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Several years ago, I listened to a group of older, financially
well-to-do white men talk about how much safer the world had
become since the Cold War and Nuclear Winter threats were over.
I found it hard to accept, since I daily listened to tales of
low-income young adults - african americans, latinos, caucasians
and more - as they spoke of the fear they felt every night as
they stepped past drug addicts on their way home.
As appeals for money to aid the people suffering directly fro
the events of September 11 multiply, I ask people to remember
the children who need warm coats, warm housing, and warm meals
in Minneapolis. Regular winter is approaching. Many of the
peoplein this city will be worrying far more about the immediate
danger of frostbite and illness fed by the lack of adequate
shelter than about the possibility they will need to tuck and
roll in response to a terrorist attack.
It is not unreasonable to expect a government to have a
contingency plan for the unexpected. However, a look at the
evacuation plans for any major municipality around a nuclear
plant indicates that it is unreasonable to expect such a plan to
have any significant meaning in the event of a real catastrophe.
So Sharon and R.T., let's hear your plans for dealing with a
core breach at one of our nearby nuclear reactors. However, I
would much prefer hearing how you two will make sure every child
going to school in Minneapolis this winter is warmly clothed by
day and safely bedded at night.
--Rosa Field
Ward 10
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