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Letters .......................................................... 3
Election................................................... 5–13
CARAG Report ........................................14
ECCO Report .......................................... 16
Ralph Remington.....................................18

Photo Left: Tom Wargin Sculpture at Uptown Art Fair

Covering the Neighborhoods of CARAG and ECCO in the Uptown Area September 2006 • Volume 2, Number 9

Opa! A Look at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church elections

By Colette Davidson
It you’ve ever walked or biked
around Lake Calhoun then
you’ve probably seen the bril-
liant gold dome nestled in the
trees just south of Downtown.
For many, the dome’s origins
and whereabouts remain a
mystery. Most people just want
to know: What the heck is it?
The gold dome belongs to
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox
Church, located at 3450 Irving
Avenue South. The church,
built in the shape of a cross,
faces Lake Calhoun and has
been a welcoming community
to Greeks and non-Greeks since
1957. This year, the church will
hold its 18th annual Taste of
Greece Festival September 8 to
10, including live Greek music
and dance, chicken and lamb
dinners, a Greek wine tasting
Friday and Saturday nights,
and a raffle for two tickets to
Athens, Greece.
munity. The church also gives
priority to its youth programs.
This year’s Project Mexico team
took teens to Tijuana where
they lived and worked in an
orphanage and built homes.
With the help of the national
Orthodox sector, St. Mary’s also
sent a youth group to Kenya to
help build a church.
by fire and the land was bought
by Frank B. Forman. Forman
built an extravagant 20-room
mansion with a grand lawn
and a pillared entrance. After
both Formans had passed away
by 1949, the mansion was sold
to the Northwestern National
Life Insurance Co., who quick-
ly made plans to turn the space
Editor’s Note: Election Cov-
Greek erage Begins Page 5
Festival Vote in the primary
September 12.
Sept. 8th - 10th
We asked questions of each
See details on page 2 candidate in this fall’s gen-
eral election for elite local,
state and national represen-
tatives. A portion of their
responses will be printed
this month and next in the
Uptown Neighborhood News
as part of this paper’s com-
mitment to free and open
discussion.
Remington
Proposes
Uptown Height
Moratorium

Although most people know By Aaron Rubenstein

St. Mary’s Church for its Greek
Festival, most members of the
church enjoy the traditional
Sunday services followed by
coffee with friends in the North
hall of the church, youth activi-
ties and a true sense of com-
munity. Many have belonged
to the church since its inception
and the members are tight. Of
course, the church welcomes
newcomers with open arms,
and is currently working on
a project called “Koinonia,”
or Community, where groups
are forming in neighborhoods
throughout the Twin Cities and
surroundings suburbs, organiz-
ing prayer discussions, wisdom
reflections, and sharing of life
experiences. Koinonia, which
meets once a month for an hour
and a half, is a nice addition to
Sunday worship, especially for
those living far away from the
Minneapolis Orthodox com-
The famous gold dome of St. Mary’s rises to the east of Lake Calhoun.
The Greek Orthodox commu-
nity in Minneapolis has been
around since the 1890s but
was only given the current St.
Mary’s worship space in 1957.
The land that is now used to
serve a bustling church com-
munity was once a log cabin
for missionaries serving the
Dakota tribe of Native Ameri-
cans. The cabin, built in 1834
by Samuel and Gideon Pond,
was later destroyed for parts by
the Native Americans them-
selves, who needed the logs to
strengthen their residences. The
land then became the large Cal-
houn pavilion owned by Colo-
nel William S. King in 1877,
and later, the Lyndale Hotel. In
1898, the hotel was destroyed
into a multi-storied office build-
ing. The disgruntled neighbors,
who thought the new build-
ing would ruin the peace and
quiet of their neighborhood,
protested until the land was
eventually auctioned off in two
parts in 1957: as condominium
residences and as the St. Mary’s
Greek Orthodox Church.
Reminders of days gone by
can be found in the pillars that
remain on the church grounds
from the Forman years, as well
as tracks from the old streetcar
line that once passed in front of
the church.
The Orthodox faith is relative-
ly new to most Minneapolitans.
Based on traditional interpre-
Photo by Jeffrey Farnam
tations of the Bible, the reli-
gion does its best to not deviate
from its original teachings by
the Apostles. For this reason,
many consider Orthodoxy to be
the strictest of each of its faiths,
whether in Christianity, Juda-
ism or other religions. At St.
Mary’s, worship time is liturgi-
cally based and “hasn’t changed
much with the times,” says Syl-
via Kafkas, the Church Admin-
istrator. Services last almost
two hours and are intended to
be prayerful and internal rather
than participatory. Although
the priest leads his service in a
chant, worshipers don’t sing or
Greek Festival
continued on page 2
Council Member Ralph Rem-
ington announced at the
August 17 meeting of the
Uptown Small Area Plan Steer-
ing Committee that he will
introduce legislation imposing
a moratorium on new buildings
in Uptown taller than the four
stories permitted by the area’s
zoning. He said that the details
are still being worked out and
that he would introduce it in
two or four weeks (presumably
at the Sept. 1 or Sept. 22 City
Council meeting).
Building height in the Uptown
area has been a contentious
issue in recent years — includ-
ing such developments as the
Edgewater at Lake Street and
East Calhoun Parkway, the
small area plan
continued on page 20

ECCO Annual Labor Day Parade Plans opportunity knocks

Monday, September 4, East Calhoun Community Organization will host the annual Labor Day EDITOR
Parade. Events begin at 2:45 p.m. (assembly and decoration) at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox The Uptown Neighborhood News is seeking a new editor.
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The parade of decorative floats and costumed residents will be led by the Southwest High School
marching band from St. Mary’s, east on 35th Street, north on Holmes Avenue to 32nd Street, We want to hear from you!
west to Irving and back to St. Mary’s. Call Robin Cook at 824.9145 for details. Call 612.259.1372 or email uptownnews@yahoo.com.
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greek festival
continued from page 1
speak much. The sole call-and
response portion is performed
by the choir, which sings back
to the priest’s chants from their
spot in the chapel balcony. As
for the Greek aspect of the St.
Mary’s worship services, one of
the only cultural reminders is
during the Lord’s Prayer, where
the priest reads in English and
in Greek. Less than half of the
parish community is actually
Greek, mostly because of the
slowdown in immigration in
recent years. Still, one will find
the essence of Greece in parts
of the community, especially
in the older generation, and
in much of the artwork in the
chapel.
Part of the tradition and aes-
thetics of Orthodox church
design is its use of iconography.
Through this strict and specific
way of painting, the iconogra-
phy at St. Mary’s uses religious
images to teach people about
Christ’s life, death and resur-
rection, including a twelve
painting series highlighting
Christ’s most important peri-
ods. The inside of the chapel’s
gold dome contains a painting
of the icon, Christ Pantokra-
tor, the Greek word meaning
“all-powerful and “all-mighty.”
On a blue backdrop meant to
signify the sky and the whole
universe, Christ is shown to be
the ruler of all creation. Encir-
Correction
The hours of operations at Vera’s Cafe were incorrectly reported last month.
Vera’s (2903 Lyndale Avenue) is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. We regret the error.
Photo by Jeffrey Farnam
The Christ Pantokrator icon on the
inside of the chapel’s gold dome.
Photo by Jeffrey Farnam
cling the dome is a phrase writ-
ten in Greek, “I am the Light
of the world. He who follows
me shall not walk in darkness,
but have the light of life” (John
8: 12). Behind the altar, laden
with turquoise mosaic tiles and
vibrant paintings in gold, red,
and green, is Platytera, the icon
of Theotokos, also known as
Mary the Mother of God. The
wall between the altar and the
center of the chapel is called
the iconostasis, an icon screen
18th Annual
Greek Festival
that separates the priest from
the worshipers for most of the
service. The altar rests on the
east wall where the sun rises, in
accordance with conventional
Byzantium design, directing Friday, Sept. 8 noon to 10 p.m.
worshippers into contempla-
tion with God to remind them Saturday, Sept. 9 noon to 10 p.m.
that Christ is the Light of the
World. Besides its beautiful
Sunday, Sept 10 noon to 7 p.m.
paintings, stained glass doors
and mosaics, the St. Mary’s cha-
pel has retained much of its ‘50s Highlights:
charm with checkerboard win-
dow cut-outs, argyle patterned • Third annual 5K run, Fri. 7 p.m. ­—
carpet and a cylindrical chan- 1K kids walk, 6:30 p.m.
delier rimmed with light bulbs
that hangs overhead. • Kids Turbo Slide, Obstacle Course and
Climbing Wall
With its rich history, the St.
Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church
has become a staple in the • Authentic Greek Costumed Dancers
Uptown community. Besides
its faith services, the church • Shop the Plaka for Greek Giftware,
rents out space to a Montessori
school, Alcoholics Anonymous
Jewelry, Paintings, Sculpture
meeting groups, and plays host
to the annual ECCO Labor Day • Greek Wine Tasting after 7 p.m. on
picnic. Whether you’re looking Friday and Saturday
for faith, fun or friendship, the
community at St. Mary’s defi- • Classic Greek Cooking
nitely delivers. So, when your
eye catches a piercing gold glare Demonstrations
on your next bike ride around
Lake Calhoun, you’ll know • Eat Souvlaki (Shish Kabob) and
what is blinding you.
Pastitsio (Food of the Gods)
Colette Davidson loves Uptown • Win Fabulous Trip to Athens
and appreciates writing about
local institutions.
October Issue of Uptown Neighborhood News:
Deadline for submissions
September 22.
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opinions
Questions to Consider before Allowing the Hotel Uptown
Before rushing into granting
conditional use permits and
variances on unproven devel-
opment concepts that don’t
address the top Uptown liv-
ability issues, council member
Ralph Remington, members
of the Minneapolis Planning
Commission and ECCO board
members may want to consider
the following issues.
• Will the current and future
transportation infrastructure
adequately support the added
level of ‘high-density’ develop-
ment?
• What will be the effect on res-
idents and small business own-
ers when Uptown enters into a
prolonged period (2-plus years)
of major construction proj-
ects? What will be the effect
of adding the Hotel Uptown
to the existing scheduled devel-
opments (MoZaic, Calhoun
Square redevelopment and the
The Neighborhood Could Use Some Neighborliness…
By David Anderson
My wife and I moved into
CARAG just over a year ago.
We were excited about all the
charms of the Uptown scene,
especially the short walks avail-
able to Lake Calhoun, the res-
taurants near Calhoun Square,
and the grocery store.
Not wanting to bite off too
much, Beth and I bought a
charming old duplex, moved
in, got married, and ran off to
Hawaii for a wonderful honey-
moon, all in a span of one week.
We returned 16 days later, ready
to turn our new house into a
home. That’s when we learned
about nuisance violations.
As first-time homeowners and
landlords, Beth and I knew
we had a lot to learn. But we
were confident we could figure
things out quickly, especially
with a little friendly help from
our neighbors. Sadly, instead
of warm smiles, a hot-dish, or a
welcome card from those neigh-
bors, we received two letters for
different NUISANCE CON-
DITIONS reported anony-
mously to the city.
In fairness, we were guilty of
both violations. The lawn had
grown surprisingly tall while we
were away, and since we were
brand new to lawn ownership,
it just hadn’t occurred to us to
line up someone to mow it. We
scrambled to acquire a relic of a
mower from a friend, and took
care of VIOLATION #1.
The second violation was one
of those obscure bits of Min-
Portico)?
• Will this project help alleviate
the more “pressing” Uptown
issue – available parking? This
project may add some addition-
al parking spaces but unless it
is free, patrons to Uptown will
continue to opt for parking on
residential streets, as evidenced
by the low usage of the “paid-
parking” lot that currently
exists across the street from the
proposed Hotel Uptown.
• Why is it that no hotels (of
any size) have already been
built in the Uptown area? Do
the marketing research depart-
ments of many of the regional
and national hotel chains not
regard this as a viable market?
Why hasn’t there already been a
large vocal public outcry for the
need for a hotel in Uptown?
• Shouldn’t we put a morato-
rium on any further large scale
neapolis vehicle code that no
newcomer could be expected
to intuit: We had apparently
inflicted the streets with an
ABANDONED VEHICLE.
There’s plenty of parking on our
street, but we had left my car
in front of a neighbor’s house
instead of directly in front of
our own. Since we were on our
honeymoon, we failed to move
it for over three days. Voila! A
second NUISANCE CONDI-
TION notice was born.
Just this week, we received yet
another violation notice, this
one for an even more innocu-
ous vehicle problem. Wouldn’t
it have been just as easy (and
much friendlier) for the neigh-
bor who noticed this to tell us
directly, instead of reporting the
problem to the city?
Sure, it’s great that our city has
this system of reporting nuisance
violations, as a solution of last
resort. But skipping direct com-
munication with your neigh-
bor (such as knocking on their
door to chat or even leaving a
friendly note about your con-
cern) and immediately reporting
the offending party to the city is
plainly passive-aggressive.
It was a disappointment to learn
that our new home was located
in a neighborhood where such
passive-aggression was the cul-
tural norm. If it were just a ques-
tion of disappointment, though,
we would put it behind us. But
this kind of disconnected atti-
tude severely inhibits our neigh-
borhood’s ability to deal with
problems of real significance,
because it shows an unwilling-
questionable developments
until the Small Area Plan has
been developed?
• If no hotel is built and noth-
ing is developed in the 31st
and Holmes street location,
will residents and businesses of
Uptown suffer?
• If conditional use permits
and variances are not granted
to Option 1 (ED. NOTE – six
stories) of the proposed Hotel
Uptown project, how probable
is it that the independent inves-
tors will actually go ahead with
Option 2 (ED. NOTE – four sto-
ries)? How probable is it that,
if this hotel is not built now, the
area in question will eventually
contain unpopular develop-
ments that don’t resolve a need,
fit to scale or are publicly non-
pleasing?
• Isn’t the purpose of grant-
ing conditional use permits
ness to communicate openly and
work together with fellow citi-
zens of our neighborhood.
If we can’t knock on our neigh-
bors’ doors and ask them nicely
to cut their lawns, how can we
combat the truly meaningful
problems we face, such as the
rise in street crime (punctuated
by the murder on Girard Avenue
this year), or the development
plans that may threaten the very
character of our neighborhood?
Beth and I have chosen to
respond to these anonymous
neighborhood conflicts not with
outrage, but outreach. We’ve
resolved to meet each of our
neighbors, opening lines of com-
munication and hopefully mak-
ing a few friends along the way.
Our vision of a pleasant, safe, and
vibrant Uptown neighborhood is
rooted in a strong sense of com-
munity and communication.
If you’d like to join our efforts,
here are a few suggestions we
have for building a stronger
Uptown community:
• Go for a stroll. The best
way to meet your neighbors and
enjoy your environment is to
walk around. Make it a habit
− every evening after dinner,
go for a walk down your street.
It’s a great chance to get exer-
cise, collect landscaping ideas,
and chat with neighbors you
encounter on the sidewalks or
front porches you pass.
• Meet your neighbors. Do
you personally know everyone
who lives on your street? If not,
just knock on their door and
and variances designed to help
facilitate a genuine community
need or improve a blighted area
that would otherwise go unde-
veloped? I wouldn’t consider
the lots on 31st and Holmes to
be “blighted,” nor would most
people consider a boutique
hotel to be high on the list of
community needs.
• Is it really reasonable to
believe that large blocks of
rooms will be purchased by
local businesses and corpora-
tions when this hotel will have
no proposed meeting facilities,
will not be close to convention
space downtown and won’t
be near many large organiza-
tions?
Mike Schlecht
Virginia Kuhn
East Calhoun Residents
introduce yourself. We’re not
all going to become fast friends,
but it’s important to know who
your neighbors are. Perhaps
our house wouldn’t have been
burglarized this spring if our
neighbors had recognized the
intruder as a stranger.
• Communicate concerns
directly to your neighbors.
Imagine the difference if our
anonymous informants had
written us a note instead of
reporting us to the city. First, we
could have apologized directly
to them. More importantly, we
all would have benefited from
the show of mutual respect.
• Embrace renters. We’ve
detected a certain anti-renter
bias from some the CARAG
homeowners we’ve encountered.
The reasons are understandable
– renters and absent landlords
may not care as much about the
neighborhood as homesteading
owners do, and renters tend to
have high turnover. But maybe
some renters would stay longer
if they felt they were part of a
welcoming, open community.
• Cultivate an attitude of
friendliness. They say that life
is 10% what happens to you and
90% attitude. If we all cultivate
a positive attitude about our
neighbors, we’ll all benefit.
I don’t think we’ll ever know
who reported us to the city, but
in case they’re reading this arti-
cle, we’d like to say:
We’re sorry. We want the
neighborhood to look great, and
we let you down last summer by
letters
GLAD TO HAVE A PAPER
Thank you for your work to
produce the Uptown News.
We lived in our ECCO home
for 20 plus years, lived in Cali-
fornia for eight-and-a-half
years and returned to ECCO
last year. When we heard the
East Calhoun News no longer
existed, we were saddened.
But, so glad to see that Uptown
News stepped in to fill the gap.
Linda Todd
East Calhoun
OPPOSE AFTERBAR
HOURS
There is an article elsewhere
in this edition about the liquor
license requested by AfterBar
restaurant for 913 West Lake
Street. The owners of this res-
taurant appear to have been
quite successful in recruiting
their friends and supporters to
speak at two public meetings —
and to write letters of support
to the City. I strongly encourage
anyone who opposes having an
establishment on Lake Street
near Bryant that serves alco-
hol until 2 a.m. and food until
4 a.m. daily to send an email to
the City saying so. This kind
of community input matters to
city staff and council members.
Please email liquor licensing
inspector philip.schliesman@
ci.minneapolis.mn.us and copy
Council Member ralph.reming-
ton@ci.minneapolis.mn.us. You
can consult the CARAG reso-
lution on the CARAG website
for information and points (see
article). This is a very important
issue of neighborhood livability
and appropriate, balanced land
use.
Aaron Rubenstein
CARAG Zoning Committee
Chair
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not responsibly tending to our
lawn. As you may have noticed,
we’ve kept it well mown ever
since. Next time you have a
concern, please don’t report us.
Instead, help us. If you simply
knock on our door, you’ll find
that we’re polite, friendly, and
ready to work with you. We’re
on the same side.
David Anderson is a professional
singer and a freelance webmaster,
graphic designer, and ski instructor.
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Farmers’ Markets in Autumn

By Scott Schiefelbein
“I want great, fresh, locally
grown sweet corn and I want
it for 10 cents an ear,” I grum-
bled to myself as I stood in the
produce section of a neighbor-
hood grocery store pondering
my options. Unsatisfied with
the price and selection available
at the supermarket, I decided
to head to some local farmers’
markets in search of corn and
whatever else I could find.
I found that three Minneapo-
lis markets are in full swing
through the fall months.
The selection of produce has
changed a bit. Many early sea-
son products are still available,
but root vegetables like carrots,
potatoes and onions are more
abundant than greens. Apples
and pumpkins are appearing
and yes, there is corn! There
are also flowers, meat, cheese,
bread, many specialty items,
information and entertain-
ment.
The Midtown Public Market,
located on East Lake Street
and 22nd Avenue South, fea-
tures farmers, processors, or
food sellers producing items
locally in Minnesota or Wis-
consin, especially organic grow-
ers. Midtown Market is open
through the end of October on
Tuesdays 3:30 p.m. until 7:30
p.m. and Saturdays 8:00 a.m.
until 1:00 p.m. The market
always has live music. It also
offers community information
tables, cooking demonstrations
and other events. On the slate
for the fall is a Native Ameri- Photo by Naomi Oshiro
Abundant late summer produce fills the markets.
can Day Celebration, which
will be held on Saturday, Sep-
tember 30. The celebration will include entertainment, activi-
ties for children, and health
resources.

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through October. Kingfield is
small but there is still plenty
to see and hear. The market
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Crsip fall apples await you at the
market. Shown here is grower Ron
Shimanski.
hosts the Youth Farm and Mar-
ket Project. Master Gardeners
from the University of Min-

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through December. The mar-
ket also hosts a satellite location
on Nicollet Mall (between 5th
and Tenth Streets) on Thurs-
days from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
and Saturdays 8:00 a.m. until
3:00 p.m. through October. The
market has a huge selection of
Minnesota grown fruits and
vegetables, produce from out-
side the state, farmstead prod-
ucts, craft goods and flowers.
One of the attractions of farm-
ers’ markets is getting the
chance to talk to the vendors
about the products they sell.
• 100% voting record rating from the League of Many of them make the rounds
Conservation Voters of various markets throughout
the region. Most love to talk
• Chief Author of the successful Completion of about the things they grow,
the Cedar Lake Trail to the River ($1.8 million) raise or make. Courie Bishop
and James Fitzgerald of Dou-
ble Rabbit Farm in Redwood
• Chief Author of the successful Lake of the County are in their first year
Isles Restoration to complete the park of raising and selling heirloom
renovation in 2007 ($3.2 million) produce like tomatoes, zucchini
and maybe mushrooms later in
• Chief Author of the Minnesota Coalition for the season. Despite the distance
and high fuel costs, they like
the Homeless bill–successfully secured coming to the Midtown Market
Husse and Nancy Christian.
he goes. Ron Shimanski of Shi-
manski Orchards sells his fruit
in Maple Grove, St. Louis Park,
Hopkins and the Midtown and
Lyndale Markets in Minneapo-
lis. His best sellers are Honey
Crisp Apples, which will be
ripe and ready throughout the
fall.
The harvest has not been kind
to some of the producers. Joan
Davidson of New Prague says
that she lost most of her melons
and squash to hail and other
bad weather. However, her new
crop of honey is excellent.
I finally found and bought
my corn and quite a few other
items. All of it was grown
locally and on sale right here
in Minneapolis. The corn cost
more than the aforementioned
10 cents an ear but it was less
expensive than at my local
supermarket. Best of all, every-
thing was fresh and delicious.
For those who wish to ven-
ture outside of Minneapolis,
the Minnesota Department of
Agriculture offers a list of all
registered farmers’ markets in
Minnesota at www.minnesota-
grown.com. The site also has
information on what’s available

