Mr. Krueger has compared the Hard Times Cafe and rental property owners.
Couple this thread with the article that Mr. Brandt wrote in yesterday's
paper about rental licensing.
I would like to point out one big difference between landlords and the
restaurant/bars.
If a bar has patrons breaking the law on or near the property, they can call
the police or hire private security to remove these people WITH force if
necessary. If they don't they risk loss of license. Same for restaurants
and coffee shops.
If a landlord's tenant or tenant's guest starts breaking the law, he cannot
call the police for removal. He cannot use force even if he wishes. He has
to pay a minnimum of $182.00 for a court date 14 days in the future. When
he gets to court he may not win. This is a stark difference. The landlords
are being held to the same standard as the other licensed entities but they
do not have the same tools. Thus the affordable housing crisis grows worse.
Craig A. Miller
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>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.
>
>
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