‘Miscellany’ Archives
The Alley Newspaper Editor Harvey Winje was on FIRST PERSON RADIO with Laura Watermnan Wittstock on Wednesday 9.13.17
Laura Waterman Wittstock at her First Person Radio program at KFAI RADIO 90.3 FM-Mpls. 106.7 FM- St Paul interviewing The Alley Newspaper”'s Editor Harvey Winje on Sept 13th. available on kfai.org/archives. Download or listen at http://bit.ly/2xpwLNO. Listen to Laura Waterman Wittstock as she talked with Harvey Winje about the history of the Phillips Neighborhood, KFAI”'s neighbor and home to a large American Indian population. The area of the Phillips Neighborhood began as Indian land but as settlers moved in and Indian families were pushed out, Philips became a welcoming point for newly arriving immigrant families, which in the late 20th Century meant, Hmong, Vietnamese, Somali, other Asian and African groups. Indian people never completely left Phillips. Once rail, bus, and automobile transportation became available, Indians began moving back and forth from reservations to Phillips and back. Harvey has many, many stories to share about his newspaper, The Alley, and [...]
Transit: Fares Rise: What”'s Fair Fare?
BY JOHN CHARLES WILSON 25 Cent Fare Increase Oct. 1 The biggest transit news in Phillips, indeed in the whole Twin Cities, this month is obviously the 25-cent fare increase going into effect October 1st. Fair Fare Future? One thing that is interesting about it is that the Met Council is looking at reforming the fare structure to be more equitable. Some things being considered include bringing back distance-based fares (zones) and providing breaks to “reverse” commuters ”“ people who live in the inner city and work in the suburbs. Additionally, a Transit Access Program is now being implemented for people with low incomes. This seems to be an admission that the fares have gotten too high for a major segment of the population. What”'s Fair? Compare to 1970 Fare There is no cut-and-dried answer to the question of “What”'s a fair fare?” but if we compare the current fares with those in 1970, just before the MTC took over Twin City Lines, and [...]
An accident raises questions
BY A TRAVELER A traveler, passing Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery late Thursday afternoon, September 21st 2017, missed the anguish of those whose car crashed into the Fence but soon enough to see the resulting toppled stone column, two “wrinkled” sections of recently restored wrought iron fence, and a tree cut off at its base from damage; had many images and words flash come to mind: Like the words, often taken out of context, from Robert Frost”'s poem “Mending Wall”, wherein one neighbor says, ”˜Good fences make good neighbors.”' To which his neighbor responds, “Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: ”˜Why do they make good neighbors? Isn”'t it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I”'d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense.”'” Or the old adage: Q. Why do they build a [...]