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2006 election coverage
This will be the first of three issues that will cover candidates running in city, state and federal elections.
The primary is September 12, and the general election is November 7
Hennepin County Soil and Water Conservation Board: District 2
What Does the Soil and Water Board Do? The Board delineates watersheds and approves water management plans to be implemented by the
state’s watershed districts and watershed management organizations. May compel municipalities to meet regulatory controls.
Q.
1. Can you explain why the
Board is important, and why
you should be elected to it?
ERNEST LEHMAN (R) through both public and private devel-
opment. Existing regulation and per-
geomine@worldnet.att.net
mitting requirements can be used to
612.859.4159
maintain and in some cases improve
ones remaining. However the Board
lacks any significant degree of author-
Q1: The Board
is set up under ity to do so. At best it must use its
the state’s “Water persuasive powers with the various
Law.” It has governmental agencies who do actu-
lost most of its ally regulate and with agencies and
funding and developers who undertake projects
staff in recent affecting wet lands.
years and needs
to re-consider Q3: As stated above, the Board lacks
its mission and any significant degree of legal author-
viability with regard to dealing with ity in these matters, which fall to the
issues related to soil and water con- regulatory and planning authorities.
servation in this largely urban county Inappropriate use affects both physical
of established municipalities, all of and aesthetic quality of the lake and
which have planning and enforce- the area. I am personally opposed to
ment capabilities. I am a professional inappropriate uses around Lake Cal-
licensed geologist with over 50 years houn, including inappropriate housing
experience and have served on plan- development. Projects directly affect-
ning commissions (Plymouth Village) ing other parts of the Chain of Lakes
and have been active in neighborhood area, particularly on public lands, need
groups in Minneapolis. Based on this to be carefully studied both from a
background, I believe I can contribute technical and a planning perspective
scientific and business experience to before being permitted.
the Board at this critical time
Q2: Much of the wetlands in south
Minneapolis have been eliminated
Hennepin County Attorney
What Does the County Attorney Do? The County Attorney is the chief prosecutor of all adult felony and juvenile crimes in the county. In addi-
tion, the CA provides legal counsel to the county Board of Commissioners and all county departments, and represents the county in civil lawsuits, mental health commit-
ments, child support and protection matters. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office employs 160 attorneys.
Q. 1. What are your priorities as
Hennepin County Attorney?
MIKE FREEMAN (DFL) small percentage of criminals are
612-861-6453 responsible for a large percentage of
www.mikefreeman06.com the crime. That’s why I will fight to
increase resources and direct them
toward the thorough dismantlement
Q1: Crime of gangs and aggressive prosecution
reduction is of repeat offenders. The top priority
without question of my two terms as Hennepin County
my chief priority Attorney from 1991-1999 was crime
as Hennepin prevention and I plan on devoting sig-
County Attor- nificant time and energy toward crime
ney. Violent prevention initiatives again as well. If
crimes have we are to reduce crime in our commu-
penetrated many nities, preventive measures must be at
of our commu- the forefront.
nities at an alarming rate. We need
a renewed focus on public safety, and Q2: Drug trade and drug use are at
critical changes must be implemented the source of most violent and property
to achieve this goal. First and foremost crime. Breaking the cycle of repeated
we need to commit more resources to drug offenders involves a two-pronged
public safety. Mayor R.T. Rybak pro- attack. First, we must locate and crack
posed the addition of 43 officers as well down on drug suppliers. Attacking the
as increases revenues for crime fight- supply-side requires better training for
ing technologies. I favor these chang- our law enforcement agents, particu-
larly the Gang Unit. And when we do
es, but alone, they are not enough. A
2. What is the status of wet-
land areas in south Minne-
apolis and what will you do to
improve or maintain them?
DAN FLO
DanFlo4HCD@hotmail.com
612.812.0069
Q1. The Hen-
nepin Soil and
Water Conser-
vation District
is a low profile
organization that
does good things
for this county’s
natural resources.
The dedicated
board and staff work closely with resi-
dents and other government officials to
implement the provisions of the Wetland
Conservation Act. We do this by provid-
ing money and environmental education
to promote projects that curb soil erosion
and improve water quality. As the legis-
lature works to develop a working, dedi-
cated clean water legacy program for
cleaning up the state’s impaired waters,
HCD will play an integral role in man-
aging those funds in Hennepin County.
I’m excited to continue the work of the
Soil and Water Conservation District
Board as we forge new partnerships and
plan a better future for water quality in
Hennepin County.
2. What will you do to
decrease the crimes of repeat
drug offenders?
arrest drug dealers, especially repeat
pushers, we must put them away for
long periods of time. Second, we need
to offer practical and effective drug
treatment programs for drug abusers
who are motivated to stop. Success-
fully accomplishing this requires an
important partnership between pros-
ecutors and communities themselves.
Community involvement in the pros-
ecutorial process is something Amy
Klobuchar has championed and I plan
to continue to use this successful tool
in breaking cyclical criminal activity,
especially as it relates to drug addicts.
Q3: Crime prevention is the most com-
mon sense, cost-effective and proactive
strategy to combat crime. And there
is no better avenue to do this than by
focusing on truancy enforcement.
Truancy is a significant predictor of
Freeman
continued on page 13
3. Development around
Lake Calhoun in the Shore-
land Overlay District has been
a controversial issue. What are
your views on if or how land
Q2. Thanks to the work of such orga-
nizations as the Minnehaha Creek
Watershed District and Hennepin
Environmental Services, wetland areas
outside of south Minneapolis are thriv-
ing, integral pieces of our natural land-
scape. Improvements have been made
in south Minneapolis during the last
ten years, but we can do better. The
water retention ponds around Lake
Nokomis are good examples of using
natural systems to improve water qual-
ity. Wetlands act as giant sponges dur-
ing heavy rains, and as huge filters for
our lakes and rivers. Hennepin Con-
servation District can partner with
MCWD and the Minneapolis Park
Board to restore more wetlands in our
city, simultaneously improving water
quality and providing natural habitat.
One specific area of concern for me is
Diamond Lake, because the new I-35/
Crosstown interchange project threat-
ens to further degrade water quality
there. I will work with residents and
local groups to protect this important
resource.
Q3. Everywhere in Minneapolis,
the choices we make regarding new
development can have lasting impacts
on water quality. Historically, those
3. While your office pros-
ecutes crimes, and traditionally
does a good job with that, what
will you do to prevent crime?
ANDY LUGER (DFL)
info@andyluger.com
952-938-2999
www.andyluger.com
Q1: I will focus
on the growing
gang problem in
Minneapolis and
the surround-
ing suburbs,
repeat offenders,
domestic abuse,
white collar
crime and issues
of abuse plaguing vulnerable adults.
In addition, I will take a leadership role
in creating an innovative and effective
prisoner re-entry program in Henne-
pin County. Most prisoners eventually
return to their communities and we
must do more to work with those who
want to be law abiding citizens upon
their release.
use around the lake affects
the water quality? What will
you do to protect the Chain of
Lakes?
PHIL WILLKIE
philwillkie@earthlink.net
612. 822.0522
Did not respond
choices – such as large, impervious sur-
faces including parking lots and roofs,
reducing green space, and installing
non-native plants and sod – have had
negative environmental effects. This,
however, is starting to change. At
Hennepin Conservation District, we
help organizations learn how to plant
rain gardens and install low mainte-
nance lawns that keep dirty water out
of our lakes. We partner with other
agencies and landowners to install ero-
sion-reducing structures near rivers.
Together, we can still do more, such
as encouraging developers to use semi-
pervious driveways and green roof
designs that filter water, and requir-
ing that new developments have no net
impact on water quality. As a com-
munity, we must encourage better land
use practices near our lakes. As a part
of your community, HCD can help.
4. It is public perception that
violent gangs cause much of the
violent crime in Minneapolis.
How will you dismantle and
prosecute these gangs?
Q2: First and foremost, repeat offend-
ers must do jail time. The vast major-
ity of violent crimes are committed by
repeat offenders with long criminal
histories who spend little time in pris-
on. As County Attorney, I will pledge
to spearhead a Repeat Offender Unit to
address the criminal justice system at
its three phases. First, we must address
the problem before it begins by provid-
ing alternatives for our youth so they
do not enter a life of crime. Secondly,
we must concentrate law enforcement
efforts on the relatively small number
of people committing the vast major-
ity of violent crimes. The seasoned
prosecutors in the Repeat Offenders
Unit will handle these cases. Finally,
I am working with local and national
experts on prisoner re-entry to design
a program in Hennepin County to pro-
vide job training, mentoring and hous-
ing for ex-offenders determined to turn
luger
continued on page 13
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MN Attorney General
elections
Q.
SHARON ANDERSON (R)
651.776.5835
www.sharon4anderson.org
Q1: AG’s office
by MS8.xx in
the Executive
Branch, has lost
integrity there-
fore WE must
have whistle-
blowers, layper-
sons, forensic
experts, learned
in electronic filings, as chief legal offi-
cer for the state and citizenry. Have
boards and commissions hire private
lawyers, to avoid conflicts. Sharon must
prosecute violations, election fraud,
case fixing, white collar crime regard-
less of persons in high places, MS 2.724
chief justice Water EDemA06-1150
as on file in compliance with Minne-
sota Constitution Article III Separa-
tion of Powers Doctrine. Sharon has
no conflicts, is a legal forensic analyst,
and is the only qualified candidate
in re: Scarrella for Associate Justice
221NW2d562, not burdened with law
license to operate the AG’s office, tech-
nically administrative. ECF_P16591
Pacer Acct: sa1299. Mandates high
morals, ethics, integrity, and honesty.
Q2: For 10 years now I’ve tried to let
the public know of the data warehous-
ing our medical records to France
by www.bull.com for 3 billion yearly
contract. Due to the murder of my
husband and his 1-year commitment
to Brainerd, no wonder lawyer Kevin
Goodno has resigned. Close down
these state health facilities, i.e., St.
Peter, Brainerd and others, costing the
taxpayers a fortune. Do the crime, do
the time. Cancel the contract with bull.
com, the U.S. has high tech to enforce
electronic filings.
Q3: Arrest the parents: Meth heads
illegally diagnosed bi-polar, arrest the
doctors.
Q4: Enforce eminent domain compen-
sations. Eminent domain: regulatory
takings — house research. AG’s office
must be open door policy for ALL.
No one should be homeless or hungry.
Teach the state and federal constitution
in all schools to graduate. Eliminate 87
county attorneys, city attorneys, have
10 district attorneys, computer literate,
downsize the courts, mandate ECF
filings, eliminate bogus appeals with
unpublished opinions, technically pub-
lished. Prosecute hackers immediately.
Mandate royalties for the names of
persons published opinions copyright
to the plaintiff and or defendants.
Vote
September
12th
1. What changes do you think
are necessary in the Attorney
General’s office, and why are
you equipped to run it?
JEFF JOHNSON (R)
info@JohnsonForAG.org
952.544.0372
www.JohnsonForAG.org
Q1. The AG’s
Office has
become much
too partisan and
political the past
few years; that
must change.
The main focus
of the office
should be to
protect Minnesotans from criminals
(whether corporate criminals or violent
criminals), not to promote the political
future of the Attorney General. I am
equipped to make this change based
upon my 14 years of experience as an
employment and business attorney, my
chairmanship of the House Civil Law
Committee and, most importantly, my
strong bi-partisan record in the Min-
nesota House. I have been chief House
author the past few years of the most
sweeping anti-meth bill ever passed in
the country, fundamental reform of
Minnesota’s eminent domain laws, the
most significant lawsuit reform legisla-
tion in two decades and Minnesota’s
first law requiring corporations to
notify individuals when their personal
information has been stolen or lost.
In every case, I’ve done so by work-
ing closely with both Democrats and
Republicans.
Q2. I give the Attorney General credit
for his aggressive monitoring of HMOs
in Minnesota. The AG’s Office has a
strong record the past two decades of
auditing health care non-profits and,
in some instances, uncovering spend-
ing excesses that don’t fit with the mis-
sion of a non-profit company. I will
continue to monitor all non-profits just
as closely. I will also lead on a patient-
focused legislative health care agenda
that encourages innovation and com-
petition in the marketplace.
Q 3: I believe that the most impor-
tant role of the Attorney General is to
protect our most vulnerable citizens
— our kids — from criminals. The
main focus of my campaign has been
the fight against meth, sexual preda-
tors and gang violence. In the House,
I was the successful chief author of last
year’s major anti-meth bill and of this
year’s funding of a new unit within
the Bureau of Criminal Apprehen-
sion dealing exclusively with Internet
crimes against children. I have set
forth a very comprehensive anti-meth
plan that I will pursue as Attorney
General addressing education, treat-
ment and an attempt to stem the flow
of meth coming into the state. I will
also lead the fight as Attorney General
to require that all Level II and III sex
offenders on supervised release wear
GPS tracking bracelets so we can keep
track of their whereabouts every min-
ute of every day.
Q4: As Attorney General, I will con-
tinue the role I have served in the
House as a leader on identity theft pre-
vention and protector of individuals’
private information. We have made
some significant strides in the past two
years on identity theft, but much more
needs to be done. With respect to civil
rights, I will take very seriously my job
of providing assistance to county attor-
neys throughout the state when they
request help in prosecutions, including
prosecution of criminal civil rights vio-
lations.
2. What are your views on the
monitoring of health care com-
panies? What will you do in
this capacity?
STEVE KELLEY (DFL)
steve@kelleyforag.org
763.544.8691
www.kelleyforattorneygeneral.org
Q1: I believe the
office requires
both legal and
policy experi-
ence. I have
both. I have been
a lawyer for 27
years, first work-
ing to defend
tenants of public
housing in New York City as a law stu-
dent, then moving back to Minnesota
and working for Mackall, Crounse &
Moore, where I have been since 1983.
I have trial and appellate experience
in state and federal courts, including
the Minnesota State Supreme Court. I
have been fortunate to serve in the state
legislature for 14 years. I authored one
of the first Internet privacy bills in the
nation and passed the groundbreak-
ing Adverse Health Events Reporting
Law. Giving voice to and defending
the rights of children as Chair of the
Senate Education Committee for the
last three years has been one of my
most rewarding experiences. I will
continue the office’s tradition of vig-
orously defending the rights of every
Minnesotan, especially in the areas of
health care, public safety, and privacy.
I will champion the causes of consum-
ers, patients, seniors, and children, and
I will look to new ways to help Min-
nesotans improve their lives.
Q2: I will continue the good work
Mike Hatch has done holding health
care companies and their executives
accountable. No Minnesotan ought to
worry that her hard-earned dollars are
wrongly going into executive pockets
when they should be going to bedside
care. I will continue working to hold
down costs and pay additional atten-
tion to pharmaceutical companies’
drug sales practices. As attorney gen-
eral, I will continue the work I started
in the legislature, where I authored a
bill mandating that hospitals report
gross medical errors. I will work to
enact universal health care coverage
and improve health care quality and
patient safety.
Q3. As I have been for the last three
years as Chair of the Senate Educa-
tion Committee, I will continue to be
a strong advocate for children. I will
work closely with local law enforce-
ment to make our communities safer,
focusing particularly on busting up
meth rings. We must also provide spe-
cialist resources to local law enforce-
ment for sexual predator and Internet
crimes. In the legislature I authored a
bill targeting perpetrators of identity
theft by prohibiting the electronic use
of false pretenses, “phishing” by email,
to obtain the identity of another per-
son. I will continue that work as attor-
ney general, protecting consumers and
Internet users from identity theft.
Q4. I have a record of accomplishment
in the legislature for supporting both
privacy and human rights. I authored
one of the first Internet privacy laws in
the nation, as well as legislation estab-
lishing privacy standards for use of cus-
tomer information and restricting the
use and display of social security num-
bers. I will continue those efforts, espe-
cially regarding financial and medical
records. And I will work with county
attorneys and other attorneys general
Kelley
continued on page 7
3. What will you do to pro-
tect our children – from drugs,
predators, and Internet crimes?
BILL LUTHER (DFL)
bill@lutherforattorneygeneral.com
612-309-0306
www.lutherforattorneygeneral.com
Q1. Just as Min-
nesota led the
fight against big
tobacco compa-
nies who prey
on children and
HMOs who mis-
treat patients,
we must lead
the fight against
price gouging and monopolies in the
oil industry. As attorney general, my
most important priority will be crack-
ing down on gas and oil companies that
gouge Minnesotans at the pump. In
Congress, I fought to increase ethanol
usage and fuel efficiency standards for
cars and trucks. I will use this experi-
ence to continue to fight for Minneso-
ta’s families as Attorney General. First,
I will investigate oil company practices
that drive up gas prices. For example,
reports indicate corporate unwilling-
ness to make repairs in a lax regulatory
environment caused the recent spike
in gas prices. Second, I will prosecute
price-fixing and cheating. Whether it
is the local gas station, their wholesaler
or the oil company, I will not toler-
ate companies that cheat consumers.
Third, I will help Minnesota spear-
head a nationwide effort to stop con-
solidation and break up monopolies in
the oil industry.
Q2. Nothing is as important to us as
our health. For the last eight years, the
Minnesota Attorney General’s office
has been aggressively pursuing waste
and abuse in the health care industry.
As attorney general, I will continue to
hold HMOs accountable. I will fight
to protect Minnesota’s uninsured and
underinsured. While Minnesota made
progress on requiring hospitals to bill
insured and uninsured patients the
same costs for care, we need to pursue
the same goal for other providers. In
Congress, I fought to lower the cost of
prescription drugs by importing drugs
from Canada and opening the market
for FDA-approved generic drugs. I
will continue to fight prescription drug
companies to lower the price of drugs.
Given near-record profits, HMOs and
drug companies cannot blame pre-
mium increases on government action
protecting patients.
Q3. From the farms of rural Minnesota
to the neighborhoods of Minneapolis,
the epidemic of methamphetamines
has devastated too many families.
While the Legislature has made prog-
ress in controlling meth’s ingredients,
I will strengthen the relationship
between the attorney general’s office
and local sheriffs and police depart-
ments. In addition, I will work with
local school districts and community
organizations to create new education
initiatives to prevent children from
using drugs and to assist parents in
guiding and monitoring their children.
Protecting women and children from
dangerous sexual predators will be a
top priority for me. Because of budget
cuts, too many sex offenders are being
released from treatment centers and
hospitals. As Minnesota’s chief legal
officer, I will work with legislators to
increase funding for the Minnesota
Sex Offender Program, strengthen
existing laws and propose new, creative
legislation to protect citizens by target-
ing repeat offenders.
Luther
continued on page 7
4. How will you protect the
privacy and civil rights of Min-
nesotans?
LORI SWANSON (DFL)
info@swansonforattorneygeneral.com
(651) 452-1262
www.swansonforattorneygeneral.com
Q1: I know how
to run the Attor-
ney General’s
Office because I
have been help-
ing to manage it
for the last seven
years, first as
Deputy Attor-
ney General and
then as Minnesota Solicitor General.
The Attorney General should be the
“people’s lawyer,” standing up for peo-
ple against corporate wrongdoers and
other lawbreakers. This is work that
I’ve been doing, know how to do, and
will continue to do as Attorney Gen-
eral. The next Attorney General will
face new challenges, such as a federal
government that increasingly wants to
preempt states from protecting their
consumers, patients, and workers. I
will be vigilant in meeting this chal-
lenge to make sure Minnesota con-
sumers and citizens don’t fall through
the cracks.
Q2: Health care costs are the larg-
est cause of personal bankruptcy
and a burden on policyholders and
employers, and it is important for
the Attorney General to protect
consumers from health care abuses.
I will take action against prescrip-
tion drug companies that engage
in price-fixing or unlawful
conspiracies. I will take action
against HMOs that improperly fail
to pay benefits. I will fight efforts
at the federal level to preempt the
states from regulating health insur-
ers. And I will closely monitor the
insurers that implement the Medi-
care Part D prescription drug benefit
to make sure seniors are not ill-treat-
ed. I can do this, because I’ve been
doing it.
Q3: I will provide assistance to the
county attorneys who prosecute
these crimes to make sure our pub-
lic remains safe. I will assist county
attorneys in civilly committing dan-
gerous sexual predators who are a
threat to the community. I will use
the bully-pulpit of the Attorney Gen-
eral’s Office to try to restore some of
the recent budget cuts to important
areas like the Gang Strike Force and
programs to prevent crime by at-risk
youth. I will make sure that HMOs
appropriately cover treatment for
chemically dependent and mentally
ill youth.
Q4: As Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral, I took action against white
supremists who sent their victims
death threats, took action against
banks and financial institutions
to halt the sale of account numbers,
social security numbers, and other
private data, took action against
HMOs that discriminated against
the mentally ill, and took action
against companies that overcharged
people of color. I will continue to
aggressively bring such cases as Attor-
ney General.
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What Does the Attorney General Do?
The Attorney General is the state’s chief legal officer serving the state’s 100 government agencies. Represents the state in state and
federal courts. Makes rules, handles felony appeals, and prosecutes at the request of local jurisdictions. The AG issues opinions inter-
preting state statutes and is the chief law enforcer in areas of consumer protection, antitrust enforcement and charities regulation.
Learn more at www.ag.state.mn.us.
JOHN JAMES (IP)
John@TeamMN.com.
612.767.4465
www.TeamMN.com
Q1: The Atto-
rney General’s
job is to repre-
sent the people
of Minnesota.
The best way
to do that? Get
out of St. Paul
to work with
local officers
and officials to relentlessly focus on
ensuring the public’s safety, protecting
consumers and making our laws work
for all Minnesotans. But, if all we get
from the AG is enforcement, we’re
not getting enough value. I’ll provide
legal guidance to the Governor on the
main issues that will make Minnesota
prosperous and safe. I have 32 years’
experience as an attorney and led the
Revenue Department, improving tax
administration – fairer, faster, simpler.
I’m running with the Independence
Party’s Peter Hutchinson (Governor)
and Team Minnesota. This Team is a
new concept, an approach to govern-
ment underpinned by a blindingly
obvious idea: that elected officials com-
mitted to the same goals, who already
know how to work together, offer
much more value to Minnesotans.
Q2: Health care costs are the biggest
threat to our prosperity. If we fail to
control them, we cannot invest in other
things that matter. There simply will
be no money. Team Minnesota’s health
care initiative (www.TeamMN.com)
solves the health care crisis and creates
affordable, high-quality care for ALL
Minnesotans. “Monitoring” health
care companies has not cut costs. The
problems behind those costs can only
be solved with the input and support
of health care companies, which have
been dealing with a broken system
themselves. Our health care system
is sick! The AG should monitor insu-
rance companies to ensure that Min-
nesotans get the coverage they pay for,
but there’s no need for a highly adver-
sarial relationship between the AG’s
office and health care companies. Bet-
ter to have a relationship that encou-
rages companies to make changes that
will effectively meet the needs of their
customers, while ensuring access, qua-
lity and affordability.
Q3: Children are our future and
deserve our highest priority. Team
Minnesota will focus on early child-
hood education, to give every child a
great beginning, setting children on
the road to success and reducing drug
use. The AG’s Office will also work
to strengthen child protection ser-
vices. Protecting children from drugs
requires education to reduce demand
and multiple measures to reduce sup-
ply. Protection against predators
requires public information and effec-
tive law enforcement. Internet crimes
require an aggressive education pro-
gram for parents, children, teachers
and librarians to understand how to
avoid risks involved with the Inter-
net. I will provide more aggressive
public safety leadership, coordinating
law enforcement efforts and shaping
a results-oriented legislative agenda.
I will leave St. Paul regularly to talk
with Minnesotans and local officials
to understand the unique challenges in
each community. The AG’s office will
lead the effort to better coordinate our
JAMES
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DALE NATHAN (IP)
dalenathan@usfamily.net
651.454.0505
dalenathanforag.com
Q1. The Attorney
General should
greatly increase
his or her efforts
in drafting
creative legisla-
tion that will sig-
nificantly reform
our legal and
social systems.
I have drafted such legislation. Clear
goals; a competent, hardworking staff;
strong leadership;
commitment; and mission. These are
the keys to success as attorney general.
My
goals are clearly stated and achievable.
My staff will include highly competent
and dedicated people who know how
to work with the legislature to get
reforms. They will aggressively pros-
ecute wrongdoers. I have proven lead-
ership skills as chief counsel of a very
large business unit (now Lockheed-
Martin, Eagan), president of a national
association, and experience as a private
lawyer for citizens in major litigation
for 26 years. My commitment is totally
to serving the people of Minnesota.
My mission
is to draft reform legislation as I have
done, and energize Minnesotans to
press their legislators to enact the
reforms we need.
Q2. Closely monitoring health care
companies is essential, but much more
is needed to get lower cost health care
for all Minnesotans. The system I
favor will cost about one-half of what
health care now costs while providing
expanded services and more choice.
This proposed system is brilliantly
explained in a DVD “The Missing
Piece,” copy available on request. I
propose as my primary goal to achieve
this by implementing the
MUHCC/COACT plan described in
the DVD with modifications. I also
propose banning
ads for Viagra, Cialis, etc., and forcing
pharmaceutical companies to reduce
their prices by the costs they save,
assessing a 5 percent health impact
fee on trans-fat foods to raise addi-
tional funds we need for health care
coverage, defining a basic health care
package that health care companies
must provide, incentivizing preventive
health care, and reducing wasteful
health care expenses such as excessive
emergency room care.
Q3. Increasing surveillance and aggres-
sive prosecution are part of protecting
our children from drugs, predators,
and Internet crime. But again, more
is needed. We must redevelop areas
of blight and crime to eliminate gangs,
drug sales, illegal weapon possession,
and conditions that foster violence
against our children. I propose livable
wage zones (like tax-free zones) that
incentivize redevelopment and benefit
workers just as we subsidize industry.
I propose using ignition interlocks to
reduce repeat DWI offenders by 65
percent and make our streets and roads
much safer. I favor increasing afford-
able housing to strengthen family life.
I favor a law that protects pension
benefits and guards against impover-
