Good news Mike - I just bought you a copy of "With or Without Beans: An
Informal Biography of Texas Chili"
That was an easy way to save Minneapolis $100 million.
No need to thank me, I make many charitable contributions for the "public
good."
Vicky Heller
North Oaks and Cedar-Riverside
Mike
Sorry,
That title should've been
"With or Without Beans". The offer of fifty bucks still stands.
Mike Nelson
Central
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Vickie Heller wrote:
" Google is making ALL of the contents of the finest private
libraries, including Harvard's and Stanford's, available for free via
the
internet. And thanks to Xerox, you can print a hard cover copy of
anything
in your living room. The private sector is doing a much better
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keeps up.
Please, folks, CITY issues here, not generalized debates that could
happen anywhere.
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On Jan 11, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Steve Nelson wrote:
How strangeI always thought that those troops served a
Bernstein in conclusion wrote:
So Vicki, go enjoy your independence, celebrate your freedom.
Government will be there making sure you can do so!
Johnson writes:
Seems that Bernstein is crediting the government with maintaining
the freedom and independence we have.
I suppose that forgetting America
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> -Original Message-
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> Subject: [Mpls] Mpls Government
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> Bernstein in conclusion
Bernstein in conclusion wrote:
So Vicki, go enjoy your independence, celebrate your freedom.
Government will be there making sure you can do so!
Johnson writes:
Seems that Bernstein is crediting the government with maintaining
the freedom and independence we have.
I suppose that forgetting Americ
It's January 10 already - seven short weeks before the first Tuesday in
March when the DFL Party, for one, has elected to have municipal precinct
caucuses. First precincts, then wards, then a city convention. Great fun and
all for the purpose of vetting candidates, incumbent or otherwise, who want
Steven Cross: I am weary of Ms. Heller's endless attacks on good
government.
Vicky Heller: Marching toward bankruptcy is not a form of good government.
Withholding financial data from the taxpayers and voters is not a form of
good government.
Tripling property taxes in Minneapolis over the n
Vicky Heller said:
"Quite the contrary, my standard of living has been drastically reduced and my
personal liberty
has been curtailed government actions."
I say:
I am weary of Ms. Heller's endless attacks on good government. At least I know what to expect
and can hit the "delete" rather than sub
Peter Vevang writes:
"As I see it, Minneapolis is a bastion of freedom when compared to many
other parts of the country. I am free to speak my mind here. I am free to
live my life as I choose without having to worry about the government
watching my every move. I can pick up my phone and talk
Victoria Heller wrote-
"...Quite the contrary, my standard of living has been
drastically reduced and my personal liberty has been curtailed government
actions..."
Peter Vevang writes-
I am growing a bit tired of the Republican "victimology". As if the big
bad liberals were out to get them, and w
Jim Bernstein: The cold hard truth of it is that you are utterly dependent
on government for almost everything you do - you have been for a long time
and will continue to be as long as you live.
Vicky Heller: Your statement may apply to you, but I've never been on the
government payroll. Quite
A wonderful sermon by Jim Bernstein so early on a Sunday morning! And the
things he preached about are absolutely true, I might add. Though something
that should have been added, and probably overlooked for the sake of
brevity, is that "OUR" government is (or should be) totally dependent upon
This time Vicki you've really jumped off the boat! This idiotic notion
(I am not calling you an idiot, it is the concept that is idiotic) of
"freedom loving, independent people [who] do not want to become
dependent on government for anything" has taken root somehow and
otherwise intelligent people
Subject: [Mpls] Economics and free markets
We still object to taxes. It started in the Americas in the current
Dominican Republic in1493 and we still object. Do we face a threat of
force or property seizure if we do not pay our taxes? Of course. To
imagine that all people would willing pay taxes
Mark Anderson asks:
"Does anyone out there have numbers showing where our
increases have come from?"
Vicky takes a stab:
The biggest problem is interest payments on growing debts. The property
taxes collected in TIF districts were supposed to pay down debt - but they
didn't. Instead, they were
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