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Patron saint of lost causes
by TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
COURTESY OF Peter McLaughlin
Former District 4 Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin speaks during the South Minneapolis Hub opening along Lake Street and Hiawatha Ave.. The South Minneapolis Hub represents a move to decentralize human services from downtown to make it easier for people to get access the county”'s social services at a site that”'s more accessible.
EDITOR”'S NOTE: This is part two of a two-part series that originally appeared in the Longfellow/Nokomis Messenger. The first section ran in the February 2019 edition of The Alley.
If there”'s one thing that defines Peter McLaughlin”'s career as a public servant, it imay be his attitude towards what others consider to be lost causes.
 “I”'m sort of the Patron Saint of Lost Causes,” admitted McLaughlin.
There”'s something about certain projects that kept him searching for solutions, even over decades, observed McLaughlin, who was elected as District 4 Hennepin County Commissioner first in 1990 and left office in December.
Take the Fort Snelling Upper Post, a group of 27 historic buildings that were falling apart. There wasn”'t a fund of money available to pay for fixing the buildings nor anyone interested in using them. But McLaughlin believed they should be saved and so he kept talking about it with others.… Read the rest “Patron saint of lost causes”
Phillips West March 2019
By CRYSTAL WINDSCHITL
Phillips West Neighborhood Upcoming Events:
Check out the Phillips West Website: www.phillipswest.info
Community meeting
March 7 (Thursday) 6-7pm
Join your neighbors and other Community Partners for updates from Local City Government, 3rd Precinct Police. Meeting will take place at the Center for Changing Lives in the Centrum Room (2400 Park Avenue). Free parking is available in the rear of building off Oakland Ave. Free delivery pizza and beverages will be provided! If you would like more information or would like to get involved with the neighborhood please contact Crystal at 612-879-5383 or email her at pwno2005@yahoo.com.
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Transit: Route changes and the luck of the Irish
By JOHN CHARLES WILSON
Here we are, coming up on the Spring “pick.” For those of you not familiar with the term, that is when Metro Transit drivers get to pick their piece of work for the next three months, in order of seniority. That is also when route and schedule changes are made, unless a state of emergency trumps waiting for the next pick. The schedules based on this pick go into effect March 9, 2019.Â
Fortunately, changes affecting the Phillips neighborhood are fairly minor. They are:
Ӣ Extra buses eastbound on Route 2 on weekday and Saturday nights.
Ӣ Minor schedule adjustments on Routes 2, 5, 9, 14, 19, and 22.
Ӣ Routes which currently run on 8th Street downtown are changing over to 6th Street due to construction. These include Routes 5, 9, 19, 22,and 39. This also means the Ramp A/7th Street Transit Center will not be in use. Route 39 will start and end at the Ramp B/5th Street Transit Center instead. Route 14 already goes through Ramp B/5th Street.
Ӣ A few early morning and late night buses on Sundays on Route 9 will be abolished.
”¢ Route 14 will be changing over from 4th Street to 7th Street downtown.… Read the rest “Transit: Route changes and the luck of the Irish”
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