ishment by failed pension promises.
We need to redouble efforts to keep
teenagers in school with programs
that provide incentives to stay in school
NATHAN
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PAPA JOHN KOLSTAD (GP)
info@PapaJohnKolstad.org
612-237-5696
www.PapaJohnKolstad.org
Q1: The Attor-
ney General
needs to be more
aggressive with
corporate waste,
fraud and abuse.
The Attorney
General’s office
should extend
the protection
they provide to consumers to small
independent businesses. I have run a
small business for 26 years and have
been active in the civic and business
organizations; small businesses are the
economic engine of Minnesota. Pro-
viding them support increases jobs and
strengthens the economy. I would cre-
ate a division to protect small indepen-
dent businesses against powerful and
abusive large corporations. This is an
area I have deep personal experience
with and understand what needs to be
done and why it would be beneficial to
the people of Minnesota.
Q2: I applaud the work of Mike Hatch
and his staff regarding the investiga-
tion and audits of the health insurance
companies and HMOs. The audits
reveal enormous waste and fraud
within these companies. I would con-
tinue the investigations and audits,
but I would pursue criminal penalties
against the executives and the Board
of Directors. (This is not yet done by
Mike Hatch.) I would also move to
block heath care dollars from being
used for campaign contributions or
lobbyists who give money on behalf of
health insurance companies. In addi-
tion I would move to severely limit
executive salaries and stock options.
However, the real answer to our health
care crisis is to get rid of the insur-
ance companies all together and move
immediately to universal health care
through a single payer system, Medi-
care for all Minnesotans. It would save
Minnesota $1.5 to $3.0 billion per year.
Q3: This is primarily the responsibil-
ity of the police, law enforcement and
parents. The Attorney General can
propose new laws if flaws or loopholes
are found in the current laws. Educa-
tion and accurate, factual information
regarding drugs are of vital impor-
tance. Making more, tougher drug
laws has not solved anything. We
need to provide an alternative posi-
tive option. People need to have jobs
that provide a decent living. Predators
need to be identified and then provid-
ed with real and effective treatment.
Internet crime is relatively a new area
and I’d pursue new, aggressive tools
to find and prosecute or block these
criminals and prosecute their Inter-
net provider or the nation that allows
this conduct. The Attorney General’s
office can go after the big corporations
who ultimately benefit from this ille-
gal and predatory behavior.
Q4: The United States and the State
of Minnesota have wonderful consti-
tutions, which protects both the right
to privacy and civil rights. I would
aggressively defend both rights at every
opportunity. The U.S. Congress has
abdicated its responsibility under the
Constitution to declare war, yet allows
the President to wage war unimpeded.
The President has invaded privacy
and grossly violated the civil rights
KOLSTAD
continued on page 7 right
JUAL CARLOS CARLSON (IP) RICHARD BULLOCK (IP)
218.436.2131 651.464.7358
CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE Did Not Respond
Attorney General Answers (Continued)
KELLEY NAthan
continued from page 6 continued from page 7 left
around the country to prosecute and such as a youth natural disaster corps
prevent identity theft. I will stand up with uniforms and modest pay to train
for those without power, against those in providing disaster relief.
who misuse power. I will maintain an
innovative AG’s office that looks for Q4. Civil rights can best be protected
new ways to help people improve their by assuring that affordable justice is
own lives. I will maintain high stan- available for all Minnesotans, that
dards for quality and public service, judges and public officers do not
fairness and justice. abuse their power, that all judges are
fair and impartial, and that racism by
public officials is totally eliminated.
To achieve this, I advocate: outlawing
the judge-made rule that allows judg-
es to take $150 gratuities (tips) from
LUTHER
lawyers, sending voters performance
continued from page 6
evaluations that inform them on how
incumbent judges have performed
Q4. Companies and government agen-
their jobs, reforming the system so that
cies that fail to protect employee and
the people choose new judges as our
customer information must face stiff
Constitution states, not the governor,
consequences. Unfortunately, stories
creating a special court to try judges
of stolen or lost company laptops are
and public officers who disregard
becoming a norm rather than an occa-
the rules, ignore the law, act illegally,
sional occurrence. Worse has been
and abuse their power, and institut-
the irresponsible behavior of compa-
ing public funding of judge elections
nies failing to tell their customers in
financed by lawyer registration fees.
a timely manner that their personal
Laws to protect privacy and personal
information is at risk. I will fight to
data exist. They need to be enforced
strengthen laws to notify and protect
more vigorously and violators need to
consumers whose personal data, held
be aggressively prosecuted.
by businesses and other entities, have
been stolen. I will also join with other
attorneys general to fight against fed-
eral legislation, heavily favored by
industry, which would pre-empt state
notification laws, set a weaker national
kolstad
notification standard and remove states
from the enforcement picture. Social continued from page 7 left
justice has been important to me my
of many. If he can do it to them, he
entire life. I’ll take on the landlords
can do it to us. I have serious concerns
and corrupt financial institutions that
regarding the violations of privacy and
prey on the elderly, working families
civil rights by law enforcement and
and communities of color.
large corporate entities. I would do
all I could under the authority of the
Attorney General’s office to protect the
civil liberties of all Minnesotans.
JAMES
continued from page 7 left
crime-fighting efforts across commu-
nity lines.
Q4: Protecting citizens’ constitutio- Abbreviations:
nal rights is a core AG responsibility.
Much of the work occurs through the
Department of Human Rights and the
federal EEOC, which must be effec- R=
tively coordinated with legal recourse.
The AG’s Office will review admi- Republican
nistrative procedures to ensure that
Minnesotans get fair treatment in their
dealings with state and local govern-
ments. If you see a problem, let the DFL =
AG’s office know! Privacy is a special
challenge. Minnesota must work with Democrat
Attorneys General from across the
country. Federal legislation may be
needed. Faced with new technologies,
the rapid exchange of information and IP =
increasingly sophisticated methods of
identification theft, the AG’s office Independence
must stay abreast of the latest technolo- Party
gies that could infringe on our privacy.
Citizens must have the knowledge of
how their private information is used
and the ability to limit that use. Cri-
minal activities must be vigorously and GP =
effectively prosecuted. Green Party
 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006
U.S. Senate
elections
Q.
HAROLD SHUDLICK (R)
hshudlick@unique-software.com
952.891.5511
www.shudlickforsenate.com
Q1. The role
of the federal
government
is primar-
ily to encourage
domestic explo-
ration and
innovation of
known and
experimental
fuels for future energy needs
towards American energy indepen-
dence, such as solar energy, hydro
electric, hydrogen, wind power,
clean coal, delivery systems and
new refineries. I will determine, in
fact, what is happening regarding
global warming, i.e., its cause, who
is doing it, and what they are doing
to cause it, as well as what effective
measures can be taken to improve
this problem and reduce global
warming. I would support any regu-
latory actions that would insure a
clean environment without unduly
jeopardizing our industries, or econ-
omy, and without adding layers of
bureaucracy. Actions which insure a
clean environment will be rewarded
through tax breaks/incentives, and
penalties for those not insuring a
clean environment.
Q2. No. Determine why
health care costs are rising so
substantially. Allow individu-
als and groups such as AARP,
Minnesota Senior Federa-
tion and other organizations
to advocate for people requiring health
care. Hold the providers accountable
for the increases in cost and review
malpractice lawsuits for fairness.
Q3. A dictator was deposed, Iraq
had free elections, and formed their
government. The current situa-
tion against a treacherous enemy
is difficult and complicated. Our
long-term strategy must be that of a
helpful and welcome guest, consul-
tant, and friend, who knows loyalties
and when the task is completed.
Q4. By understanding that to be
a supporter of terrorism is not a
civil liberty in America. The tools
to fight terrorism must be discretely
reviewed for their necessity, with pri-
ority given to our country’s safety and
security. You can’t please all the peo-
ple all the time and you shouldn’t try.
My hope and prediction for the future
is that Americans will increasingly
understand what the constitution says
and means and not reading into it
what it does not say, and being gov-
erned accordingly. The framers felt
the individual was able to determine
his/her own destiny, and the constitu-
tion advocates limited government.
Strict constructionist interpretation
promotes less mischief.
Vote
September
12th
1. What will you do to make
our country less dependent
on oil? What else will you do
about global warming?
JOHN T. ULDRICH ( R)
juldrich@visi.com
612.722.2287
www.johnuldrichforussenate.com
Q1. As indicated
in my web, it is
essential the U.S.
move with flank
speed (on all
fronts) to reduce
or eliminate off
shore energy
sourcing! Biofuel
(Minnesota’s con-
tribution) needs to include corn, sugar
beets, wood fiber, solar, wind power
and expanded hydroelectric. National-
ly, the U.S. needs to promote all of the
above but include sugarcane in the mix
due to its higher sugar-to-energy ratio.
Hydrogen-to-fuel research needs to be
accelerated. On the national level, new
mandates for fuel-efficient vehicles
are essential. Both state and federal
should encourage light rail, personal
transporters and a return to the bicycle
as both fuel conservation and a physi-
cal fitness tool. Global warming: U.S.
needs to take the leadership in the
Kyoto program. We have both a moral
obligation (biggest contributor to glob-
al warming) and are a major stake-
holder in bringing this problem under
control. Perhaps Minnesota could host
the next major conference?
Q2. In principle, yes – am in favor of
both. As a practical matter however,
designing and implementing such a
program is a daunting task if one is
to stay with a market-driven philoso-
phy. The Massachusetts Plan is worth
watching as a “work-in-progress.”
Because medical care is a composite
(and highly complex) blend of infra-
structure (people, bricks and mortar),
research (disease and pharmaceutical)
we need to make sure that whatever
plan is advanced takes all of these play-
ers into consideration. I am not famil-
iar with any “socialized medicine”
program that could be a role model
for this country. There is however
some potential merit in having a two-
tiered system – a basic form of state
and federal universal care and then
an independent, “free market” plan.
In principle, this might work but the
“devil-in-the-details” specter calls for
introspection at one level, futuristic
extrapolation at another.
Q3. Iraq is a moral, financial and
emotionally draining quagmire — no
debate here. I am not however, in favor
of a unilateral, set-time withdrawal.
Those who propose such a move are
not giving “three-dimensional chess”
its due and proper consideration;
should we pull out, leave that coun-
try to sort itself out via civil war is to
invite not only chaos throughout the
Middle East but perhaps, the world.
People tend to forget that Islam radi-
cals have already declared “jihad” – all
out religious war. People tend to forget
we have a binding commitment to help
Israel defend itself. We do this now
through military aid at over two billion
dollars a year. Should that country face
annihilation, I don’t believe anyone in
this country would say we should let
them be overrun. Citizen or senator,
I, for one, do not wish to see a “holo-
caust” take place on my watch.
Q4. I am very concerned that the
present administration (read White
House) has taken upon itself powers
that it should not have. Congress has
Uldrich
continued on page 9
2. Do you believe in univer-
sal health care and a single
payer system? What is your
plan to insure more people and
to address rising health care
costs?
AMY KLOBUCHAR (DFL)
amy@amyklobuchar.com
651.714.2006
www.amyklobuchar.com
Q1: Our coun-
try currently
has to buy well
over half of our
oil from foreign
countries. This
growing depen-
dence on foreign
oil threatens
both our pros-
perity and our national security. I
will fight to expand incentives for
investment in homegrown, renewable
energy sources and technology. Here
in Minnesota, we have the ability to
produce a wide variety of homegrown
energy, including ethanol, biodiesel,
wind, solar and biomass. This will
be a huge source of jobs in Minne-
sota for many years. I will fight to
reduce global warming by adopt-
ing legislation to limit greenhouse
gas emissions. By 2010, we need to
limit greenhouse gas emissions to
the 2000 level. By 2017, those emis-
sions should be limited to the 1990
level, and we should allow companies
that can’t meet the lower cap to pur-
chase credits from other companies
that can. Read more at: http://amy
klobuchar.com/issues/energy.html
Q2: Health care policy in our country
needs an overhaul. I favor increas-
ing affordability by lifting the ban
on negotiations with the prescrip-
tion drug companies, and reducing
administrative costs. We should also
increase coverage by insuring all kids,
and providing incentives to allow
people to buy into the same health
care plan as members of Congress.
We need to work together to find
immediate solutions to reduce the
cost of health care and provide health
services to all Americans. Read more
at: http://amyklobuchar.com/issues/
health-care.html
Q3: While I support the invasion of
Afghanistan, I disagreed with the
decision to invade Iraq. After three
years, it has become obvious to those
who favored the war and to those
who opposed it that the Bush-Cheney
administration was not truthful about
the reasons they gave for invading
Iraq, nor were they truthful about
having a plan to secure the peace and
protect our troops once we invaded.
Despite the bravery of our troops, we
must change course in Iraq and draw
down our forces in a responsible way.
We must engage other countries in
our efforts so that 2006 is a year of
transition in which we bring a sig-
nificant number of our troops home.
Read more at: http://amyklobuchar.
com/issues /national-security-iraq.
html
Q4: As a prosecutor, I have always
sought to preserve civil liberties while
crime fighting in the information
age. The war on terror is played out
on a new battlefield. We need new
tools to fight this war, but we need
to balance that against the rights
that have made this country great.
Read more at: http://amyklobuchar.
com/issues/public-safety.html
3. Since the U.S. invasion
of Iraq, the society has broken
apart, and terrorism and inter-
nal strife are increasing. What
is your solution to the problems
of Iraq and the U.S. presence
there?
DARRYL STANTON (DFL)
stanton4people@aol.com
952.947.9488
www.stanton4people.org
Q1. As Minne-
sota’s next U.S.
Senator, I’ll pro-
vide real and
strong leadership
by standing up
to big oil com-
panies and their
political pimps,
called lobbyists.
Congress has failed to create strong
incentives for the development of clean
renewable energy sources to reduce
our dependence on foreign oil. I will
author a bill called the “American
Energy Independence Act” to move us
toward energy independence. To slow
global warming we must set CAFE
standards to 45 miles per gallon, use
current technology to reduce 90% of
mercury pollution emitted by burned
coal, invest in clean renewable energy
sources such as wind turbine and solar
technologies, bio fuels, super hybrids,
HHO technology, and provide incen-
tives to ensure 20% of our energy
comes from renewable sources by 2020.
I’ll take a simple global warming mes-
sage to Congress as your next US Sen-
ator: GLOBAL WARMING — WE
DO SOMETHING OR WE DIE.
Q2. It is morally wrong for 47 mil-
lion Americans and approximately
400,000 Minnesotans to go without
health coverage every day while con-
gress has the best health coverage our
money and hard earned tax dollars
can buy. Washington Politicians have
even provided the people of Iraq Uni-
versal Health Coverage with our hard
earned tax dollars. If the United States
Congress and the Iraqi people can have
Universal Health Coverage purchased
with our tax dollars, Minnesotans and
America’s middle class and working
poor deserve Universal Health Cover-
age as well. I will help Minnesotans
by fighting for the re-importation of
FDA approved medications and elimi-
nate the $2,850 gap in Medicare Part D
to help our seniors in need. I will stop
pharmaceutical companies’ manipu-
lation of generic medications market
that cost Minnesota and America’s
middle class and working poor billions
of dollars per year and I will fight for
Small Business Health Insurance pur-
chasing pools.
Q3. Iraq is another example of failed
leadership by Washington politi-
cians. Iraq is in the genesis of civil
war because of continued fighting
between religious and ethnic groups.
We must develop and implement a real
short and long term plan ASAP that
includes bringing our brave men and
women of the armed services home.
We must fast-track economic and
infrastructure development promised
the Iraqi People by Congress and the
Administration. The Iraq war has
made the Middle East region less safe
and America less secure because of
diverted resources. We must perform
an immediate critical infrastructure
risks and vulnerabilities assessment
that includes terrorist attacks, natural
or manmade disasters and pandemics.
9/11 and Katrina made apparent our
first responders must have the ability
to communicate with each other. That
is why I will fight for releasing com-
munication spectrum that can save
lives now and not wait until 2009 as it
Stanton
continued on page 9
4. The current administration
has restricted civil liberties in the
name of protecting us from ter-
rorism. Do you support or oppose
such restrictions, and what do
you predict for the civil liberties
of Americans in the future?
MICHAEL CAVLAN (Green)
info@cavlan.org
612.414.9528.
www.cavlan.org
Q1. We will
fight passion-
ately to have our
Congress fund
research into
alternatives to oil.
Will also fight to
have our transit
systems enlarged
and made more
convenient, using alternative renew-
able energy. Transit systems that will
serve more people in order to take
cars off the streets. Other things to
allay global warming: give tax breaks
and grants to homeowners who install
solar or wind energy. We will work to
mandate that large corporations switch
to using renewable and nonpolluting
energy. We will also encourage more
bike paths to make it safer and easier
to use bikes for transportation.
Q2. We fully, strongly support a uni-
versal single payer health care system.
It is literally a program of Medicare for
all. By eliminating insurance compa-
nies from our health care system, we
will be able to fund health care for
all those now not insured. The Medi-
care Program is one that has been
done well by the government (with
the exception of the Drug Program).
Insurance companies take 25 percent
to 30 percent of each dollar paid to
administer their programs. Much of
that administration consists of telling
their insured what they won’t allow.
Medical facilities now have to have a
large staff who do nothing but forms
for the insurance companies. That
cost and the confusion caused by the
present system would be eliminated
and the cost put back in to paying for
health care. This can occur because
Medicare takes 3 percent to 5 percent
of each dollar to administer the pro-
gram. We would also work to make it
legal for our government to negotiate
drug prices with pharmaceutical com-
panies for lower costs of drugs. This is
not allowed at present.
Q3. The only real solution to the war
in Iraq is to get our troops and their
support contingency out of Iraq and
to dismantle the permanent bases the
US has built and is building there.
Each day the US is in Iraq more lives
of innocent civilians are lost and ever
more of the survivors become “insur-
gents.” We have been able to do noth-
ing with our billions of dollars to
rebuild the country’s infrastructure,
which we bombed to dust at the begin-
ning of the war. The Iraqi people are
saying it was better under Saddam
because then they had electricity, clean
water, health care, safety in the streets
and usually enough to eat. The U.S.
corporations who have contracts to
rebuild the country have not been able
to provide more than occasional elec-
trical service, no clean water, certainly
not safety and very little food and/or
health care. Our government has
decimated the country to gain access
to oil and nothing more. The same
paragraph can be written regarding
Afghanistan. However, in Afghani-
stan the drug crops are flourishing.
Q4. We totally oppose the Patriot Act.
They do little or nothing to protect this
country from terrorism. This govern-
ment has been doing this by executive
cavlan
continued on page 9
september 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  
What Does a Senator Do?
Each state has two senators who
serve for six years. One-third of
the seats are filled every two years.
The United States Constitution
sets forth the powers of Congress.
The most important are the pow-
ers to levy and collect taxes, bor-
row money, regulate commerce
BEN POWERS (Constitution)
Powers4Senate@yahoo.com
507.438.7759
www.Powers2006.info
Q1. The use and
consumption of
energy is prop-
erly controlled
by free enter-
prise. Control
of energy and
resources by the
civil government
should be limited
to that necessary to assure the common
defense of a free society. A Department
of Energy is excessive government
intervention and should be elimi-
nated. — CPMN Plank on Energy
and Resources. We hold that property
rights are inherent in the right to life
and flow from the dignity of human
life itself. We hold that property rights
supercede environmental consider-
ations except when grave harm is done
that severely impacts people. Persons
are due just compensation where prop-
erty is taken or use is restricted. Anti-
Christian ideologies that place the
dignity of mankind on a level with that
of the animals or the earth must not be
permitted to undermine our western
Christian civilization. — Excerpted
from CPMN Plank on Property and
Environment.
Q2. We support the principle that pro-
viding medical care is clearly not the
role or responsibility of government,
but is rather the responsibility of indi-
viduals and families. We support a free
market health care system that would
hold costs down, maintain quality care,
protect life, prevent rationing, and thus
provide more effective accountability.
We support the repeal of all compo-
nents of “Minnesota Care.” We oppose
state or federal access to any medical
data or health records of any kind on
individuals, without the consent of the
individual. Except in case of life-threat-
ening emergencies, school officials,
employers, and others in authority
must obtain the consent of parents or
guardians before administering any
medical treatment to minors. Parents
or guardians of minor children, (up to
the age of 18 years), shall have access
to any and all medical records of their
minor children— CPMN Plank on
Medical Care.
Q3. The Constitution Party is unalter-
ably opposed to the criminal acts of
terrorists, and their organizations, as
well as the governments that condone
them. Individuals responsible for acts
of terrorism must be punished for their
crimes, including the infliction of capi-
tal punishment where appropriate. In
responding to terrorism, however, the
United States must avoid acts of retali-
ation abroad which destroy innocent
human lives, creating enmity toward
the United States and its people; and in
accord with the views of our Founding
Fathers, we must disengage this nation
from the international entanglements
which generate foreign hatred of the
United States, and are used as the
excuse for terrorist attacks on America
and its people. The “war on terrorism”
is not a proper excuse for perpetual
U.S. occupation of foreign lands, mili-
tary assaults on countries which have
not injured us, or perpetual commit-
ment of taxpayer dollars to finance
foreign governments. — From CP
National Platform.
Powers
continued on page 9 right
with foreign nations and among
the states, coin money, establish
post offices and post roads, issue
patents and copyrights, fix stan-
dards of weights and measures,
establish courts inferior to the
Supreme Court, raise and main-
tain the armed forces, declare
ROBERT FITZGERALD (IP)
robert@votefitzgerald.org
218.731.1379
www.votefitzgerald.org
Q1. This cam-
paign has taken
an indepen-
dent, pro-active
approach to
energy con-
sumption needs
— we converted
the campaign
bus to run on
straight vegetable oil. We’re collecting
used cooking oil from restaurants, fil-
tering it, and running across the state
making haste with waste on a 100 per-
cent renewable energy resource that
can be grown here in Minnesota! It’s
not Americans who are addicted to
oil, it’s our legislators in Washington,
D.C. Americans have limited options
for meeting their energy consump-
tion needs. Through energy diversity
(biofuels, wind, solar, hydro), we can
become energy independent. Gaining
energy independence is of economic,
national security, and environmental
importance. We need to encourage
the development of renewable energy
resources through tax incentives and
by funding research. Meeting our
nation’s energy needs internally should
be an absolute priority for the obvious
economic benefits. As senator, I will be
pro-active and independent, serving
the best interests of all Minnesotans.
Q2. The goal is to balance affordability
with universality. I believe all Ameri-
cans should have access to affordable
health care. Health care should no lon-
ger be tied to employment. Insurance
should be used for the unexpected and
unaffordable. Prescription drug com-
panies need to be required to include
information labels on their products,
which will allow consumers to be more
cost-conscious. Streamlining the pro-
cess and reducing administration costs
will lead to lower premium costs. Our
health care system is broken. Health
practitioners are treating patients
based on payback formulas and not on
specific health needs. Both our energy
policy and our mangled health care
system have been victimized in the
marriage between Big Business and
Big Government. This unholy mar-
riage of Big Business and Big Govern-
ment has overspent and underserved
the American public for too long.
Q3. Last year at this time I supported
an increase in the number of troops in
an effort to ensure the safety and secu-
rity of the Iraqi people. Only through
ensuring the safety and security of
Iraqi civilians would we win their
hearts and minds. Troop levels were
not increased. Since that time, Iraq has
fallen into a civil war fueled by sectar-
ian violence. In July there were 3,400
civilian deaths in Iraq, over 100 a day.
The safety and security of the Iraqi
people has not been achieved. Our
military is unable to be the policing
force necessary to ensure the safety and
security of the Iraqi people. Due to cost
overruns, no-bid contracts, and emer-
gency funding the true cost of this war
effort has been masked. Congress has
abdicated its responsibility for over-
sight. It is time to remove our troops
and look to an international peace-
enforcing mission to ensure the safety
and security of the Iraqi people.
FitzgeralD
continued on page 9 right
war, and “make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for
carrying into execution the fore-
going powers.”
The Senate’s advice and consent is
required to confirm presidential
nominations to high-level execu-
STEPHEN WILLIAMS (IP)
stwill@citlink.net
www.PrairieFireUSA.com
Q1: Oil: Our
dependence on oil
is both a threat to
our environment
and our economy.
In spite of record
high prices we
are consuming
more gasoline
than ever. We
must quit looking for someone else to
blame and accept our responsibility for
this energy crisis. There is only one
near term solution; we must reduce
our consumption of gasoline, if not
voluntarily then by mandated driving
restrictions. For the long term we
must mandate higher fuel economy
standards. We must subsidize the
development of alternative fuels and fuel
saving technologies. Corn ethanol is not
a viable alternative! Other biofuels, like
biodiesel, show more potential but are
still years away from being a significant
energy source. Greenhouse gasses:
Again, the only near term solution is to
decrease consumption, using a carrot or
a stick if necessary. Solar, nuclear, and
wind energy should be an increasing
percentage of future energy needs.
Q2: Universal health insurance is
essential. Health care is causing a
financial crisis for families, businesses
and every level of government, while
the CEO of one health care company
is becoming a billionaire. We provide
Medicare to one segment of our society
while millions of working class families
who pay for Medicare cannot afford
health insurance themselves. These are
great injustices. By nationalizing health
insurance we can eliminate expenses
that add nothing to the quality of health
care. There will be one set of rules,
which should include a meaningful
co-payment and a mandatory health
savings account. The benefits of
nationalizing health insurance are huge.
Every Minnesotan will have health
insurance. The State of Minnesota, local
governments, schools, and universities
will save billions of dollars each year
because they will no longer be paying for
their employee’s health care. Funding
health insurance with a consumption
