I can't really finish reading all of this message. Mr. Miler's comparison of hating jews and blacks to attacking landlords and people who make more money than you is really sickening. (Quoted below for reference). It reminds me of the lawyer who sued over lawyer jokes.
My family have been landlords (I'm not). I've seen good tenants and bad tenants. I know it can be tough on a good landlord. It is in the interest of good landlord to be careful about his tenants (like Mr. Miller apparently is). This is especially true in multi-unit apartments. It IS the landlord's responsibility to choose carefully and evict when necessary in order to maintain a safe community within their properties. Why? Because the tenants don't have the power to do it. But there is a clear economic advantage to maintaining a good community. A good community means peaceful neighbors who pay their rent on time, who can prosper in their jobs because they can rest at night, whose kids do well in school because they can study in a safe, peaceful environment. This sometimes means that you get to raise the rent and nobody complains! But what about the bad landlords? They "serve a need" as Mr. Miller pointed out. They deserve to be attacked. They deserve to be run out of town - even to the point of leaving property abandoned. But the property must be reoccupied and soon - preferably by owner-occupants from the community. I have seen the value of subsidizing low-income buyers to buy homes in their neighborhoods. It doesn't always work, but nothing works 100% of the time. But when it DOES work the effect reaches far beyond one family and one home. So, if you are truly a good landlord Mr. Miller, I feel your pain. But if you are actually one of the slumlords you deserve all the pain you get. I applaud Ms. Mann for her efforts. > Well picking > on Jews, blacks and others went out of vogue. Go after the landlords, > it's > the 21st century. > > CM: Now were getting into the part of the motivation. Just hate people > who > make more money then you. Compare to what you have, if you have less, > call > the cops. It really is a simple way to ease your envy/hatred. > Robert Schmid Central Neighborhood Candidate for Hennepin Soil & Water Board, District 2 Green Party Endorsed http://www.raptor.net/~rschmid _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
