The city charter provides that for a city referendum issue, the
referendum is counted based on the number of people who vote on the
issue. Blanks do not count. By contrast, statewide constitutional
amendments are different: they require a 50% + 1 of all ballots cast.
Catherine Shreves
I don't think this is correct. To pass, a minimum number of all ballots
cast (yese, noes, blanks) are required. I think the minimum is 50% + 1
. If Keith Ford is reading here, please correct.
The Library referendum is counted on the number of people who check yes or
no. Blanks don't
Who do I talk to about getting a library referendum sign for my yard?
Rich Chandler - Ward 9
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I don't
Yes, well, this makes much more sense.
Andy Driscoll
St. Paul
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Are you just a little curious about the Subject Line. . .Read on. (To read
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post drop to the end and then return to mine)
Jan:
I'm a resident in South Minneapolis, who read an unrelated article in the
Strobe today regarding the stadium. Although I realize there are 1000s of
out
Ah, RT, you silver-tongued wonder, you. Even though I am running for the
Library Board next year, I too think we should have a serious debate about
separate boards for library and park (I cannot say the same for Board of
Estimates since I cannot figure out what they do). However, if a separate
year for the library
initiative)
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10 - We're #4!
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Subject: Re: library referendum
I hope
At 04:34 PM 10/17/00 -0500, McDonald, Lisa M wrote:
Two questions I would like answered on the referendum. If indeed having all
these books accessible means less librarian time inolved in finding them,
will we be able to make some staff adjustments, ie. less staff or will we be
able to extend
Jan Del Calzo wrote:
It was also enlightening to read about the shift of money to the Park Board
by the City so that the Park Board would not do a referendum too. That one
might have run into problems with the voters as well. Is there a pattern
here - the City Council members are an easier
In a message dated 10/16/2000 9:08:41 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes in part, and in support of library referendum:
Imagine a place where a five year-old can walk in with only a library
card in his pocket, peruse the offerings and walk out an hour later with
enough
I wonder if those making the case for the referendum realize how confusing
their rationale can be. I've heard that the library is equipped to handle 1.6
million books and now has 2.5 million, yet 85 percent of the material is not
accessible to the public. Can someone explain to the list how
My problem with the library referendum runs like this. For the past
10-15 years the downtown business interested have been getting tax
breaks, year by year and nibble by nibble. We are now at a point where
it will be the neighborhood tax payers who will bankroll the downtown
library
There are more than the issues Wally Swan brings up which
make me, as a taxpayer, hesitate to approve the library
referendum both this year and as it now stands. The $140
million goes entirely to bricks and mortar, probably
standard operating procedure for bonded issues. In the
campaign to
A new downtown library has the potential to benefit all the residents of
the metro area.
People outside of Minneapolis have either the Hennepin County, Ramsey
County, or St Paul libraries. Those folks do not help with the costs.
John Ferman said, among other things:
So I say no free
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