tax would reduce the budget deficit.
Q3: We should help the people of Iraq
establish a legitimate government if the
people of Iraq want our help. I believe
we must have a referendum in Iraq
to determine if the Iraqis want our
help. Without their support we have
no business in their country. That said
the situation in Iraq might soon dictate
our actions. If Iraq degenerates into all
out civil war our only choice will be to
withdraw from that country. There may
be nothing that we can do to solve the
nightmare of Iraq, but there are lessons
that we had better learn. If we cannot
accept the fact that our addiction to
oil helped to create Saddam and the
terrorists, there will be many more night-
mares to come. Some individuals have
told me they should be able to use as much
gas as they can afford. We pay for this
ignorance with working class blood.
Q4: 3000 people lost all of their civil
liberties on 9-11. Likewise tens of
thousands have died in Iraq. With
increased oversight and severe penalties
for misuse of information, I would
gladly exchange wiretapping and the
Williams
continued on page 9 right
tive and judicial positions, and for
the ratification of treaties.
The Senate works with the
House of Representatives to pass
legislation. However, the Sen-
ate can propose amendments to
spending bills, try impeached
MILES COLLINS ( IP)
952.831.0500
Q1. Stop clean-
ing up the atmo-
sphere.
Q2. Clear, clean
water.
Q3. Get out.
Q4. Support.
ULDRICH
continued from page 8
abrogated these powers and needs to
take them back. Example: the Patriot
Act, while well intended, is subject to
abuse, misuse, misfeasance and even
malfeasance given the “hand” that
manipulates the Act to its own end.
The president (or his minions) cannot
be the “decider” of what is needed to
maintain our national security. The
three branches of government, work-
ing together, and under constitutional
mandates are the “deciders” and while
the system may be difficult under pres-
sures of time, this is the way it must
be. Given the present state of affairs,
it is only safe to assume, pressures to
abrogate these safeguards will contin-
ue — we must stand together however,
to assure this generation and those to
come — we will not allow one branch
of government to be the “decider” of
civil liberties.
STANTON
continued from page 8
currently stands.
Q4. I do not support restrictions on our
civil liberties granted us under the US
Constitution. I believe the Adminis-
tration and Congress must provide the
utmost security for all Americans and
must do so without violating/restrict-
ing Americans’ civil liberties. As your
US Senator, I’ll do what’s in the best
interest of the people of Minnesota and
America and not what is best for a par-
ticular political party or for political
gain. Congress must exercise its sworn
duty of checks and balances and not be
a rubber stamp for any administration,
because not doing so under our US
Constitution is called TREASON. I
hope the most recent ruling by US Dis-
trict Courts regarding the administra-
tion’s unwarranted wiretaps that went
too far and violated American citizens’
civil liberties is an indication that the
courts will not tolerate infringement
of our civil liberties. Remember Vote
Darryl Stanton September 12: I will
fight for you!
CAVLAN
continued from page 8
order, eliminating the need for a Con-
gress and a Supreme Court. If this is
allowed to go on we will no longer be
the land of the free. We are dedicated
to reestablishing the civil rights that we
have lost in the past several years. In
that way we will find the will of the
people whom, we believe, have values
of peace, honesty and sharing for a bet-
ter and sustainable world in the future.
officials, and choose the Vice
President in an Electoral College
deadlock. The Senate and its
members generally serve longer
terms in a smaller body and (in
most cases) represent larger con-
stituencies than Representatives.
Mark Kennedy (R)
info@markkennedy06.com
651.644.2506
www.markkennedy06.com
chose not to participate
Powers
continued from page 9 left
Q4. America is engaged in an unde-
clared war with an ill-defined enemy
(terrorism), a war which threatens to be
never ending, and which is being used to
vastly expand government power, par-
ticularly that of the executive branch, at
the expense of the individual liberties of
the American people. The “war on ter-
rorism” is serving as an excuse for the
government to spend beyond its income,
expand the Federal bureaucracy, and
socialize the nation through taxpayer
bailouts of the airlines, subsidies to the
giant insurance corporations, and other
Federal programs. We deplore and vig-
orously oppose legislation and executive
action that deprive the people of their
rights secured under the Fourth and
Fifth Amendments under the guise
of “combating terrorism” or “protect-
ing national security.” Examples of
such legislation are the National Secu-
rity Act, the USA PATRIOT Act,
and the proposed Domestic Securities
Enhancement Act (colloquially known
as “Patriot II”). — From CP National
Platform.
FitzgeralD
continued from page 9 left
Q4. We lose security, not becoming
safer, when we give up our freedoms.
America’s beacon of freedom and civil
rights is one of the things that most
distinguishes us in the world commu-
nity. It is false to claim that these laws
can no longer be followed without
compromising our safety. It is a sena-
tor’s most important job to defend our
Constitution, including its checks and
balances and its guarantees of individ-
ual freedoms. You combat terrorism at
home through fixing and securing our
borders, our immigration and customs
points, and our visa compliance not via
an administration’s endless power grab
that encroaches on our civil liberties.
Where is the oversight from our con-
gressional representatives? We shame-
fully have a Congress specializing in
double-dealing, self-serving, do-noth-
ing legislation but line the pockets of
the one percent at the expense of the
rest of us and all the while nobody is
watching the watchers.
Williams
continued from page 9 left
surveillance of phone records for death
and destruction. I totally object to
human rights abuses such as the use
of torture. If we have to resort to such
measures I question what it is we are
fighting for. Torture is itself a form of
terrorism. The biggest threat to our
liberties in the future is not from the
war on terror. If we do not deal with
the federal budget deficit, the resulting
economic catastrophe will make the war
on terror seem like a picnic, destroying
liberties we have long taken for granted.
Politicians are destroying our economic
security by pandering to our fears and
our greed without regard for the future
economic consequences.
10 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006
U.S. Representative District 5
elections
Q.
JAY POND (GP)
Jay@jaypond.org
612.874.0675
www.jaypond.org
Q1: I support
commitments to
smart renewable
energy produc-
tion technolo-
gies, meaningful
changes in our
transportation
infrastructure,
and conserva-
tion. A broad portfolio of renewable
technologies seems to be the consensus
of scientists. One example of “port-
folio” is ethanol production fueled by
locally produced wind energy — inter-
play between renewable energy pro-
duction processes. The technologies
are here to move forward with energy
independence, the political will is just
now transpiring. Minnesota, North
and South Dakota together have the
wind resources to provide 70 percent of
this nation’s energy needs. By building
a new energy grid from the wind into
the Twin Cities urban area, we create
jobs, a source of needed revenue for
local governments and school districts.
Urban and rural will have the oppor-
tunity to function as a community
while creating opportunity through
community-based economics.
Q2: As a nation blessed with abun-
dance, we certainly have the resources
to provide each and every American
health care. The most efficient and
just way to do this is by establish-
ing a single-payer universal national
health-insurance program. By elimi-
nating the health insurance industry
we save money by no longer subsidiz-
ing an industry that adds no value to
health care. In our current system,
access to health care is arbitrarily tied
to employment, trapping people in
their jobs, and saddling business with
skyrocketing costs. Despite the huge
amount of money in our health care
system, the U.S. ranks 34th in infant
mortality and 29th in life expectancy.
Other industrialized nations provide
healthcare to all at about half the cost,
with better results. With single-payer
universal health care, the medical
care delivery system would remain
unchanged. What would change is the
medical care financing system. Rather
than numerous for-profit insurance
companies with high administrative
costs, a single, non-profit system with
equal access for all Americans would
be implemented. Health care would be
less expensive and more readily avail-
able.
Q3: As residents of the 5th district of
Minnesota, we are and have always
been opponents of the war in Iraq. It
is important to the integrity of Con-
gress that this district’s anti-war view-
point be represented in the U.S. House
of Representatives. To move forward
and get us out of the quagmire we
need to reduce the number of U.S.
troops and end offensive operations;
declare that the U.S. will not maintain
a permanent military presence in Iraq;
hand over the restoration of services to
Iraqis; and make reparations to finance
the restoration of infrastructure. Con-
gress needs to affirm its commitment
to a responsible withdrawal of all U.S.
troops from Iraq. A congressional
resolution clarifying that the U.S. has
no plan to control Iraq’s oil, to estab-
lish permanent military bases in Iraq,
POND
continued on page 11
1. What will you do to make
our country less dependent
on oil? What else will you do
about global warming?
TAMMY LEE (IP)
getactive@tammyleeforcongress.com
612.767.3047
www.tammyleeforcongress.com
Q1: I drive a
hybrid vehicle
so protecting
the environment
and reducing
our dependence
on foreign oil is
not just a politi-
cal issue for me,
it’s a personal
issue. First, I would redirect the $6
billion in tax breaks that Congress
gives to Big Oil into alternative and
renewable energy research and devel-
opment (particularly wind power,
which I purchase for my home from
Xcel Energy). This would reduce our
dependence on foreign oil, it’s good for
the environment and it’s good for the
economy — because it creates new jobs
and new technologies here in America.
To reduce global warming, we should
raise the CAFÉ (corporate average fuel
economy) standards to encourage more
efficient automobiles and reduce emis-
sions that contribute to global warm-
ing. I would recommit to funding and
enforcing the Clean Water Act (which
the Republican Congress gutted) and
repeal Bush’s bill for corporate pol-
luters — misnamed the “Clear Skies”
Act.
Q2: I believe every Minnesotan has the
right to quality, affordable healthcare,
but I would achieve the goal of uni-
versal healthcare by creating more fair
and expanded competition in the mar-
ketplace. I would start by giving small
and medium sized businesses a more
affordable means of insuring their
workers through Association Health
Plans (AHPs). This would allow them
to purchase healthcare benefits for
their employees through associations
— and access the same quality cover-
age that larger Minnesota companies
like Best Buy, 3M and Cargill can
provide for their employees. I would
also streamline the reporting system
and require standardized forms for
all new healthcare mandates. We can
save up to 25 percent of all healthcare
administrative and marketing costs by
requiring common or standardized
insurance forms for all healthcare pro-
viders. This simple fix would result in
enormous cost-savings and get us much
closer to achieving universal healthcare
access for every American.
Q3: The Iraq situation is a foreign poli-
cy disaster that has been badly mishan-
dled by the Bush administration. But
we cannot afford to completely cut and
run from our obligations there because
safety at home in America depends on
stability in the Middle East. In Iraq,
I would honor our commitment to
combating terrorists and work toward
re-stabilization as a means toward
creating a lasting peace in the Middle
East. I would begin the process of U.S.
troop withdrawal but maintain one
division of U.S. troops (about 20,000
soldiers) in Iraq for reconstruction and
establishing democracy. This is also
vitally important to guard against ter-
ror threats from Jihad extremists and
to protect against nuclear threats from
bordering Iran. I would also advocate
using intelligent and strategic military
force to stop rogue leaders and terror
cells. I would incentivize Middle East
states to reject terrorist activities with-
in their borders.
LEE
continued on page 11
2. Do you believe in univer-
sal health care and a single
payer system? What is your
plan to insure more people and
to address rising health care
costs?
ALAN FINE (R)
alan@fineforcongress.org
612.598.2349
www.fineforcongress.org
Q1: I have always
been an advocate
for the environ-
ment and I am
extremely
concerned about
the negative
impacts human
activity is having
on this planet.
We rely on clean air, water and land
for sustenance, the aesthetic beauty of
nature for enjoyment and contempla-
tion, and species variety for eco-bal-
ance. In Washington, I will be a strong
advocate for the environment, support-
ing legislation that would: a. Support
research to develop viable alternative
energies, conversion to commercial
applications, and consumer adoption;
b. Set aggressive goals towards vehicles
emission reduction; c. Support eco-
friendly mass transportation alterna-
tives; d. Support tax incentives for
consumers that conserve and recycle; e.
Engage a Federal “Good Housekeep-
ing” seal of approval program that
would enable consumers to be more
informed of the practices of the busi-
nesses from which they buy; g. Pre-
serve our national parks.
Q2: We need to explore multiple
healthcare options and carefully assess
their impacts on cost, quality of care,
and delivery. No Minnesotan should
fear the lack of medical care and I will
support legislation towards that end.
To reduce the cost of healthcare, we
should consider: a. Assessing whether
or not critical medical technologies
that are delivered by a single source
constitutes a monopoly; b. Whether or
not the HMO is in itself a monopoly
in that people cannot readily switch
from one to another and it controls
hospitals, clinics and can exclude doc-
tors; c. Enabling consumers’ access to
online healthcare price comparisons;
d. Capping the markup patients can be
charged above delivery costs; e. Cap-
ping HMO executive salaries; f. Pro-
hibiting states from taxing health.
Q3: Iraq appears immersed in a civil
war. My interest is in the withdrawal
of troops from Iraq as soon as pos-
sible. The only viable solution, in my
opinion, is to offer a three-state solu-
tion between the Kurds, Shi’ites and
Sunni Muslims and turn the country
into three independent and yet, united,
states. These states should be demili-
tarized and should include an interna-
tional coalition presence to protect the
borders of these sovereign states from
each other and other countries. In
this process, the U.S. should endeavor
to build strong, trusting, allegiances
with our allies and encourage the
United Nations and all of its member
nations to assist us both militarily and
with funding, exercise diplomacy for
peace, and aggressively challenge those
countries who would undermine this
effort.
Q4: I will strongly defend our personal
liberties including our right to privacy
and due process. In the future, I hope
that the threat of terrorism will dimin-
ish and we will not have to take stronger
measures to preserve our way of life.
But, being protected is a civil liberty that
is bestowed upon us by our founding
fathers. One of the primary responsi-
Fine
continued on page 11
3. Since the U.S. invasion of
Iraq, the society has broken
apart, and terrorism and inter-
nal strife are increasing. What
is your solution to the problems
of Iraq and the U.S. presence
there?
PAUL OSTROW (DFL)
paul@Ostrow2006.com
612.379.0687
www.Ostrow2006.com
Q1. In Con-
gress, I will seek
an assignment
on the Energy
Committee and
will make a sus-
tainable energy
policy based
on renewable
energy, the great
national cause of the 21st century. I
would eliminate over 11 billion dol-
lars in tax giveaways to oil and nuclear
interests and provide incentives for
renewable energy sources — wind,
solar, geothermal, hydrogen and other
renewables. We must increase CAFÉ
standards to 40 miles per gallon over
the next decade, convert coal plants to
natural gas and increase funding for
mass transit. I would push for ratifica-
tion and implementation of the Kyoto
Treaty and insist that the United States
be an international leader on this grave
threat to our future. I have been a lead-
er in Minneapolis on water quality,
environmental and energy standards
for public buildings, creation of an
urban forest policy, conversion of the
Riverside Coal plant to natural gas and
the city’ sustainability plan.
Q2. I support universal coverage but do
not consider single payer to be the only
option to achieve it. We should provide
universal access to Medicare while pre-
serving a private option. Every citizen
in the U.S. should have the same access
to medical coverage as members of Con-
gress. Health care is a national issue
that requires national leadership and
a national solution. We have a public
health crisis in this country. I would
champion an agenda of preventive care
and promotion of healthy lifestyles. We
must fund community clinics, support
Women Infants and Children (WIC),
expand research efforts by the National
Institute of Health and support the
Child Nutrition Promotion and School
Lunch Protection Act. We must lower
costs of prescription drugs by allowing
the federal government to negotiate
directly with pharmaceutical compa-
nies. We also must reduce administra-
tive costs and use smart card technology
to ease access to medical providers while
safeguarding privacy.
Q3. President Bush’s war of choice has
tragically led to the death of thousands,
has nearly bankrupted the American
treasury and has done lasting damage
to our international relationships. It is
time to begin withdrawing our troops
from Iraq and for the U.S. to send a
clear signal to Iraq and the rest of the
world of our intent to withdraw in
the most responsible and safest way
possible. “Staying the course” in Iraq
is utter folly. We need a clear exit
strategy, which must include working
with the international community and
others who have a stake in stability in
the region. The long-term solution
must require the Iraqis to take control
of their own future. Congress must
never again give a “blank check” to the
president and must assert its constitu-
tional authority in matters of national
defense. Also, I would author legisla-
tion to prohibit bypassing the budget
process for spending on this war.
Q4. On the City Council, I have led
efforts to oppose the actions of this
OSTROW
continued on page 11
4. The current administration
has restricted civil liberties in the
name of protecting us from ter-
rorism. Do you support or oppose
such restrictions, and what do
you predict for the civil liberties
of Americans in the future?
EMBER REICHGOTT JUNGE (DFL)
ember@emberforcongress.com
612.455.6104
www.emberforcongress.com
Q1: We need
to invest now
in renewable
energies and
energy efficiency
to reduce
America’s
dependence
on foreign oil.
In Congress
I will lead efforts to invest in green
energy sources, including wind, solar,
biomass electric and hydroelectric
alternatives. I’ll push for higher energy
efficiency standards for vehicles…how
embarrassing that our standards lag
behind China’s! I’ll propose additional
tax credits for consumers and fleet
owners to buy fuel efficient and clean
fuel cars. I’ll push for more transit
and light rail options here in the Fifth
District. Regarding global warming,
we must hold President Bush and
the Republican-controlled Congress
accountable for exempting thousands
of coal-burning power plants from
pollution controls, delaying standards
to reduce mercury in our air and water,
and failing to enforce regulations that
protect our environment. We must
hold polluters accountable, and restore
funding to protect our environment.
We can clean up the environment and
create jobs!
Q2: Health Care is a Basic Right.
That’s why the first bill I introduce in
Congress will be the National Universal
Health Care Act. Its minimum
coverage includes prescription drugs,
home health care and mental health
care. It ensures through federal
timelines and incentives that all
children in every state will have
universal health care by 2010, and all
adults by 2015. States may respond with
a system of private or public insurance,
or a single payer system. If a state
does not respond in timely fashion,
there will be consequences. I also
support legislation that would enable
Medicare officials to negotiate drug
prices directly with pharmaceutical
companies. Current law explicitly
bans direct drug price negotiation by
Medicare, and places barriers to drug
re-importation from Canada. We must
amend the prescription drug benefit to
eliminate the “black hole” that limits
drug benefits to about 50 percent of
costs for most seniors.
Q3: I will advocate congressional
action to phase out our military
presence in Iraq within a year and
substitute an international or regional
peacekeeping force to maintain
stability in the region. But that is not
enough. Congress must live up to its
constitutional responsibilities. That’s
why I have proposed that Congress
hold the president accountable by
creating a Select Committee on
American Operations in Iraq. Its
mission is to curb abuses of executive
power, scrutinize war appropriations,
track the drain on homeland security
and National Guard resources, and
insure troops get needed health care
when they come home.
Q4: We must not undermine our
basic civil liberties while seeking to
preserve them. We must realize that
secrecy and paranoia are threats to
democracy. Surveillance of and action
Reichgott Junge
continued on page 11
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What Does a U.S. Representative Do?
Each state is represented in
the House proportionally to its
population. Minnesota has eight
representatives. Each serves a
two-year term and may be re-
elected an unlimited number of
times. The United States Con-
stitution sets forth the powers of
KEITH ELLISON (DFL)
612.522.4416
www.keithellison.org
Q1. Climate
change is the
world’s greatest
threat. We must
develop compre-
hensive solutions
that incorporate
both economic
and environmen-
tal needs, such as
the Apollo energy project. We must
stop tax giveaways to big oil and begin
reinvesting that money in sustainable,
bio-enhanced fuel resources. We must
shift our dependence on energy from
oil and coal to renewable sources like
corn and wind. These efforts will not
only contribute to higher environmen-
tal health, but will help reinvigorate
rural economies. In the short term we
can curb global warming by increasing
CAFE standards, strengthening the
Clean Air Act, and providing tax cred-
its for low and middle-income families
to scrap their gas guzzling older cars
for newer, more efficient ones. This
is a problem that demands immediate
attention.
Q2. I believe universal health care is
the civil rights issue of our time. This
is why I am a strong believer in single
payer heath care, and support H.R.
676 put forward by Reps. Conyers and
Kucinich. It is the only system guar-
anteed to provide universal access and
cut costs. Today we are already paying
for universal health care, we just aren’t
getting it. Health care costs in this
country currently consume more than
15 percent of our nation’s GDP, and
are estimated to reach 20 percent by
the year 2015. At a time when health
insurance profits are skyrocketing, the
number of uninsured continues to rise
while everyday Americans are expe-
riencing exploding premiums. I have
co-authored bills in the state House on
single payer health care as well as on
making health insurance a civil right.
Our system is approaching critical
mass, and while we do nothing, our
people’s health suffers.
Q3. The invasion of Iraq is, along with
Vietnam, one of the largest strategic
blunders since World War II, and I
have been an out-spoken critic of this
war since before it began. The arro-
gant unilateralism, lack of preparation,
and ideological blindness of the cur-
rent administration have done more to
destabilize the region than any other
in recent memory, dealing a blow to
U.S. credibility worldwide. The fore-
most task for the next Congress is
restoring international trust in our
leadership. For this reason I call for an
immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops,
including cessation of the construction
of permanent military bases. The mere
presence of the U.S. military serves to
inflame tensions, and is preventing
other diplomatic solutions to the prob-
lem. Until our military withdraws, it
will be impossible to properly inter-
nationalize the effort to stabilize the
country and create a safe society for
the Iraqi people.
Q4. After 9/11 the administration
began a series of civil rights curtail-
ments beginning with the PATRIOT
Act and continuing through the NSA
wiretapping scandal. This assault on
our rights is another instance of the
ellison
continued on page 11 right
Congress. The most important
are the powers to levy and col-
lect taxes, borrow money, regu-
late commerce with foreign
nations and among the states,
coin money, establish post offic-
es and post roads, issue patents
and copyrights, fix standards of
MIKE ERLANDSON (DFL)
campaign@erlandson.org
612-860-6453
www.mikeerlandson.org
Q1. Energy
i nd ep e nd e n c e
is critical to the
continued eco-
nomic success of
our nation. The
rising cost of
energy and our
dependence on
energy sources
that pollute our world are two of the
biggest problems America faces today.
I have been a leader on the environ-
ment, and I am the only candidate in
this race who has committed to cam-
paign on environmental issues. I am
also the only candidate in the race
with a comprehensive energy plan
and to make the fight against global
warming a priority. My plan calls for
power companies across the nation to
obtain at least 20 percent of our elec-
tricity from renewable sources within
10 years, make gasoline contain 20
percent ethanol nationwide by 2015,
and to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to
reduce global warming pollution. We
must also increase tax incentives for
the purchase of alternative fuel and
hybrid vehicles and increase CAFÉ
standards.
Q2. I believe health care should be a
right, not a privilege. With costs esca-
lating faster than inflation and fami-
lies losing coverage, we need a sensible
solution to the health care crisis now.
I am committed to making quality
health care affordable and available
to everyone. Solving the health care
problem is the biggest long-term issue
facing our nation. I believe it is time
for a radical change in how we pro-
vide health care in this country. Our
current system of employment-based
health insurance harms individuals
and businesses, and so if elected, I will
work to decouple health care from
employment. I believe the late Sena-
tor Wellstone’s legislation, the Health
Security for All Americans Act,
meets the important test of achiev-
ing universal coverage and charging
based on ability to pay — with the
lowest income people paying less than
one percent of their income, and the
wealthiest paying seven percent.
Q3. President Bush has made many
mistakes, but none worse than invad-
ing Iraq. I opposed the U.S. invasion
of Iraq and was sickened when the
first shots were fired. However, fin-
ger-pointing won’t fix this situation
or bring our American troops home.
Our best hope of success is in shift-
ing from a military mission to a dip-
lomatic one — focused on urging the
Shi’as, Sunnis and Kurds to negotiate
an end to the bloodshed. We must
engage other nations and the U.N. to
help disarm the militias, stabilize the
democracy and rebuild the country.
Under this framework we could begin
withdrawing American troops within
six months. I will work tirelessly to
bring people together, as I have for 19
years with Congressman Sabo, to set
our nation on a responsible foreign
policy course that promotes human
rights, restores good relations with
our allies and gets us out of Iraq.
Q4. The current administration has
attempted to curtail Americans’ civil
liberties to a disturbing degree. I
ERLANDSON
continued on page 11 right
weights and measures, establish
courts inferior to the Supreme
Court, raise and maintain the
armed forces, declare war, and
“make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carry-
ing into execution the forego-
ing powers.”
PATRICK J. WILES (DFL)
lmnop@centralpets.com
(612) 284-5678
NO PHOTO PROVIDED
Q1: We need to become less depen-
dent on FOREIGN oil. The US
should reduce regulations on domes-
tic producers and allow production of
oil consistently to help eliminate the
immediate problem of high oil prices.
We should promote innovation, and
allow innovators to do what they can
to produce new forms of fuel that are
friendlier to the environment. Resourc-
es and investment on renewable energy
should be supported. I would encour-
age the exploration of a way to reduce
fossil fuel emissions.
Q2: There should be accountability in
health care, so that there is quality in
care. We need to monitor waste and
price gouging. Preventive health care
should be encouraged. Small busi-
nesses and companies should be sup-
ported as they offer health insurance
to their employees. Health insurance
companies should be accountable to
the people they insure.
Q3: Iraq is a big problem, but our pres-
ence there only puts our soldiers in
danger. We should systematically bring
our soldiers home. Our soldiers should
be protecting the United States, and
its embassies. There are other ways to
influence foreign countries than by
military force. The U.S. does not have
to be the world police. We should not
have our soldiers in every country on
earth. It does not matter how long our
soldiers are in Iraq; it will fall into civil
war as soon as America leaves. Iraq
should divide themselves into their
