Isn't it nice to actually get responsive and substantive
information from the Mayor's office. What a change from a
year ago. Sure looks like a different regime to me :-)
Russ
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It is fishing opener and it looks like everybody is leaving
the metro area for a better, cleaner lake. How about a list
of great lakes and fishing spots in Minneapolis and the
metro area where people who don't want to drive for several
hours can go and throw in a line by themselves or with a
kid.
I'd like to see MNDot accept a more "natural" view of the
land on the side of its roads, perhaps running prairie or
forested areas, it might help them reduce visual garbage,
snow drifting and a host of other problems. It would be
nice to see MNDot, especially in the City of Minneapolis and
surrou
Since Minneapolis has decided to keep its police chief,
perhaps he would participate in this forum on occasion to
address some of the crime concerns.
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"You can only fly if you str
The failure of counties, especially Hennpin County, to
provide adequate social services intervention on behalf of
children is the single largest reason schools are failing.
We keep trying to play ball in the wrong field and it isn't
fair to those families and children who ARE doing their
part.
R
One of the best things to do with your kids in downtown
Minneapolis is to go on a fountain tour. There are a host
of indoor and outdoor fountains all over downtown that my
kids find just a blast to see - everything from the rolling
ball at the Radisson to the falling water in the Crystal
Court -
This discussion has come up over and over again on this
list, especially in the Spring. As I've said before, I
strongly believe in the recommendations in the book Street
Reclaiming. Essentially the philosophy is that people need
to start living in the street again and that cars are guests
in our
I'd sure like to see Rebecca Thoman run again if the
boundaries work. She is a tireless, smart and gracious
candidate. After her great showing in the Rep race last
time, she'd do well in a re-configured district for the
senate. I urge any of you who supported her last time to
give her a call an
This is the paragraph that I don't understand:
"Marriott says Graves, in order to extricate his group from
the 20-year agreement, sued first, accusing Marriott of
"duping" Graves into signing the agreement based on
misrepresentations about the target customers of the
"Renaissance brand.""
Please
I just don't understand this corporate discrimination
argument. Just because somebody is a large corporation with
global locations doesn't mean they are bad.
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Was an RFP issued to provide new food service at this
location? Or is this a proposal that has just come forward?
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"You can only fly if you stretch your wings."
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We can harp all we want at the details, but that won't
change the Guthrie's minds or the design. I think Linda
Mack said it perfectly in her commentary, that what we
needed was a fabulous symbolic response to the river, not a
response to the mills. The fundamental flaw in the design,
is the origi
I knew I'd get back exactly what has been posted: that the
library staff are completely serving of the public, that
their individual needs weren't important, that I've never
worked with librarians, and that my location in St. Michael
seems to intimate that I shouldn't have a say. These are
shallo
Frankly, it looks like the library didn't want to give on
any of it's program AND wants the presentation of the
building as a city statement as many others had wanted. So
they are asking for more from the people without
demonstrating flexibility within their own needs. This is
the kind of bureau
Would Faulkner be a shoe or a boot in your department store?
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Criticism of the design is bound to ruffle some Midwestern
sensibilities.
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Chris took the words right out of my mouth as I read this
morning's paper: "Skyway to nowhere." Leave it to our great
city to put a skyway over a road where one isn't even
needed. I sure hope the City doesn't give them the right to
do so. Beyond that, this is probably the most disappointing
des
Just a suggestion...has the Park Board tried having a
strategic planning session together to identify vision,
goals and action plan? In organizations that typically
don't function well together or where there is polarization,
this kind of approach can help either bring the group
together in a com
Thanks Brain for the detail. Just a note that I was
quoting from the original version of Robert's Rules of
Order. I know it is fashionable to us the "Newly Revised"
version. Do we know which version is tied to the
Minneapolis City Council? Most organizations cite the
particular version as to
What Pam says may be true, but in the end the desired
outcome was not reached. Efficacy is part of an elected
officials job.
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I have always hated abstention voting except in the case of
conflict of interest. I have been unable to find in
Robert's Rules of Order abstention as a voting method,
perhaps somebody else has a source. However it does say,
"No one can vote on a question affecting himself." This
would verify th
"And, how about getting a 100 year lease for a plaza on the
western 1/4 of
the Ritz block? (The city has a 100 year easement of some
type on the plaza
on the Marquette Plaza block) If we're thinking out of the
box, this could
really make the whole north end of the mall great."
