[Mpls] Re: Leaf Blowers

2005-01-07 Thread phaedrus
> I don't think that this proposed ordinance is as > dumb as Jason claims. What I think is dumb would be banning leaf blowers rather than banning excessive generation of noise pollution or air pollution. I did neglect to consider particulates in my original post. > If I understand his argument co

[Mpls] Leaf Blowers

2005-01-06 Thread phaedrus
I recently played a "stupid laws" game - the basic premise was that you guess which of the four options is an actual law. I ended up being quite good at it, presumably because of my regular reading of political lists and having a better idea of the thought process that goes into laws. Many of the

[Mpls] RE: Occam's Razor

2005-01-05 Thread phaedrus
As it isn't related to Minneapolis, I'm continuing this conversation on the sidelines. I'll save an email log (if there ends up being one) for anyone interested. - Jason Goray: Sheridan, NE, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America, North America, Earth, etc.

[Mpls] Occam's Razor

2005-01-04 Thread phaedrus
>> Occam's Razor - the simplest explanation is mostly >> likely the correct one. > > Not! Occam's Razor suggests that an equally > accurate, but simpler explanation is preferable to a > more verbose one. Occam's Razor infers both statements: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/OCCAMRAZ.html - Jason Goray

Re: [Mpls] Racially Insensitive Langauge

2004-12-17 Thread phaedrus
> I'm with Jason on this one. Iam more than aware of > the power of language. But I never understood the > "of color" adjetive. This politically correct > speech forces people to torture the language. Just to be clear, I don't have a side on this question. I don't personally see a need for either

[Mpls] Racially Insensitive Langauge

2004-12-17 Thread phaedrus
> A Star Tribune reporter was disciplined Thursday > after he disclosed that he wrote an e-mail to a > Minneapolis police official that contained > racially insensitive language. > > David Chanen, a police reporter, told editors that > he used the term "colored officers" in an e-mail > sent Wednes

[Mpls] Re: Mpls: 6th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Memorial

2004-11-22 Thread phaedrus
> Well David, I showed up and tried to pay my respects. > But you didn't warn us that the event would be > televised! > > Now when you're a gay federal employee in the reign > of the religious "right", who understands the > meaning of the legal term "federal preemption", you > know better than to

[Mpls] HTG/TCTA

2004-11-22 Thread phaedrus
> I have not gone to see many touring music concerts > at Target and other venues when I noticed they were > connected to Clear Channel completely deflating my > desire to send any dollars their way. I agree with this sentiment of Clear Channel. For the past few years, I have not been willing to

[Mpls] Bicycle Protocol

2004-11-17 Thread phaedrus
For me, bicycles are primarily for transporation. Except for when I'm leisure riding (8 - 14 mph with friends), I generally travel between 15 and 25 mph. I generally opt for roads over bike paths or sidewalks. Why? ### Why not sidewalks? * There are obstacles that often approach up to and even

[Mpls] Re: Mpls Digest, Vol 11, Issue 11

2004-11-09 Thread phaedrus
> To Cub's credit though they've quit asking for ID's > with credit card purchases. This is to their credit? - Jason Goray Sheridan NE __ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has v

[Mpls] local candidates

2004-10-08 Thread phaedrus
So, does anyone have anything good or bad to say about: JUDGE - 4TH DISTRICT COURT 1 (i) Thor Anderson vs Julie Delgado O'Neil JUDGE - 4TH DISTRICT COURT 18 Stephen Baker vs Susan Burke JUDGE - 4TH DISTRICT COURT 27 Kevin Kolosky vs (i) Lajune Lange SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 5 Gregory

[Mpls] Re: Lawn Sign Theft

2004-10-07 Thread phaedrus
I've received a lot of responses on the lawn sign theft which have varied from honestly sympathetic and outraged to somewhat condescending (eg: "You think Democrats don't have anything better to do than go around stealing lawn signs?") One thing I should be clear on is that I was not implicating a

[Mpls] Lawn Sign Theft

2004-10-06 Thread phaedrus
Well, the Democrats are doing a good job of uniting me with the Republicans on at least one issue. I got back from my sister's wedding Monday night to discover that my lawn sign supporting Tom Taylor for State Representative District 59A had disappeared. I'm reasonably confident that it was not a

