There's a benefit for Minneapolis Public Schools on Sunday at the
Dakota Jazz Club downtown. All the talent are MPS alumni, and it
looks like fun. More here:
https://www.achieveminneapolis.org/alumni_salute_entry.aspx
If you would like to help the schools but not quite at that level,
you can
Let's give the schools our tax money and let the Twins have a fund raiser
for the stadium, huh?!? Let them collect phone books and newspapers and pop
cans for a penny apiece. Let them peddle candy door-to-door or sell magazine
subscriptions or save soup can labels.
I know of a teacher at North Hi
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Connie Beckers
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:41 AM
To: Karen Cooper; mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: RE: [Mpls] help for MPS
Let's give the schools our tax money and let the Twins have a fund
raiser
for the stadium, huh?!? Let them collect p
les tax increase, if asked at the convention.
Britt Robson
Lyndale
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From: "Jim Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Connie Beckers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Karen Cooper'"
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Se
Bernstein's argument that I can't have a choice between stadium and public
schools is classic political rhetoric to me. When certain projects or
programs get funded while basic needs like public safety and education are
being cut, the argument is that the money is from "this" budget not "that"
one
> Bernstein's argument that I can't have a choice between stadium and public
> schools is classic political rhetoric to me.
No more so than the rhetoric that you contribute saying the sales tax
for the stadium is taking away funding for education. It simply
isn't.
> one or it's this branch of g
