| 词条 | Dean Zimmermann |
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Gary Dean Zimmermann is an American politician and member of the Green Party of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was an elected member of the Minneapolis City Council from 2001 to 2005. Before that, Zimmermann initially served on the Minneapolis Park Board as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. IssuesDean Zimmermann has been an outspoken proponent of personal rapid transit (PRT).[1] He developed a proposal to build a PRT system in Minneapolis consisting of 31 miles of track and 68 stations.[2] Zimmermann "teamed up" with Minnesota State Representative Mark Douglas Olson, a Republican from Big Lake, Minnesota, to promote PRT in the media.[3] Bribery chargesDean Zimmermann was convicted August 10, 2006 in federal court of accepting bribes in connection with his official duties. He was found guilty on three counts of accepting cash from a local real estate developer who had business before the City Council of Minneapolis.[4] In December 2006, Zimmermann was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his felony convictions and served his sentence in the minimum security wing of the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colorado.[5][6] Zimmermann was released from prison in July 2008 and returned to Minneapolis.[7] References1. ^{{cite web | url = http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/04/26_mccalluml_prt/ | title = Personal rapid transit spending draws fire at Capitol | first = Laura|last= McCallum| publisher = Minnesota Public Radio | date = April 23, 2004}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2011}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmermann, Dean}}{{Minnesota-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web | url = http://advancedtransit.org/doc.aspx?id=1061 | title = Review of PRT Costing Studies | first = Rob | last = Means | publisher = Advanced Transit Association | date = May 2004 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061008102222/http://advancedtransit.org/doc.aspx?id=1061 | archivedate = October 8, 2006 | df = mdy-all }} 3. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1056 | title = The Road Less Traveled: The Pros and Cons of Personal Rapid Transit | first = Troy |last=Pieper | publisher = Pulse of the Twin Cities |location=Minneapolis | date = April 28 (year?) |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040620113645/http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1056 | archivedate = June 20, 2004}} 4. ^{{cite web | url = http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/08/10/deanzconvicted/ | title = Zimmerman convicted of bribery | first = Brandt |last=Williams | publisher = Minnesota Public Radio | date = August 10, 2006}} 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/12/19/zimmermannsentence/ | title = Former Minneapolis council member sentenced in bribery case | first = Brandt |last=Williams | publisher = Minnesota Public Radio | date = December 19, 2006}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2007/01/the_eternal_optimist_braces_hi.php |title=The eternal optimist braces himself, merrily, for prison |first=Mike |last=Mosedale |publisher=City Pages |date=January 25, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930223851/http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2007/01/the_eternal_optimist_braces_hi.php |archivedate=September 30, 2007 |df=mdy }} 7. ^{{Cite news | last = Brandt | first = Steve | title = Back from prison 'sabbatical' | newspaper = Star Tribune | date = July 10, 2008 | url = http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/24316074.html|accessdate=August 6, 2011}} 6 : Minneapolis City Council members|Minnesota Greens|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people)|Minnesota Democrats|Minnesota politicians convicted of crimes |
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