[Mpls] Re: Kahn's Crime

2004-09-28 Thread phaedrus
> As I suggested in an earlier post, I can still not > understand why Ms. Kahn was out in that district in > the first place. Be that as it may, it is clear > justice has been meted out and the issue will fade > into the background. Although it is not ideal for an > elected official to be convicted

[Mpls] Re: Arts in the Mpls schools

2004-09-28 Thread phaedrus
>> David, I am talking about getting kids trained in >> the basic adult skills of reading and math, which I >> think every grown-up person needs to know to take >> care of themselves. It's a different issue whether >> the arts help professionals or scientists in their >> careers. I am skeptical a

[Mpls] RE: IRV in Minneapolis

2004-09-16 Thread phaedrus
> The trouble with IRV is that it allows the person > with the most votes to lose. This is equivalent to saying that if a person gets the most votes during the primary but loses the general election, the current system is flawed. I'll illustrate below. > In my opinion, it is manifestly undemocra

[Mpls] Re: lrt parking

2004-08-17 Thread phaedrus
As far as I'm concerned, the fewer parking lots and ramps, the better. We have better things to do with the space, and frankly, more difficulty finding parking encourages use of human powered or mass transit options. In San Francisco, I've heard estimates that at any given time, there are 10,000

Re: [Mpls] SUVs Banned on Minneapolis Streets?

2004-08-06 Thread phaedrus
> A nice shiny new SUV, owned by a person with the > money or gumption to maintain it pollutes far less > than most of the little beat up old Geo Metros > with "What Would Wellstone Do?" bumper stickers > plastered all over them that you see smauging their > way around Minneapolis streets all the t

[Mpls] What does Outdoors mean?

2004-07-30 Thread phaedrus
Ok, this does feel a bit like chicanery, or at least searching for a loophole, but at some point, somebody has to ask... Last night I was discussing the smoking ban with a bouncer from my bar and a bartender from a bar I frequent. The bartender mentioned that her bar was planning to start keeping

[Mpls] Re: Private Clubs & City Charter

2004-07-29 Thread phaedrus
> There are already quite a number of "private clubs" > in Minneapolis and one does not need a change in the > Minneapolis City Charter to open one! The private > clubs include veterans groups, golf/country club, > women's clubs, service clubs, ethnic/cultural clubs, > at least one athletic club,

[Mpls] Re: Smoking Ban

2004-07-28 Thread phaedrus
For the record, my position on local level smoking bans has shifted slightly since I previously posted on the subject. While I would not personally choose it, I would not have a problem with a community passing a smoking ban as long as it: * Allowed for the existence of private clubs which would

[Mpls] Local offices/candidates

2004-07-27 Thread phaedrus
I had trouble finding some information I was looking for on the Secretary of State's website. When is the filing deadline for this year's elections? What seats are up for re-election, and who is running for those seats? - Jason Goray Sheridan, NE (back from break) _

[Mpls] Last words for now.

2004-06-24 Thread phaedrus
Because I've been finding myself growing angry more often than I like and wanting to respond to some posts and commentary in a way that would be unwelcome to the list, I'm unsubscribing from the forum for a while. My skin is perhaps a bit too thin for this sort of thing, so I need to thicken it up

[Mpls] Re: City budget & Health Care

2004-06-22 Thread phaedrus
I seem to recall my parents had some sort of "Co-op Homeowners Insurance". Everyone would pay their premiums, over the year claims would be made, and at the end of the year, any surplus (after claims and overhead) would be redistributed to the members (less claims made). I always thought this wou

[Mpls] Re: Mpls "rights"..put up or?