own separate factions and countries.
Q4: President Bush has violated the
Constitutional restrictions of the Fed-
eral Government. Civil liberties are in
danger with this administration. If we
start restricting our own civil liberties,
then the terrorists win. I am always
hopeful of the future. When our civil
liberties are challenged, we the people
should stand up and take them back.
POND
continued from page 10
or to suppress Muslims, would deprive
insurgents of their central organizing
message.
Q4: I oppose any restrictions of our
rights as individuals. I envision a rever-
sal of the trend of the past couple of
decades as more Americans demand
respect of their rights to their own
bodies. I predict that the Patriot Act
will be repealed, that Roe v. Wade will
hold, and that soon all people, regard-
less of sexuality, will have the right to
marriage. I predict that people are
awakening to the need for individuals
to assert their rights over those of the
corporations. I envision less advertising
into public and private space, the pro-
tection of our right to privacy on the
Internet, and a protection and security
of our personal financial and health
data.
The House works with the
Senate to pass legislation. The
House is generally considered
a more partisan chamber than
the Senate. It has exclusive
powers: to initiate revenue bills,
impeach officials, and elect the
President in Electoral College
GREGG IVERSON (DFL)
greggiverson@gmail.com
724.7567
NO PHOTO PROVIDED
Q1. Will work to develop all forms of
fuel other than oil. Will work to develop
cars that can run on other than oil fuels.
Q2. I will work for single payer health
care. I believe in single payer health.
Q3. Bring troops home safely. With-
draw to borders of Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait. Contain Iran with warning
“Hands off Iraq.”
Q4. Obey the Constitution. Stop spy-
ing on Americans. Make Bush lamest
of lame ducks for next two years.
LEE
continued from page 10
Q4: I oppose the Bush administration’s
practice of trampling on our civil lib-
erties. This is unconstitutional and is
a blatant abuse of executive power. I
would focus our efforts on suspected
terrorists and not waste time spying on
law-abiding Americans. The president
must be required to follow the consti-
tutional process and get court approval
for wiretaps. The president shouldn’t
use a war that he misled the country
about in order to bypass our civil liber-
ties and constitutional protections. The
other three branches of government
must be held accountable, too, and
we must strictly uphold the separa-
tion of powers. For all laws: Congress
legislates, the President administers
and the Supreme Court enforces
them. Activist judges, overreaching
politicians and a President who grants
himself unlimited war powers (after
unilaterally declaring war) are all con-
stitutional threats. All three branches
must serve the people’s interests, not
partisan interests, and be held to the
highest standard of the law.
FINE
continued from page 10
bilities that I would have as your repre-
sentative is to defend this country from
aggression. Therefore, should there be
an escalation in terrorist incidents in this
country, to protect our citizens, we may
have to establish systems that enable us
to better track terrorists.
OSTROW
continued from page 10
president in restricting the civil lib-
erties of our citizens. As Council
President, I was a leader in opposing
legislation requiring local law enforce-
ment to enforce immigration laws. In
addition, I have supported resolutions
opposing the violations of our civil
liberties contained in the Patriot Act.
In Congress, I will work for adequate
funding for first responders to address
the real security threats to our cities.
This president has slashed funding
for local law enforcement and first
responders critical to emergency pre-
paredness. As a leader of our council, I
am proud of our efforts to prepare our
city for an emergency, including a pos-
sible terroristic threat. I am proud of
my record of leadership on civil liber-
ties and in Congress will fight for our
civil liberties while addressing the real,
not the imagined, threats to our safety.
deadlocks. The Senate, howev-
er, can propose amendments to
spending bills, try impeached
officials, and choose the Vice
President in an Electoral Col-
lege deadlock.
Andrew V. Favorite (DFL)
could not locate
reichgott JUNGE
continued from page 10
against potential terrorists must be
conducted through congressionally
approved programs, subject to court
approval and review, and scrutinized
in vigorous congressional oversight.
We must be mindful that the threat
of terrorism is real and serious and we
must take strong action to combat it.
These efforts will be required for years
to come. Security measures at airports,
sea ports, and other locations must be
improved but must be impartial and
avoid racial and national profiling.
Congress must investigate the
administration’s policies and practices
and enact new legislation to preserve
America’s civil liberties in the fight
against terrorism.
ELLISON
continued from page 11 left
executive branch’s attempt to expand
its power, and represents a grave threat
to the foundations of our country. The
best defense against this is vigorous leg-
islative and judicial oversight. The sep-
aration of powers clause laid out by the
constitution expected each branch to
jealously guard its own power, and the
current Congress has failed to properly
hold the administration responsible
for its trespasses. As a civil rights law-
yer with a long record of fighting for
civil liberties, I would demand that the
Bush administration is held to account
for all its actions. My House resolution
to impeach Bush, while only symbolic,
was done to spur a conversation about
the expansion of executive authority
and the lax oversight of Congress.
erlandson
continued from page 11 left
firmly oppose the attempts of the
executive branch, Congress or the
courts to impose heightened limita-
tions on the rights of American citi-
zens. I believe that Congress must
fight to protect our civil liberties.
The U.S. government and military
should never use torture as a means of
interrogation, and I support Senator
John McCain’s legislation to ensure
our military never uses inhumane
practices of any type. I also applaud
the recent Federal District Court rul-
ing overturning the use of warrentless
wiretapping of phone calls made by
American citizens. We must contin-
ue to be vigilant in our protection of
Americans’ right to privacy.
VOTE
Primary:
September12
General Election:
November 7
12 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006
Hennepin County Sheriff
elections
Q.
JUAN LOPEZ (DFL)
stpaultex@yahoo.com
952.220.5262
www.lopez4sheriff.com
Q1: The safety
and security of
our citizens is my
number one pri-
ority. I feel that
law enforcement
has lost touch
with the citizens
we serve. I want
to be that recon-
nection between law enforcement and
our communities. As the DFL and
Labor endorsed candidate, my goal is
to enhance the relationship between
the sheriff’s office and other civic and
community agencies. Additionally,
the talent and dedication of HCSO’s
employees must get recognition for
the difficult and dangerous jobs they
perform everyday. I’m a seasoned vet-
eran of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s
Office (HCSO) for nearly 10 years. I
am committed to protect our citizens
and support HCSO’s 800-plus employ-
ees. Law enforcement requires a com-
munity approach of ideas, leadership
and vision. My experience, abilities
and knowledge of law enforcement
within diverse and at-risk populations
will best serve our county’s changing
needs.
Q2: I want to enhance community
relations between the sheriff’s office
and community organizations. I will
encourage HCSO staff to forge alli-
ances with organizations that address
issues of chemical dependency, mental
health, rehabilitation and legal aid.
The HCSO is mandated to operate the
county jail. Demand for and the sup-
ply of drugs is a two edged sword. The
inmate population is replete with both.
Drug addicts/ inmates would benefit
from these rehab services. The road
to recovery can and often does begin
in jail. The HCSO is also mandated to
maintain the waterways. Sheriff depu-
ties are continually vigilant in keeping
citizens under the influence off the
water as well as watching for suspi-
cious activities.
Q3: I oppose the “conceal and carry”
gun issue. I believe we do not need
more guns, especially in the urban
core. I currently work at Hennepin
County in the Juvenile Probation Divi-
sion where I coordinate the anti-gun
program. This program is for juvenile
offenders who have been charged with
possession of weapons. It’s a 16-week,
intensive, educational program that
forces young offenders to look at the
trauma of violence on families, victims
and communities. It’s a hands-on,
first-hand experience of workhouse
visits of what it’s like to be incarcer-
ated. Presentations by former gang
members, public defenders, anger
management courses, and conflict res-
olution techniques all work to provide
juvenile offenders the consequences of
their choices and better alternatives to
guns and violence.
Q4: As part of my work with juve-
nile offenders, I actively recruit and
coordinate a mentorship program for
high-risk youth. In these violent times,
I know and respect the challenges
parents face in seeking to keep their
young out of harm’s way. National
Night Out and Neighborhood Crime
Watch are great opportunities to
encourage neighbors to get to know
lopez
continued on page 13
1. What are your priorities as
sheriff?
BRUCE ANDERSON
banderson@fop.net
612.554.2152
Q1. As the chief
law enforcement
officer in the
county, I would
work to pro-
vide cost effec-
tive, quality law
enforcement to
all county resi-
dents. Work to
reduce overtime in the jail, by hiring
and retaining staff. Increase participa-
tion in Minneapolis and metro drug
task forces, as well as Gang, fugitive,
and financial crimes task forces. Put
as many uniformed deputies on the
street as possible, in all areas of the
county, including assisting Minneapo-
lis in high crime areas. Increase patrol
levels on the Minneapolis lakes with
the water patrol division. All of these
priorities must work within the budget
set by the county commissioners.
Q2. Work within the budget to
increase staffing in the narcotics divi-
sion, and participation in the numerous
drug task forces. Improve communica-
tions between the various task forces
to reduce duplication of investigations.
Drug dealers do not limit their busi-
ness to a single neighborhood. The
various drug task forces can be work-
ing the same dealer without each other
knowing. To reduce drug usage, the
supply must be reduced. Work with
citizen groups to improve information
gathering on drug houses, to better
focus investigative efforts to appre-
hend, and stop the flow of drugs.
Q3. As a career law enforcement pro-
fessional, I do not believe the average
citizen needs to be armed. Carrying a
weapon is a big responsibility. It would
require legislative change to alter the
current process for issuing permits. I
personally know a young adult who
has a conceal carry permit, for no jus-
tifiable reason. This young person was
told he could not bring the weapon into
the home of a friend. In the process of
unloading the weapon in a moving
vehicle, the weapon discharged and he
is now missing a finger on his left hand.
I am not aware of any statistics to show
a change in crime with the current sys-
tem for issuing permits. To reduce the
availability of guns, citizens need to be
educated on how to secure and store in
safe locations in their homes.
Q4. Law enforcement is only as suc-
cessful as the community that it part-
ners with. Community awareness and
participation are a must to reduce
crime and promote community safety.
The sheriff’s office would be in a sup-
port role in your community, assisting
the Minneapolis Police Department
as requested. Uniform presence in
the neighborhoods is a key element.
The residents of your area may only
see a deputy when they are serving
civil process, or looking for a suspect
with a warrant for arrest. This is still
a uniformed officer on the street ready
to take enforcement action as needed.
Prevention and safety related to youth,
boils down to the core family unit.
Without a strong family unit, paren-
tal support, mentoring, and education,
this problem cannot be solved without
intervention from social service agen-
cies or the courts. Personal respon-
sibility is the key element to crime
prevention, and community safety.
2. What will you do to
decrease drug sales and use in
our city?
TOM FITZHENRY
www.fitz4sheriff.com
fitzhenry@mn.rr.com
Q1: Working 28
years as a police
I have learned
certain things.
Cooperation of
all police agen-
cies and citizens
is needed to
make our county
safe. It must be a
combined effort.
Getting together with other police
agencies in the county and forming
alliances that would bring better safer
neighborhoods in the county. Minne-
apolis has seen a huge jump in homi-
cides this year, which is unacceptable.
The sheriff can help greatly to curtail
this violence. Duplication of effort by
various police agencies wastes time
and resources; by working together
we can maximize our efforts. Depu-
ties are currently assisting Minneapolis
in patrol downtown. This should be
expanded to other areas of the city.
I know how important the residents
of the city are in preventing crime. I
would inform citizens of what is going
on in their area, and training them
to better assist the police agencies in
reporting crime.
Q2: We all know a majority of the vio-
lent criminal problems are related to
drugs. Going after users and dealers
should be a priority. Check how many
of the murders are drug related. We
need to focus on catching them and
keeping them off the streets. If you
talk to anyone who works narcotics
they will tell you we need to change
how drug court handles their cases.
Officers are so frustrated that many of
the offenders are still out committing
crimes because the drug court is work-
ing on getting them rehabilitated. I am
being told by officers that they would
rather give a dealer a citation for a
driving offense because it has more
impact on them. They need to be held
accountable for every crime they com-
mit and not be able to blow it off on
their drug problem.
Q3: This has been a hot topic for many
years. I only know of two instances in
Minnesota where a person who had
a permit to carry was involved in a
crime. The law is very specific on who
can and how they can carry, which
makes it easier for police to enforce. As
a police officer the majority of problem
I see is with people who do not take the
time to secure their weapons properly.
There are many children hurt because
firearms are not locked properly. Many
are stolen out of homes and vehicles
because they were not secured and then
used in crimes and assaults. I am just
as concerned with knives as I am with
guns. I have seen more serious injuries
with people carrying illegal knives and
other weapons. I would like to see guns
locked properly and knives kept out of
the drinking establishments.
Q4: Get the people in the community
to know each other and the children in
their block. Most kids will not be bad
if they think someone will tell their
parents. Get parents and kids involved
in making their neighborhood better.
Teach them respect for property and
people. Most cities have started Safety
Camps for Children. It is a two day
event that teaches survival skills for
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continued on page 13
3. What are your views on
handgun permits to conceal
and carry? What, if any, effect
has this had on crime and inju-
ries from gunshots? What will
you do to reduce gun violence?
DANIEL RUSCH
daniel.rusch@mchsi.com
952.474.1756
Q1. As Sheriff of
Hennepin Coun-
ty, I will carry
out the duties of
the office and
provide special-
ized support
services to the
commu nit ies
and police agen-
cies in the county. The Sheriff’s office
will maintain constant vigilance and
readiness against any who would ter-
rorize or threaten the residents of the
county. Worldwide events make this
a high priority and the Sheriff’s office
should take the lead so as to allow
municipal agencies to concentrate on
the duties required to police their com-
munities. The Sheriff’s office will
also strive to be at the cutting edge of
new techniques in law enforcement
and criminal apprehension techniques.
The phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix
it” isn’t necessarily true this day in
age. I prefer the phrase “if it’s obsolete,
upgrade!”
Q2. The Sheriff’s office will maintain
a narcotics unit that will stand ready to
assist municipal agencies in the detec-
tion and apprehension of illegal drug
dealers. Narcotics agents will seek out
drug cases throughout the county and
take appropriate action to arrest those
that supply illegal drugs. We will also
make our apprehension efforts a coop-
erative venture among federal, state
and municipal agencies. I support
drug court and treatment for users,
and prison for suppliers. The demand
has to dry up in order to put the sup-
pliers out of business.
Q3. I support the Minnesota Personal
Protection Act. To my knowledge,
there have been few, if any, injuries
associated with conceal and carry per-
mits. Has it reduced crime? I don’t
know. It does give pause to those who
intend to use firearms or deadly force
against innocent citizens. Law abid-
ing citizens have the right to defend
themselves. Law enforcement offi-
cers can’t be everywhere and there are
times when citizens have to take
action to protect themselves. Obvi-
ously, I believe firearms are to be used
only as a last resort.
Q4. Neighborhood watch and Nation-
al Night Out type activities. Neigh-
bors need to watch out for each other,
know each other, care for each other,
and maintain vigilance in their com-
munities. This is, after all, the foun-
dation of a Sheriff’s office. During
my 23-year career as a police officer, I
have taught a program called Counter-
Act to area elementary students which
teaches children to resist pressures to
use alcohol, drugs, and violence. I have
taught high school students the dan-
gers of drinking and driving, and was
a charter board member for a group
at Minnetonka High School called
C.A.R.E. (Chemicals Aren’t Right for
Extracurriculars). If students believe
the adults in their lives, such as par-
ents, teachers, police officers, and men-
tors, will be disappointed with them if
they make poor choices, then they are
less apt to make poor choices. Clearly,
I believe students should view police
officers and deputies as role models
and mentors.
4. What is the best way to
engage the community in
crime prevention and safety,
particularly for our children
and youth?
RICH STANEK
651.343.9725
www.stanekforsheriff.com
Q1: My priori-
ties as Hennepin
County sher-
iff will include
being responsi-
ble for balancing
the interests of
public safety and
individual rights
on a daily basis.
Escalating violence in our county is
the direct result of the lethal combi-
nation of drugs, guns, gangs and kids.
As sheriff, I intend to improve coor-
dination between city, county, state
and federal agencies; promote strong
public-private partnerships with busi-
nesses; and empower residents to par-
ticipate in crime-prevention efforts.
Repeat offenders will be held account-
able; low-level nuisance crimes will be
targeted. I will bring an even higher
level of leadership and professional-
ism to the office and work tirelessly,
using all my collective experience, to
serve and protect the residents of the
county.
Q2: As sheriff, I will reprioritize the
services we provide to focus on the pre-
vention, intervention and enforcement
of crimes, particularly drug crimes.
Under my leadership, the sheriff’s
office will provide strong leadership
within the criminal justice system to
better coordinate resources to affected
neighborhoods. When I served as
Commissioner of Public Safety for the
state of Minnesota, I restructured the
gang and narcotics task forces metro
wide — the sheriff’s office will con-
tinue to be actively involved in these
and leverage all available resources to
get the job done.
Q3: I am currently the Commander
of Criminal Investigations for the
Minneapolis Police Department — I
see the tragic results of illegal gun
use every day. Murders, shootings
and robberies are too commonplace.
Gun violence and those that carry
those guns illegally need to be held
accountable for their actions and dealt
with swiftly by the criminal justice
system. I support our second amend-
ment rights.
Q4: I said this earlier and will say it
again, you can’t have enforcement
without prevention and intervention
efforts. I work with youth everyday
— mentoring them and providing
a positive role model. I serve on the
Boys and Girls Club Board of Direc-
tors and founded the Minneapolis
Police Athletic League — both of
these programs have proven track
records of working with youth and
giving them positive options to mis-
chief.
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What Does the Sheriff Do?
The Sheriff is the top law enforcement officer for a county. Responsible for
police protection within cities; manages the jail. In addition, the sheriff serves
summons, and subpenas as directed by courts. Sheriff’s offices maintain 911
communications, crime and accident reports.
LINDA LACHNER
763.550.0404
NO PHOTO PROVIDED
Q1. My priorities are safety for the
public, respectful behavior for every-
one and accountability for actions
taken and not taken.
Q2. I will decrease drug sales and
use in Minneapolis and Hennepin
County by strictly enforcing the
law and working jointly with the
Minneapolis Police Department,
D.E.A. and Metro Transit Police.
Q3. I view handgun permits as a
legitimate constitutional right to
bear arms. I have trained with rifles,
shotguns and handguns. I know
the dangers that can occur. I was
awarded an Army medal for sharp
shooting. I received a 100 percent score
at the Minneapolis Police firing range
with my street weapon the last time
that I was there. I am proud of the
safety practices that I have learned.
I believe that people who have been
trained and can pass the stringent
application process should be allowed
to protect themselves and their fami-
lies. I don’t believe handgun permits
have had any effect on crimes being
committed. I don’t believe injuries
have increased due to hand-
gun permits. The law abid-
ing citizen with a handgun
permit is not to blame for random
shootings, teen and criminal violence. I
will reduce gun violence by con-
tinuing efforts to recover stolen and
unregistered guns by law enforcement
and keeping kids safe by distributing
free child safe gunlocks for homes.
Q4. The best way to engage chil-
dren in crime prevention and safety is
with public education in our schools.
I am a supporter of the D.A.R.E.
and McGruff Programs. I fondly
remember Officer Sivanich of the
Minneapolis Police Department and
his school visits to teach safety prac-
tices to kids.
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Hennepin County Sheriff Responses (Continued)
lopez
continued from page 12
each other and become more involved.
Law enforcement cannot counter gang
violence and other criminal activity
without the help of citizens. Collabo-
ration in crime prevention is key, and
that requires trust. With trust comes
increased safety, security and jus-
tice for everyone. I also hope to raise
awareness of the duties of the sheriff’s
office, and provide more education
about the jail.
Hennepin County Attorney Responses (Continued)
FREEMAN
continued from page 5
future criminal conduct. Therefore,
we must work with schools, parents,
and law enforcement to enforce stricter
truancy laws. We must hold parents
accountable when their elementary
student is not going to school, and we
must enforce tougher sanctions on
older students as well. We must also
renew our commitment to juvenile
crime prevention by investing in the
Minneapolis Juvenile Crime Unit,
which was inexplicably disbanded by
Police Chief William McManus. Act-
ing Police Chief Tim Dolan has wisely
brought back the Juvenile Crime Unit.
By focusing resources and energy
toward juvenile crime prevention we
have the opportunity to re-route the
paths of young people away from a life
of crime in the most critical time in
their lives.
Q4: Gangs today are far different than
gangs of past decades. Less like orga-
nized crime families, today’s gangs
are an array of small, instant-gratifi-
cation cults, composed primarily of
young people who do not see a future
for themselves. Significantly disman-
tling and prosecuting these gangs
requires a combination of innovative
solutions and broad implementation.
Many of these gangs are connected to
specific neighborhoods and communi-
ties. Therefore, I have proposed that
prosecutors hold regular office hours
in the neighborhoods which they serve
in order to better connect them to the
community. This will allow prosecu-
tors to work with communities as well
as help them prioritize gang-related
cases. Second, we need to broadly
investigate and prosecute criminals
who commit gang-related crimes. The
price for gang related crimes must be
increasingly strict, especially if com-
mitted by repeat offenders.
fitzhenry
continued from page 12
children. It makes them aware of dan-
gers and empowers them to be able to
avoid them. It does this without plac-
ing fear in them. I would assist anyone
who wanted to start such a program
in their neighborhood. I would also
encourage school and summer pro-
grams like DARE, GREAT to con-
tinue for more then just one grade. I
would suggest to any department that
the sheriff’s office would assist them if
they need help in administering any of
these programs.
luger
continued from page 5
their lives around and remain law-
abiding citizens after leaving prison.
Q3: There are a variety of creative
and innovative approaches the county
attorney’s office can take to reduce and
prevent crime in Hennepin County.
Our current county attorney, Amy
Klobuchar has been a leader on truan-
cy issues and community prosecutions
– both of which I plan to continue
when elected Hennepin County Attor-
ney. In addition, I think it is important
to focus on job and after school pro-
grams for at-risk youth to divert them
from a life of crime. Finally, a focused,
coordinated re-entry program will
help lower our crime rate by providing
opportunities for those leaving prison.
Q4: Gangs are a form of organized
crime. The most effective way to
dismantle and prosecute organized
crime is by tackling the organiza-
tion as a whole. I will work closely
with law enforcement to investigate
gangs as organizations and prosecute
their management, enforcers, funding
sources and launderers. The county
attorney’s office already has a group
of dedicated prosecutors working on
gang-related cases. In addition to their
good work, I have proposed that Hen-
nepin County create a local witness
protection program to help dismantle
the gangs infiltrating our community.
A county witness protection program
will give prosecutors the ability to con-
vince gang members to become gov-
ernment witnesses, to testify against
their organization, thereby helping to
dismantle the gang. Several communi-
ties around the country are building
pilot witness protection programs to
combat gang problems. Bringing this
unique law enforcement tool to Hen-
nepin County is essential to tackle the
growing gang problem.
political tidbits
DEBATE: FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Thursday, September 7, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Field Community School
4645 4th Avenue South, Mpls
Sponsored by the Field School PTA. Moderated by The
League of Women Voters. The focus is education but the
debate will not be limited to education as we recognize that
the well-being of our children and schools is related to all
other children’s issues, i.e., homelessness, poverty, racism,
classism, war, etc.
Legislative Districts Global Positioning
There is a new tool available from the Geographic
Information System that allows users to view the state
legislative districts via Google Earth. Users must have
Google Earth installed.To access it: ftp://ftp.commissions.leg.
state.mn.us/pub/gis/kml/MNHouse2006.kml
To download Google Earth: http://earth.google.com
ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE
If you cannot vote on Election Day, you can get an absentee
ballot and vote up until 5 p.m. on September 11. Get a ballot
at city offices or the Hennepin County website
www.hennepin.us. Absentee ballots for the general election
will be available October 6. For more voting information,
call your local city clerk or the Hennepin County Elections
Division: 612.348.5151.
Returning from active military duty?
You may need to re-register to vote if you’ve returned from
active military duty recently and you are registered to vote
where you were deployed. You can get an application to
register at city offices and libraries or you can download the
form from the Hennepin County website www.hennepin.us.
Next month we will print the answers
to our questions from candidates for:
MN Governor
MN Secretary of State
MN Auditor
MN House of Representatives
MN Senate
Minneapolis School Board
how to vote
Need to find your voting location?
Use the voting information website found at www.
ci.minneaplis.mn.us/elections and click on “Voting
Precinct Finder,” then type in your address to see a
picture of your polling place, a map to the polling place
location, and to view a sample ballot for your precinct.
Use above website and click on “Election Maps” to
download maps for City Council Ward District and Park
District boundaries, as well as other maps.
ECCO and CARAG are in Ward 10
Precinct 3 (ECCO) St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox
Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S.
Precinct 4 (CARAG) Bryant Square Park,
3101 Bryant Ave. S.
Precinct 6 (CARAG) First Universalist Church,
3400 Dupont Ave. S.
Precinct 7 (CARAG) Painter Park, 620 34th St. W.
Need information on same day
registration and voting?
Use above website and click on “Election Day
Registration” to view a list of IDs required to register
at the polling place and vote on Election Day.
Any other questions call Minneapolis Election
information at (612) 673-2070.
14 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006

