In May we hosted John Gunyou, a government insider who thinks and frequently publishes common sense and entertaining op-eds. His timely topic: "Facing Our Fiscal Challenges." Currently city manager of Minnetonka, Minnesota, he has served as Minneapolis' finance director and was Minnesota's finance commissioner in the Carlson administration.
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If you ever need to know what Metro Transit is up to, then this is the pod cast for you. Charles Carlson, Facilities Planner for Metro Transit, came to Gardens of Salonica to go over the new challenges and triumphs of using buses downtown Minneapolis and how we can use buses to better connect our neighborhoods. He also spent time sharing with us new technology, including how to use their website to find your bus, and revealing that there is an iPhone app out there. Of course, what would Stone Arch be without a little controversy surrounding the Central Corridor, the Southwest line and the proposed Bottineau line.
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Early February we hosted David Gee, Executive Editor of Minnesota Business magazine. This was a wide-ranging conversation in which we covered vignettes on what businesses are experiencing during the recession, and David's more immediate challenge of continuing to provide extraordinary journalism in the age of new media.
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Rep. Diane Loeffler came to Stone Arch to talk taxes. More specifically, throw out what you think you know about taxes and look at them differently. Are there really dumb taxes we should cut? Sure. Are there taxes that we could look at raising? Sure. Point is, government spending evolves and it's something we should look at. Why should my Abelour A'bunadh be immune from tax increases (by the way, wine and beer are taxed even more lightly) when when people are talking about putting a tax on my socks? It's all here.
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Posted by Jeremy Wieland, a constituent of Rep. Loeffler, and a big fan of Abelour A'Abunadh.
The Downtown Discussion Group hosted historian Iric Nathanson, appropriately speaking about his new book, Minneapolis in the 20th Century: The Growth of An American City.
In November the Stone Arch Discussion Group welcomed John Kaul, a prominent progressive lobbyist, to discuss the 2010 legislative session and probable tensions between the Governor and the Legislature. Though not hopeful, feeling that the Governor, and Minnesota Republicans in general, are intransigent on their positions, his insights into the history and dynamics of Minnesota Government are exciting, and entertaining.
In October Joel Kramer, former Publisher of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Founder of both Growth & Justice and Minnpost.com, joined the DFL Education Foundation downtown group to discuss the future of American journalism. We often receive requests from members and attendees to talk about journalism and it's impact on political debate in our politics.
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Stone Arch welcomed Sarah McKenzie and Cristof Traudes from The Downtown Journal to talk about Instant Runoff Voting, more appropriately called Ranked Choice Voting. Citizens of Minneapolis are being asked to cast a new type of ballot and decide elections in a new way for city offices. If you're voting for Mayor, City Council or Park and Recreation Board in Minneapolis this year, then have a listen and learn all about it.
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On October 4th the DFL Education Foundation, in partnership with Growth and Justice, welcomed author Bob Kuttner, founder of one of my favorite magazines, The American Prospect. This was an extraordinary opportunity to take a fresh look at the Obama Administration eight months into what is likely to be a transformative Presidency.
Mr. Kuttner's point was that there are many types of transformative Presidencies.
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Jeremy Wieland, President, DFL Education Foundation
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