2004-06-22 Thread phaedrus
>> I think there should be reasoned discussion about >> this matter. Perhaps we want to ban smoking, but >> we should not scare the public into thinking that >> secondhand smoke puts them at nearly as much risk >> as smoking itself does. It is pure deception to >> suggest that it does. > > I agree

[Mpls] excessive decible ban

2004-06-21 Thread phaedrus
I don't have much to add to the smoking ban discussion that I haven't said already, but (partially due to offlist requests not to silence myself on the issue) I would like to respond to a few things that keep being brought up. # To the statement that the main opposition to the ban is bar owners an

[Mpls] city contracting preferences

2004-06-18 Thread phaedrus
In an effort to post something more positive and constructive (and on a topic unrelated to smoking bans), I submit the following: I understand that the City of Minneapolis currently gives preference on bids to minority- or women-owned businesses. Do we also give similar preference to locally owne

[Mpls] Smoking Ban & Public/Private

2004-05-17 Thread phaedrus
Last Thursday, I sent a post to the list regarding the smoking ban that asked two questions. I have yet to receive any answers to either of them. The first was wondering if my understanding of the point of view of those promoting the ban was correct. If those who support the ban take issue with m

[Mpls] Smoking Ban

2004-05-13 Thread phaedrus
Prelude: To try and better understand the opinions of those who support a smoking ban, I am attempting to distill the differences. If I make any mistakes in my simplifications, they are not an attempt to twist the discussion but are an honest error or misunderstanding. Please respond to them as su

[Mpls] Smoking ban in Minneapolis.

2004-05-10 Thread phaedrus
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a 10 year smoker who has been trying to quit off-and-on for two to three years. I am a bouncer/barback at a nightclub (working on getting a bartending certification) and I play in a band that plays the bar scene. If it weren't for these environments, quitt

[Mpls] Re: Babylon lost in fire, years of art and effort lost in flames

2004-01-29 Thread phaedrus
Neal Krasnoff's attacks on The Babylon indicate either a personal grudge against The Babylon or a general grudge towards any organization who includes support of Palestine among their political issues. It is difficult to discuss the second aspect of the issue without going well beyond the local is

[Mpls] The next Chief of Police

2003-12-23 Thread phaedrus
I must admit that I shared some of the list members' disappointment that the Mayor's choice for the next Chief of Police ended up being an out-of-town white male. Being from out of town concerned me for a couple reasons: A non-local chief will not know the trouble spots as well as a local officer

[Mpls] Plain Text posting in Pegasus

2003-12-19 Thread phaedrus
Does anyone have instructions on how to do plain text posting in the Pegasus email program? Thanks, - Jason Goray Sheridan NE __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the

[Mpls] OOPS! Re: Minneapolis Issues list digest formatting

2003-12-12 Thread phaedrus
I owe Margaret an apology. The email I sent regarding the formatting of her post was meant to be private rather than sent to the entire list server. I have sent a number of folks on the list copies of how their emails look after being processed by the digest in an effort to help make the digests

[Mpls] Minneapolis Issues list digest formatting

2003-12-12 Thread phaedrus
Margaret, Because it was in MIME or HTML format, your email to the list ended up looking like the following after it went through the digest and arrived in my inbox. I'm uncertain which aspects were due to the digest software and which were due to my email reader (Yahoo! mail), but as you can see

Re: [Mpls] RE: WI-FI through the Parks

2003-08-22 Thread phaedrus
completely open. - phaedrus __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed he

RE: [Mpls] At Home On the Island: Homeless Containment

2003-08-21 Thread phaedrus
> I'd appreciate hearing from others, especially those > who don't weigh in as regularly on these issues. Am > I off-base in my defense...too defensive? If > you feel this discussion is boring the list, please > email me off-list. If your comments are wider in > scope, I'll hang in here. I know th

Re: [Mpls] The Occupation of Police Officer

2003-08-20 Thread phaedrus
--- "Dooley, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given the recent threads regarding Minneapolis > police-community relations, list members may be > interested in a August 20, 2003 USA TODAY article > entitled "Buddhism and the Badge." The article is > about an upcoming five-day retreat in the Madiso

[Mpls] Franklin Ave, Transsexuals

2003-08-15 Thread phaedrus
I was up this morning and feeling restless, so I went for a spin on my motorbike. Took a nice cruise down the river road, spun off onto Lake and headed up to Franklin on my way over to Lyndale to head back down to Bob's Java Hut. As I was traveling along, I noticed a police cruiser in my mirrors -