CARAG report Calhoun Area Residents Action Group

Lake St.
The neighborhood committees and discussion. These will be voted adequate off-street parking can dominium associations and
CARAG organizations. Scott Engel, on at the September CARAG be provided without impact on rental units to participate as
Hennepin Ave.

Board meets the CARAG community coor- meeting. surrounding residences. The well. Approved by unanimous
Lyndale Ave.

the third dinator, can be reached at resolution passed 28 to10 with 2 vote.
Tuesday of 612.823.2520. CARAG is a The UNN bank account has a abstentions.
each month, democratic organization; mem- balance of $5,374.25 as of July The Rain Garden Work-
7 PM at bership and voting privileges 31, 2006. The July issue net In development projects adja- shop date has been changed to
36th St.
Bryant Park are open to residents, property profit was $292.52. cent to CARAG, the GRECO Thursday, September 28, 6:30
Community Center, 31st and owners, and business owners in project at Lyn/Lake is under- to 8:30 p.m., at Bryant Square
Bryant. All CARAG residents are the neighborhood. Five neighborhood organiza- going a significant re-design to Park.
welcome and urged to attend. tions applied for grants from scale back the project after tax
Approve Agenda & Minutes: the CARAG annual charity increment financing was not The NRP Advisory Committee
Monthly Meeting Minutes Motions were passed to approve distribution. Each group gave obtained for the parking ramp. is creating a survey to gather
August 15 the agenda and the July meet- a short presentation, and then The proposed Hotel Uptown feedback about NRP Phase
ing minutes. each neighborhood member in the 3000 block of Holmes 1. Surveys will be sent to all
Subject to Approval at the Sep- weighed-in on their choice for was the topic of a large ECCO CARAG households in early
tember 2006 CARAG Meeting Treasurer’s Report: (Cindy the distribution by “sticker- meeting at which the developer September. The board will
Christian) CARAG has dot” voting. The organizations presented some early configu- approve the final survey before
Board Members Attending: $12,105.01 in the operations receiving funds will be: Joyce ration options. No news from it is sent out.
Jill Bode, Rick Bojko, Cindy account, $7,089.14 in asset Uptown Food Shelf, Midtown Calhoun Square.
Christian, Thatcher Imboden, accounts. CD#957935 is com- Greenway Coalition, Twin Cit- UNN Budget for FY2007:
Ellan Meyer, Bill Morton, Kay ing due; by unanimous vote, ies Underground Teen Center, NRP Updates: (Cindy Chris- Copies of the budget were avail-
Nygaard-Graham, Aaron this money will be reinvested VOA-Southwest Seniors Cen- tian, David Omer) The Liv- able but the budget was not for-
Rubenstein and Howard Ver- in another CD. A 2006 Bud- ter, and Eco-Minds. ability Committee proposed mally presented; there were no
son. (Absent: none) get Report, a proposed 2007 spending $24,775 of CARAG questions or comments.
Budget, and a CARAG NRP City Council Member Reming- NRP funds allocated toward
Welcome: The CARAG Board Administrative Contract Bud- ton’s Report: (Ralph Reming- park improvements to replace CARAG Annual Meeting
is made up of volunteers who get Plan were presented for ton) Not present. and add picnic tables, park — Potluck Dinner & Elections:
also volunteer time on other seating, and bike racks at Bry- Nominations are now open
Zoning: (Aaron Rubenstein) ant Square Park. Approved for next year’s CARAG board,
AfterBar Restaurant, at 913 22-0 with 8 abstaining (Board to be elected at the Septem-
CARAG Organizes Free Rain Garden Workshop West Lake Street, applied for vote: 7-0-2). ber CARAG meeting. Cur-
The CARAG Livability Committee is coordinating with the a full liquor license allow- rent nominees are: Jill Bode,
Master Gardeners of Hennepin County to sponsor a Rain ing service until 2 a.m. daily. As presented at prior meet- Rick Bojko, Anna Matthes,
Garden Workshop for Thursday, September 28, 6:30 to 8:30 After the city’s public hearing ings, a NRP Plan Modification Ellen Meyer, Bill Morton, Kay
pm at Bryant Square Park (31st and Bryant). on this application on August was proposed to move about Nygaard Graham, Dan Qualy,
2, the CARAG Zoning Com- $89,000 (program principal, Aaron Rubenstein, Howard
A rain garden captures storm water runoff from roofs and mittee drafted a resolution plus some associated adminis- Verson, and Bob Winthrop.
other hard surfaces preventing it from draining into the recommending the city deny trative costs) from Strategy 1.3 Nominations are accepted until
storm sewers. Learn how to design a rain garden and the the liquor license as requested, “Historic Housing Preserva- the election at the September
types of plants to make it work. but recommending approval tion Program” to Strategy 2.1 meeting. The meeting will be
if serving of alcoholic bever- “Rental Property Improvement preceded by a potluck dinner.
Contact CARAG at 823.2520 or carag@carag.org for more ages ceases at 11 p.m. Sunday Program.” This modifica-
information and to RSVP. through Thursday and 12 mid- tion would also make a minor Adjourn: Motion to adjourn
night Friday and Saturday, and language change to allow con- passed unanimously.

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

 Bryant Avenue Bikeway
 Kick Off Event Oct. 7
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The CARAG Transportation Committee is organizing a
On the Agenda...
kickoff event for the Bryant Avenue Bikeway on Saturday,
- Board of Directors Elections October 7, 1:00 pm at Bryant Square Park (31st and Bryant).
The event will celebrate the opening of the Bryant Avenue
- Political Candidates Bikeway and promote its “share the road” concept. Activi-
ties include a CCP/Safe sponsored bike clinic promoting
- NRP & Development Updates bicycle safety, Bryant Avenue Bikeway promotional gifts and
an Art Bike parade down Bryant Avenue.

- Potluck (Bring a dish to share) Share the road refers to a “chevron” pavement marking that
communicates to motorists and bicyclists that they must
Nominated for 2007 share the same driving lane. Because Bryant Avenue is too
narrow for a dedicated bicycle lane, cars and bikes will share
CARAG Board of Directors the same space. The Bikeway also includes bike route and
Jill Bode
way-finding signs and parking lane striping encouraging
Rick Bojko
motorists to park their cars close to the curb providing more
Anna Matthes
space for bicycling.
Ellen Meyer
Bill Morton Calhoun Area Residents Action Group The Bikeway will extend from the River-Lake Trail (aka:
Kay Nygaard Graham 711 West Lake St., Suite #303 40th Street Greenway) to the Midtown Greenway and finally
Dan Qualy Minneapolis, MN 55408 to the Loring Bike Bridge north of Franklin at Bryant Ave-
Aaron Rubenstein (612)-823-2520 nue. For more information about this event or the Bryant
Howard Verson www.carag.org Avenue Bikeway contact CARAG at 823.2520.
Bob Winthrop Email: carag@carag.org
september 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  15
CARAG Board Profile
By Bill Boudreau
Reverend Bill Morton believes
in community. He helped
build one in Hong Kong for
the Ecumenical Institute. He
represents another, his Wiscon-
sin hometown, while cheering
the Packers and the Badgers.
Here in Uptown, for the past
six years, he has “retired” to
an intricate web of relation-
ships binding parishioners,
renters, homeowners, business
people and government agen-
cies to Joyce United Methodist
Church, where he is the pas-
tor.
Rev. Morton admits to being
optimistic: “The NRP has
been a real boost to neighbor-
hoods.” Even as construction
begins on the “new” Calhoun
Square across the street from
his office, Bill sees improve-
ment: “Change is going to
come to this community in
the form of increased devel-
opment. If that growth can
be guided in a rational pro-
cess, we’ll all gain.” For Joyce
Church, even a slight change
in the ratio of permanent resi-
dents could lead to increased
stability, and community.
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the notion of limiting the sov- the booth. Pictured from left are residents Kay Nygaard Graham, Naomi Oshiro, Scott Scheifelbein, and Rebecca
Miller.
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ECCO report East Calhoun Community Organization

Howard Verson, Anna Mat- can be found at www.garden- by members of the community. ings in Uptown and is a partner
ECCO meets
Lake St.
storecoop.org. They envision it to have arti- of Five restaurant. Catherine
thes, Eva Ushio, Mary Johnston,
the first Thurs- san-crafted furniture, wall art works for General Mills. She is
Katheryn Dean, Sue Evans,
day of each
Hennepin Ave.

Lyndale Ave.
Darrell and Joanne Savage, 3. Gary Farland, a board mem- by local artists, lobby space co-founder of The Community
LAKE CALHOUN

month, 7 PM ber to Citizens for a Safer Min- will double as a breakfast area, Capital Alliance and currently
Bill Morton, Liz Steeley, Mar-
at St. Mary’s nesota invited everyone to an guest lounge and guest meeting serves on the board of project
tin Peterson, Sara Wahl, Bob
Greek Ortho- event for Protect Minnesota, a space. There will be no public for Pride in Living They live
Miller, Stephen Eisenmenger,
dox Church, joint campaign to the Million bar, restaurant or condomini- in SW Minneapolis with their
Virginia Kuhn, Mike Schlect,
36th St. 34th & Irving. Mom March and Citizens for ums. They anticipate a unique family. Tom Braun has lived in
Sarah Klein, Nancy Anderson,
All ECCO residents are welcome a Safer Minnesota. It was held marketing strategy whereby Linden Hills for 32 years. He
Amy Dutzan, Chris May, Marci
and urged to attend. on August 21 at the Fine Line visiting local artists can bar- is owner of the Wild Rumpus
Winga, Andre Lemerd, Mindy
ECCO BOARD MEETING Levine, Jake Weyer, Southwest Café. For information visit ter for a room for a night Bookstore and actively helped
MINUTES Journal their website at www.protect- by performing in the lobby. start the Linden Hills Co-op.
August, 2006   mn.org. They view the product hav- Tom is former President of the
Welcome: Bruce Grimm, Pres- ing an international flair with Linden Hills Business Associa-
Board Members Present: Bruce ident, called the meeting to Approval of June Minutes and a Minnesota accent. They are tion. Currently he volunteers
Grimm, President, Carrie order, welcomed board mem- August Agenda proposing two options for con- for the Will Steger Foundation
Menard, Tim Prinsen, Bruce bers and others, and initiated Minutes and agenda were struction: 100 rooms plus up to and is a supporter and con-
Sabatke, Matt Carter, Debbie introductions. approved. 95 parking stalls. Six stories, tributor to the Barbara Snyder
Jans, Ruth Cain, Ted Ringsred, 63 feet tall. U-shaped massing Foundation. Eric Osmund-
Lara Norkus Crampton, Don Open Forum: City Councilman Report plan. 95 valet or 64 self-parking son has owned and operated
MacPherson, Keith Ruddick 1. The 20th Anniversary of Councilman Ralph Remington stalls. Conditional use permit Uptown area apartment build-
People for Parks 5K will be reported. for height, multiple variances. ings. Mariana Quiroga was
Others Present: Gael Ellis, NRP September 10 at 8:00 a.m. sharp. Congratulations to Lara They believe this is the better born in Argentina and raised
Coordinator, Ralph Remington, It is $22, $26 after the 31st of Norkus-Crampton on being choice. Option two: 60 rooms in Brazil. She is Senior Market-
Councilperson, Sharon Eiden August or $30 the day of the appointed to the Planning plus up to 25 parking stalls. ing Manager at General Mills.
Cornejo, Joanne and Darrell event, if there any places open. Committee, starting August 4. Four stories, 56 feet tall Room Mariana is co-chair of the local
Savage, Jeffery Farnam, Ralph Information can be found at Lisa Miller, Ralph’s aide will be for 25 valet or 20 self-parking chapter of Taste of the Nation,
Colby, Steve Buckley, Ellan www.active.com or www.race- leaving to run campaigns. Was stalls. Allowed use on the site a hunger relief program. Her
Meyer, Deborah Burke, Phyllis berryjam.com. pleased to see the turnout. according to zone regulations. passion for Minneapolis has
Roden, Tom Parsens, Caroline brought her to this project.
Vaaler, Monica Smith, Dyanne 2. A core group of residents got Uptown Hotel Proposal Pre- The investor/owners were
Westerlund, Darlene Kenyor, together to open a member- sentation – Curt Gunsbury (50 introduced: Curt and Catherine Partners:
Mary Tanfield, Drew Leonard, owned Garden Store Co-op minutes) Gunsbury. Curt grew up in the U+B Architecture and Design,
Kate Talberg, Morris Tahl- located at the Greenstone Nurs- The plan is to build a hotel at resort business, the Quarter- headed by principals Paul Udris
berg, N.E. Briesmeister, Gary ery at 36th and Bryant. There 3017-3029 Holmes Avenue deck on Gull Lake in Nisswa, and Mark Burgess.
Farland, Ron Ricketts, Bar- were two visionary meetings on South. The hotel will be inde- MN. Currently he owns and
bara Ruddick, Ginny Jacobson, August 10 and 12. Information pendently owned an operated manages six apartment build-
Mary E. Foster, Ruth Brooker,

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Annual East Calhoun Neighborhood

Come

Labor Day Parade!

Monday, September 4th From 2:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Starts at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church on Irving at 35th Street.

