >students?
E. Quast replies:
> David--truly, if someone can answer that question, they're wasting their
> time running for the school board of
s. It needs a mayor who knows a strong downtown means healthy
neighborhoods. It needs a mayor who can make tough choices about
government spending and tax increases."
SNIP
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e open
to negotiating this with us, but it doesn't seem like he's willing. Maybe some
encouragement from multitudes of local and state elected officials will make
him realize it's in everyones best interest to solve this strike soon.
Conor Donnelly
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Steven Froe
lso I'd be glad
to share this Excel file if you need to see results for all 145
precincts in neat rows and columns.
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Thanks for posting info about replaying this mayoral debate. I'm
wondering what the
uptown area, just because
there's a correlation does NOT mean there's causation. A canvas doesn't
get credit for a painters inspiration.
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Eric Fyksen wrote:
>
> "Public Art" is a pretty broad term, and I'm not
> impressed with
entry, but it takes s long
Anyone know how to email this suggestion to the City Clerk's Office?
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hope I'm wrong, but it's what I expect. Don't panic, cast a
ballot.
PEACE
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> I assume it will affect turnout at least some. What do other people
> think?
>
> Rosalind Nelson
> Bancroft neighborhood, ward 8
>
> _
tion or not. So, I
urge you to toss your opinion into the fray of discussion here and we'll
get a better idea of where you stand on the issues that matter to us.
Thanks,
Conor Donnelly
now of Waite Park, NE
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. Recurring payments
could even be established. The key here is OPTIONAL. If is is a
convenience to the customer, we might use it. If enough enough customers
use this method, it could pay for itself by reducing paper processing
and postage.
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Michael Atherton wrote:
> Any argument
> to support such illegal behavior would also support the act of
> burning down someone's house as instance of performance art.
Conor Donnelly replies:
Comparing graffiti to arson is laughable, even if only to make your
point, that w
cry over this. However, I am also NOT a property owner, so please,
take my
opinion with a grain of salt.
Thanks for listening,
Conor Donnelly
Lowry Hill East
Ward 10
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For those who don't know, it is the landlord's financial responsibility to
> remove t
don't the
ward boundaries correspond to the neighborhood boundaries? If anyone has
insight on this please fill me in. I'm forever captivated by maps of the
city.
Thanks,
Conor Donnelly
Lowry Hill East
Ward 10
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