Re: Fwd: [Mpls] Gang, Drugs, Patrols, Ebonics, List Management, Racism

2003-08-14 Thread phaedrus
> most diabolically professorial sentence I could > come up with. Absolutely no one got it. Ehh. Just because no one saw a need to comment on it doesn't mean they didn't get it. I did find it amusing that "shade" (by which, I assume you meant ghost) was interpretted as a tint thing. But anyway,

RE: [Mpls] Search underway for new Minneapolis police chief

2003-07-02 Thread phaedrus
> How does this list feel regarding whether the new > police chief should be female or a racial minority > group member? Also, should it be an insider or a > person from another city? Or, is it the preverbal > "best person available?" At the risk of sounding Republican, what on earth would their

Re: [Mpls] Ascribing motives

2003-07-02 Thread phaedrus
To anyone who read my previous post and ended up with the implication that I have experienced members of CUAPB labeling me as a rascist or fascist for questioning their criticism of the police, please note the following correction/clarification. >> The closer I am to agreeing with the people that

Re: [Mpls] Schiff

2003-07-01 Thread phaedrus
> Because Democrats, particularly our own DFLers, are > such wimps the have take extra care in what they say > and do. Republicans, on the other hand, can > practically get away with anything because they > know how to fight. ... > And why would Schiff be so proud to tag along with > the Howard D

Re: [Mpls] Re: Startribune.com registration

2003-06-03 Thread phaedrus
Ok, I hate getting junk mail and getting tracked as well, so I tend to avoid registering for a lot and often use sites like anonymizer.com to surf anonymously. But first of all, less scrupulous web managers can get a LOT of the info from the registration without asking you for anything, especially

Re: [Mpls] Social Costs and Who's responsible

2003-05-27 Thread phaedrus
The thread regarding bad tenants has produced some of the usual and some pretty interesting things. I think my favorite was the idea of NJIMBY - which does express the way I was looking at it. (Although, as I think my neighborhood is middling to good, maybe it is for NJITBY me. Not Just In Their

Re: [Mpls] Where do I go 80's dancing in Minneapolis?

2003-04-03 Thread phaedrus
> [JB]So here is the question: Where do we go dancing > with 80's music? > > [JM]I can't be certain that this is what you're > looking for, but I believe Ground Zero in Northeast used to do an > '80s thing on Fridays. I can't say for certain that they still do it so > you might want to call firs

Re: [Mpls] STRIDE/Raucouscaucus official merger in the works?

2003-04-01 Thread phaedrus
> Now that we've established the STRIDE/cowardscaucus > connection, would any other STRIDE leaders like to > drink from the cup of courage and claim their work? > We're all waiting... Cats have tails, Dogs have tails, therefore Cats are Dogs. or... Henry Ford was a Nazi sympathizer, Henry Ford

Re: [Mpls] Protesters ditching work and school

2003-03-21 Thread phaedrus
> I hope everyone patting themselves on the back for their work & > school- optional humanitarian efforts will save a little back-patting > for our returning troops. >From something I wrote the other day: When we consider the men and women of the American military, we must be grateful. These are

[Mpls] Of potential interest to the self-reflective:

2003-02-03 Thread phaedrus
http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/02.html It uses an interesting methodology based on left/right brain association. They check for hidden biases regarding various minorities, genders, ages, body image and sexual orientations. To get an accurate result, it is important to go quickly enough so t

[Mpls] Re: Various things.

2003-02-02 Thread phaedrus
RT brings up petitioning our congress people, and it certainly makes sense to collect signatures for both petitions at the same time. ### In the past week, we've had two events: * A report of a man sitting in his living room near a corner known for drug dealing as a bullet flew through followed

[Mpls] anti-war resolutions

2003-02-02 Thread phaedrus
It is my understanding that the Mayor and city council members opposed to voting on a resolution against a unilateral war are opposed because they do not feel they were given the mandate by the voters when they were elected to city council. Those who support the resolution would like to send a pow

Re: [Mpls] War.