Fifteen years ago
I am really fascinated by this thread. What is intriguing
to me is that the current library was built with a "form
follows function" design language and many people dislike
it's coldness and lack of statement. It was much of the
modern philosophy of the time. However, a building is more
than it
It was a good solution to study in more detail how the
library would work on the North Block. And although I don't
know the library's program, I would suggest three things
need to happen. One is the library board needs to start
thinking a little more outside of their box. Don't hold
onto things
Basic services budgets have been whittled away for several
years now. There may be a couple more things to do in those
areas, but probably no significant savings. The first place
to look for savings would be those areas that had huge
increases in budget over the past several years including
the
David makes some excellent points. Here's some additional
help from the research:
I don't believe they were trying to evaluate the difference
between a subsidized nonprofit developer and a private
developer who doesn't take any subsidy. I think the original
intention was to see if there was any t
Look, I don't know enough about Lydia House to know what
needs to happen. All I was saying, is if one would actually
take time to read the research, one would find that non
profit affordable housing does more for a poverty stricken
neighborhood than subsidized private or public housing.
This stil
There is a good book by Ed Goetz from the University of
Minnesota called "There Goes The Neighborhood? The Impact of
Subsidized Multi-Family Housing on Urban Neighborhoods."
There are lots of findings in the book that would be worthy
of discussion, however one of the most interesting is on
page 1
If these parking ramps are self supporting in the first
year, why aren't they privately developed without public
funds or involvement?
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g the vast old Federal Reserve underground). Then
leverage the south block against development in other
blocks.
Good luck.
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"...objects to this "concept" on four grounds: 1) one-way
car travel
will promote high speeds; 2) a serpentine pattern and
"bumps" will cause
bumper car driving; 3) the street is already bike-friendly;
and 4) the design
isn't green enough. Before we respond, let us assure people
that the
Greenway
n the north riverside is a much bigger need than another
east-west bicycle route in south Minneapolis. And from a
neighborhood sense, I think many in that area would prefer
having 38th and 42nd fixed up.
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railed by paying too much attention to
this issue. Don't let major league baseball define the
agenda for Minneapolis.
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Wow! What an amazing discussion on MPS. And more research
than I've been able to absorb in years. I have a few
questions that people might like to answer:
1. If community schools are not working to close the
learning gap, how do we build a system that enhances
communities where children can wa
wn behavior, but the
environment does have an impact on us both psychologically
and sociologically. Take away the sun for a few weeks and
see how you feel.
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s address
homeless children issues, and livable wages among other
things. And if we are truly going to do accurate
measurement and assessment of our schools, we need to
include these variables and partners as a part of the
assessment.
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our arms around these
bigger issues we are wasting money and time, beating each
other up for absolutely no reason, and watching thousands of
children slip through our fingers.
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the Ritz hotel block - and then urge the energy company
to revitalize their block. A great meeting place for the
city with Hennepin and Nicollet on each side of the park,
surrounded by a lot of housing and urban activities and just
a couple blocks from the river!!!
Russell W. Peterson
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http://www.lavendermagazine.com/168/168_letters_10_1.html
Lavender magazine endorses R.T. Rybak for Mayor. See the
link above to their editorial.
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Star Tribune Pop Culture Writer Kristin Tillotson writes,
"On an arts ticket, I'd cast my vote for Rybak in
Minneapolis." Here's the story link:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/797504.html
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forwarding the following letter about the Star Tribune Profile on R.T.
Rybak to the list on behalf of Mr. Cunagin.
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Michael
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ws at targets that
do not exist. I for one am glad he didn't make it through
the primary, although I don't think there was any doubt.
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glossy image
of the mayor's record. I don't speak for Rybak or MPEA, but
all of these things would compromise their jobs and the
people who work for them as well as the health of the city
they so dearly work for. Maybe they are not as two
dimensional as you think.
Rus
Finally some creative vision on this list. Thanks Mr.
Stolarek...you should run for office.
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Has the City of Minneapolis considering going in with other
cities on its website development? I know that
campaignoffice.com has been developing govoffice.com and
nonprofitoffice.com. It seems to me that cit
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"On or about 2 September 2001 we received a virus from an
organisation call CampaginOfffice.com. Who guess has a site
hosted there ? The RT Rybek Operation. We are conducting
more investigat
Dear list,
I know this is my third post today, but I ask for a little
latitude.
