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If you don't know about Dean "Zimmerpersonn" Zimmermann, he's a crazy Green party member. Not like your every day semi-crazy Minnesota Greens, but way out there. This is the guy who thinks the way to end hostility between the Minneapolis police and city residents is for the police to go out on hug patrols. He also wanted his name to have Zimmerperson as his nickname on the ballot, but the city elections office wouldn't let him. He also supports Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) along with that sexy fox Michele Bachmann. That and he was investigated by the FBI for allegedly taking bribes (Remember: "Money, Money, Money"). What I don't understand is how stupid someone would have to be to bribe Zimmermann to get something done in the council. The man had no power, was on the fringe, and from what I hear, was not liked by the other council members.
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Yes , it will be very nice without Zimmermann wasting everyone's time with PRT... but, let's not forget his PRT pod partner Mark Olson. It will be even nicer if Mark Olson is defeated in 2006.
Pictures of Zimmerman and Olson's PRT dog and pony show at Mpls City Hall here.
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Personal Rapid Transit Scam Update
The PRTers tried to scam another city again. This time it was Saint Paul's turn.
Also, the new CPRT newsletter has come out proclaiming the fake PRT project in London a "breakthrough". There's also a breathless account of a PRT project in Dubai. Both projects are bogus and you can read why at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Seattle PRTers are excited about the settlement of the Taxi 2000 lawsuit . Too bad... it would have been fun to learn more Interesting stuff about Mark Olson and Ed Anderson.
Sounds like Ed Anderson is going to work real hard to re-elect Republican right-winger Mark Olson and defeat DFL-endorsed Jim Huhtala.... wonder what Ed's Unitarian friends think about that?
Also, the new CPRT newsletter has come out proclaiming the fake PRT project in London a "breakthrough". There's also a breathless account of a PRT project in Dubai. Both projects are bogus and you can read why at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Seattle PRTers are excited about the settlement of the Taxi 2000 lawsuit . Too bad... it would have been fun to learn more Interesting stuff about Mark Olson and Ed Anderson.
Sounds like Ed Anderson is going to work real hard to re-elect Republican right-winger Mark Olson and defeat DFL-endorsed Jim Huhtala.... wonder what Ed's Unitarian friends think about that?
Monday, December 05, 2005
Mark Olson's New Campaign Website
Mark Olson has a new website.
He's taken the PRT stuff off the first page and put it on the links page. The links page doesn't link to the CPRT. It does link to Skyweb Express and a local anti-LRT site modeled on and linked to CETA - Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives, a Seattle-based anti-LRT group.
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
He's taken the PRT stuff off the first page and put it on the links page. The links page doesn't link to the CPRT. It does link to Skyweb Express and a local anti-LRT site modeled on and linked to CETA - Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives, a Seattle-based anti-LRT group.
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Friday, November 25, 2005
Mark Olson: "A Very Special Legislator"
From the "Minnnesota Politics: Blog:
"Mark Olson is a very special legislator. Extremely far right, he is like a pit bull who will grab onto issues and not let them go. Some of his issues are weird, like Personal Rapid Transit."
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
"Mark Olson is a very special legislator. Extremely far right, he is like a pit bull who will grab onto issues and not let them go. Some of his issues are weird, like Personal Rapid Transit."
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Friday, November 11, 2005
Where is Representative Mark Olson on PRT Now?
18 October, 2004 St. Cloud Times Online
Letter to the editor:
New voice would help District 16B
Leslie Schumacher
Santiago
"I read the recent St. Cloud Times article outlining our District 16B state representative candidates' list of priorities.
I found it particularly interesting that Rep. Mark Olson is now saying that he has never supported Personal Rapid Transit as an option in place of the Northstar Corridor. He is now saying his support for PRT is to replace buses in the metropolitan area.
This surprised me because I served in the Legislature with Olson for eight years where I listened to him consistently debate and argue in favor of PRT in place of the Northstar. I also sat through numerous debates with Olson and not once did he mention it as a replacement system for metro transit."
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The media needs to do an investigative story on PRT. Mark Olson, Michele Bachmann and other highway expansion promoters in Minnesota (and other states) have used PRT as a stalking horse to bash transit intiatives like the Hiawatha LRT and Northstar.
