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
Some of you will get multiple copies of this message. My apologies.
It's worth your time.
The Minneapolis School Board will vote September 30 on a proposal to
build a new middle school on the site of the Dowling Community Garden.
The Dowling Community Garden was established as a "Victory Garden"
Between Frankiln and I believe 28th street, they made 1st av s two way.
I have always found it odd that 1st av s heading north at 29 was forced
over onto jammed up nicollet. Now this additional change make 1st even
more constrained. Is this part of some master plan?
Steven Clift
Carag reside
I'm a great believer in Maslow's hierarchy of
needs--that a person must meet basic needs
such as survival and shelter before meeting
higher needs and becoming self-actualized.
The same principle holds true with Mpls.
neighborhoods: there is a hierarchy of needs.
For some neighborhoods, the que
I endorse what Tim writes in his post.
The critical issue is the continued shooting of mentally ill people by
Mpls police. Part of the problem is a training issue and part of the
problem is an operations issue. I would like to see this particular
problem addressed in the selection process for th
On 28 Aug 2003 at 14:54, Jordan Kushner wrote:
Perhaps the participants in the African American Men's Project
sponsored events had to do a little less time. So what?! What is wrong with
making life a little easier for a group that is much more harshly targetted by
the criminal "justice" system?
Brandon Lacy
Powderhorn Park
Chair
National Lavender Green Caucus
Green Party of the United States
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Subject: [Mpls] How Heal
These lists are always amusing to me. Conde Nast, relatively recently (in
the last three months) came out with a list indicating that Minneapolis was
the #2 healthiest city in the nation based on percentage of population with
athetlic club memberships and/or participation on sports and recreatio
There used to be this guy with a hockey stick rollerblading around
Minneapolis. I saw him around the U of MN campus, Uptown, and the lakes.
He looks to be in his 40s, long hair in a pony tail.
He would go around town and gather up garbage on the street and sidewalk
with his hockey stick.
I've not
I am right there with Renee Jenson when she questions
whether the Mayor included in his advisory group
someone with mental health orientation.
It is my experience that the Mayor talks a good show
about the mentallly ill but when it comes down to it
he doesn't follow through for one reson or anothe
Organic Style magazine recently published a list ranking the relative
health, based on pollution, of 125 major US cities. Minneapolis was listed
105th.
Some points of comparison. . . . Rapid City, SD #2; Iowa City, IA #25;
Rochester, MN #37; Des Moines, IA #49, Austin, TX #58; Madison, WI #
At 05:27 PM 8/28/03 -0500, Jim Mork wrote:
"Evil People"
I know families who are mourning lost loved ones due to careless police
action. Those in uniform who killed them don't even get a slap on the
hand. Do we include these in "evil people" who should spend the rest of
their lives in jail? (I
It's time for the angry white folks on this list to take a chill pill and
listen to some reality. At least try to open your minds to another
perspective.
What Booker, Jonathan and others are trying to point out is that the
experiences of people of color with law enforcement are different than
Dan Prozinski:
"I do think the 2 hour time required of offenders was far to short. And how
was the time clock managed? Did the clock start ticking at the assigned
site or did work designation, transportation, tool distribution... all
eat away at our 2 hours of pay back? Did we even get two hours?"
> Attitudes
> After reading the list manager's caution about personal attacks, I thought
> about some of the patterns of this list. One of those patterns are the
> people who don't try to define and solve a problem. They just don't LIKE
the
> city. They post day in and day out how miserable it is.
Prosecution
If litterbugs were prosecuted, we'd need to double Amy Klobuchar's office.
Not to be too insulting, but are people AWARE that prosecution is not
something you do for free? It costs serious money. And taxpayers have
shown a RESISTANCE to anything that costs them MONEY. Now you tel
There have been some very interesting comments about racism, and certainly
this week and this day, the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I
have a dream" speech is a good time to thoughtfully pursue these thoughts.
I
draw your attention to four things that might help in one's
deliberati
Mr.Lou Gelfand:
(Star Tribune ombudsman Lou Gelfand writes a weekly
column, based on reader complaints and comments)
After Rochelle Olson, poor article on Minneapolis
City Council Member Natalie Johnson Lee, I want to
know how many African-Americans, Asian-American, Chicanos/Latinos and Americ
Good morning, List Members.
It's 2:30 a.m. on August 29, and I've just called the Governor's office to complain, for all the good it will do me, that I have once again been woken up by white, rich, drunken twentysomething slobs on a weekday night.
I opposed the 2 a.m. law from the beginning, and i
Brian, I don't know you but I too am proud of your efforts. You are right. It is easy to stand back and judge others for attempting to do something. It's much harder to get something started in an attempt to make a dent in a problem. You and many others like you work very hard every day to make in
Minneapolis Issues is designed to be a list that focuses on discussing
issues, not each other. It doesn't always work out that way...but lately,
things have gotten worse.
I want to remind all members that the rules
(http://www.e-democracy.org/mpls) prohibit personal attacks. That includes
attackin
I read the article on community work in exchange for clean traffic
records. I think Minneapolis needs more creative solutions like this to
the help unclog itself of both costly bureaucracy and scofflaws. I do
think the 2 hour time required of offenders was far to short. And how
was the time clock
` I've no idea what happened to my transmission. What I tried to say was has
any MAN talked his way out of a ticket?
Jon Gorder
Loring Park
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
2. If
Evidence has been called for. Vicky and Peter S. and Jim G. have provided
it (see below). Ron provides evidence in each chapter of his book and
regularly in his bi-weekly column and daily web log at
www.TheMinneapolisStory.com. And what about Black Youth? Of interest to
both sides of the ticket
This is confusing. Are we too soft on criminals, or are we too harsh on
criminals? Seems like I have been getting alternating and contradictory
messages on this topic, on this list and elsewhere for years. One position
states that we have a revolving door, give too many criminals a little slap
on t
In a message dated 8/28/03 7:20:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
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How many white people here have talked a police
officer out of giving them a traffic ticket? (I have,
three times.) >>
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How many white people here have talked a police
officer out
I'm surprised at the reaction on this list to the Restorative Justice
project. Maybe that's because I didn't read any accounts in the newspaper.
I can sympathize with Jill, and hope you do get justice served.
I would like to give you some background on this.
This project was started by a group
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
as I understand it, the range was from 2-8 hours depending upon the severity of the violation, and this was determined by a judge after they waited in line for an hour to two. Second, I don't see how anyone can call this light without knowing the actual details of the off
How many white people here have talked a police
officer out of giving them a traffic ticket? (I have,
three times.)
How many white people here have performed even two
hours of community service in return for those
forgiven offenses? (I haven't, for all three times.)
How many black drivers succes
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