I apologize to Candidate Schiff and for members of this list
for making a disagreement public and acerbic. My intent was
only to illuminate the subject and I unfortunately got
pulled into something I should have had
ent-minded candidate. Wow - ain't leadership great!
My apologies to Kathy Thurber and Michael Guest who each
would have made a far superior council member even if I
didn't completely agree with their positions.
Russell W. Peterson
Saint Mich
Not as absurd as hanging a supporter out to dry on this list
a couple of months ago by misleading them as to who they
were supporting.
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Did I miss something? I didn't think we had heard from
Candidate Schiff yet as to which mayoral candidate he was
supporting. Is he going to endorse the Rybak Coalition or
is he going to take the Cherryhomes-Mayor coalition? And if
he isn't endorsing, one could only conclude that he has
aligned
Some people needed to vote to
grieve and some people needed not to vote to grieve. Some people needed to
vote to fight fear and some people needed not to vote because of fear.
This was a senseless act which does not get illuminated any further by blaming
those who wanted to vote or those w
Noticeably absent from supporting R.T. was list member and
council candidate Gary Schiff in Ward 9. Ward 9 rocked for
R.T., so I was a little surprised Gary didn't stand up to
endorse him right away, especially with Gary's platform
which seems to be so similar to R.T.'s. So I have to
wonder, doe
For being the "R.T. List" there sure hasn't been much
discussion on the shocking upset R.T. and his team pulled
off yesterday. Most everybody who wasn't an R.T. supporter
felt he would be lucky if he came in second - and then to
storm first place like there was no tomorrow was just a
hoot. Of co
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Just imagine for once that you are someone who lives in the
suburban, exurban or rural area of the state. You have an
opportunity to reduce your property taxes by between $500
and $1,500 per year. And the biggest sacrifice is a program
in Minneapolis called NRP. First of all, do you actually
kn
Ms. Smith wrote:
"I don't think we should fault Carol for an
"accepted" practice in her field of work."
First, I wonder if this would be true if the MPS leader were
actually a 50 year old white male who was just doing the
"accepted" practice. I think sometimes we forget that
discrimination is a
Here's a real debate for Minneapolis Issues:
http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?templ
ate=opinion_a&slug=tan28
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I think we have to be careful in characterizing suburbs as
being less concerned with social programs and affordable
housing as a whole. That's kind of like saying that
minority people commit more crimes per capita. Perhaps each
is statistically true, but that leads us down the slippery
slope of
I'll try to answer a few of the questions and comments
regarding my first post.
First regarding David's comment about fees...I'd like to
know why David thinks the "The (largely) suburban
"association
dues" model seems wrong"? Is it because it's suburban and
we're discriminating geographically?
general taxes and even further removed TIF taxes that many
in neighborhoods don't feel as great a stakeholder. Kind of
the out of site out of mind thing. Perhaps the funding
vehicle needs to change? Any thoughts...
Russ Peterson
St. Michael
former Standishite
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Bravo to Mr. Connolly. The only way to get real change is
to put everything on the table for discussion.
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St. Michael
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It was my understanding that the director of the Office of
Cultural Affairs failed to understand that she couldn't use
capital monies for a non-capital project. She promised
$100,000 she didn't have and couldn't have had as I read the
story. This failed promise is what caused Marshall Fields
to w
This whole situation could have been predicted and steps to
avoid it shouldn't be just brushed aside by city officials
who support this kind of mismanagement.
The Office of Cultural Affairs was started through energies
of the Minneapolis Arts Commission and other arts activists
including Artspace
Having digested much of the information about TIF from the
very good Strib series and the comments on this list, I have
a few thoughts and questions.
It seems to me that the Chaska and other outer TIF
developments have mitigated the argument that the urban core
needs TIF to balance the suburban d
Thank you for your response Buck. I really appreciate the
detail - it helps me understand what is going on much
better.
We may have a tireless advocate in a city hall office
perhaps, but in the streets the garbage has been mounting.
And the new policy once again is focused on downtown and
only a
This press release gives us no information. Which plan was
passed and how and where will it be implemented and how much
does it cost and where is the money coming from?
