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- Latest post made by Mark V Anderson at 2007 Sep 12 02:46 UTC
HEADLINES Special session called http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6624 by Staff, Session Daily A special session has been called for 5 p.m. Tuesday to deal with disaster relief for parts of Minnesota. [Ed. note: See today's Voices articles for analysis and commentary.] U of M strike enters second week http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6622 By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota The strike by clerical, technical and health care workers at the University of Minnesota enters its second week Monday, with numerous actions and support activities planned. Hydroelectric power plant planned for neighborhood back on hold http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6626 by Mary O'Regan, Downtown Journal On August 15, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) voted to table a proposal from Crown Hydro to build a hydroelectric plant that would use power from the St. Anthony Falls. INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET Primary elections today in St. Paul http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6627 by Gary Thompson, St. Paul E-Democracy CHAT Arts Festival continues to grow and while keeping community at its heart http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6630 by Tom LaVenture, Asian American Press Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (C.H.A.T.), celebrated its 6th Hmong Arts Festival August 25 at Western Sculpture Park on Marion Street in St. Paul. The event added new highlights that thousands of destination seekers and happened-to-walk-by patrons enjoyed in perfect weather. Zapata comes to Powderhorn http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6633 by Ed Felien, Southside Pride On behalf of the State of Morelos, the governor, Marco Castillo, presented a statue of Emiliano Zapata to the City of Minneapolis Saturday, Aug. 25, at Los Gallos, 1855 E. Lake St., in the Powderhorn Community. Club Morelos accepted the gift on behalf of the City in the hope that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will accept the statue and install it on a hill in the northeast corner of Powderhorn Park. NEW IN VOICES Local media savages Pawlenty over flood relief http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6623 by Joe Bodell, Minnesota Monitor Winona newspaper says it seems like Pawlenty cares more about political ideology than people. Who loses without a special session? http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6561 by Conrad deFiebre and Matt Entenza, Minnesota 2020 A short five weeks after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed, killing 13, Minnesotas leaders have already dropped their push for prompt attention to hundreds of other structurally deficient spans around the state that are new disasters waiting to happen. NEW IN BLOGS Many say attack on Iran coming soon http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6635 by James Clay Fuller, Rants & Ruminations Mary Turck <email obscured> "Citizen journalists ... recapture journalism as a truly democratic practice that is thoroughly rooted in -- and thus directly serves -- the real lives and interests of citizens." Doug McGill
Editor - Mary Turck wrote: > INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET > > Zapata comes to Powderhorn > http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6633 > by Ed Felien, Southside Pride > On behalf of the State of Morelos, the governor, Marco Castillo, > presented a statue of Emiliano Zapata to the City of Minneapolis > Saturday, Aug. 25, at Los Gallos, 1855 E. Lake St., in the Powderhorn > Community. Club Morelos accepted the gift on behalf of the City in > the hope that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will accept > the statue and install it on a hill in the northeast corner of > Powderhorn Park. > > Mark Anderson: As was pointed out in an earlier posting, it is too bad to have a militaristic hero for Chicanos to emulate in Powderhorn Park. I agree we can't turn down a gift from Mexico, and Zapata is a Mexican hero. But I'd hate for impressionable Mexican kids to get the idea that the way to be a hero is to pick up a gun. Doesn't Mexico have any non-militaristic heroes? That's what I'd like to see in Powderhorn, or even better, right on Lake Street.