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How Minneapolis compares with suburbs, from Census From: Connie Sullivan Date: 22:03 UTC Short link

There's an interesting Metropolitan Council report that summarizes
interim U.S. Census data on central cities and developed or
developing suburbs, to 2007. I was shocked to see the high percentage
of households in Minneapolis that are formed of people living alone,
and how precipitously the percentage of owner-occupied homes has
fallen in our city, even since the 2000 Census. How low the average
household income is in the city, and how few children under 18 there
are here. Etc.

It's easy to read, and has a tiny bit of explanation for the
disparities and trends. A preamble to what we'll find in 2010's
Census.'

Check it out here:

http://www.metrocouncil.org/Census/ACS/Overview.pdf

Connie
Como, in Southeast Minneapolis
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Can any neighborhood match Windom Park? From: Steve Brandt Date: 15:55 UTC Short link

Can any Minneapolis neighborhood match the record of Windom Park for activism
in the elected and appointed ranks of government?   Read about it in Dateline
Minneapolis:
http://www.startribune.com/local/37015089.html?elr=KArks:DCiUnP::DE8c7PiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU


Steve Brandt
Reporter
Star Tribune
612-673-4438
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Daily Planet headlines: Coleman suing / Early childhood ed / Privatization From: Jay Gabler Date: 06:53 UTC Short link

Coleman: Fight to regain seat "not just about me"
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19420
by Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman vowed today to continue his fight to
regain his seat by filing an election contest in Ramsey County
District Court. The Republican positioned the legal move as part of
an electoral process that he acknowledged is "messy and
inconvenient," but he expressed confidence in the outcome.

Schools pay, society benefits from ECE
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19362
by James Sanna, TC Daily Planet
How do you market an investment that costs almost twice as much as
the losses it’s designed to offset? One way is to wait for someone
else to fund it.

Historical lessons in privatization
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19293
by Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020
Privatizing the publicly owned and operated Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport appears headed for a prominent place on the
2009 Minnesota Legislature's agenda as policymakers look for ways to
erase a record projected two-year state government budget deficit of
$5.5 billion. Before hastily jumping on the privatization bandwagon,
a history lesson is in order.

Mujeres en Liderazgo
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19288
by Stephanie Dickrell, Minnesota Women's Press
Language can be a huge barrier for immigrant and migrant women. If
your first language is Spanish, you may be able to get some essential
services with the help of a translator. But the women of Pillsbury
United Community's Waite House wanted to offer more to these women,
and so, in March of this year, Mujeres en Liderazgo was born.

Rep. McCollum speaks out on Gaza, Israel violence
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19421
by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent
Rep. Betty McCollum called for an end to violence in the Gaza Strip
late last week, adding her voice to those of Rep. Keith Ellison, Sen.
Amy Klobuchar and former Sen. Norm Coleman

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

BOOKS | "Skirmish": Bitterly funny poetry from Dobby Gibson
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/19370
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
One reason I found Minneapolis poet Dobby Gibson’s new collection,
"Skirmish," so enjoyable is that his combination of mordant wit and
bittersweet longing so recalls the lyrics of my favorite songwriter,
Bob Dylan. When people refer to lyrics as “Dylanesque,” they’re
usually referring to enigmatic images and dense layers of allusion,
but this is also the guy who wrote “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” (“The
waitress he was handsome / He wore a powder blue cape / I ordered
some suzette, I said / ‘Could you please make that crepe?’”) and “Po’
Boy” (“Poor boy, in the hotel called Palace of Gloom / Calls down to
room service, says ‘Send up a room’”).

NEWS YOU CAN USE | New Seward Co-op opens Thursday!
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19390
by Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
The new <a href="http://seward.coop" target="_blank">Seward Co-op</
a>, in its bright, green building at 2823 East Franklin, will open
for business on Thursday, January 8 at 10 a.m., with a ribbon-
cutting, give-aways and general celebration. The $10.5 million store
doubles the retail space of the old store, with 13,000 square feet,
and also has a community classroom on the second floor. The building
includes Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
principles and the Co-op is hoping to earn a LEED gold rating.