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Letter to the editor:
New voice would help District 16B
Leslie Schumacher
Santiago
"I read the recent St. Cloud Times article outlining our District 16B state representative candidates' list of priorities.
I found it particularly interesting that Rep. Mark Olson is now saying that he has never supported Personal Rapid Transit as an option in place of the Northstar Corridor. He is now saying his support for PRT is to replace buses in the metropolitan area.
This surprised me because I served in the Legislature with Olson for eight years where I listened to him consistently debate and argue in favor of PRT in place of the Northstar. I also sat through numerous debates with Olson and not once did he mention it as a replacement system for metro transit."
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The media needs to do an investigative story on PRT. Mark Olson, Michele Bachmann and other highway expansion promoters in Minnesota (and other states) have used PRT as a stalking horse to bash transit intiatives like the Hiawatha LRT and Northstar.
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Mark Olson's PRT Pal Dean Zimmermann Loses Election
Zimmermann and Mark Olson performed their little PRT dog-and-pony-show at Minneapolis City Hall and the Capitol, but the voters in the 6th Ward broke up the act.
Mark Olson is going to have to find a new pod partner.
More at Dump Bachmann.
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Mark Olson is going to have to find a new pod partner.
More at Dump Bachmann.
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Mark Olson's Thoughts on "Modesty".
PRTer Mark Olson thinks trains and buses are too old-fashioned, but when it comes to sex education, Mark Olson sounds like Queen Victoria:
Rep. Mark Olson, R-Big Lake:
"This kind of education destroys young ladies' modesty". *LINK*
"Some sex education encourages touching and intimacy. They need to protect their purity." *LINK*
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Rep. Mark Olson, R-Big Lake:
"This kind of education destroys young ladies' modesty". *LINK*
"Some sex education encourages touching and intimacy. They need to protect their purity." *LINK*
Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Rep. Mark Olson and Personal Rapid Transit
Representative Mark Olson of Big Lake is a big supporter of PRT. He introduced a bunch of PRT bills in the 2005 Minnesota legislative session. Mark Olson, a Republican even has links to Taxi 2000 on his campaign website .
Rep. Mark Olson has some other weird ideas:
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March 26, 2003
Purity test
by Asa Wilson
"Many women have a stash of memories of high school romances to look back on, images that can still fill the stomach with a tingling of excitement. And while most of us hope that young women remember their first explorations of sexuality without an aftertaste of fear and guilt, state Rep. Mark Olson (R) of Big Lake has another vision in mind: a new breed of modest teens who wouldn't dream of physical intimacy before marriage.
"Speaking recently at a House Education Policy Committee meeting, in support of a bill promoting an abstinence-only education curriculum, Olson, the vice chair of the committee, stunned onlookers with comments about the importance of protecting a woman's modesty. Olson later told MWP: "A woman's modesty is her natural protection... Some sex education encourages touching and intimacy. They need to protect their purity."
"Olson expressed fear that young women who are taught to safely enjoy their sexuality will become insatiable sexual monsters. "It leads young ladies to be very free with their bodies," he said. "They will be harmed permanently for life. Some people believe that a young woman can grow up and have sex with hundreds and hundreds of men and it's no big deal."
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Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
Rep. Mark Olson has some other weird ideas:
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March 26, 2003
Purity test
by Asa Wilson
"Many women have a stash of memories of high school romances to look back on, images that can still fill the stomach with a tingling of excitement. And while most of us hope that young women remember their first explorations of sexuality without an aftertaste of fear and guilt, state Rep. Mark Olson (R) of Big Lake has another vision in mind: a new breed of modest teens who wouldn't dream of physical intimacy before marriage.
"Speaking recently at a House Education Policy Committee meeting, in support of a bill promoting an abstinence-only education curriculum, Olson, the vice chair of the committee, stunned onlookers with comments about the importance of protecting a woman's modesty. Olson later told MWP: "A woman's modesty is her natural protection... Some sex education encourages touching and intimacy. They need to protect their purity."
"Olson expressed fear that young women who are taught to safely enjoy their sexuality will become insatiable sexual monsters. "It leads young ladies to be very free with their bodies," he said. "They will be harmed permanently for life. Some people believe that a young woman can grow up and have sex with hundreds and hundreds of men and it's no big deal."
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Learn more about PRT at the PRT is a Joke web site.
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