2003-01-28 Thread phaedrus
Why is it a Minneapolis issue? Because there are a lot of folks who don't trust the current administration's motives farther than they can spit. Once our military, in our names, starts killing more innocents, some of these folks are going to stand up. Maybe the next Seattle'99 will be here. It pr

Re: [Mpls] Crowd Counts and Mpls Media

2003-01-21 Thread phaedrus
> Seems odd that we're hung up on crowd counts. Look > at all the forces that are against this war. Most > European leaders. The Pope. All our Arab allies. > To some extent, Powell. If the Star Tribune thinks > it can undermine the groundswell that all this > represents with low counts for on

Re: [Mpls] The Mayor breaks his promise to do filmed interveiw re: homelessness

2003-01-19 Thread phaedrus
> I've always been curious where homeless people go > when they can't stay in shelters and public places? > How does Minneapolis handle this issue? Well, one guy who I met last winter spent some nights in the shelters. Other nights, he'd sneak/break into someone's porch or break into an abandoned

Re: [Mpls] Rep Kahn introduce HF 67 leds to City Council members to run again

2003-01-14 Thread phaedrus
Just a quick weigh in on this one: I think I would like to see our city council elections happen every two years. (using IRV to streamline and improve voter voice, of course) However, I think this should be left up to each city to determine for itself. If St. Paul wants to have their elections ev

RE: [Mpls] Saturday NRP session

2003-01-12 Thread phaedrus
>> RT Rybak and Paul Ostrow gave answers about >> things changing now, about unexpected debts, >> they had not anticipated 9-11, etc. Can >> anyone tell me how 9-11 affected the City of >> Minneapolis' policy or debt? While it is the mayor and CM's responsibility to clarify their own statement

Re: [Mpls] 3rd Ward, Question regarding central

2003-01-09 Thread phaedrus
>> A post from Fred Markus a while back regarding Don's view of >> Central Ave. is an example of how Don is looking at NE. > > It sounded like a plan to put a small business paying minimum > wage and no benefits on every corner. Olin Moore clearly has the > vision here- he wants good paying job

Re: [Mpls] 3rd Ward election promises higher standard~insight News

2003-01-08 Thread phaedrus
> Fortune 500 company exec That brings up another question I have: We know that Olin Moore worked for Martin Sabo for 9 years. I'm assuming that it has been for the last 9 years and he's intending to leave if he wins the city council seat. I'd like to know the same about Don's employment history

[Mpls] Question for Moore and Samuels (and more re: Junk Mail a bit on Hemp)

2003-01-07 Thread phaedrus
Question for Olin Moore and Don Samuels (or their campaign staff). Would you support IRV for local elections? If so, would you use your position to help promote a referendum, push for a direct vote on the city council, or support it in some other manner? If not, would you abstain, vote against i

[Mpls] Homelessness, Block E

2003-01-05 Thread phaedrus
My parents live in southern Wisconsin and told me that they heard on the news that Minneapolis homeless shelters are having lotteries to see who gets to stay for the night and over 1,000 people are being turned out on the streets most nights. What's the deal? . . . On Block E, > Oh, and on an

Re: [Mpls] Photo Cops

2003-01-05 Thread phaedrus
> Instead of spending money on cameras to catch red > light runners, spend the money on 'demand-triggered > lights' that won't be red unless there is > opposing traffic. Most red light runners happen > when the light is red but there is no traffic on the > opposing street (obviously, otherwise t

Re: [Mpls] Labor, Pedestrian Killed

2003-01-03 Thread phaedrus
;t going to be any more labor jobs in America and those that are left will be designated "critical industries" so future Reagans and Bushes can stop any attempts at effective organization. This is probably off topic, but it is not semantic hanky panky. - phaedrus.