Jewish teen questions God, finds religion
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/16630
by Jacob Sandry, ThreeSixty
According to the Babylonian Talmud, a text written about 1,500 years
ago by Rabbis interpreting the Torah, "in the hour an individual is
brought before the heavenly court for judgment, the person is asked
four questions.

For Muslim teen, her spiritual journey is just beginning
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/16632
by Madjda Mouderres, ThreeSixty
Since the day I was born, Islam has been my one and only religion,
for which I am very thankful. Growing up as a Muslim is one thing,
and growing up as a Muslim in a non-Muslim country is another. Having
spent more than half of my life here in the United States has
affected how I think and how I act. However, the one thing it has not
affected is my religion.

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HISPANIC FANATIC | Sprechen sie Deutsch?
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19423
by Daniel Cubias • Many Americans take great satisfaction, sometimes
bordering on maniacal pride, in claiming that their European
ancestors came here and learned English quickly. According to some,
these immigrants' boots were still wet from the spray of the Atlantic
when they ditched German, Swedish, or Dutch. The thinking is that
European immigrants rapidly mastered English in a sink-or-swim
environment that demanded that they leave their mother tongues
behind. The follow-up to this assertion is inevitably, "Why can't
Latin American immigrants do the same and learn English quickly?"

ARTS ORBIT | "Cadillac Records": A kick-ass-and-take-names tour de force
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/19416
by Dwight Hobbes • This is not gon’ sound right, but too bad: I fell
off my chair when I learned a white woman, Darnell Martin, wrote and
directed. She guided this movie like a missile, nailing the bull’s-
eye and creating a film exploding with authenticity.

BLOG OF THE MODERATE LEFT | Inhuman
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19392
by Jeff Fecke • Michael Goldfarb comes out in favor of killing
children to make a point. In reaction to news that Israel, in the
process of killing senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan, also killed
Rayan's four wives and nine of his children, Goldfarb says this: "The
fight against Islamic radicals always seems to come around to whether
or not they can, in fact, be deterred, because it's not clear that
they are rational, at least not like us. But to wipe out a man's
entire family, it's hard to imagine that doesn't give his colleagues
at least a moment's pause. Perhaps it will make the leadership of
Hamas rethink the wisdom of sparking an open confrontation with
Israel under the current conditions."

SINGLE WHITE FRINGE GEEK | Vote now for the secret ingredients in the
24 Hour Play Project
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/19407
by Matthew A. Everett • Did you ever want to see a play with a giant
talking statue in it? Ever want a playwright to include "exit,
pursued by a bear" as a stage direction?

SINGLE WHITE FRINGE GEEK | Rewriting "Medea": One of the most
heterosexual storylines you're gonna find
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/19428
by Matthew A. Everett • When I realized that Medea’s faithless
husband Jason was the same Jason of Jason and the Argonauts fame, and
the quest for the Golden Fleece, I was hooked.
    

New Year's Leap Ends In Jail/ MPLS Mirror From: Terry Yzaguirre Date: 04:22 UTC Short link

On Friday morning, the second day of the new year, while doing my daily routine
of checking the 'b.s.' news headlines, one in particular jumped out at me on
KSTP.com: 3 arrested after base jumping from the Foshay-Tower.  For the record,
'BASE' is an acronym (Building, Antenna, Span, Earth).

http://mplsmirror.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=463&Itemid=1

Terry Yzaguirre
Powderhorn
    

Truth To Tell Weds 11AM - KFAI: GOODBYE TO THE STAR TRIBUNE: Is Bankruptcy Looming? From: Andy Driscoll Date: Jan 06 23:25 UTC Short link

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7- 11:00AM

GOODBYE TO THE STAR TRIBUNE? Is Bankruptcy Looming

Workers and Management at Loggerheads

WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY? The Star Tribune is threatening its workers
with bankruptcy if deep concessions fail to take hold in the
newsrooms, in the press room and on the trucks. Many observers see
Strib owner Avista Capital Partners heading for Chapter 11, or 7,
either way. Then why concede up to 40% of your wages if the paper goes
belly-up?
And just why is an investment company trying to run a newspaper, anyway?

