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Minneapolis Urban League and Minnesota Department of Transportation: $150,000.00 MnDOT payoff to MUL did not help Black contractors
In breaking news, Springboard Economic Development Corporation has reported another heinous disparity within MnDOT that goes against federal regulations as it pertains to the awarding of federal contracts supported by federal funds. The war against Black contractors at MnDOT continues with arrogance and abandonment of process shown by $715 [...]
Sex, Lies and Video Tape: Accountability and Transparency – BlogTalkRadio’s ON POINT! Saturday 4 p.m.
The First Amendment has been challenged on news coverage of the Northside Community Response Team as it pertains to the Freedom of the Press. Read document here. My question would be, "What is really the Urban Agenda as it pertains to Accountability and Transparency? Furthermore, why are folks trying to N-double-A-C-P my freedoms given to us by [...]
Message from the President of the Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce
"Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce - First Annual Golf Tournament. We need your support!" IBNN NEWS Public Service Announcement Minneapolis, MN (Source: Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce/July 20, 2011)...The MBCC is working tirelessly to ensure that young people are viewed as future business leaders in our communities. Thus, we take [...]
The Over-Medication Psychosis in the Black Community: Pimping Prozac, Jobs and Opportunities
If seven-year-old Mozart tried composing his concertos today, he might be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and medicated into barren normality. In the Black community, if you speak out against injustice, foul-process and using disparities of a race of people to obtain funding, or ask what happened to the money, you could be [...]
Marvin “Corky” Taylor 30 veteran city employee released by Velma Korbel-Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights (Post in Progress)
Taylor: "Sorry, I will not be involved in that kind of corrupt deception to the community." ...Musselman brought in three junior-college transfers – the 6’9” Behagen, 6’8” Clyde Turner, and 6’3” Bob Nix. Added to a team that already had 6’8” Jim Brewer, 6’ 9” Marvin “Corky” Taylor, and 6’6” Dave Winfield – yes, [...]
Ambitious, but not too smart: Tornado Recovery – Unanswered questions remain violently unanswered
It’s almost next to impossible to get answers from community spokespersons that now have grabbled to obtain dollars for non-profit agencies while presenting a united front of human needs and victim assistance. Unfortunately, the victims of the May 22nd tornado are very last on the food-chain for cash assistance and empowerment of a race of [...]
Pulling back the covers off Youth Employment, Phone Numbers, Insults and Poor Excuses…this Saturday ON POINT!
A message and question to Pillsbury United Communities, Minneapolis Urban League, Sanctuary CDC…”When do the tornado victims see the money?” Phone numbers, telephone calls and poor excuses lead to a total breakdown in cordial and diplomatic relationships with community members seeking help. Hey, don’t be a Jackwagon! By Donald W.R. [...]
Critics Wanted: When did it become the rule that it’s okay for Black kids to be dumber than White kids – specifically in the Minneapolis Public Schools?
After reading, and commenting today on several “liberal” (Sorry, I voted for Bush) media blogs about a drop-in-the-bucket contract from the Minneapolis Public Schools, I’ve decided to re-run my original response but also ask the question, “When did it become the rule that it’s okay for Black kids to be dumber than White kids [...]
ON POINT! Saturday at 4 p.m. – Don’t miss this program!
Join co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they "navigate" like "case managers" through a "core" web of deceit, obstructive behavior and exclusion that has left some members of the Black community in the Stone-Age. Join us for this special :90-minute LIVE call-in talk radio program on BlogTalkRadio on Saturday, July 9th at 4 p.m. (CST) as [...]
The State of Education – Infographics 2011
"I realized as technology and society continue to innovate and move forward, concentrating on the issue of education seems to slowly fade into the background. Without education, how can we expect to continue these advancements? This beautifully, hand drawn infographic, aesthetically provides the student-like view point of hard hitting facts, in [...]
