Given there are about 35 sworn park police officers trying to patrol over
170 separate park properties scattered throughout the over 50 square miles
of city, some of which are detectives and not on patrol, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, I would doubt the park police could ever find you.
Carol Becker
Longfellow
----- Original Message -----
From: David Shove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dean Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Mpls list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Park Board
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Dean Zimmermann wrote:
> >
> > The business you have been reading about lately about the Park Board
sounds
> > a bit more titillating than it really is. Actually on most things the
Park
> > Board has almost universal agreement and when there is a divided vote,
the
> > majority/minority split is always configured differently. There are
some on
> > the Board now who feel the current leadership, President Solomon and VP
Fine
> > tend to cut off debate at meetings and to bring some items to the board
so
> > late in the process that they are done deals before some commissioners
know
> > they are happening. In particular, it seems that the leadership has
been
> > negotiating with the city to give away some of the Park Board's police
> > responsibilities to the city police. This is a significant issue, and
in
> > other cities where the Park Police have been folded into the city
police,
> > the parks end up not getting the police service that is needed.
>
> This would be very useful to me personally. After a brief examination, it
> has become clear to me that I am full of an enormous amount of crap, and
> with more non-park cops I stand a better chance of having it beat out of
> me.
>
> With more non-park police we can blow away more useless people with
> medical problems.
>
> With more non-park cops we can better defend the rich against First
> Amendment protestors (just what country do they think they live in
> anyway? And what makes them think they have any rights?)
>
> With more non-park police we can CODEFOR clear away useless poor people
> and unAmerican small businesses so developers can make a bundle serving
> rich people and big businesses.
>
> With more non-park cops we can crack a lot more heads with hard-swung
> batons, butter up a lot more eyes with pepper spray, swear at and threaten
> lower class people and protestors with guns.
>
> With more non-park cops we can hear a lot more Craak!! and Smack!! and
> Owwww!! and Down on your knees you little piece of #####!!!
>
> All of this would make GREAT television!
>
>
> --David Shove
> Roseville
>
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