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Contents 1 Pictures 2 Old Town Hall 3 Template for a U.S. City 4 Bloomington political

[edit] Pictures

I'd like to take some photos for this article, but I'm not sure where to get a good shot that would typify Bloomington. Any suggestions..? All I've got so far is views from the top of the Mall of America parking ramp or from the Cedar Avenue bridge. --Patteroast 22:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

1. Facing west from western Mendota Heights along 494.

2. 106th Street Bridge over the creek.

3. Facing north across Normandale Lake at 8x00 towers.

[edit] Old Town Hall

Bloomington Briefing June 2004 Bloomington Briefing October 2004 Bloomington Briefing August 2003

The 1892 building still stands (at least it did the last time I drove past it). The 1964 building was demolished and they're building condos there. The 2003 building is the sprawling structure with the blue roof. Of course, I've been wrong before. On a daily basis. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 04:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe I just don't know which building is which, lol. I know the condos are being built where the old city hall used to be; I live next door to it. But I'm not sure if there's an 1800s "town hall" nearby. There's a building across from Oak Grove Church (Gideon Pond), but I thought that was just a museum.--Stonesour025 07:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

The museum is in fact the old town hall. Check out [1]

[edit] Template for a U.S. City

For those who plan on editing and expanding this article, please follow the Template for a U.S. City. Thanks!--Daveswagon 09:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bloomington political

(discussion copied from User:Appraiser's talk page)
I don't think too many people are going dispute Ramstad is a moderate Republican, I am more curious what makes that particular study so authoritative. Plus are we going to have every political group/cause/interest group that ranks members of congress as either being conservative or liberal pro or con to their agendas listed as well. I believe saying that he is a moderate Republican is fine. I doubt someone will come along and ask for source or citiation for that Smith03 02:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• I am not particularly married to that particular study which ranks Ramstad as 20% progressive.^[1] When looking for evaluations of representatives based on voting records, I found two: the aforementioned one, and another, run by a conservative group. It ranks Ramstad as 79% conservative.^[2] So, they essentially agree. People don't argue much about Ramstad, but they do argue voraciously about representatives like Kline and Ellison. I make a point not to write anything that may be controversial without adding a reputable citation or two. And if the evaluations varied much between these two sources, I'd try to find another in order to avoid unsubstantiated claims and maintain NPOV. In order to be somewhat consistent with all of Minnesota's reps, I've cited the reference, even for the uncontroversial Ramstad. --Appraiser 16:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

"restore citation justifying the word "moderte" - it indicates where the city is on the political spectrum) " Also your logic is a bit off in sense it show where the city is on the political scale as Ramstad is elected by the whole 3rd district not just Bloomington. Also a conservative Republican is going to vote him over a Democrat. A better indication would be to look at the state house and senate. As someone who lives in Bloomington I would say that Bloomington as a whole is pretty moderate the east tend to vote Dem and the west tends to vote GOP. We are pretty purple, but then you have to keep in mind there is a difference between social and economic conservatives/liberals. I would state the east side is probably more liberal on economic issues but more conservative on social issues. The West is probably more conservative on economic and maybe more split on social, but that is my assumptions based on people I know from around town. Smith03 02:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• I think all of the major city articles should have a Politics section. I agree that it would be better to talk about the politics of the state legislators, but I have yet to find a source that has evaluated them in the same way. Your analysis of the variations between east and west Bloomington would be a fine addition, if you have a reliable source to back up whatever claims you want to make. In the meantime, I don't see any reason to delete a citation on a statement that some reader in the future may doubt. What is you agendum in doing so?--Appraiser 16:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)