VIKINGS STADIUM: Skirting the Voters Legal?

Tags: American Football (Sport), Andy Driscoll, ballot initiative, City Charter, David Tilsen, Doug Mann, Farmer-Labor Association, football, Hennepin County District Court, home rule, legislature, Mayoral Candidate, Minneapolis, referendum, stadium, Stadium Implementation Committee, TruthToTell, UNITE HERE Local 17, Vikings, Vikings Stadium (Sports Facility), voter disenfranchisement, Wade Luneburg

While the state and Stadium Authority wrangle with the Wilf family over the latter’s personal and business financials before it approves a new Viking Stadium, a Hennepin County District Court case is asking a judge to order enforcement of a City Charter provision for a public vote on any city expenditure of $10 million or[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Sept 9: Minneapolis Mayor’s Race- Can Rank Choice Voting Meet the Test? – Audio Here – Video Coming

Air date: Sep 9, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: cam gordon, Casey Carl, city council, Dr. Matthew Filner, elections, Instant Run-off Voting, IRV, jeanne massey, Minneapolis, Municipal Elections, ranked choice voting, RCV

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE DONATE $10 to HELP TTT HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 2009 Minneapolis became one of the nation’s largest cities to implement Ranked Choice Voting. Led by the citizen’s organization, Fair Vote Minnesota, proponents argued that RCV offered voters greater choice. Just four years later, Minneapolis voters do indeed have greater choice—in fact thirty five candidates for[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Sept 2: VIKINGS STADIUM: Skirting the Voters Legal? – AUDIO HERE-VIDEO COMING

Air date: Sep 2, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: ballot initiative, City Charter, David Tilsen, Doug Mann, Farmer-Labor Association, Hennepin County District Court, home rule, legislature, Mayoral Candidate, Minneapolis, referendum, stadium, Stadium Implementation Committee, UNITE HERE Local 17, Vikings, voter disenfranchisement, Wade Luneburg

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE DONATE $10 to HELP TTT HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The KFAI Community Radio App is now up and running!! That means you can now hear TruthToTell – live – on your mobile – currently available for Android (http://bit.ly/KFAIonAndroid), iPhone (http://bit.ly/TTTon_iPhone), and iPad (http://bit.ly/TTT-on-iPad) mobile devices. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While the state and Stadium Authority[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, July 10 and July 15 (Encore), 2013: TruthToTell: Community Connections-The Twin Cities Youth Empowerment Forum

Tags: at-risk youth, Augsburg College, Caritza Mariani, cookie cart, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, Minnesota, public forum, RayLynn Prokasky, sprockets, st paul, st paul sprockets, step-up, TruthToTell: Community Connections, Twin Cities, youth, youth empowerment, youth forum, youth media, youthprise

Encore – TruthToTell: Community Connections-The Twin Cities Youth Empowerment Forum HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEO: YouTube or watch our broadcast on SPNN St. Paul cable channel 19 or MTN Minneapolis cable channel 16 at 8pm CST, Monday, July 15. AND NOW: The KFAI Community Radio App is[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Wednesday July 10, TruthToTell: Community Connections- Insert Your Ideas Here- The Twin Cities Youth Empowerment Forum

Air date: Jul 10, 2013 @ 12:00am

HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEO: YouTube or TTT VIDEO ARCHIVE AND NOW: The KFAI Community Radio App is now up and running!! That means you can now hear TruthToTell – live – on your mobile – currently available for Android (http://bit.ly/KFAIonAndroid), iPhone (http://bit.ly/TTTon_iPhone), and iPad (http://bit.ly/TTT-on-iPad) mobile devices. In[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Monday, June 10-9AM: BURNING GARBAGE: HERC Permits Still Firing Disputes

Tags: alan muller, burning, Covanta, emissions, Energy & Environment, Frank Hornstein Energy Policy, garbage, Hennepin County, Hennepin County Energy Recovery Center (HERC), HERC, Justin Eibenholzl, lara norkus-crampton, Minneapolis, Peter McLaughlin, Planning Commission, Public Works, Waste to Energy, WTE

STATE REPRESENTATIVE FRANK HORNSTEIN (DFL-61A) Mpls – Member of the House Energy Policy and Ways&Means Committees COMMISSIONER PETER MCLAUGHLIN– Hennepin County Board of Commissioners – Chair, Public Works, Energy & Environment Committee; Member, Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board LARA NORKUS-CRAMPTON, RN – Former Member, Minneapolis Planning Commission; Community and Environmental activist; Presented with Minnesota Nurses Association 2012[...] Read More »

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