Re: [Mpls] 3rd Ward Primary

2003-01-03 Thread phaedrus
After re-reading my response to Dyna's post, my reaction is a bit more emotionally raw than I like and touches on things outside city specifics. For those who would still like to read the full thing (and get links to download a couple great songs as well as a lot of references to major political/l

Re: [Mpls] 3rd Ward Primary

2003-01-02 Thread phaedrus
> Much of Margo's support was the Northeast traditional white > ethnic union DFL base. Don Samuel's union bashing will drive these > folks straight to Olin. Ok, Dyna,watching the tenor and tone of your posts on this has moved me from being relatively ambivolent to annoyed to downright angry. Dy

Re: [Mpls] Prop Tax Calc and falling Tax Capacity

2002-12-17 Thread phaedrus
Property Taxes and a short aside on the Civil Liberties discussion. Can someone point me at a nice concise description of the difference between a "progressive" and "regressive" tax? A snapshot of property tax impact (not a statement for or against property taxes): The timing's kind of ironic, b

Re: [Mpls] Re: Samuels vs. Price: discuss

2002-12-15 Thread phaedrus
>> He may have once been DFL, but he is now a Green >> and, from what I've seen, has the support of many >> Greens and Green leaners. > > Fact: Shane was active in Paul Wellstone's campaign > this year. Paul Wellstone is a DFLer. The fact that he decides to support the candidate who he feels is t

Re: [Mpls] Re: Samuels vs. Price: discuss

2002-12-13 Thread phaedrus
Dyna, I'm not sure why you include Shane Price in your look at DFL endorsedment and candidates. He may have once been DFL, but he is now a Green and, from what I've seen, has the support of many Greens and Green leaners. You feel he's an opportunist. Other people have tried to do the same with th

Re: [Mpls] A little common sense would be nice on the "rental property/tax issue"

2002-12-09 Thread phaedrus
--- Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Driscoll writes: > > "Rental units are a gold mine for landlords, once cash flow out strips > the initial investment, and that is always within six months of > purchase, if not immediately." > > Vicky Heller comments: > > Brookfield Develop

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Third Ward......

2002-12-09 Thread phaedrus
> I know that the rules are that a candidate must live in the ward thirty > days before the election. Shouldn't you have to live in the ward > when you file, as if to say, I have a stake, I'm committed to the third > ward, win or lose. Frankly, I know, people who have filed or who > intend to file

Re: [Mpls] Peace House 'keeps on keepin' on', and the UNIMAGINABLE

2002-12-05 Thread phaedrus
Jim, I was wondering if you had any advice for what a person from a "non"-impacted neighborhood can do to help neighborhoods like Phillips, Ventura Village, Jordan, etc., receive equal and fair treatment from the city. I don't have a lot of free time for the next couple months, but I believe that

RE: [Mpls] 3rd Ward- the Northside needs representation

2002-11-25 Thread phaedrus
Well, I agree and disagree with Dyna's sentiment. I believe that the best candidate for Ward 3 will represent both the Northside and Northeast side precincts. I don't care which side of the river they are from, but I want them to care about both sides. I can't speak for all Northeasters, but I kn

Re: [Mpls] If you live near supportive housing

2002-11-19 Thread phaedrus
> It appears now that the law is regularly > circumvented and has been for some time. If > politicians lack the desire to enforce the existing > law what is the point of keeping it? It would be one > thing if supportive housing was distributed widely > through the city and this revocation would tr

Re: [Mpls] Corporations vs Neighborhoods

2002-11-19 Thread phaedrus
Jim Mork wrote > Sheldon Mains claims to be leftist, but he can't > understand why something good for a corporation > is bad for a neighborhood. Well, the easy answer > would be "because corporations generally don't > care about the neighborhood until there's money > in it for them." But right now

[Mpls] City funding, Smoking issues, and a response to the charge of "hysterical hyperbole"

2002-11-17 Thread phaedrus
I've got an idea to improve the city and raise money as well. Isn't there a pretty hefty fine for littering? Lets hire a bunch of people who are out of work and pay them a reasonable wage to be (non uniformed) litter police. People who can't pay the fine can be sentenced to spend time cleaning up

[Mpls] education reform

2002-11-11 Thread phaedrus
I'd normally write a summary, but right now I have to just give the link. Worth reading about narrowing gaps in education: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9133-2002Nov5.html - Jason Goray, Sheridan, NE __ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH

[Mpls] Smoking in Minneapolis

2002-11-08 Thread phaedrus
I edited this one down to the best of my ability. I welcome any education on editing and how to be more concise. If brevity is the soul of wit, I seem to be in big trouble. Arthur Himmelman said: "I especially like the arguments by those who have evidently lived through repressive forms of socia

[Mpls] Re: Budget Cuts, Cub, and Library

2002-11-08 Thread phaedrus
This is another long post. A friend suggested that due to the length of my posts, they may be disregarded by many on the list. If anyone out there feels that they would prefer to read my posts if I kept them shorter, please send me a private email. My general concern is that I don't like sound bit

RE: [Mpls] Re: Yes, Arthur, there are Smoke Free Saturday Nights

2002-11-05 Thread phaedrus
--- Ed Felien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Art Himmelman wanted to know if anyone is concerned > about smoking in bars. For the past two and a half > years, Pulse of the Twin Cities has been sponsoring > Smoke Free Saturday Nights. We talk a bar owner > into letting us keep his place smoke free

Re: [Mpls] smoke-free Minneapolis campaign? Please don't go there!

2002-11-05 Thread phaedrus
> After the smoke clears from the election, I am > wondering if anyone thinks that there could be > interest in a smoke-free Minneapolis campaign. There may be interest, but I strongly oppose this idea. Government buildings and other public spaces that need to be accessable to everyone should be

Re: [Mpls] Name the downtown library after a donor?

2002-11-04 Thread phaedrus
> From the link supplied by David Brauer: "A > fundraising consultant raised that possibility with > library trustees recently by posing an intriguing > question: 'If someone wanted to give you $15 > million, would you be willing to name the library > after a person?' The immediate, if informal, >

Re: [Mpls] Bikes:

2002-11-03 Thread phaedrus
> "As a side note, I'd prefer it if the buses were > run on some fuel other than diesel. I Have you > ever gotten stuck behind a bus on a motorcycle or > bicycle? It makes you want a gas mask!" > > Buses are lower on some pollutants, but diesel > engines in general put out a lot of hydrocarbons. >

Re: [Mpls] Hennepin and Lyndale two lane?

2002-11-03 Thread phaedrus
> I stated an opinion, but unfortunately some people > are "Personally offended" that some other person > might have a differing idea from themselves. > > One more time. Either you have to be militantly pro > bike and love riding them no matter the danger, or > desperate for transportation so

Re: [Mpls] Restoring the Mississippi River in Minneapolis

2002-11-01 Thread phaedrus
The lock and dam building near the stone arch bridge has an interesting history of the falls. For those looking for a place to take their kids (or to spend some time alone or with a friend), I'd definitely recommend it. Watching the falls from the bridge during the spring can be pretty awesome as w

Re: [Mpls] Other judicial races

2002-10-31 Thread phaedrus
I want to thank everyone who has been responding to the request to discuss the Judicial candidates. I would like to express an additional appreciation that, in contrast to many races, this discussion has been highly civil and for the most part sticking to relevant information and making a point of

Re: [Mpls] Election Judges

2002-10-30 Thread phaedrus
--- Michael Hohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given all the election turmoil this season, I called > to volunteer as an election judge in my local > precinct (hence a Mpls issue!), offering to spend > the night counting ballots. To my chagrin, I found > that as an independent voter, being unal

RE: [Mpls] Z&P committee picks up River-Lake Tabernacle

2002-10-30 Thread phaedrus
> I don't know much about how other people on this > list think about memorials or historical markers to > their ancestors. But I have always had trouble with > negative monuments. I also have some sympathy for > the Heritage Preservation Commission's mission. A > lot of our culture is represe

Re: [Mpls] Re: Library Job: What are the qualifications anyway?

