I misspelled Godot in my last post. Ouch! Thanks to Mr Marks for
correcting me. Going public can sure be humbling.
Craig Miller
Rogers
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>Subject: Can you put this statement on Mpls Issues-I tried but couldn't.
Thanks.
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Passing this on in the spirit of information sharing that may benefit
all of us working on keeping Minneapolis the greatest big city in th
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Sorry, Craig. In my youth I wanted to be an English teacher but
instead spent 14 years as a stage hand. Had to do Waiting for Godot a
number of times. Godat is probably a one name
Steve Brandt writes of NRP's proposed stiffer conflict-of-interest policy:
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=82783110
Basically, the policy would prevent anyone on NRP's governing board from
serving on neighborhood board or other groups funded by NRP. This goes way
b
The conflict of interest policy was being worked on
long before the story about Jackie Cherryhomes
appeared in the paper. The incident involving Jackie
was just one more in a long string of incidents that
have raised questions about conflict of interest.
This discussion has been going on within
While I so enjoy being chided by snotty liberals who disagree with my
opinion, I do have to ask: where, in your world, does the accountability lie
then??? Certainly the students can't be held accountable; they're just
children! And the teachers? Impossible. Too under paid! The School District
just a question I want to toss out for people's brains
to work over. it relates to the some of the things
talked about vis a vis the library referendum but has
wider implications for city governance, property taxes
etc.
As i write there is a presentation being made to the
ways and means/budget c
In an exchange over the weekend, it was said that only residents would pay
for the library referendum. This is not the case. The referendum will
affect ALL property owners, whether the property is residential, commercial
or industrial, and it will affect them equally. The cost for every $100,00
Certainly. The survey was put together after hearing many accounts of MCDA's
riding slipshod over the people who have had contact with them. Accounts
range from unscrupulous deals with persons having an undue influence in MCDA
affairs, all the way to ignoring complaints from persons who have us
Somebody posted the information attached below over the weekend. It's
incorrect. Businesses will pay $57 annually per $100,000 of valuation
if the library proposal passes.
Steve Brandt
Star Tribune
the tax bite from referendums like this is entirely on
the residents; business property is co
Karen Collier writes:
"The money to (clean up the lakes) came primarily from the federal
government and from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. (South Mpls
residents) are taxed by the Watershed District. Therefore, to use the
cleanup of those areas, if in fact you were, as an example of mon
If we are going to make the school systems "more accountable" then we
should compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. Comparing Edina
to any inner city school should be done on the basis of how well Edina
does in educating their South East Asian students to Minneapolis South
East Asian st
It's not the meters that encourage sprawl and subsidize exurban development,
it's the road system itself and the continuing belief that the solution to
traffic congestion is more roads and wider freeways. The state legislature
needs to understand smart growth and spend transportation dollars
accor
Actually, I think Dave asked some really pertinent questions, and it would
be nice to get answers to those. I also appreciated the humor in the post.
It won't bore me in the least to see a point by point answers to Dave's
questions.
>
>Maybe issue FAQs might help relieve people like Lisa of
Yes, well, this makes much more sense.
Andy Driscoll
St. Paul
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http://www.driscollgroup.com
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> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:39:33 -0500
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Li
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Here are some links to studies done in regard to education reform. =20
In 1991, the Office of Educational
Dave Stack wrote:
> The first and only stormwater treatment pond in the Harrison Neighborhood
> ran into a buzzsaw of opposition. After it was built, some neighborhood
> people were very upset because they were afraid that children would drown
in
> the pond. The pond was thus completely surrounded
Forwarded on behalf of Wally Swan --
In answer to the statement in the Star Tribune that adding debt load from
the Library Referendum would not have an effect upon the city bond rating:
According to Standard and Poor's (January 2000), the average net debt per
capita for 32 AAA rated cities is $1
So, if some guy on this list is a "snotty liberal" then you are, presumably, a
what? Condescending conservatiuve? Adenoidal archconservative? Just plain
twit? You could start with yourself and be accountable for your mouth--or
fingers in this case.
Wizard Marks, Central
j burns wrote:
> While
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on 10/23/2000 3:10 PM, John Rocker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It's not the meters that encourage sprawl and subsidize exurban development,
> it's the road system itself and the continuing belief that the solution to
> traffic congestion is more roads and wider freeways.
I agree with the above
I understand that our society believes debt is a good thing, but does this
scare anybody else besides me?
Russ Peterson
Ward 9
Standish
R U S S E L L P E T E R S O N D E S I G N
"You can only fly if you stretch your wings."
Russell W. Peterson, RA, CID
Founder
3857 23rd Avenue South
Minne
In a message dated 10/23/2000 8:11:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] forwards the following on behalf of Wally Swan:
<< In answer to the statement in the Star Tribune that adding debt load from
the Library Referendum would not have an effect upon the city bond rating:
According
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