Parade goes east on 35th Street, north on Holmes Avenue,
West on 32nd Street, and south on Irving Avenue back to the church.

f 2:45 Decorate your pet, stroller, bike or trike f 4:15-4:45 Dinner provided. Bring
f 3:00 March in the parade with the salads and desserts to share.
Southwest High School Marching Band f 4:45-6:00 BINGO and prizes!
f 3:30-4:15 PLAY: animal balloons, cake walk,
face painting

Sponsored by the East Calhoun Community Organization (ECCO)

The next ECCO Board and Neighborhood Meeting will be
Thursday, September 7, 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church.
september 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  17

A.M. Mortenson Construction,
a 50-plus year old national con-
tractor with local headquarters.
Lucia Watson, owner of Lucia’s
Restaurant and Wine Bar.
Morrissey Hospitality, Presi-
dent Bill Morrissey is the oper-
ator of the St. Paul Hotel, The
St. Paul Grill, Pazzaluna and
numerous other hotel proper-
ties. They will serve as a consul-
tant to Hotel Uptown through
development and start up.
Questions and answers:
They see construction starting
in April and completed in 11
months. There would be a fit-
ness level and two penthouse
setbacks. It is currently the only
active hotel proposal.
They swear that whichever
proposal goes through they will
not try to make it larger. This is
why the are coming forward so
early in the process, so there are
no surprises. Traffic and park-
ing was a huge issue for resi-
dents. One third of the guests
will have no vehicles. The
parking lot will be under the
building. There will be a drop-
off spot for taxis.
The next meeting will discuss
building materials.
NRP Phase II Update
NRP Coordinator Gael Ellis
reviewed that there is $26,000
in the budget to move forward
for income level housing and
vision for the neighborhood.
LOFTS UPTOWN
Wine Tasting Event Update
ECCO sold 112 tickets, 20 from
the UNN ad. That makes a
profit of $2800, not including
the amount from the total sales.
Labor Day Event
Live on the Midtown Greenway.
The annual Labor Day Parade
and event will be held Labor
Day at St. Mary’s Church. Car-
rie Menard volunteered to help
the event coordinator.
Track 29—One and Two Level Lofts set right on the Midtown
ecco.info Greenway bike trail. An urban retreat just steps from the energy,
Since the resignation of Al entertainment, shopping and dining from Uptown to Lyndale-Lake.
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and as secretary no one has kept 261 TWO LEVEL LOFTS FROM $290’S K with private entry
— FALL OCCUPANCY —
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secretary Carrie Menard will 260 ONE LEVEL LOFTS FROM $150’SK
— RESERVING NOW —
contact Al as to the procedures.
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18 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006
government & politics
News From Ralph Remington
Destroying Tribalism and Creating Community
I told you, when I was running
for office that I would bring
your voice into the room. I also
told you that I would always
tell you the truth, even though
it may or may not be the easi-
est thing to hear.
When I spoke of bringing your
voice into the room, I received
several different reactions.
And nearly every reaction cen-
tered upon one community or
interest group claiming owner-
Ward 10 City Council Member ship not only of that statement
Ralph Remington but ownership of my person.
Labor claimed ownership,
anti-development activists
Thank you for the opportunity claimed ownership, people of
to have this space in which to color claimed ownership, smart
write. I wouldn’t be a Council growth proponents claimed
Member if it weren’t for you ownership, twentysomethings
and I am humbled and proud claimed ownership, senior citi-
to serve this community. zens claimed ownership, the
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September 8,9, & 10
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affluent claimed ownership, And that’s the problem. We
the poor and disadvantaged live in a world of intolerant
claimed ownership, single tribalism. In order for me to be
moms claimed right, THEY
ownership, have to be
the GLBT We live in Ward 10. wrong. It’s
community The best ward in the a zero sum
claimed own- game. We
ership, whites
City of Minneapolis. didn’t arrive
claimed own- at this place
ership, two overnight.
parent families claimed own- This climate was nurtured
ership and upon winning slowly over a long period of
even people who voted for my time. I would argue that this
opponent claimed ownership. current incarnation of tribal-
And guess what? All of them ism started in the Reagan era.
would be correct. There are It has certainly been exacer-
some who would say: “Well, bated by intolerant fascistic
what does that mean? I voted Republican policies from the
for you because of MY par- Right. Then we, on the Left,
ticular issues not THEIR generated our own brand of
issues. I don’t give a rip about intolerant policies and called
THEM!!” it “political correctness,” thus
shutting down all possibility
of dialogue in the name of self-
righteous indignation.
And since that time, we’ve
been in the political dark ages,
led by a quasi-fascistic Repub-
lican regime that starts at the
Fed level and filters through
our state legislatures. The
Neo-Con tribe has the power.
They seem to rule all public
dialogue.
So what does the Left do in
response? We split into vari-
ous factions, all deciding that
the collective “WE” are cor-
rect, whoever WE is and
“WE” charge off into the night
with torches blazing to slay the
monster who fuels our indig-
nation. All of us are convinced
that WE are right and THEY
are wrong.
Thus the Left has in many
ways become just as intoler-
ant, just as unbending, just as
unyielding, just as fascistic as
the Right.
when we win, we cannibalize
our young if THEY disagree
with US on any given issue.
Because after all WE put them
in office. In the meantime the
real enemy on the Right keeps
getting away with murder lit-
erally.
So the Right wins on two
scores. They win by virtue of
their own antagonistic energy
with repressive and oppressive
policies and they win because
we’ve become them. “I saw the
enemy and it is us.”
The time has come to rebuild
community, so that the whole
is greater than the sum of our
parts. So that we foster and
encourage symbiotic relation-
ships of interdependency and
not tribal relationships of inde-
pendence and isolationism.
We have to understand and
embrace the fact that when
one of us performs poorly, we
all perform poorly. When one
of us shines, we all shine. If
one of us lives in poverty, we
all live in poverty. If one of us
feels unsafe, we all feel unsafe.
Change is scary for many
people. I realize that. But you
don’t have to navigate the
murky waters alone. We won’t
get there as individual tribes,
we’ll get there as a commu-
nity. As one voice with many
different values but the one
thing that we hold in common
is the fact that we are Minne-
sotan and Minnesotans care
about one another. So if you’re
in pain, we’ll heal that pain. If
you can’t afford a place to live,
we’ll create affordable housing.
If you can’t find a job, we’ll
spur economic activity and cre-
ate a broader jobs base. If you
feel unsafe in your community,
we’ll hire more police officers
,
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2 FREE Tickets with nities we socialize together, forward towards a brighter
Purchase of 10 at Greek Festival 2006 drink wine and coffee together tomorrow.
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and strengthen our indignation
together. All in the name of Ralph Remington, 10th ward
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church finding, creating and nurtur- council member, lives in
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elections than we win and
september 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  19

crime & safety

Crime Map Glossary
Crime News from 5th precinct This is not all encompassing, but a gen-
eral guide to interpreting what some of
the crime map symbols mean.
ECCO and CARAG crime statistics from July 2006 LARCENY
Larceny is basically Theft.
This could be shoplifting, theft
LAKE STREET July1-31, 2006 of a bicycle, theft of personal
property where force against
KNOX

JAMES

Crimes ECCO CARAG you is not used.

31st STREET BURGLARY
CALH

Burglary is entering a dwell-

Homicide 0 0
OUN

ing/residence /garage / busi-

PKW

ness, etc. This has to be entry

Y

Rape 0 0
E.

32nd STREET to a private location without

permission. It does not mat-
Robbery 5 3 ter whether it’s entry through
an unlocked door/window or
33rd STREET
Agg Assault 1 2 breaking the door down to
gain entry.
IRVING

HUMBOLDT

HOLMES

HENNEPIN

GIRARD

FREMONT

EMERSON

DUPONT

COLFAX

BRYANT

LYNDALE
ALDRICH
Burglary 3 11
ROBBERY
Larceny 32 44 Robbery is basically a per-
34th STREET
son-on-person confrontation
CONAR’S WAY Auto Theft 4 8 with force/weapon or threat
of force/weapon used. This
Arson 0 0 could be things like someone
35th STREET
demanding money with a
TOTAL: 45 74 gun/weapon/etc, someone hit-
ting/kicking you to get money,
or a purse being ripped off
36th STREET
someone’s shoulder.
Symbols on map and numbers in ECCO and CARAG may not match, as statistics overlap at neighborhood borders.

Crime and Safety News from Tom Thompson

SENTENCE IN ZEBUHR part of the court record. These credit cards at home, unless GMC and the model is either a
can impact prosecution and you absolutely need them, and Suburban, full size Blazer, or a
MURDER sentencing. Go to the Fifth always take them out of your one-ton pick-up.  The vehicle’s
Lasonya D. Miles, 18, who
was involved in the murder of
Precinct web site for the Hen-
nepin County Attorney office:
car. The suspects have been
taking the stolen credit cards to
color is unknown, but described
as dark, and the vehicle should
Stroll Patrol
w w w. h e n n e p i n a t t o r n e y. gas stations/convenience stores have front-end damage. Any-
Michael Zebuhr in March, was
org/MplsNeighborhoodMap. and offering to fill people’s gas one who may have information September 2006
sentenced this month to one
year in the workhouse and five asp?Precinct=51&Precinct tanks up if they pay them a about this accident or may have Schedule
years of probation. She plead- Name=Mpls%205th%20 smaller sum, like $20.  If you seen this vehicle is encouraged
Precinct. Click on the neighbor- see this type of activity going to call Traffic Accident Investi- Everyone is welcome!
ed guilty to one felony count
hood, and see what names/cases on at a gas station, please call gations, Sgt. Brad Simonson at Join the Patrol!
of accomplice after the fact to
the murder. She lied under they currently have active. You 911 immediately and notify the 612.673.3442.
can then submit impact state- store employees.  Please do not Thursday, Sept 7, 8 p.m.
oath to the grand jury. Anoth-
Meet at Bryant Square Park
er accomplice suspect in the ments electronically on those contribute to someone else’s CITIZEN’S ACADEMY
murder, Derrick L. Johnson, pending cases from this page. victimization by empowering
32, is scheduled to go on trial You can also click on the link to these people to continue this REOPENS Monday, Sept 11, 7:45 p.m.
submit an electronic statement activity. Meet at Urban Bean (33rd &
November 13. Two other sus- Because of an overwhelm-
on cases not listed. The cases Bryant)
pects, alleged robber Donte L. ing response to the Citizen’s * CARAG Crime & Safety
Jacobs, 17, and alleged shooter of the suspects in the Michael HIT AND RUN   Academy, a second program Committee meets at 6:30 p.m.
Billy Ray Johnson, 17, have no Zebuhr murder are currently has been added on Thursdays
trial date set. listed at this site. Minneapolis Police are seek- this fall. It will begin on Octo-
ing help in locating a vehicle Tuesday, Sept 19, 9 p.m.
ber 6 and run for ten weeks Meet at Bryant Square Park
CREDIT CARD THEFT involved in a hit and run acci-
COMMUNITY IMPACT dent at about 2 a.m., August 8,
until December 15th. Appli- * CARAG Neighborhood
ALERT cations are due September 8. 
STATEMENTS at the intersection of 35th Street Obtain an application at the
Annual Meeting at 7 p.m.
Recently one of the most com- West and Blaisdell Avenue web site: www.ci.minneapolis.
You can impact the court case Wednesday, Sept 27, 7 p.m.
mon methods of credit card South.  The hit and run vehicle mn.us/police/news/
of people arrested in the Fifth Meet at Bryant Square Park
fraud has been at gas stations was traveling southbound on 20060607CitizensAcademy.asp
Precinct by filling out Com-
and convenience stores.  We’ve Blaisdell when it ran a red light
munity Impact Statements.
had a number of victims of and struck a motorcycle travel-
When a crime (with an arrest)
Robbery and Theft from Motor ing westbound on 35th Street.
has impacted your neighbor-
hood or yourself, fill out this Vehicle whose credit cards MPD Traffic Accident Investi- God doesn’t reject people.
gators have determined the hit
form. These will be submit-
ted to the court so they become
have been taken.  The best
deterrent to this is to leave the and run vehicle is a 1988 to1991 Neither do we.

Never place a period where

Tom Thompson God has placed a comma.
Crime Prevention Specialist Sunday Christian Education for all ages 9:15 a.m.
Minneapolis Police Department, 5th Precinct Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
3101 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55408
810 West 31st Street, Minneapolis LYNDALE
612.673.2823 612-825-3019
www.lyndaleucc.org

thomas.thompson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us No matter who you are, or where you are on your journey you’re welcome here.
20 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006

CARAG and LHENA Vote Lake Street Design

Approved by City Council
Against Late Night Liquor By Gay Noble

At the July 20th Minneapolis City Council meeting the proposed

By Aaron Rubenstein properties. have a lounge area and a game street design for the Lake Street Reconstruction was passed by a
area with Atari, pool, foosball, majority vote.
The CARAG and LHENA CARAG’s resolution goes on to and video games.
neighborhood associations say that “CARAG would rec- Lake Street will remain a four lane street with bump-outs being
voted in August to recommend ommend approval of a liquor The City held a public hear- added at several intersections between Dupont and Blaisdell
that the City deny approval of license for the proposed estab- ing on the requested liquor Avenues. The Dupont and Lake intersection will be redesigned
a full liquor license requested lishment only if serving of alco- license August 2 at the Uptown to align the pedestrian crossing to go in a straight line over the
by AfterBar restaurant for 913 holic beverages ceases at 11 p.m. YWCA. Some people at the island on Lake Street, add some landscaping and increase the size
West Lake Street (just west of Sunday through Thursday and hearing spoke in strong sup- of the island. Lyndale Avenue will be widened, at the Lyn-Lake
Bryant, in the space port for AfterBar intersection, to allow for a fifth turning lane.
formerly occupied by
Third Stone). After-
AfterBar, currently under construction, and some spoke in
strong opposition. Some level of streetscape will occur along the entire project.
Bar, currently under plans to serve alcohol until 2 a.m. It seemed apparent Currently, property owners are looking at different options and
construction, plans to and food until 4 a.m. daily. that many of those costs to determine the level of streetscape they are willing to be
serve alcohol until 2 who spoke in sup- assessed for.
a.m.. and food until port were friends
4 a.m. daily. The neighborhood 12 midnight on Fridays and Sat- of the owners. Forty-seven
groups oppose those late-night urdays and if adequate off-street people signed the sign-in sheet Small Area Plan from 28th Street to Franklin
hours due to the site’s proximity parking is provided in a location and 41 provided addresses. Of continued from page 1 and from 32nd to 36th streets.
to residential areas. that would not have significant those 41, 17 lived in CARAG, 5
detrimental impacts on sur- in Lowry Hill East, 3 in other 10-story Lagoon/MoZaic proj- During the rest of the Steer-
CARAG’s resolution oppos- rounding residential proper- parts of Uptown, 3 in other parts ect (originally approved for ing Committee meeting, city
ing the AfterBar liquor license, ties.” of the general area, 2 in down- 13 stories) and the Calhoun planners Amanda Arnold and
which passed on a 28-10-2 vote town, and 10 lived elsewhere, Square expansion. The height Paul Mogush provided back-
August 15, contains five find- LHENA (Lowry Hill East including St. Paul, Plymouth, of new buildings in commer- ground information, relating to
ings, summarized as follows: Neighborhood Assn.—repre- and Farmington. cially zoned areas of Uptown the Uptown Small Area Plan,
the proposed use and hours senting the area north of Lake is limited to four stories or 56 about the city’s comprehensive
are likely to have a significant St.) voted unanimously on City staffer Linda Roberts, who feet, whichever is less, unless plan, zoning code and process,
adverse impact on the livabil- August 16 to support CARAG’s conducted the hearing, asked the city’s Planning Commission and other planning processes
ity of the nearby, surrounding resolution. for a show of hands at the end approves a conditional use per- underway (Midtown Green-
residential area; the proposed of the hearing. Thirteen people mit for additional height. way Land Use and Develop-
location is not appropriate for CARAG has worked hard in said they live in the Uptown ment Plan, Southwest Transit
a restaurant that serves liquor recent years to limit the hours area and don’t find the pro- Remington said at the August Corridor, and citywide trans-
until 2 a.m. and food until 4 of restaurants with liquor posed liquor license favorable 17 meeting that the moratori- portation plan). Arnold said the
a.m. due to the close proximity licenses, and located on Lake to livability, 14 said they live in um: would not apply to projects request for proposals for a plan-
of many residential units; the Street between the Hennepin- Uptown and find the license already approved or proposed ning consultant for the Uptown
cumulative effect of the num- Lake and Lyn-Lake commer- favorable to livability, and 20 (including the Hotel Uptown), plan would go out by the end
ber of liquor licenses in the cial nodes, to 11 p.m. during said they don’t live in the area would last for six months with of August and the Steering
Uptown area is detrimental to the week and 12 midnight on and do support the liquor a possible six-month extension, Committee would review the
neighborhood livability; grant- weekends. These are the closing license. Roberts noted that the would become effective imme- proposals in October. She also
ing the requested liquor license times for Pizza Nea and Tum City’s public hearing are meant diately upon introduction, and announced that there will be
(and a conditional use permit Rup Thai in Uptown Row. primarily to get input from resi- would apply to the area covered two visioning sessions — to
for extended hours) would set dents and property owners from by the Uptown Small Area Plan gather community input — in
an important precedent for this AfterBar co-owner Robert the surrounding neighborhood, (Bryant Avenue on the east; early November.
stretch of Lake Street: and the Serr said he has no comment so those sentiments would bear East Calhoun Parkway. on the
proposed parking — in the lot on CARAG’s position on his more weight. west; 31st Street on the south For more information about the
behind DreamHaven Books on planned establishment. He except 32nd Street between Uptown Small Area plan, visit
the opposite side of Lake Street has said at three public meet- The CARAG Zoning Com- Fremont and Holmes; and, on www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/
— would have a detrimental ings that his will be a fine din- mittee met immediately follow- the north, The Mall west of planning/uptown-plan.asp.
impact on adjacent residential ing restaurant. He also plans to ing the City’s public hearing to Humboldt and 28th Street east
further discuss the matter and of Humboldt). He added that Aaron Rubenstein is a CARAG rep-
develop a recommendation and he “wants to show everyone resentative to the Small Area Plan

ST. MARY'S draft resolution for CARAG.

One person who lives close to
the proposed restaurant noted
Greek Orthodox Church that parking is prohibited on
Lake Street from 1 to 6 a.m.
3450 Irving Ave. South (overlooking Lake Calhoun) daily. People at both meetings
expressed displeasure with late-
Divine Liturgy (612) 825-9595 night disturbances from patrons
Sunday 9:30 am www.stmarysgoc.org of existing liquor-serving estab-
Fr. Harry Pappas lishments in the larger area.
there’s…some teeth behind this
(planning) process” and that
additional details of the mora-
torium have to be worked out.
It is not yet known if the mora-
torium will apply to the north
and south Hennepin spines of
the planning area—a half-block
on either side of Hennepin

Joyce United Methodist Church

31st and Fremont • (612) 823-0537
www.JoyceChurch.org

Worship at 10:30 a.m.

Bible Study of Romans, Sundays at 12:00 p.m.
beginning September 17

Everyone welcome regardless of age, race, nationality,

creed, sexual orientation, income or ability
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september 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  21
Hotel Uptown Gets
Community Nod
By Aaron Rubenstein
More than 110 community
residents attended the August
3 ECCO board meeting to see
and discuss concept plans for
the Hotel Uptown. The “bou-
tique” hotel is proposed for the
site currently occupied by Nob
Hill Decorative Hardware at
3027 Holmes Avenue.
The developer, Curt Gun-
sbury, and architects from U +
B Architecture & Design pre-
sented two concepts: one for a
100-room, six-story, 65- foot
building with more under-
ground parking (64 self-park/95
valet spaces), the other for a 60-
room, four-story, 59-foot build-
ing with less underground
parking (20 self-park/25 valet
spaces). The site’s zoning allows
a four-story or 56-foot building
(plus a 3-foot parapet, or wall
above the roofline) without a
conditional use permit (CUP)
for additional height. The taller
building would require a CUP
to allow 6 ‘10” inch additional
height but no other special zon-
ing approvals. It is significantly
shorter than the two options
Gunsbury presented at a May
ECCO meeting.
Gunsbury asked for a show of
hands to indicate which of the
two options the community
members present preferred.
Forty-five people preferred the
six-story building with more
parking, 19 people preferred
the four-story building with
less parking, and approximate-
ly 45 people did not participate.
Following that show of hands,
Council Member Ralph Rem-
ington asked for a similar show
of hands by East Calhoun resi-
dents only. Approximately 75
percent preferred the taller
building, according to Gun-
sbury’s count.
Area residents expressed a
range of concerns, particular-
ly about parking and traffic.
There was loud applause when
someone asked, “where will all
the traffic go?”
Several weeks after the ECCO
meeting, Gunsbury said he
plans to proceed with the six-
story option. He said he will
probably have several more
dear dave
Dave Veeser My Mom’s old quote (I’m sure or zoom around the Lakes (be
lives in Min- it’s in every Mother’s hand- sure to wave if you see me!).
neapolis and book): “If they don’t like you Try taking the stairs instead of
meetings with the community
is the resident because of how you look, they the elevator. It will burn calo-
and submit plans to the city in
advice colum- are not worth knowing” stands ries, and boost your metabo-
late November or early Decem-
nist at www. as true today as ever. Do you lism; giving you more energy
ber.
personaladvice. really want shallow, superficial and making you feel great!
people as friends or dates? If
net. Requests
Gunsbury added that, at the
for advice you don’t understand the truth As far as your food intake,
conclusion of the August 3
can be sent to deardaveadvice@ of that now, hopefully with reduce the fat and calories, and
meeting, numerous people told
yahoo.com or USPS in care of this time you will. bulk up on veggies, sans tons of
him they prefer the taller build-
publication. butter! They fill you up, and
ing because it would provide
Ok, that said, here are a few take the place of higher calorie
additional off-street parking.
Fat Fractures tried and true tips to help you foods. Some little things that
The four-story option would
shed those extra pounds, for if may make a big difference (and
provide parking for hotel guests Friendship nothing else, health reasons. worked for me!): Use a small
only and would meet the city’s
First of all, before you start this, plate when you dish up, and
parking requirement for hotels.
Dear Dave: I’m really or any weight loss program, see restrict yourself to one serving.
The six-story option would
ashamed to admit this, but I your doctor, just to be on the I like to take my initial serving,
provide considerably more
let the fact that I haven’t shed safe side. and then put the remainder
parking that would be available
my extra holiday pounds pre- away in the fridge immediately
to the general public.
vent me from doing something Second, avoid any ‘Diets’ and so I’m not tempted to go back
quick-fix programs that may for seconds. Be sure to drink
I love. Every year I love going
At the ECCO meeting, Gun-
to the Pride festivities, espe- have you lose 10 pounds quick- several glasses of water before
sbury said that the 15 to 20 mil-
cially wandering around Lor- ly, but temporarily, once you go your meal, it helps to fill you
lion dollar project had “changed
ing Park. I didn’t go this year back to your old ways of eat- up, and aids in digestion. Try
a lot since its original concep-
because I feel fat and ugly, and ing (hence starting the yo-yo putting your most heinous fat
tion” and that they “tried to
don’t want to run into friends diet phenomenon). It’s usually picture on the fridge — that
make it fit in.” Architect Mark
or former boyfriends I haven’t just water weight anyhow. Any always stopped me dead in my
Burgess said they “worked hard
seen when I am 10 pounds permanent weight loss will late night snacking tracks.
to get the height down.” Gun-
heavier. So, I just sat home all only come from making life-
sbury noted that he is also look-
weekend feeling fat, and yes, style changes you can live with Also, don’t shop for groceries
ing at the GRECO Lyn-Lake
eating because of it! — Help! long-term. hungry, and don’t keep forbid-
project but the Holmes location
den foods in the house; if it’s
is his preferred site.
Hey Help: Well, I can Bottom line, you have to burn not there, you can’t eat it.
more calories than you take in,
relate! I used to be 100 pounds
Gunsbury’s presentation
overweight (oh yeah…) and I eat healthier and exercise more. It’s really an effort at first. But
focused almost exclusively on
felt terrible: I had no energy, once you get used to the new
the six-story option and hard-
high blood pressure, couldn’t Burning more calories can sim- lifestyle, eating smarter and
ly mentioned the four-story
breathe properly, and felt so ply be a matter of changing exercising, it will just become
option. Those in the audi-
uncomfortable in my own skin. your routine. Are there places part of your routine, and in no
ence without the developer’s
So, while I do understand, it you can walk or bike to instead time the pounds will melt off.
one-page summary of the two
concerns me that you are let- of drive? I’m out every day And that will be something you
options (there weren’t suf-
ting only 10 pounds cripple on my old ’61 Schwinn burn- can be proud of next Pride!
ficient copies for everyone)
your social life. ing calories as I run errands
barely realized the choice until
the show of hands. East Cal-
houn resident Gary Farland
suggested that the issue hadn’t
been fully and fairly discussed
and a show of hands should not
be taken. Indeed it did seem
that the two options and their
implications and values were
not discussed. ECCO President
Bruce Grimm allowed the
show of hands, explaining that
it was not a formal ECCO vote
or position. By the end of the
meeting, the informal feedback
and the developer’s direction
seemed clear.
CALENDAR EDITOR
Wanted: someone to spend
a few hours monthly assem-
bling the Community Calen-
dar. Call or write: 259.1372
or uptownews@yahoo.com.
22 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006