TTT'S ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN (a former Strib writer
herself) query Strib willing management and members of the Rank-and-
File Newspaper Union Solidarity Committee [Newspaper Guild (editorial)
and the Teamsters (pressmen and drivers)] about the latest battle over
contracted wages and benefits.

GUESTS:

 CHRIS SERRES - Reporter and Newspaper Guild Representative on the
Solidarity Committee

 DAN GANLEY, retired pressroom operator, Teamster Rep

 DOUG RZESZUTEK, pressroom worker and Teamster Rep

INVITED: CHRIS HARTE, Publisher and/or NANCY BARNES, Editor/Sr. Vice
President - Star Tribune

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14- 11:00AM

CENTRAL CORRIDOR: Is It Really Going to Kill MPR?
MPR, in the person of President/CEO Bill Kling is flooding the media
with letters and announcements on the MPR airwaves that the Central
Corridor light rail alignment down Cedar Street in St. Paul is going
to rattle the studio walls and penetrate his soundproofing with
intolerable noise and vibration by its 12-foot proximity to his
headquarters, built and expanded on with several millions of public
dollars.
Now Mr. Kling threatens to sue and/or leave the city if the line stays
on this path has critics up in arms, not the least of which are Met
Council, Ramsey County and St. Paul public officials insisting his
complaint comes too late. His history with public and private
officials hasn't made it easy to accept Kling's assertions that all of
this is based on too little information early on and revealing data as
late as April, 2008, proves his point. But where was he when all the
arguments over alignment and specifications were published and debated
for months on end over a five-year period? Kling says he started then.
Others beg to differ. Will Mr. Kling agree to debate this on a station
other than running lobbying announcements on his own? Stand by. Either
way, TTT will take this on and Bill Kling has been invited to join the
discussion Wednesday.
GUESTS:
 SCHEDULED: PETER BELL, Chair of Metropolitan Council and Central
Corridor Management Committee
 CONFIRMED: COMMISSIONER JIM MCDONOUGH, Chair, Ramsey County Rail
Authority
 INVITED: BILL KLING, President/CEO, Minnesota Public Radio
 INVITED: MAYOR CHRIS COLEMAN, St. Paul
 CONFIRMED: JOHN MILTON, former State Senator
 INVITED: MAT HOLLINSHEAD, Sierra Club, North Star Chapter Transit
Chair
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New book-length manuscript on 2008 Congressional race in 5th district From: Bill McGaughey Date: Jan 06 18:36 UTC Short link

If you have energy and interest left for politics, you might want to look at a
book-length manuscript which I posted on the internet today titled “Inside an
Independence Party candidate’s campaign for Congress in Minnesota’s 5th
district in 2008.’’  Just finished writing it.

You can find this at http://www.newindependenceparty.org/congress-summary.html.

The manuscript is over 68,000 words in length and has 50 photographs - about
half from the week of the Republican National Convention.  I did not win, of
course - got 22,300 votes or 6.92% of the total.  But you do get a glimpse of
some elements at work in a campaign such as mine in the historic election year
of 2008. It’s written as an adventure story.

An entire chapter - chapter 10 - is reserved for experiences related to
discussion on this forum, including those last summer that led to the Northside
barbecues.

If you find factual inaccuracies or conceptual errors in the manuscript or have
questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact me.  Thanks.
    

Yup it's true. From: jill laxen Date: Jan 06 17:48 UTC Short link

His epitaph should read:

You Built It. I'm Dead.
    

