I don't understand how the Minneapolis Planning department can constantly
lament the declining population and profess to want to "grow the city" when
there aren't enough housing opportunities or adequate school curriculums and
teachers to deal with the poor and low income people and/or non-english
speaking populations that are already here; and then moan to the suburbs
about Minneapolis' inability to provide affordable housing on it's own.
Which is it?!
JBurns
Cleveland
>From: Fran Guminga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Mpls] Peterson Moving
>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:34:45 -0600
>
>I am sad to hear that one of Mpls Issues most prolific and thoughful
>contributors, Russell Wayne Peterson, is moving out of the city. I hope he
>continues to contribute to Mpls Issues. Mpls needs young, energetic
>activists to return it to the glory days of my youth when it was the most
>livable metropolitan area in the Midwest. But the voices of reason are
>constantly drowned out by too many myopic ones who have no understanding of
>what makes a great city. I fully understand Russell's reasons for leaving
>and wish him well. As I recall, his will now be the third family on his
>block to leave the city this year.
>
>My Third Ward Council Member, Joe Biernat, has a retort he often uses with
>constituents who disagree with him, "If you don't like it, why don't you
>move?" Apparently, a lot of solid middle class folks are taking his advice.
>One wonders if we can realistically expect these new suburbanites to
>support
>state or county initiatives to help the core cities after we have "shown
>them the door" with a crumbling infrastructure and a real estate market too
>pricey for families.
>
>Fran Guminga
>Bottineau, Ward 3
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>F. Guminga
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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