I would like to respond to Mr. Bonham's critique of my "unsigned, semi-grammatical" post.
<snip> > Four cards were mailed to that address because 4 > people claimed to live > there when voting in the primary. If, as Mr. Nolley > says, "there are only > two of us who live here", he should report this > voter fraud to the County > Attorney. (Or else Mr. Nolley should stop taking > mail that belongs to > other tenants in that apartment building.) Two post cards were mailed to "The Nolley Residence," and the other two were mailed to "the Fregni Residence." Ellie Fregni is my partner and neither one of us needs to be hounded by the Kallenbach campaign about an issue that I've delt with first hand both as a cab driver and as a worker in a shelter. As for the subtle accusation that I'm taking mail that belongs to other tenants, because of national events I'm actually afraid to open the mail these days and anyways our mailboxes are locked. Each tenant has their own key, but Tim and the Kallenbach campaign are spending their time attacking Zimmermann and not educating themselves about the living conditions of most tenants, I suppose they wouldn't know that. <snip> > As for "hanging the prostitution issue on Dean > Zimmermann's head", people > should remember that we did not create this issue -- > Dean Zimmermann did, > when he made these statements. The DFL, who worked > hard thru people like > Kathy Thurber & others to successfully close these > saunas, is just pointing > out what Dean Zimmermann said: that he wants to undo > this success. The issue of prostitution is far more complex. It will only be dealt with through compassion, by making services abvailable to those women who want to get out but feel they are trapped. Draconian "law and order" policies will only drive it further in to the alleys and reduce the quality of life. And as I've said before, Kathy is not running for reelection. This is meant as no disrespect to Kathy Thurber, whom I've known since childhood and among other things has been a solid advocate for cab drivers, but I'm digressing. While closing getting the sauna did improve the neighborhoods south of Lake Street, it created many problems north of Lake. There are more prostitutes and drug dealers on the corners and in the parks where children play. Kallenbach's solution, to require more agressive policing, will only result in more racial profiling and abuse of police power. As Dean Zimmermann often says, the police already know who are committing crimes, but they seem to only harass the people who live there (Phillips.) If Dean Kallenbach's "tough on crime" policies become reality, I know I can expect to be harassed by the police more often than I am now, which is already far too frequently. <snip> (Personally, after the > years it took to close > down these dens of prostitution, that someone would, > even in brainstorming, > consider the idea of reopening them appalls me.) <snip> > Let's forget the distractions of stories about long > dead presidents and get > back to dealing with the issues! I remember that you were also appalled by Del Mar's music on Nicollet Mall, and probably hated my sax playing on Nicollet as well. I wonder how you feel about the counter culture in this city. Although I don't condone prostitution or drug dealing (not many people do,) I find it disturbing that the DFL is attempting to remind people that they shut down businesses that they don't agree with. Most people supported the Hard Times Cafe, and the over use of Imminent Domain IS an issue in city politics. I believe that hostility to the counter culture is also a valid issue. Could it be that many DFL candidates such as Kallenbach (or his handlers) are secretly hostile to the counter culture? At least Nixon was honest about his hostility. Singed, The semi-grammatical Tamir Nolley Whittier 6-7 61A __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
