Dean Carlson wrote:
you are incorrect Ms. Marks, most of the
> families who lived in the Hollman project WERE NOT "largely dope dealers,
> gang bangers, prostitutes and their children."
I wasn't talking about Hollman, but about what is now called
Portland Place.
WizardMarks, Central
> Dean E. Carlson
> East Harriet, Ward 10
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> Subject: [Mpls] Pickle Seeds
>
> snip...
>
> the bulldozer- (now called Hollman-) effect of eliminating the housing for
> a very vulnerable section of our population without planned replacement;
>
> ...snip
>
> Dave Stack wrote...
>
> The original reasoning for the lawsuit brought forward by the NAACP and the
> Legal Aid Society sounded good and rational to me. Also, the vision and
> plans for the rebuilding of the Hollman area appear very innovative.
> However, the ill treatment of the families displaced by this project is very
> sad, and has come to overshadow any good that may have been intended.
>
> WizardMarks, Central wrote
>
> snip...
>
> The very vulnerable section of the population was the elderly. At the time,
> there was subsidized housing for the
> elderly. The others in that section were largely dope dealers, gang bangers,
> prostitutes and their children. The
> others were those trying their damnedest to get out of the way of the
> dealers, etc. and in fear of their lives.
>
> ...snip
>
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