________________________________
From: "tom@organicconsumers.org" <tom@organicconsumers.org>
To: Mpls Issues <mpls@forums.e-democracy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:07:44 AM
Subject: [Mpls] Re: RE: Carl Pohlad (bless his black lil' heart)

Hrbek was signed by Calvin Griffith into the Twins system in 1980

from http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/11226844/rss
"With the purchase, he inherited a promising group of young players including
Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek and future Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett."

Frank Viola's debut with the Twins was June 6, 1982 for the Minnesota Twins.

I seem to remember TK coaching third base under Calvin's ownership but yes he
was promoted to manager under Pohlad's ownership.

If Clark Griffith still on this list he could dispel all disagreements I am
sure.
Tom Taylor
Montevideo



-----Original Message-----
From: "Jon Gorder" <jngorder@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 11:51pm
To: <email obscured>
Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Carl Pohlad (bless his black lil' heart)

I don't think Viola but the others yes. Pohlad did put together the guys,
Including T.K. and the pittance of money to keep them. Calvin probably would
have sold them all.

--- On Mon, 1/5/09, <email obscured> <tom@organicconsumers.org> wrote:
From: <email obscured> <tom@organicconsumers.org>
Subject: [Mpls] RE: Carl Pohlad (bless his black lil' heart)
To: <email obscured>
Cc: <email obscured>, <email obscured>
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 9:44 PM

Jon Gorder worte:
"Here's to the only owner to bring us Giatti, Hrbyk, Viola and Puckett
... "

Weren't those guys actually from Calvin's farm system?
Tom Taylor
Montevideo, MN


-----Original Message-----
From: "Jon Gorder" <jngorder@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 10:34pm
To: <email obscured>, <email obscured>
Subject: [Mpls] Carl Pohlad (bless his black lil' heart)

Just heard of the death of Mn. Twins owner Carl Pohlad (man, that family has
some genes, he was about nine years younger, at 93, than his mother
when she passed).
There's a long list of activities that would rival the blue meanies we
could launch into here but what the hell. Here's to the only owner to bring
us Giatti, Hrbyk, Viola and Puckett and the only two World Series titles in
Twins history.

R.I.P. Carl.

Jon Gorder
Cathedral Hill




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TC DAILY PLANET: And the winner is ... / Deficit dread / Gastronomic highlights of 2008 From: Mary Turck Date: Jan 06 04:22 UTC Short link

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6



<b>HEADLINES</b>



Franken ‘ready to go to Washington just as soon as possible’

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19405

By Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent

Al Franken, calling himself “the next senator from Minnesota,” said
Monday afternoon he is ready to go to Washington to get to work just
as soon as possible.”



Deficit looms over legislative session

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19404

by Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

"The deficit is so overwhelming that it's hard to even think about
what the other issues would be," said Senator Sandy Pappas (D-St.
Paul), expressing what might be the only easy consensus about the
legislative session that begins January 6. From higher education to
green jobs to child care to roads and bridges, the deficit looms over
all other issues.



New fees in the era of "No New Taxes"

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19389

by Jeff Van Wychen, Minnesota 2020

During the era of "no new taxes," Minnesota is primarily addressing
rising budget shortfalls by cutting much-needed aid to local
governments and jacking up regressive fees on Minnesota families.
Relying on these policies alone to resolve the $5.5 billion deficit
would have disastrous repercussions for our state.



