Rosalind Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"The ALJ process was a legal process agreed on by the city council. Luther,
if you don't respect the LAW (a very peculiar attitude for someone in your
line of work), you might at least respect the concept of fairness. And
explain to me please, Mr. Downtown Command SAFE officer, why the Third
Precinct SAFE officers met twice with the owners of CUP Foods to try to work
out problems before sending in the heavy artillery, but the Downtown Command
never even made a gesture toward meeting with the Hard Times."
Quiz for the list:
Q. Which has been around longer, the Butterfly Ballot in Florida or the use
of an Administrative Law Judge in licensing matters for the City of
Minneapolis?
A: The infamous Butterfly Ballot has been used for several elections; the
ALJ process' *first* case was the Hard Times' license. I've been told the
ALJ is a pilot project; regardless, it's NEW. Minneapolis citizens should
be aware that reviewal of licenses with the ALJ is *not* business as usual.
When rental property owners were first required to license their properties
in the early 1990's, one challenge to an early case slowed the enforcement
of other actions against rental property owners; the process was new and
not perfect; that challenge led to the ordinance being clarified and
strengthened. Time will tell if the ALJ process is perfect; it has to be
respected, but can be respectfully questioned, just as the Hard Times is
appealing the legal process of the city revoking their license. I don't
call their action disrespectful.
BTW, the Hard Times _was_ cautioned about the problems inside and in front
of the Cafe well before the raid a year ago. And they were given the
opportunity after the raid, by the city licensing folks and the MPD, to
accept conditions to their license which would have precluded the city
having to decide whether or not to revoke. I think that's eminently fair.
Jordan S. Kushner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"yeah great! elected officials should consider misleading information from
cops with a political agenda"
While some incidents on the recap sheet (record of 911 calls) for a location
are generated by officers, it usually is a follow-up to citizen complaints
to the precinct about on-going problems. So you may be correct in that
officers are caught up in *someone*'s political agenda--perhaps a canvassing
of the community would reveal just who's agenda? As for 911 calls directly
by citizens, for example, a drive-by shooting into a cafe, whose political
agenda do you think is being pushed?
CPS Luther Krueger 673-2923 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Minneapolis Police Department, Downtown Command SAFE
(Lyndale, 8th Ward)
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