TruthToTell April 16: EARTH DAY AND JUSTICE: Challenges Bloom – AUDIO PODCAST BELOW

Air date: Apr 16, 2012 @ 12:00am

Tags: Andy Driscoll, April 21, Asthma, COPD, Earth Day, EJAM, Environmental Justice, Hennepin County Garbage Burner, Karen Monahan, Louis Alemayehu, Michelle Alimoradi, Movement Center, North American Water Office, North Star Chapter, Northern Metals, pollution, Sam Grant, sierra club, TruthToTell, Ujima, Urban League

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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Earth Day is upon us again. Most previous Earth Days have attempted – often quite successfully – to raise awareness of our individual responsibility to protect the environment, to protect the planet from global warming and other climate[...] Read More »

TruthToTell Monday, April 9: GMOs and OUR FOOD: What’s Safe, What Ain’t? – AUDIO PODCAST BELOW

Air date: Apr 9, 2012 @ 12:00am

Tags: Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC), Andy Driscoll, dr. david andow, environmental risk assessment methodologies, era project, fda, genetically modified organisms, george boody, gmo, Human Genome Project, insect ecology, international project on gmo, land stewardship project, lsp, Michelle Alimoradi, monsanto, organic consumers, ronnie cummins, usda

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Remember – call and join the conversation – 612-341-0980 – or Tweet us @TTTAndyDriscoll or post on TruthToTell’sFacebook page. HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The complexity of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and food literally boggle the mind. The biochemistry involved in plant and animal genomics and transgenics – or the business of modifying the[...] Read More »

TruthToTell March 19: FLOODING THE BALLOT: Legislating by Constitutional Amendment – Audio Podcast BELOW

Air date: Mar 19, 2012 @ 12:00am

Tags: Andy Driscoll, castle doctrine, citizens for a safer minnesota, government operations and elections committee, hf2175, house file 2562, initiative, marriage amendment, Michelle Alimoradi, minnesota constitution, minnesota council of nonprofits, mn afl-cio, phyllis kahn, protect minnesota, referendum and recall, right-to-work, s.f. no. 2017, shar knutson, shoot first, supermajorities, susie brown, TTT, voter id

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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photo by Shekleton (Shekshots) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are we becoming California by a back door? California law is peppered with voter-passed initiatives and referenda. Is this true democracy? Or a denigration of representative government? The Minnesota Constitution does not allow what California’s does: passing and[...] Read More »

TruthToTell March 5: REDRAWING MINNEAPOLIS WARDS: Arranging the Power Bases – AUDIO Podcast Below

Air date: Mar 5, 2012 @ 12:00am

Tags: 2010 census, African-American, Andy Driscoll, barry clegg, charter commission, Common Cause, latino community, lyall schwarzkopf, mariano espinoza, Michelle Alimoradi, Mike Dean, Minneapolis, minneapolis charter, Native American, park districts, redistricting commission, Somali, southeast asian, terra cole, Truth to Tell, TruthToTell, wards

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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that a state panel of judges has issued new district boundaries for our state and federal legislative offices after the decennial census has revealed the usual ten-year shifting of populations, it’s time for local governments to complete their redistricting[...] Read More »

TruthToTell Feb 27: HENNEPIN COUNTY BURNER: Renewable Energy? Or Deadly Polluter? PLUS Larry Long sings of Sulfide Mines-Listen

Air date: Feb 27, 2012 @ 12:00am

Tags: alan muller, Andy Driscoll, green delaware, lara norkus-crampton, Michelle Alimoradi, minneapolis city council zoning and planning committee, minneapolis planning commission, mn pollution control agency, state rep karen clark, state rep. frank hornstein, TruthToTell, women’s environmental institute

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Remember – call and join the conversation – 612-341-0980 – or Tweet us @TTTAndyDriscoll or post on TruthToTell’s Facebook page. HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Should Hennepin County garbage burner operator Covanta Energy be allowed to increase its burning volume by almost 20%? State and city permits currently allow Hennepin County and[...] Read More »

TruthToTell Feb 6: WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ALEC?: Corporations Control Our Democracy–LISTEN BELOW

Air date: Feb 6, 2012 @ 12:00am

Tags: ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Andy Driscoll, Carla Ferrucci, Common Cause Minnesota, Gen Olson, Kurt Zellers, Mary Cecconi, Mary Kiffmeyer, Michelle Alimoradi, Mike Dean, Minnesota Association For Justice, Mn Trial Lawyers Assn., Parents United For Public Schools, Pat Garofalo, Sondra Erickson, TruthToTell

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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the stuff of novels and conspiracy films. The once obscure, even friendly-sounding acronym for an equally innocuous corporate name – ALEC – for the American Legislative Exchange Council – has suddenly been thrown into the glare of exposure[...] Read More »

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TruthToTell March 19: FLOODING THE BALLOT: Legislating by Constitutional Amendment – Audio Podcast BELOW

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TruthToTell Feb 27: HENNEPIN COUNTY BURNER: Renewable Energy? Or Deadly Polluter? PLUS Larry Long sings of Sulfide Mines-Listen

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