J.M. - Nuisance Offenses > "What about public urination? As a citizen of this city, I think there > shouldn't be "punishment" for public urination until such a day as it can be > shown there was really an alternative. I go around town and see lots of "no > public toilet" signs. To repeat what I said in the island thread, if you > don't make "private" possible, you'll get "public" Somehow, some way, > people without homes have GOT to go. It is a total lack of realism to
> eliminate public toilets and then make it an offense to urinate publicly. I think what most folks are talking about regarding public urination as a nuisance offense is the late night reveler who fills their bladder at the local watering hole/party and then empties it recklessly in route to the next watering hole/party. I love living and working in downtown Minneapolis and I think I have a good attitude about what that involves. However, it is unacceptable to me to find said reveler urinating on my front door or car. I recently opened my back gate and startled a young woman in mid-squat. It's less than 40 feet to the nearest bar and the likely source of the full bladder and there are 14 public rest rooms available within 150 feet of here. These same folks whoop and holler, scream and fight, speed off in their cars... and slink quietly into their own homes and neighborhoods. Ever notice, few people come home racing their motors and making a scene. It's all done somewhere else. Like the motorcycles these days, I don't think the riders racing their motors at the light outside my window at 2:00 a.m. drive the same way in the final blocks leading to their own driveways. And many of these bikes are not street legal. The after-market mufflers are cosmetic only. What's up with that? What happened to the noise ordinances? I don't think I'd get to far with the muffler removed from my car. These are nuisance crimes and I think it is a realistic objective to discourage them. Dan Prozinski Cedar Riverside TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
