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Free Speech
This entry was posted on 11/4/2006 1:29 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
There's been some discussion here on Free Speech. Westonka Schools can be said to have its free speech limited in the area of politics. I'd say the primary reason for that is they are funded with our money. Even then, groups such as Yes! Westonka can take up a cause that is similar to a district's perceived cause. There is also the "rebuke" option where a district apparently can send out a mailing to rebut what might be said to be inaccurate claims. The rebuke option seems subjective. If one minor opinion appears in a local paper, is that enough cause for district wide mailing?
Some have said free speech is an individual right we are born with as opposed to one "granted" to us by our government. My point with the Hill/Notch situation is that the Notchs may have been required to argue that they have a free speech right before Judge Lipman. When two people or a small group have to consider possible legal consequences to voicing their opinion, this is when free speech is hurt.
Earlier I wrote about groups being credibile or not. I am sorry, but we don't need judges to place a value on the District's, or Yes! Westonka's or the Notch's information. We are able to do that ourselves.
11/5/2006 9:07 AM
Sheryl Hill wrote:
I didn't write the complaint to get the Judge to place a value on anyone's opinion. I wrote the complaint to try and get more factual information for me.
My moral compass lead the action when I saw a "Senior Alert" Flyer telling our seniors' that their taxes would go up 47%. They won't, but how would an elderly widow afraid she would lose her home know that?
The district was advised by their attorney not to put a rebuttal flyer out addressing this and other misleading information in the flyer. It's like being in a boxing match with your hands tied behind your back. Reply to this
11/5/2006 2:04 PM
DG wrote:
It's true Lipman did not place a value on Wake Up's opinions, she found them to be opinions and outside her domain. Reply to this
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Lake Minnetonka Facts
Lake Minnetonka was formed by melting ice blocks in glacial moraines 15,000 years ago. The Lake is 929.4 feet above sea level at its outlet, Grays Bay dam. Its greatest length is 10.9 miles (Halsteds Bay to Grays Bay). 30 feet is its average depth. April 12 - 17 is the range of its average ice-out dates. - from the Hennepin County Library.
Fact of the Day:
Lake Minnetonka Cities
There are 14 cities on Lake Minnetonka. They are: Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Minnetonka, Minnetonka Beach, Minnetrista, Mound, Orono, Shorewood, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Victoria, Wayzata, and Woodland.
Mound Minnesota's name
"Mound derived its name from the Indian mounds once found within the present day limits. They were not built by the Dakota Indians but were made by prehistoric Indians...." - Melvin Gimmestad, from the book, Historical Backgrounds of Mound, Minnesota.
Tonka Toys
Mound was known as the "Trucking Capital of the World." Tonka Toys was once located in the present day Balboa building near the intersection of Shoreline and Wilshire.
Lois Lane and Hercules
Lois Lane and Hercules both once lived in Mound. Noel Neill appeared in the TV show "Superman". Kevin Sorbo starred as Hercules in the TV show of the same name in the 1990s.
Saint Bonifacius
This city was named for its Catholic church. Saint Boniface was the Apostle of the Germans. Bonifacius in Latin means, of good fate or fortune.
City of Minnetrista
"The City of Minnetrista is located on the western bays of Lake Minnetonka and the agricultural rich plains and idyllic woodlands of southwestern Hennepin County.....The 32 square miles is home to 5,250 residents who enjoy the rural residential and lakeside settings." - from the City's web page.
Busy Corners
The corner of Lake and Central Avenues used to be the center of Mound. Lake Avenue is now called Bartlett Boulevard and Central changed to Commerce Boulevard. Kirby's Bait Shop is located on Busy Corners.
The Island
Island Park is also known as Phelps Island, and once was called North Shore Park. Phelps is the largest island on Lake Minnetonka, and some say it was originally a peninsula. There was a lot of dredging done in Lake Minnetonka's past. It lies East of Cook's Bay and West of Spring Park Bay. Island Park merged with Mound in 1960. It is still called "The Island".
Early Lake Minnetonka
In 1822 Joe Brown, a drummer boy at Fort Snelling and the Commandant's son Will Snelling discover Lake Minnetonka. The two 14 year old boys canoed up Minnehaha Creek and found its source. It appears that relations with the Dakota Sioux at the time required that the Lake remain off limits. It wasn't until the 1850s that its existence becomes general knowledge. In 1852 Simon Stevens and Calvin Tuttle built a dam and sawmill on Minnehaha Creek some distance East of Lake Minnetonka. The next year a hotel is built nearby. In 1854 the Cook House is built in Mound. The 1850s are the beginning of significant settlement around Lake Minnetonka.
