Sunday, October 28, 2012
This week's selection includes a Domestic Partner Registry update, a Best Buy restructuring, a gas explosion and a legendary rock 'n roll performer.
Editor's Note: Every week we provide a recap of the top stories from the following Patch sites: Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Second St. Louis Park Troop Named in Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files' Recently released Boy Scouts of America records dubbed the "perversion files" show at least two cases of suspected sexual abuse occurring in St. Louis Park Troops. Buffalo Woman, Plymouth Man Identified as Victims in St. Michael Accident Two drivers were killed in an Oct. 19 crash of three vehicles on Wright County Road 34. Brawl on Maple Grove Soccer Field Leads to Team Disqualification at State The MSHSL action came six …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Although only four couples have used the registry, the Hopkins grad who pushed for the ordinance says it still has important symbolic value.
Gay marriage supporters are fighting hard against a proposed amendment that would enshrine the current heterosexual-only definition of marriage into the state constitution. But few couples have taken advantage of the option that’s already available in Hopkins: a domestic partner registry approved Sept. 27, 2011. Just four couples had used the city’s registry for unmarried couples, City Clerk Kris Luedke told Patch Wednesday. Two of those couples were heterosexual, and two were homosexual. Hopkins grad Peter Boisclair—now a student at Northland College, in Ashland, WI—first proposed the registry in July 2011. Supporters say registration makes it easier for unmarried couples to obtain hospital visitation rights and benefits from employers …
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Alida Winternheimer and Scott Stillman were the first couple to sign up for the new domestic partner registry.
Alida Winternheimer and Scott Stillman didn’t want to be vulnerable. And so right after Hopkins’ new domestic partner registry took effect Oct. 7, Winternheimer and Stillman went down to City Hall and became the first couple to join the new registry. There’s a Judith Butler essay Winternheimer teaches in her freshman English class that talks about vulnerability. People exist in relation to other people, Butler writes. Individuals on their own have no social or political power. Minority groups have a little more power. And majority groups have the most power. Winternheimer and Stillman weren’t alone. They’d dated three years, have three children and just moved in together. But in the eyes of the law, they were still individuals. Single. …
Friday, September 30, 2011
City Council gave the ordinances swift approval Tuesday.
Three much-discussed ordinances gained final passage with barely a whisper at Tuesday’s council meeting. Council members granted approval for higher utility franchise fees and a new underage drinking ordinance as part of the consent agenda—a bloc of items, typically not expected to be controversial, that the council votes on en masse. They then gave swift approval to a domestic partner registry after brief comments from a representative of OutFront Minnesota. Under the new ordinance, franchise fees will increase by about 68 percent—growing from $1 to $1.70 per month for residential customers. The fees are payments Xcel Energy and Centerpoint Energy make as a condition for providing service to Hopkins customers. Like a sales tax, the …
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Peter Boisclair says the registry would be a stand for 'civil rights.'
Peter Boisclair came out as gay during his freshman year at Northland College, in Ashland, WI, and he’s focused his advocacy efforts on LGBT issues ever since. Last Tuesday, he urged the Hopkins City Council to adopt a domestic partner registry that would allow unmarried couples to certify their relationships with the city. “Hopkins has a spirit of community and standing up for people’s rights in the past,” Boisclair said. “(This ordinance) is a huge stand for support for civil rights in Hopkins.” Minneapolis became the first city in the state to pass a domestic partnership ordinance in 1991, but the idea saw little support elsewhere in the state for nearly two decades. Over the past couple years, though, communities have adopted …
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Arturo Schultz
3:23 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
It's because nobody wants a Domestic Partner " Registry" .. We want Marriage, we don't want to joint the American Kennel Club. more ›