2002-10-28 Thread phaedrus
There is another aspect to why the net can't replace a library which was touched on by someone else. A book is published and written by someone who has rights to the intellectual property. A library works because each copy is paid for and can only be lent out to one person at a time. The same cou

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis also needs Federa Mediation on other "Issues"

2002-10-28 Thread phaedrus
> Judges also apply the law differently. If you are > victimizing school areas in Minnetonka or Linden > Hills you will be treated far differently than you > will in the school zones along Franklin Avenue. > Hennepin County Judges routinely let the drug > dealers arrested on Franklin and the Nort

Re: [Mpls] Re: Voting by Non-Citizens

2002-10-25 Thread phaedrus
I was about 3/4 finished writing this when I heard the tragic news. I'm still having reservations about hitting the send button, but since it's already written, I'll send it out and you can decide whether to read it, wait a while, or hit delete. I'm still stunned and in shock considering our loss

Re: [Mpls] Inconsiderate Conservatives

2002-10-25 Thread phaedrus
> some smarmy bastard who somehow managed the audacity > to taunt passing motorists in the wake of these > horrible events. I am certain that most people who support other candidates would be appalled as you are about this man's behavior. I am certain that he is going to do nothing to win suppo

[Mpls] Re: Voting by Non-Citizens (tea anyone?)

2002-10-24 Thread phaedrus
I had the opportunity to read the two bills mentioned by Rep. Kahn. Reading HF2448 [1]: grants permanent resident noncitizens the entitlement to vote in local goverment elections. Reading HF2453 [2]: allows local goverment the ability to entitle permanent resident noncitizens to vote in it's ele

Re: [Mpls] Voting by Non-Citizens - by mail or in person

2002-10-22 Thread phaedrus
--- Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Driscoll writes: > > "And anything less than the ability to vote is > taxation without representation." > > VH - I presume you would be in favor of businesses > voting where they are located too. As businesses are conceptual entities and do n

[Mpls] Phyllis Kahn and a small announcement.

2002-10-21 Thread phaedrus
Re: State Constitutional Amendment to allows permanent residents (non-citizens) the right to vote. For anyone who's interested in reading the current text, it's detailed in Article 7, Section 1: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/mncon/Article7.htm I wonder if there is any interest in all

[Mpls] Library. Rails. Xenophobia.

2002-10-20 Thread phaedrus
Re: Library: Ok, not exactly the library, but a side comment from the thread: - - - WM wrote (excerpt) - - - WM: The director of the library is not a public official; the board members of the library are public officials. The director of the library is their employee. So you elected this board t

[Mpls] Voting, Housing, Multi-Lingual, Administrators

2002-10-18 Thread phaedrus
VOTING: In response to my musing ... >> One thing I've been wondering, thinking back on >> that whole American Revolution thing... >> >> If non-citizens can't vote, should they have to >> pay taxes? What about people under 18, and people >> who've had their civil rights stripped? Michael Atherto

Re: [Mpls] Voting by Non-Citizens - by mail or in person

2002-10-18 Thread phaedrus
- - - According to the 2000 census, roughly 49,000 people in Minneapolis were not citizens. Do Minneapolis election judges verify citizenship before allowing votes to be counted? - - - One thing I've been wondering, thinking back on that whole American Revolution thing... If non-citizens can't v

Re: [Mpls] Library Board (and Park and School Superintendents too)

2002-10-17 Thread phaedrus
As someone else said, if $120k isn't good enough for them, fine, don't let the door hit 'em on the way out. Frankly, I can't think of any job that doesn't risk life or limb that's truly worth $120k a year (especially when I consider that there are hard working people out there making less than $15

[Mpls] Socialists for Wellstone and MCDA Riots

2002-10-16 Thread phaedrus
Re: Socialists for Wellstone After reading the dsausa website, I drew the same conclusion that the original post did - that they were attempting to import people to vote. I suppose that would be better than standing outside a shelter with a stack of tens and sample ballot, but it would certainly

Re: [Mpls] New Taxpayers League Billboards

2002-10-16 Thread phaedrus
--- Jim MCGUIRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen the billboard from the Taxpayers League > "Light Rail Brought to you by Big Government" which > I found highly amusing. It left me wondering who > built the roads... > > The latest one, which I haven't seen (I'm told it's > in Blaine) is s

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis neighborhood entrepreneur makes the Strib

2002-10-15 Thread phaedrus
> RT if your reading, don't bother streamlining. Open > a mayors appeal desk. When someone had done all that > is sensible in their app, let them come to your > office for the quick overrule of a bureaucrat. Then > keep track of what office or employee is leading the > league in overules. Th

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