It's one thing to support something in an election year,
it's another to flesh out the details and see what's really
happening.
r later you have to reach
out and believe in more than oneself and ultimately help
others plant the tree seedlings that we will never see leaf
to maturity.
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Steve said:
The facts depend on your perspective. Target builds stores
all over the country financing it's own parking facilities.
Just because it is a public asset doesn't mean it wasn't a
subsidy. Parking at this level is a requirement of their
business and as such should be an expense they
Let's have some context here. The City took out hundred and
hundreds and hundreds of homes along Hiawatha decades ago.
They dug a hole and built a good for nothing bridge over
46th and then tore it down. You cannot just isolate this
one stretch of Hiawatha and say that everybody has done
their g
This drop out statistic for MPS is about more than MPS. We
have systematically decreased social services over the past
two decades, reduced accessibility to higher education),
have not provided enough affordable housing, and many of our
HMO's won't even pay for mental health care. So without
sup
I was more scared of the candidates who thought they knew
how to raise other people's children by telling them they
must have their children in public school than those
candidates who selected a private school.
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I have to agree with Ken on this one. Supporting the
protection of the Cold Water Springs and running a
functional government that protects our environment are two
completely different things.
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Isn't it an election year Ken? Typical current establishment
behavior.
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Thanks Tim for your post. I've also gotten a few
explanations offline - some from informative lurkers. Thank
you all. What I'm starting to see is that homeowners are
getting upset about the amount of subsidy going to
commercial projects through TIF which results in an increase
in residential ta
Lynell talked about the hard time at the legislature for
Minneapolis schools. One of the things that seems more and
more puzzling to me is how TIF financing seems to be tied to
our school resources. I've heard a number of comments out
here in exurbia about how schools are having to dismantle
pro
le. Maybe
we need to change the name to of the School Board to:
Community and School Board and give them power over the
Mayor and the County who seem to have failed at their jobs.
;-)
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Albeit from a Rybak supporter, I have a little different
take. I think Stenglein and McDonald are going to battle
over the same voter base (the conservative and I'm ticked
off vote). The mayor, who has lost touch with the people,
given big corporate subsidies, and racked up a huge internal
servi
One would think that with Minneapolis Parks being one of the
largest draws in the region and one of the most popular
venues, the Star Tribune would have at least one reporter
designated solely to covering parks activities, political
impacts and the election of board members. Perhaps they
could ev
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Dear Ms. Becker, I love how you like to address the minutia
of my posts instead of the substance. So in rebut - at
least your licorice was behind a closed door that you were
en
uld get
more votes than the Mayor which is exactly what happened.
Now here comes the primary and we get to see if the Mayor's
money and corporate connections wins over the people of
Minneapolis. I don't know about anybody else, but I'm
betting on the great people of Minneapolis to
reworks, and rowdiness of post exiting. I would
love to attend this event again with my children, but will
not unless there are some assurances by the Park Board that
this event will be better policed.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Russ Peterson
St. Michael
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that "charitable slight of hand." Just remember on Saturday
who was at the poker table when the deck was shuffled ;-)
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) DFL needs a wake
up call. It is not serving the people or even its constituency - it is
serving itself.
Russell W. Peterson
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Michael
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ccess denial to citizens without
direct voter accountability. It is something that should be
improved.
Russ Peterson
Saint Michael
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not elected representatives, but are part of non-profit
organizations (not city employees or elected officials) have
no real accountability in the NRP system. That certainly
seems to be a Minneapolis city-wide issue to me.
Russ Peterson
St. Michael
Russell W. Peterson, RA, CID
Perhaps we wouldn't even have to have this argument if we
thought of Minneapolis as having multiple downtowns.
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h a problem. And if we had a more organic approach,
we'd be putting more housing directly into downtown in each
of these districts, which would in turn help create the
critical mass to sustain livability after the 9-5 working
hour.
Russell W. Peterson
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re quickly to create better streets
in the city.
Russ Peterson
former Standish
now St. Michael
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rationalize more
spending from city tax dollars because "it was many people's
fault" is beaucracy at it's worst. Minneapolis can't even
pick up it's garbage or manage many basic services, yet it
can find dollars to fix a Met Council problem. I guess some
of us in the
be the complete responsibility of the Met Council? And why
aren't the Minneapolis Council members and the Mayor
standing up for the rights of their residents?
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