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Elaine Frankowski

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
2 years 6 weeks

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Posted on 10/17/12 at 12:57 pm in response to Finding thrown-away treasures — and giving them away

Many of the "treasures" I want to give away to, say, Bridging or DAV, are rejected as too shabby, too old, not nice enough. These are things I use up until they day that I happen to get another one of them and don't need two. If they're good enough for me to use, why are they too old for others to use? I don't want people who patronize a free store to get junk only. On the other hand, how have we come to consider "junk" things that aren't pristine and shiny?

Posted on 08/31/12 at 11:26 am in response to Archbishop Nienstedt's latest marriage-amendment letter adds to Catholic turmoil

Surely a vote to amend our state constitution is a political act and discussion about the vote is political speech. I indulge in much political speech and action and pay taxes for the privilege. I do not understand how an institution whose state hierarchy involves itself so deeply in state politics can retain its tax exempt status.

Posted on 10/22/12 at 03:32 pm in response to Biblical references used by both sides in the marriage amendment debate

Abraham had 2 wives; so did Isaac. Jacob went two better and had four. By the time we get to
Solomon we're counting wives in the hundreds. Every time a "vote yes" supporter talks about Biblical marriage I want to ask him/her what Bible he/she's reading. Even Christians use the Hebrew Bible, though they call it the Old Testament.

Posted on 07/07/12 at 10:24 am in response to Now unopposed, Tracine Asberry using Minneapolis School Board campaign to rally community

Dr. Asberry will be elected; that's a no brainer. The support she needs is post election:— everything from voting for school bond issues to volunteering in the public schools. It really does take a village, in this case the village of Minneapolis, to educate a child. And in case you're not feeling particularly selfless, think self interest: the children we educate today will be the doctors, nurses, bus drivers, grocers, accountants, attorneys who will take care of us in our dotage. If...

Posted on 07/03/12 at 11:08 am in response to Get ready for The Interchange, Minneapolis’ Grand Central Station – and then some

I hope that there will be a bookstore at the Interchange. No better time to look at books and ebooks than when waiting for a train or waiting to met someone who's coming in on a train. The bookstores at the airport know how to set up a store for travelers/commuters with newspapers, magazines, best sellers and some interesting literature.

Posted on 04/27/12 at 10:53 am in response to Transit fare cards gain popularity

for every $20 of value you put on the card, you get $22 of value to use. That's almost one off-peak ride. For seniors it's 2 2/3 rides. A real incentive to use the card.

Posted on 04/27/12 at 10:58 am in response to Can't tell your left from your right? You needn't worry about it

My left-right confusion is about saying the correct direction. I KNOW whether I mean the world's left or its right; I just can't say it.

My family resolves my left-right confusion by comments such as: "no, no, the OTHER left." But this confusion doesn't end with left right. I also confuse up and down. I can point at the ceiling and say "down." And directions — east, west, et. al. — fuggedaboutit.

Posted on 11/22/11 at 09:17 pm in response to Minneapolis Target store's new checkout system 'test' raises customer hackles -- and questions

I shop at the Lake St. Target but I don't fit the Lake St. Target customer demo you described [...predominantly people of color, many ... Latino and Somali immigrants, with varying degrees of proficiency in English.] I am an affluent Ph.D. whose first language is English who was born in this country and whose sensibilities are definitely American.

I love the new system. I think I get to a register more quickly than I used to. I also feel that I'm not in some kind of "pick-the-...

Posted on 07/15/11 at 01:36 pm in response to Universally 'disappointing' deal reached to resolve Minnesota government shutdown

Yes, it's a bad settlement. The state gets the money it needs to provide minimal services by borrowing [bonding, postponing payments], not by raising revenue. But, as Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul points out: “... you just look at him [Dayton] and you can see that no one feels the shutdown more than he does. He knows he’s one of three people who can end this and that the other two [Koch and Zellers] will not do anything. He knows this shutdown is hurting people."

I'd rather have a...

Posted on 06/15/11 at 12:08 pm in response to Dayton's shutdown brief full of surprises

Comment all you wish about a hard shut-down waking people up from their right wing dreamland or that a request for court ordered mediation is merely a political ploy. Most MinnPost readers will not be severely adversely affected by a shutdown. The people who will be most adversely affected are the least able to endure it —— North Minneapolitans living in the park after a tornado, people eating because of food aid, children protected by the Department of Human Services, battered women...