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.
Consider the source:
critics decry universal health care
"I think that one of
the issues that led to the closing of the beach was definitely animal
owners who don't pick up after their pets," said Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board Commissioner at Large Mary Merrill Anderson
last week.
Concerned over a pollution permit, neighbors challenge
biomass burner
Amid concerns over high
toxic emission limits in an air quality permit, concerned neighbors
are mounting a challenge designed to slow down, if not stop, a proposed
southside wood burning power plant. The plant, touted as an answer
to our need for clean, sustainable energy, is officially called
Midtown Eco Energy Facility (MEE). It would burn only waste wood
and other urban "biomass," and its developers vow never
to burn garbage. But some neighbors, alarmed by a seemingly lax
and permissive air quality permit from the Minnesota Air Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA) are seeking a Contested Case Hearing for a
more public airing of concerns about the project.
The call for universal
health care echoes over our national landscape. With presidential
debates at high decibel and politicians digging trenches over the
introduction of U.S. Rep. John Conyer's (D-Michigan) National Health
Insurance Act, hotmail is being delivered for and against a health
care system in which each and every citizen would have full access.
The
arrest of nineteen people on Friday, Aug. 31, during a usually uneventful
monthly demonstration by bicyclists on city streets may be a preview
of events to unfold during next year’s hosting of the Republican
National Convention.
Participants in a regularly scheduled mass bicycle
ride by the group Critical Mass were arrested while riding south
on LaSalle Avenue near Loring Park, and jailed after at least one
individual allegedly began harassing oncoming cars, according to
police reports.
Amid
concerns over high toxic emission limits in an air quality permit,
concerned neighbors are mounting a challenge designed to slow down,
if not stop, a proposed southside wood burning power plant. The
plant, touted as an answer to our need for clean, sustainable energy,
is officially called Midtown Eco Energy Facility (MEE). It would
burn only waste wood and other urban “biomass,” and
its developers vow never to burn garbage. But some neighbors, alarmed
by a seemingly lax and permissive air quality permit from the Minnesota
Air Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) are seeking a contested case
hearing for a more public airing of concerns about the project.
University stonewalls workers, union support swells
Al Franken speaks with striking University workers at the support rally on September 10.
As of Sept. 7, the University of Minnesota was holding fast to its offer of how much it’s willing to pay its some 3,500 clerical, health care and technical workers, refusing to negotiate with a union demand for cost-of-living increases that has received growing support from across the state and nation since a strike was called Sept. 5.
A letter dated Aug. 10 from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union negotiating committee sent to university representatives said, “Your settlement offer is unacceptable and leaves no room for us to make a counter offer.”
“The University was not the one to leave the bargaining table,” said Daniel Wolter, director of the university news service, last week. “That was the union’s decision. We continue to be ready and willing to return to the table to bring an end to the strike,” Wolter said.
Amid concerns over high toxic emission limits in an air quality permit, concerned neighbors are mounting a challenge designed to slow down, if not stop, a proposed southside wood burning power plant. The plant, touted as an answer to our need for clean, sustainable energy, is officially called Midtown Eco Energy Facility (MEE). It would burn only waste wood and other urban “biomass,” and its developers vow never to burn garbage. But some neighbors, alarmed by a seemingly lax and permissive air quality permit from the Minnesota Air Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) are seeking a contested case hearing for a more public airing of concerns about the project.
The call for universal health care echoes over our national landscape. With presidential debates at high decibel and politicians digging trenches over the introduction of U.S. Rep. John Conyer's (D-Michigan) National Health Insurance Act, hotmail is being delivered for and against a health care system in which each and every citizen would have full access.
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.
The
arrest of nineteen people on Friday, Aug. 31, during a usually uneventful
monthly demonstration by bicyclists on city streets may be a preview
of events to unfold during next year’s hosting of the Republican
National Convention. 
Amid
concerns over high toxic emission limits in an air quality permit,
concerned neighbors are mounting a challenge designed to slow down,
if not stop, a proposed southside wood burning power plant. The
plant, touted as an answer to our need for clean, sustainable energy,
is officially called Midtown Eco Energy Facility (MEE). It would
burn only waste wood and other urban “biomass,” and
its developers vow never to burn garbage. But some neighbors, alarmed
by a seemingly lax and permissive air quality permit from the Minnesota
Air Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) are seeking a contested case
hearing for a more public airing of concerns about the project. 
As of Sept. 7, the University of Minnesota was holding fast to its offer of how much it’s willing to pay its some 3,500 clerical, health care and technical workers, refusing to negotiate with a union demand for cost-of-living increases that has received growing support from across the state and nation since a strike was called Sept. 5.