FOOD | That Was The Year That Was: Gastronomic Highlights of 2008

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19351

by Jeremy Iggers, Secrets of the City

Looking back over 2008, there were a couple of high-profile openings -
Porter & Frye and Barrio, and a few high-profile departures: jP
American Bistro, Babalu, Temple. But it's hard to spot any big trends
on the local dining scene, except for maybe More Sushi: openings in
the past 12 months include Musashi and Seven downtown, Tiger Sushi in
Uptown, and Giapponese in Woodbury. More Vietnamese noodle joints
opened on Eat Street, including Pho Hoa, the Noodle Bowl and Hoanh
Thien Y, but that's not exactly news. Eat Street also got a new
Indonesian restaurant, Bali, at 14th and Nicollet, and a Mexican Deli,
Marissa's, at 28th and Nicollet. My most memorable meals of the past
year were mostly driven by the joy of discovery - terrific Thai
cuisine in the back room of a deli on University Ave; wood-fired pizza
on a farm in Stockholm, Wi., world-class sushi in Woodbury. Herewith,
in no particular order, a few of the highlights of the past 12 months.



Thousand of years of Indian history in Mounds Park

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19403

by Deborah Locke, Fond du Lac News

The new Indian Scout spent little time deciding on a December destiny
on the most winter-like weekend of the season.



<b>INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET</b>



DANCE | Ballet of the Dolls

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/16743

by Laura Stopyro, MTN

Founded in 1986 by choreographer Myron Johnson, the Ballet of the
Dolls is a dance-theater company housed in the Ritz Theater in
Northeast Minneapolis. Their performances, which feature elements of
dance and theater, include original works and deconstructions of
traditional ballets such as the Nutcracker.  Access to Art
Correspondent Laura Stopyro attended their most recent show, an
original production titled "Born to Be Alive."



NEWS YOU CAN USE | Taking it to the streets--or the meeting rooms

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19409

by James Sanna, TC Daily Planet

A march and a meeting.



West Ottawa high school students refurbish computers for Cameroon
counterparts

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19348

by Myron Kukla, African News Journal

For the past four years, West Ottawa High School student Lacey Vande
Bunte has given up her Sunday afternoons to rebuild computers.



Miracle on 31st street?

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19296

by Don Portwood, Uptown Neighborhood News

Lyndale United Church of Christ (lyndaleucc.org) at 31st Street and
Aldrich voted on December 7 to sell our building to New Wine Church of
St. Paul (newwinechurch.org)! If only it were that easy. A done deal.



<b>NEW IN BLOGS</b>



ARTS ORBIT | <i>13 Hours</i> in a Red Box

http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/19375

by Chris Grap • The Minnesota-made horror film <i>13 Hours in a
Warehouse</i> hits Red Box today. That’s pretty cool, and chances are
if you are in a place that has Red Box you don’t have the most
discerning taste (or you collect <i>Madagascar 2</i> toys, and that’s
not good either). You might as well spend another buck and support a
local filmmaker.



GROUND ZERO | Eyeless in Gaza: Some Thoughts on that “Special
Relationship”

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/19377

by Rich Broderick • During the presidential campaign there was much
talk about how in the early days of the new Administration some
foreign power would cook up a crisis to “challenge” an inexperienced
Barak Obama. As to who the foreign power might be, top candidates
included Russia, North Korea, and Iran, with Venezuela, Cuba or some
other lesser nation-state as outside possibilities.
    

Carl Pohlad (bless his black lil' heart) From: Jon Gorder Date: Jan 06 03:34 UTC Short link

Just heard of the death of Mn. Twins owner Carl Pohlad (man, that family has
some genes, he was about nine years younger, at 93, than his mother
when she passed).
 There's a long list of activities that would rival the blue meanies we could
launch into here but what the hell. Here's to the only owner to bring us
Giatti, Hrbyk, Viola and Puckett and the only two World Series titles in Twins
history.

 R.I.P. Carl.

 Jon Gorder
 Cathedral Hill
    

Snow Plowing - Minneapolis City Hall's lack of concern. From: Stevelknievel Date: Jan 05 19:38 UTC Short link

Devin:

Have the connector trails been plowed any better, lately? How about overall,
how has plowing changed at all this year?

Please reply to me off-list if you can: <email obscured>

I'm working on a story for Twin Cities Daily Planet.
    

Thanks.

SP.