BY STEVE BRANDT I was pleased to see Cam Gordon’s column in the December issue of Southside Pride, and its focus on the potential advantages that an income-based tax might bring to Minneapolis city finances. As an elected member of the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation, I’ve been advocating…
BY BILL MARSHALL Well, now that the election is over, hopefully we can come to some type of agreements in certain areas to make this a better place! And I’m thinking locally, not nationally, and I have two ideas that I think could be incorporated to make this a better…
To the Editor: Following up my column in the August issue: I hope readers are not so quick as the editor was to dismiss all the historical notes in the public record, some cited by me, about how the US and allies planned and provoked the Ukraine war for years.…
Dear Editor, Please take your own advice, Ed Felien. (Please Stop! July 2024 Southside Pride). How is calling the Israelis “Nazis” an invitation to dialogue? Of course the war in Gaza is horrible, the amount of casualties is appalling, both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians—who have lived there for two millennia—need…
I picked up the July 2024 issue last Wednesday and I need to ask some follow-up questions about the front page “Nero Of The Northland” article. I live in South Minneapolis, renting a house within walking distance of the creek. Our landlord has done severe foundation work in the past,…
1) Floyd and Chauvin had both worked as security at the nightclub in the Odd Fellows Building on 27th Ave. S. and Lake St. 2) Floyd was far more popular and effective at the job. 3) Chauvin was not only working that job—he was also busy in his side hustle…
Everyday workers are the backbone of our democracy. The work they put in keeps our country moving and functioning on a daily basis. When we think of who we want representing us in Congress, we think of Ilhan Omar. As educators and elected leaders of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers…
BY ANDREW JOHNSON Given the desperate need for affordable housing in our city right now, I was disappointed by Perry Thorvig’s narrow view on the potential consequences of more widespread upzoning across Minneapolis in the article “Future density! Farewell, neighborhoods?” in the March 2024 issue of Southside Pride. Minneapolis needs…
BY CAROL BECKER I wanted to respond to Alexander Johnson’s response to Perry Thorvig’s piece, “Future density! Farewell, neighborhoods?” In it, Johnson defends the 2040 plan’s replacement of ownership housing with rental, out-of-scale buildings throughout the city, and its destruction of neighborhood character. We first must start with facts. It…
Loki BY ANN REDDING Wednesday. A cold day, a windy day people intent on getting to whatever warm place they’re headed to, not looking up. Waiting for the #18 A man is searching for cigarette butts in the wood chips beneath a sickly tree. He’s wearing only a sweater and…
Hi Ed, I was just at the Washburn library and grabbed a copy of the Southside Pride. I remember reading it when I lived on Chicago Avenue many years ago. Your front-page article (“Please, go to your DFL precinct caucus”) led me to suppose there would be a second article urging…
BY LARRY A. ETKIN While I certainly agree with Ed Felien’s statements that most Palestinians and Israelis want nothing other than peace (commentary in “News” section, December 2023 issue) I’d disagree with his ultimate concluding solution to the problems. The creation of a single nation across the region, whatever it…
Koski abolishes Ward 11 meetings I was at the Ward 11 “Public Safety Meeting” last night. Council Member Koski denied all opportunities for her constituents to ask about or present any community problem. The constituents were forbidden from raising a hand and asking a question. “Ward meetings” are abolished. Koski…
Using less phosphorus improves water quality There is a huge problem across Minnesota: algae in our lakes, ponds and other bodies of water – specifically, Minneapolis’ Lake Harriet, which in the past was very healthy and rarely had problems with harmful algae. The algae I am referring to is blue-green…
Opioid crisis preparedness In the past 20 years, the fentanyl epidemic has markedly expanded. Both the “Just Say No” and “D.A.R.E.” educational models from the past are inadequate to meet our societal needs. While preventing drug use is the ideal, the reality is that some people will continue to use…
