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Posts Tagged ‘Northside Community Response Team’

What Happen to the Tornado Money? A road somewhere between GMCC and the Sanctuary

What Happen to the Tornado Money? A road somewhere between GMCC and the Sanctuary

"It would be great to see all the individual invoice for the folks that made a good living off the "victim-hood" of the north Minneapolis recovery money. It's also nice that IBNN knows the location of the "clearing house." POST IN PROGRESS - THIS WILL BE A HOT ONE!

North Minneapolis Tornado Recovery and Bringing the Bullies to the Playground has its casualties

North Minneapolis Tornado Recovery and Bringing the Bullies to the Playground has its casualties

The day after the tornado, the Minneapolis Urban League had an empty home that could have been available to assist displaced residents – until this day, the MUL has not whispered a peep about the property. These are some of the incidents that made it easy for community members and the mainstream to not get any reports on where the money went. [...]

Northside Community Response Team in total chaos – bad news for Tornado victims as weather gets colder

Northside Community Response Team in total chaos – bad news for Tornado victims as weather gets colder

Blue tarps once celebrated as work-in-progress immediately after the May 22nd tornado now represent blight in the community caused by the lack of a solid plan and process in north Minneapolis. This video shows there has been no change in the plight of tornado victims in north Minneapolis. Maybe those in charge should of let Lutheran Social [...]

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak’s ongoing practice of Destructive Selfishness

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak’s ongoing practice of Destructive Selfishness

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”  ~Martin Luther King Jr. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has been nominated to become vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. This is even more proof that DFL political hacks have not looked in at the actions [...]

17 weeks since the North Minneapolis Tornado: When do the Victims get paid? (Don’s Funny Video Blog)

Tune in Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 4 p.m. CST to BlogTalkRadio's ON POINT! This is a call-in program and we want to know, "What happened to the money?" Click here to see show page. Until Saturday, watch the video below. By the way, the Village is not your inner circle of friends you "Jackwagon!"

Dr. Ron Paul: US Congressman and presidential candidate tells why residents of north Minneapolis will never get a penny from F.E.M.A. – others will get rich

Dr. Ron Paul: US Congressman and presidential candidate tells why residents of north Minneapolis will never get a penny from F.E.M.A. – others will get rich

Someone other than the residents of north Minneapolis made money off the disaster that displaced over 5000 families. If you drive through north Minneapolis today, in some places it looks like the storm happened yesterday; trees still uprooted on city sidewalks, homes still with tarps and a race and color of people who have been denied to [...]

Minneapolis Metrodome opens to the public with WE CARE celebration Open House

Minneapolis Metrodome opens to the public with WE CARE celebration Open House

MSFC and WE CARE HOSTS OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION AT HHH METRODOME ON AUGUST 20th. Celebration includes live music, former Vikings players, Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam® Rollerblade® Rollerdome and Metrodome Tours. Members of the community in north Minneapolis are encouraged to attend along with members of the Northside Community Response Team and [...]

North Minneapolis Financial Shell Game (Funny Video Blog!)

You've heard it before. The excuses used to explain why something that should be somewhere isn't. For example: "I have nothing to do with that," and  "I Thought they did it." If you really want a good belly-laugh, dial that help line for tornado victims. "IF" any one answers, let them know about 40 people called today between 8:20 and 12-noon to [...]

Breaking News: NCRT chairman refuses to let IBNN NEWS into community meeting – North Minneapolis Tornado victims get nothing!

Breaking News:  NCRT chairman refuses to let IBNN NEWS into community meeting – North Minneapolis Tornado victims get nothing!

It’s been 81 days since the May 22nd tornado twisted into north Minneapolis causing destruction, displacement and a windfall of cash for members of the Minneapolis Corrupt Dirty Bastards Club. Still today, the official city of Minneapolis “created and blessed” Northside Community Response Team Core Leadership has not distributed one-penny to [...]

Part 2: The Rise and Fall of the Northside Community Response Team (NCRT) | Fleecing of North Minneapolis

Part 2: The Rise and Fall of the Northside Community Response Team (NCRT) | Fleecing of North Minneapolis

NCRT Monkey Business The Players: The Minneapolis Foundation Emerge Pillsbury United Communities H.I.R.E. Minnesota Summit Academy OIC Minneapolis Urban League Stairstep Foundation Urban Homeworks Target Foundation Posted by Donald W.R. Allen, II - Editor in Chief, IBNN NEWS and Black Politics in Minneapolis Minneapolis, [...]

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