It is dumbfounding to me (emphasis on the DUMB)that in a city where most
school age kids LUCKY enough to snag a part-time job at the local
SuperAmerica can't make change to save their lives, that the Minneapolis
school board finds the time to publicly, and in a lengthy, "I know what's
good for you" conversation no less, chastise a private organization like the
Boy Scouts, and THEN has the nerve to ask for more money to continue what
seems to be a less than mediocre performance. Further, as a resident of the
Cleveland neighborhood, I was shocked that the new
Lucy-Laney-Let's-Argue-about-the-Namey school even opened this year what
with all the controversy about the name!
I no longer wonder (as our elected council and boardmembers deal with hot
potato issues like organic food and Bhurma) why issues like grafitti, crime,
affordable housing, and the never-ending garbage along Portland Avenue
remain on the proverbial back burner...
J Burns
Cleveland, formerly Nokomis, formerly Camden
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