tidbits a geek’s world

Privacy in the Computer World
EARTHCAM.COM, a real- PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHI-
time web cam, has been set up CLE. Senator Scott Dibble,
at the intersection of Hennepin Representative Frank Horn-
and Lake. Go to web site: www. stein, and the Neighborhood By Dan Frankowski the press. While there was noth- do much to keep it, especially
earthcam.com/usa/minnesota/ Energy Connection (NEC) ing scandalous in it, the next in America. Geeks tend to want
minneapolis to watch 24 hours unveiled the first plug-in January 2006, Tom Owad year Congress passed the Video more privacy protection, perhaps
of Uptown activity. hybrid-electric vehicle (PHEV) downloaded thousands of wish Privacy Protection act, which because they see first-hand how
to hit Minnesota streets. After lists from online retailer Ama- makes it illegal to disclose rental computers can be used without
ZRS FOSSILS (Calhoun Square) displaying at the State Fair, it zon.com. He searched for wish history without written consent. regard to privacy.
will have a booth at the State will be added to NEC’s car- lists with “dangerous” books In 1991, U.S. Supreme Court
Fair in the Grandstand Building sharing fleet, HOURCAR. A like “Critical Thinking,” “On nominee (now judge) Clar- To tie this to Minnesota poli-
(#102/103). Stop in to visit Kelly PHEV is made by transform- Liberty,” and “1984.” He took ence Thomas was asked if he tics, Mike Hatch deserves geek
and John and pick up special ing a regular hybrid car into an the name, city and state associat- referred to an actor in a porno- props (respect) for proposing
State Fair coupon for the store almost entirely electric car (a ed with a few wish lists, plugged graphic video to harass his col- for years to strengthen different
Toyota Prius) via a battery that them into Yahoo People Search, league Anita Hill. If someone data privacy laws (for example,
The Grand Cafe (3804 can be recharged at any regular and found their home address- had shown concrete evidence he concerning driver’s license data
Grand Ave. S), formerly Bak- outlet. The car burns very little es. He then put them on a map watched pornography, this may or telephone company data),
ery on Grand, is open under gasoline and produces almost with Google maps. (See apple- have derailed his nomination. although this topic does not
new ownership. Mary and Dan no pollutants. Hornstein and fritter.com.) American laws and customs much stir the ardor of the gen-
Hunter, with chef Justin Freder- Dibble passed a bill this year, are that preference information eral electorate. I do not know if
ick, are serving lunch, dinner and endorsed unanimously by both I find this creepy. People have should remain private. Hatch would be a good governor
weekend brunch. 612.822.8260. houses and signed by the Gov- always been judged by the books in other ways, but he is the only
www.grandcafempls.com. ernor, that instructs the state to they read, or wish to read. How- In our research paper, we argue public official I know who has
buy plug-in hybrids for the state ever, technology allows us to that there are a lot of things repeatedly mentioned this issue.
BENNETT LUMBER AND fleet, encourages local research, identify people more easily and like movies (a few well-known,
HARDWARE (2828 Emerson) and creates a task force to devise precisely than ever before. Aha! many little-known): books, Note also that the European
has become Fullerton Build- strategies on how to manufac- you say, don’t put your wish list beers, research papers, songs Union’s directive on the protec-
ing Center, doing business as ture the vehicles in Minnesota. in public with your name, city, purchased on iTunes, groceries tion of personal data declares
Remodeller’s Choice. and state on it. But what if it were bought at Rainbow, and so on. data privacy to be a funda-
possible to identify people just by This means it might be possible mental human right, while the
the books on the wish list? to re-identify people a lot more United States has no universal
than we think. Someone at statement of the importance of
Minneapolis Park Board Plans for Future This was the subject of a paper Google is writing fiction using data privacy. I would not be sur-
I delivered August 11 at SIGIR that as a plot device, something prised if this were because many
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) invites (the Special Interest Group on such as the FBI finding a fugi- corporations in America don’t
you to attend one of six town meetings in September. The Information Retrieval) con- tive based on the groceries he want strong data privacy laws—
meetings kick off efforts to gather information from the ference of computer science purchased. it would be bad for business
community for a long-term comprehensive plan for the park researchers called “You Are if they couldn’t sell your data
system. The MPRB wants to know what the community val- What You Say: Privacy Risks of Finally, we try some ways to willy-nilly. On the contrary, our
ues about the park system, what it sees as the park system’s Public Mentions.” In it, we look make it harder to identify people own National Security Agency
strengths, and how the MPRB can best serve the public’s park at using the mentions of mov- (hiding parts of the data, having (NSA) has been secretly taking
and recreation needs. The information gathered at the town ies in an online public forum to users make up fake data), and reams of phone call records for
meetings, along with information gathered from question- re-identify users in a different while it helps, it’s still sometimes years now. That should make us
naires, focus groups, a phone survey and community leader and private dataset of movie rat- possible to re-identify people yet again think about campaign
workshops, will guide the development of the comprehensive ings. We are often (though not under such circumstances. finance reform and participat-
plan. always) able to re-identify them ing in the political process, or at
because people tend to mention The above observations are least voting (which is all I do)!
The southside town meetings are: at least a few little-known mov- peer-reviewed research and sup-
ies, which narrows down the set porting stories. Now permit As always, send reactions, praise,
• 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, September 21. Powderhorn of possible people rapidly. This me to wax editorial. An audi- criticism, but especially COL-
Park Community Center., 3400 15th Avenue South is helped by the fact that most ence member at one of my talks UMN IDEAS to dfrankow@
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, September 23. Lynnhurst Park movies are little known, while asked me, essentially, “This gmail.com.
Community Center., 1345 West Minnehaha Parkway relatively few are well known. looks pretty grim. How do we
• 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 26. Whittier Park get people to stop giving away Dan Frankowski extracts money
Community Center, 425 West 26th Street But who cares about movies? their privacy for a Snickers bar from working with computers,
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, September 30. Nokomis Park Well, in 1987, U.S. Supreme (i.e. for nothing)?” My answer and also creates music and sells it
Community Center, 2401 East Minnehaha Parkway Court nominee Robert Bork had was, I have no idea. People want … online, of course.
his video rental history leaked to privacy in general, but do not
To learn more about the comprehensive plan, go to the MPRB
website at www.minneapolisparks.org.

Flower Store/Garden Co-op Set to Open October 1

By Mary Ann Knox
7fWhjc[dji\ehH[dj A group of local residents is
establishing a gardening coop-
erative at 36th and Bryant. The
Fh[c_[hKfjemdbeYWj_ed as-yet-unnamed flower and gar-
den store will open in the space
Clean and well maintained, professional on-site manager, currently occupied by Green-
off street parking avail, telephone entry system, laundry, utilities paid, stone Floral. The cooperative
excellent bus transportation, easy freeway access, convenient location will open October 1.
within walking distance to city lakes, shopping, entertainment and more!
Current owners Dan and Julie
Ziegler are helping with the tran-
sition from the privately-owned
J>;?HL?D=FB79;7F7HJC;DJI store to the community-owned
• 3030 Irving Avenue S. cooperative. Several commu-
• 612-821-0565 nity visioning and fundraising
• 2 bd from $760 meetings were held in August
to solicit opinions from potential
• 3 bd from $1025 members. Two meetings gen-
erated about 25 new members,
about 40 new volunteers, and
hundreds of ideas about what
the co-op will be.
The groups discussed the prod-
ucts (cut flowers and arrange-
ments, vegetable and flower
plants, garden-related merchan-
dise) and the services (flower
delivery, workshops, demonstra-
tions) that the co-op may provide
to its members and to the general
public. Committees are prepar-
ing for the store opening, raising
money, soliciting new members,
and establishing the legal and
business structure.
The existing cut flower delivery
business will continue uninter-
rupted by the ownership change.
The co-op will add other prod-
ucts, but will concentrate on the
cut flower sales in the early days.
Plans are underway for a Grand
Opening celebration sometime
in mid-October.
Neighbors are invited to join
the effort — become a Found-
ing Member ($150 for a lifetime
membership), volunteer time or
expertise, and spread the word to
others who may be interested.
To learn more, go to www.gar-
denstorecoop.org, or call Stephen
at 823.3955.Every Tuesday morn-
ing from 8 to 9 a.m., the co-op is
holding a “Co-op Coffee Talk “
at Gigi’s Cafe (36th and Bryant).
Stop by to get information and
join the fun!
september 2006 Uptown Neighborhood news •  23
community events calendar
(Editor’s Note: We will run commu-
nity event listings every month on this
page. Contact uptownnews@yahoo.
com to submit your event informa-
tion by the 17th of each month to be
included in the next issue.)
visual arts
FLANDERS GALLERY
3102 Lyndale Ave. S. 344.1700
www.flanders-art.com
Sept 16 to Oct 21 — Photographs
by Misha Gordin. Paintings by Bill
Monson.
HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR
PRINTMAKING
2638 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.1326
www.highpointprintmaking.org
Sat, Sept 9 to Oct 6. Opening
reception Sept 9, 6:30 to 9 pm —
Carolyn Swiszcz.
SOO VISUAL ARTS CENTER
2640 Lyndale Ave S. • 871.2263
www.soovac.org
Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 12–
6, Sat and Sun 12-4.
Sept 8 to Oct 14. Opening recep-
tion Friday Sept. 8, 7 to 10 pm
— Culture Cop. Works by Andrea
Carlson.
book clubs
WALKER LIBRARY
BOOK CLUB
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
Av. S. • 630.6650
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
Mon, Sept 11, 6:30 to 8 pm — The
God of Small Things by Arundhati
Roy. The story of the tragic decline
of an Indian family whose mem-
bers suffer the consequences of for-
bidden love.
ONCE UPON A CRIME
MYSTERY BOOK CLUBS
604 W. 26th St. • 870.3785
www.onceuponacrimebooks.com
Tues, Sept 5, 7 pm — Twin Cities
Sisters In Crime meeting. Book for
the evening is Bone Flour by Susan
Funk. • Wed, Sept 13, 6:30 pm —
Mystery Readers’ Book Club. Book
for the night is Dana Stabenow’s A
Cold Day For Murder, first in her
Kate Shugak series.
BOOKS & BARS
Bryant Lake Bowl • 810 W. Lake
St. • 825.8949
www.bryantlakebowl.com
Tues, Sept 12. 6:30 pm — Goodbye
Lemon by Adam Davies. Returning
home after many years to visit his
ailing estranged father, Jack Ten-
nant must make a choice between
becoming involved once again with
the crazy, problem-laden family he
once fled or abandoning them to
solve their own problems without
his assistance.
author events
MAGERS AND QUINN
BOOKSELLERS
LYNDALE UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
810 West 31st St
822.4611
www.magersandquinn.com
Thurs, Sept 14, 7pm — Barbara
Ehrenreich, Bait and Switch
MAGERS AND QUINN
BOOKSELLERS
3038 Hennepin Av. S. • 822.4611
www.magersandquinn.com
Fri, Sept15, 7:30 pm — Alison
McGhee celebrates two books:
Snap and All Rivers Flow to the
Sea. • Mon, Sept 18, 7 pm — Kip
Sullivan talks about his book The
Health Care Mess.
DREAMHAVEN BOOKS
912 W. Lake St. • 823.6070
www.dreamhavenbooks.com
Tues, Sept. 26, 6:30 — Eric M.
Heideman 20th anniversary read-
ing from Tales of the Unanticipated,
a pioneer speculative fiction maga-
zine brought to you by its founder
and editor.
ONCE UPON A CRIME MYS-
TERY BOOKSTORE
604 W. 26th St. • 870.3785
www.onceuponacrimebooks.com
Wed, Sept 6, 7 pm — William
Kent Krueger Copper River Publi-
cation event; • Sat, Sept 9, 1 to 3 pm
— Laura Childs Motif For Murder
#4 in Scrapbook Series • Thurs,
Sept 14, 7 pm — Max Allan Col-
lins & Barbara Collins The Last
Quarry and Antiques Road Kill •
Sat, Sept 16, 1 to 3 pm — Anne
Frasier Pale Immortal • Tues, Sept
26, 7 pm — Clea Simon Cattery
Row.
ARISE BOOKS
2441 Lyndale Ave. S. • 871.7110
www.arisebookstore.org
Sat, Sept 2, 7pm — Indie Book
Extravaganza. Minneapolis’ crazi-
est bookstore celebrates the release
of Todd Dill’s much-anticipated
first novel with a reading and
release party featuring Todd Dills,
Al Burian (Burn Collector), and
Jonathan Messinger. The event is
free. This trio of indie writers will
read from their work, and will be
joined by several local (yet to be
announced) writers.
theater
Photo provided by Old Arizona
Soulistic Playhouse presents Waking
Up Ghetto.
OLD ARIZONA CENTER
FOR PERFORMING ARTS
2821 Nicollet Ave. S. • 871.0050
www.oldarizona.com
Sept. 7 to 16 — Bad Attidude Pro-
ductions present Sincerety Forever •
Sept. 21 to 30 , 7:30 pm — Soulis-
tic Playhouse presents Waking Up
Ghetto. Explores the magic and
madness of a young woman as she
emerges out of the dark corners of
abuse, alcoholism and lack of self-
love to find the power in her voice.
FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY
OF MPLS
900 Mount Curve Ave • 377.6608
www.firstunitariansociety.org
Sat, Sept 9, 7:30 pm — EXONER-
ATED, by Frank Theater. A dra-
matic retelling of the true stories
of six people who spent years on
Death Row for crimes they did
not commit. Pre-show reception at
6:30 and post-show refreshments
at 9:30. The evening will conclude
at 10:30. A suggested donation of
$200 at the community hero level,
$50 at the activist level, $25 for a
supporter and $20 for a student
is requested. CONTACT: Carol
Koepp at 952.893.2383.
JUNGLE THEATRE
2951 Lyndale Ave. S. • 822.7063
www.jungletheater.com
Through Oct 1 — The Last of the
Boys, by Mark Dietz. Directed by
Bain Boehlke.
music
FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY
OF MPLS
900 Mount Curve Ave • 377.6608
www.firstunitariansociety.org
Sun, Sept 10 , 7 to 10 pm — Gentle
Thunder in concert.
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
4557 Colfax Ave. S. • 824.2697
www.st-lukes.net
Fri, Sept 15, 7:30 pm — Northern
Lights String Quartet. Cham-
ber music. Experience the beauty
of the unspoken word through
sound. Sit still and hear the poet-
ry of human existence expressed
in music. Music to be performed
includes the Cypresses by Antonin
Dvorak, String Quartet Opus 13 by
Felix Mendelssohn and the Ameri-
can Quartet by Dvorak.
LAKE HARRIET
BANDSHELL
North side of Lake Harriet. Free
concerts. Daytime concerts 2 pm and
5:30 pm. Evening concerts, 7:30 pm
Sept 1 — Divine Diva Dames,
vocals with a twist • Sept 2 —
Charlie Maguire with Ballet Min-
nesota • Sept. 3, 5:30pm — Spruce
Top Review, eclectic urban folk •
Sept. 4, 5:30 pm — The Abdomen.
original rock • Sept 11 — a 9/11
Tribute Concert • Sept. 17, 2 pm
— Minnesota Orchestra.
TWIN CITY
UNDERGROUND
405 W. Lake St • 824.2612
www.tcunderground.com.
Fri., Sept. 8, 7 pm —The Cretins
$5 • Fri, Sept 15, 7 pm —Halfway
To Nothing, rock/punk/alt.
international
peace day
thursday,
september 21
FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY
OF MPLS
900 Mount Curve Ave • 377.6608
www.firstunitariansociety.org
7 to 10 pm — Approaches to a Cul-
ture of Peace , an evening forum,
consisting of a panel with audi-
ence participation in discussion,
sponsored by Citizens for Global
Solutions, The United Nations
Association of Minnesota, The
Minnesota Alliance of Peacemak-
ers & hosted by The First Unitar-
ian Society of Minneapolis.
general
FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY
OF MPLS
900 Mount Curve Ave • 377.6608
www.firstunitariansociety.org
Sun, Sept 24, 6:30 to 9 pm — The
Humanist Center of Minnesota.
Contact: Matt Stark, 612.377.2211.
HEADWATERS
FOUNDATION WALK FOR
uptown
community
events
Photo by David Peterson
The 4th Annual Pizza Luce Bock Party on August 12 was a big success. A big
crowd enjoyed the great weather and the bands.
JUSTICE
Boom Island Park THE BAKKEN MUSEUM
www.walk forjustice.org 3527 Zenith Ave. S. • 926-3878
Sat, Sept 17, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm — www.thebakken.org
The Walk for Justice is an inclusive Opens Sat, Sept 30, 10 am to 5 pm
fundraising and publicity event in — The Electric Heart.
support of community-based non-
profit organizations in Minnesota
that work on a variety of issues, classes
including social, racial, economic,
and environmental injustice. Doz- TEMPLE ISRAEL
ens of community groups will meet 2534 Henn. Ave. S. • 377.8680
www.templeisrael.com
at Boom Island park this year to
Sat, Sept 16, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
walk together along a three mile
circular course, displaying ban- — Highlights in Jewish History.
ners and signs, celebrating together Instructor: Dr. Joseph Goldman
‘Hamas’: The Arab and Hebrew
the important work being done in
our communities. Participating Definitions for a Troubled Middle
East, or how Language is Politics!
organizations recruit walkers who
then solicit sponsors to contribute Free and open to all. Join Dr.
Joseph Goldman for lively discus-
dollars to their group. Walkers are
invited to a community picnic fol- sions of some of the most impor-
tant events in Jewish history.
lowing the Walk.
SECOND ANNUAL RACE
AGAINST RACISM
get involved
28th St. and 21st Ave. S. PRIMARY ELECTION
www.ywcampls.org/healthfitness/ Tues, Sept 12. Vote. Precinct
events/RAR2006.asp information on page 13.
Sun, Sept 17, 9 am (check-in 8 am)
— 2K, 5K, and 8K run/walk, all
CARAG STROLL PATROL
traveling along the Midtown Gre- See schedule on page 19.
enway trail. Sponsored by The
Midtown Greenway Coalition,
YWCA, and Uptown Running community
Room. All proceeds benefit pro-
grams of the Midtown Greenway
meetings
Coalition and the YWCA’s Racial
WALKER LIBRARY
Justice program.
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
Av. S. • 630.6650
BRYANT SQUARE PARK
3101 Bryant Ave. S. • 370-4907
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
www.minneapolisparks.org
Wed, Sept 20, 6 to 8:00 p.m.
— Hennepin County Child Care
Fall activities and classes for chil-
dren ages 6 to 12 • Mon, Tues,
Providers Together. Membership
Meeting.
Wed., Thurs. 2 to 3 pm — Home-
work Help • Mon, Wed, 5:30 to
WALKER LIBRARY
6:30 pm — Tae Kwon Do (mental,
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
physical discipline thru self-defense
Av. S. • 630.6650
techniques) $30 • Mon, Wed, 5 to
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
6 pm — Fundamental Soccer $20
Wed, Sept 27, 6:30 to 8 pm — Intro-
• Mon, 3:30 to 4:30 pm — Crafty
duction to Brown Night. Brown
Kidz (A unique new project every
University invites the area’s pro-
day) • Tues, 5 to 6 pm — Begin-
spective students and their parents
ning Capoeira (African/Brazil-
to an hour-long informative talk
ian art form mixing martial arts,
led by Admission Officer Jennifer
dance, gymnastics, performance,
song and dance) • Wed, 3:30 to
Bauer.
4:30 pm — Art Super Stars..
WALKER LIBRARY
Walker Library • 2880 Hennepin
LYNDALE FARMSTEAD
PARK
3900 Bryant Ave. S. • 370-4948
Av. S. • 630.6650
www.mpls.lib.mn.us
Thurs, Sept 14, 6 to 10 pm — Com-
www.minneapolisparks.org
munity Meeting on Library Budget.
Most Tues and Wed, 2 to 4 pm —
Public invited.
Ages 8 to 12. Lyndale Farmstead
Social Club. Come to the park after
PAINTER PARK
school to play games, meet friends
620 W. 34th St. • 370-4911
and do your homework. We will
www.minneapolisparks.org
continue into the winter if there
Third Monday every month, 7 to 9
is interest, after taking a break for
pm — Advisory Council meeting.
Halloween and elections, which
will be held at the park this year.
24 •  Uptown Neighborhood news september 2006
Spring of 2007 To Bring Easier Traffic Flow On Lyndale Avenue
By Jacqueline Varriano
In 1994 the city presented a plan
to revitalize Lyndale Avenue,
the only road that runs the entire
length of the city. The meeting
sparked a debate, with a little
over 400 residents and busi-
ness owners opposing the plan
and almost the same amount in
favor. From the meeting a vol-
unteer committee comprised of
citizens from the surrounding
neighborhoods, referred to as
the Lyndale Avenue Task Force
(LATF) was formed to come up
with a workable solution to the
proposed plan.
The LATF’s mission was to
“Revitalize South Lyndale as
a strong, safe, city neighbor-
hood avenue that encourages
long-term livability, strengthens
neighborhood identity, renews
community connections and
serves as a model for a 21st
century urban transportation
system.” The task force met
monthly from 1994 to 1997 and
finalized a plan entitled “Lyn-
dale Avenue: A Vision.” The
plan detailed five construction
projects running from Franklin
to Highway 62.
In July, the Minneapolis City
Council finalized and approved
the first portion of the Lyndale
project, between 29th and 31st
streets, concentrating on the
Lake Street intersection. This
was done in conjunction with
the newly completed Lake
Street reconstruction plan.
Reconstruction of Lyndale Ave-
nue will begin in 2007.
According to the Lake Street
web site, “The reconstruction of
Lake Street and Lyndale Ave-
nue includes the replacement of
the street, curb and gutter, and
sidewalks within the corridor,
as well as replacement of traffic
signals, lighting and crosswalks.”
Actual details for the project are
quite different from the original
plan set forth by the LATF in
1997. Currently, Lyndale Ave-
nue has a right-of-way of 100
feet (curb to curb distance is 60
feet) and the road is classified as
high-density arterial. Sidewalks
at the intersection, which are
some of the largest in the area,
are roughly 20 feet, allowing
for outdoor seating at restau-
rants like The Herkimer and
La Bodega. The road offers two
lanes of traffic with no turn-
ing lanes, a main concern of the
LATF, city and county.
The plan will widen Lyn-
dale Avenue into four traf-
fic lanes with a center turning
lane added at the intersection
of Lake Street, both north and
southbound. The sidewalks
will shrink to about 17 to18 feet,
but will still accommodate out-
door seating. Another addition
will be sidewalk bump-outs. A
bump-out is an addition to the
sidewalk that extends roughly
six feet, eliminating parking at
intersections, but not imping-
ing on the actual roadway. This
gives the visual appearance of
a narrowing of the road, which
slows the speed of drivers and
improves safety for pedestrians.
Residents seem to have mixed
reviews regarding the plan.
According to Howard Verson,
CARAG’s representative on the
LATF, many residents are still
writing resolutions opposing the
city’s plan for reconstruction.
CARAG resident Katie Ander-
son has a different view, “I think
turning lanes are a desperately
needed addition to that intersec-
tion. I also like the idea of slow-
ing traffic with extended curbs.
Basically anything that keeps me
safe as a pedestrian, and has the
potential to get me home faster
after work, I support.”
ECCO resident Jacqueline
Varriano hails from a city with
two seasons; winter and road
construction.
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