Part Two – The Solution? Minnesota Department of Transportation – Executive Order 11246
By Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief IBNN and USA Radical Black
“Taxes are collected in a non discriminatory manner. MNDOT discriminates when they only award contracts to White companies.”
From slavery to the civil rights movement “White Privilege” has sought to hide information in an effort to control, obstruct and delay deployment of “processes” put in place by overseers to avoid catastrophic failures, present and future.
One of the “processes” put in place to assist Transportation agencies across the United States in administering their respective DBE programs is Executive Order 11246. Again, MnDOT sidesteps the language of the order. Read more
The Repetitive Exploitation of Black Minnesota: Here we go again…
African-American Men Project; Prostate Screenings; HIV/AIDS; Breast Cancer Screenings; Dairy Queen;Tires Plus; Siyeza, Inc; NRRC; Synergy…
“Good intentions have funded projects with the same point people that continue to fail Black Minnesota. When will Black Minnesota get tired of the blatant Exploitation of their Community?” ~Don Allen
By Donald W.R. Allen, II – Editor in Chief/IBNN
Several years ago, St. Paul Pioneer Press journalist David Hawley wrote a story titled “Minneapolis: Study Details Problems Facing City’s Black Men,” dated January 24, 2002.
The story details, the results of a two-year study in which Hawley stated the outlook for African-American men in Minneapolis is grim. In the article Hawley wrote: “If you’re an African-American man ages 18 to 30, the odds are roughly 50-50 that you live in one of the city’s poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods and that a single mother reared you. There’s also about a 50-50 chance that you didn’t finished high school and only a slightly lesser chance that you will be arrested in the next year, most likely for a minor offense. If you are arrested, the odds are greater than 50-50 that you will be charged again within the next two years.”
In response to Hawley’s “grim” article, Gary L. Cunningham, the former Director of NorthPoint Health and Wellness and the overseer of the African-American Men Project, an organization that once had the power and respect of the community to make meaningful change, but has now has been reduced to a glorified referral service, had only one thing to say, “This report deals with what people call “wicked problems’ in our society.”
Wicked problems” are still not solved today – even by the people who identified them 8 years ago despite an incredible amount of funding and resources. Read more
Get Ready! The 2009 Minneapolis Mayoral Forum – broadcast live on Minneapolis Television Network (Channel 17) Wednesday, 10/7 from 3-4 p.m.
…27 days before the November 3, 2009 elections – the Star Tribune (or as we call it in the Blogosphere – The Rybak Times), would have you to believe that there is only one choice for mayor of Minneapolis.
We’re here to tell you, that’s not the case.
Join moderators and the editors in chief of the Independent Business News Network, Don Allen and The Mpls Mirror’s Terry Yzaguirre for the 2009 Minneapolis Mayoral Forum broadcast live on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 from 3-4 p.m. on Minneapolis Television Network, channel 17 (Minneapolis).
The forum will be premiered on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 12-noon, both on Minneapolis Television Network channel 17.
Viewer Participation:
We encourage viewers to participate and ask questions by logging on to Facebook and going to the 2009 Minneapolis Mayoral Forum page and post questions you want the moderators to ask the Minneapolis mayoral candidates. You can also Tweet your questions at IBNNNEWS.
Post Broadcast Celebration:
After the live broadcast, join the mayoral candidates and other candidates running for office in Minneapolis for a meet and greet at OM(www.omminneapolis.com) , located at 401 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612) 338-1510 (on the corners of 1st Avenue North and 4th Street in downtown Minneapolis).
OM is a new dining experience opened on September 11, 2009 by entrepreneur/restaurateur Randy Norman.
The meet and greet starts at 5 p.m. – this will give residents of Minneapolis a chance to meet the 2009 candidates running for office in Minneapolis. Everyone is welcomed. (This is a free event with a cash bar and food).
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the following individuals and organizations:
- The candidates that have participated
- Pam Colby, Vera Allen, Art Roy and crew from Minneapolis Television Network
- Nik Ludwig-Minneapolis City Republicans
- V-Media Marketing’s Mark Dante
- Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Newspaper
- The editorial staffs of the Independent Business News Network and the Mpls Mirror
- The citizens of the City of Minneapolis
The Autopsy of Black Business in North Minneapolis: Part 1 – Uncle Bill talks to IBNN
By Donald W.R. Allen,II Editor in Chief-IBNN
(A special thanks to LandlordPolitic.com for putting the puzzle together)
“I went to the African-American leadership in north Minneapolis to help me with the problems I was having with the City and Jackie Cherryhomes. No one would help me or they didn’t know how.”
…Uncle Bill (On contacting the north side “self-appointed” leaders and capacity building agencies.)
64 year old Uncle Bill is alive and kicking despite rumors the 64 year old immigrant and north Minneapolis business owner had passed away years ago. In an exclusive interview with IBNN’s editor and chief Don Allen, Uncle Bill tells IBNN what really happened at the corner of Plymouth and Sheridan Avenue North and how the City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis City Council President Jackie Cherryhomes denied a man, his family and the community the chance for Black business to operate in north Minneapolis.
“Uncle” Bill Sanigular still has the spunk and tenacity of a king cobra.
William Sanigular (Uncle Bill) is an immigrant from Africa who came to the United States as a student in the 1960s. He worked at Cream-of-Wheat on Stinson Boulevard in Minneapolis for twenty years. Then in 1987, he obtained a license to operate a small grocery store on the corner of Sheridan and Plymouth avenues in north Minneapolis. The store is located at 2428 Plymouth Avenue. There are four residential units in the same building above the store whose address is 2426 Plymouth Avenue. Harvey Katzovitz owned the building; Sanigular rented the store space.
In a visit to his north Minneapolis home, Uncle Bill welcomed the opportunity to be interviewed about what really happened to both his businesses in north Minneapolis. Yes, he had two businesses that he alleged were systematically taken from him by then City Council President Jackie Cherryholmes using the strong-arm tactics of city hall. Read more
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