Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008

TTT#0831-YoungBlackMales

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JUNE 30: WHAT TO DO ABOUT OUR YOUNG BLACK MEN? We talk with terrified mothers of young St. Paul black men in trouble with the law as they watch their children die or go to prison in far too many numbers. One of those young sons facing prison for his role in a street killing will tell his story. Why can’t so many of these young men leave the house without getting sucked into self-destruction? Why can’t they carry the values their mothers taught them into the streets and classrooms and job sites and stay out of the traps that will surely imprison or kill them? How do issues of race, poverty, self-image, and a hostile criminal justice system play out in this daily drama? GUESTS: THREE MOTHERS, A SON and A VETERAN COMMUNITY ADVOCATE. • FAYE MCCOY – Healthcare Worker and mother of PIERRE, a son destined for prison • CHAR LANKFARD – Healthcare Worker and Mother #2 • ROXANNE TISDALE – Healthcare Worker and Mother #3 • BOBBY HICKMAN – Advocate for African-American young men, consultant, conflict resolution specialist & former head of Inner City Youth League

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Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008

TTT#0830-RNCPrep-Part3

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This is TTT’s third show with ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talking about the plans various groups are designing to make their presence and messages known to conventioneers and the media. The Republican National Convention (RNC) has been on our local agenda for a couple of years and dozens of groups and agencies have been preparing to accommodate the 115,000-120,000 conventioneers, media hounds, protesters, lawyers/legal observers and police personnel will descend on St. Paul's Xcel Center September 1st for four days of the chaotic crowning of the party's Presidential nominee, confronted by protests and potential clashes of all kinds and a series of counter-convention activities at various locations through the Twin Cities.

GUESTS: SEGMENT 1: MINNESOTA PEACE TEAM • STEVE COBIAN – Walker Church/Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers • ANN LEWIS – Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers

SEGMENT 2: PEACE ISLAND PICNIC (Thursday, Sept. 4, Harriet Island) • COLEEN ROWLEY, fmr FBI Agent and 2nd Cong. Dist. Candidate, now plumping for peace. • RICK WIDEN – rickrobot of tuesdays robot, a Twin Cities band playing at the picnic.

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Wednesday, Jul 16, 2008

TTT#0828-RNCPrep-Part2

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The Republican National Convention (RNC) has been on our local agenda for a couple of years and dozens of groups and agencies have been preparing to accommodate the 115,000-120,000 conventioneers, media hounds, protesters, lawyers/legal observers and police personnel will descend on St. Paul's Xcel Center September 1st for four days of the chaotic crowning of the party's Presidential nominee, confronted by protests and potential clashes of all kinds and a series of counter-convention activities at various locations through the Twin Cities. Which protest and communications strategies are the most effective and wise?

TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and Associate Producer NANCY SARTOR

GUESTS: SEGMENT 1: COALITION TO MARCH on the RNC & STOP the WAR • JESS SUNDIN- Coalition to March on the RNC & Stop the War • MICHELLE GROSS – Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) • KATRINA PLOTZ – Anti-War Committee • DOUG MICHEL – SDS-UofM SEGMENT 2: SHOOT THE MESSENGER and TRUE BLUE MINNESOTA • LIZZ WINSTEAD - Comedian/Satirist, Producer/Host of SHOOT THE MESSENGER coming to the Parkway Theater during the RNC – founding member of Air America Radio and Co-Creator of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." • ANDREW HINE –True Blue Minnesota SEGMENT 3 PEACE ISLAND CONFERENCE, by Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers (MAP) • SUSU JEFFREY – Peace Island Conference Organizer • DENNIS DILLON, Peace Island Steering Committee Chair

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Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008

TTT#0828-RNCPrep-Part1

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July 9: THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMING! - Who's Ready, Who's Not? The Republican National Convention (RNC) has been on our local agenda for a couple of years and dozens of groups and agencies have been preparing to accommodate the 10,000-15,000 conventioneers, media hounds, protesters, lawyers/legal observers and police personnel will descend on St. Paul's Xcel Center September 1st for four days of the chaotic crowning of the party's Presidential nominee, confronted by protests and potential clashes of all kinds and a series of counter-convention activities at various locations through the Twin Cities. Who's preparing for what and why?

TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN bring into the KFAI studios representatives of the wide diversity of organizations of varying agendas for the coming visitors and query them on their strategies and planned tactics for participating in what many consider will be a circus they'd rather not be around for. We talk with convention organizers, arts, peace and protest leaders, law enforcement and just plain folks over several show to clify for listeners what we can expect to see on the news each night.

GUESTS: SEGMENT I: The UnConvention Projects • ALLISON HERRERA - Community Programs Coordinator, Walker Art Center • MARLINA GONZALEZ - The UnConvention Program Durector and Curator Intermedia Arts SEGMENT II: ACLU-Minnesota/National Lawyers Guild (NLG) • CHUCK SAMUELSON - Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union-Minnesota • GENA BERGLUND - Attorney, Member, NLG Legal Observer Program Director • BRUCE NESTOR - Immigration Attorney, President, NLG

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Wednesday, Jul 02, 2008

TTT#0827-IRV-St.PaulCouncil

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JULY 2: INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING AND THE CITIES: Horns of a Constitutional Dilemma The St. Paul City Council has found itself in a pickle with proponents of Instant Runoff Voting – better known as the Single Transferable Vote advocated by the St. Paul Better Ballot Campaign – having filed the necessary 5,000-plus signatures to present the prospect of installing a system of Ranked Choice Voting for general elections (and eliminating the city primary) before St. Paul voters in November - only to be faced with their own City Attorney’s opinion that the entire idea may be unconstitutional based on a 1915 Supreme Court ruling striking down a similar voting scheme. Minneapolis has already passed it but is in court over IRV’s 2009 implementation. What should the Council have done? Heed the City Attorney’s opinion that it not go on the ballot on Constitutional grounds? Or ignore him and heed the will of the voters who signed the petition to place the city charter amendment before the people this November? The Council voted to withhold at its July 2 meeting; it is sure to go to a courtroom to resolve issues of citizens' priorities.

TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN talk with six of the principals in this political and legal debate. GUESTS: • JAY BENANAV - Better Ballot Campaign attorney and former St. Paul City Councilmember • JOHN HOTTINGER - attorney and former State Senate Majority Leader • ELLEN BROWN - St. Paul Better Ballot Campaign Coordinator, and President, The Brown Partners, Inc. • KATHY LANTRY- St. Paul City Council President • DAVE THUNE - St. Paul City Council Ward 2 • JOHN CHOI - St. Paul City Attorney

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