Ms. Miles- You must have misread my posting.
First, my posting dealt only with the distribution of "supportive housing" not "affordable housing." These are two distinct categories of housing with differing impacts on neighborhoods. My understanding is that supportive housing is disability based, affordable housing is based on economics only. Secondly, I did not say that housing (supportive or affordable) should be distributed to "all of Minneapolis." I did say that: 1. -it is an unwise public policy to segregate the disabled into enclaves, intentionally or not, 2. -that a greater number of neighborhoods should be involved in shouldering the responsibilities of caring for the neediest citizens, and 3 -that our 1/4 mile spacing law is one of the only means that might, over time, begin to ameliorate our existing segregation of housing for the disabled, and 4. -if the 1/4 mile law is weakened, our segregation of the disabled will certainly worsen. As for the name of my neighborhood not being attached to my name, I don't know how that happened. I've not been exactly a low-profile guy for the last 10 years, and many, many people know that I have two homes, one in Loring and one near Navarre. I have small businesses in Whittier and Stevens Square. I Co-Chaired the Street-scape Improvement committee for Nicollet Avenue (Named the Best Economic Development Project of NRP I), I've been a board member of the Whittier Alliance, I'm a member of the board of the Empowerment Zone, I've served on numerous task forces and committees in both Stevens Square and Whittier. I currently chair the Nicollet Avenue Business Association and helped to create the Eat-Street campaign with Joanne Christ (of the Black Forest), Tammy Wong (of the Rainbow), and others. I do wish that you would've responded to the substance of my posting rather than imply that I have something to hide as a way of dismissing the issues raised. The matter of Minneapolis' history and habit of segregating the poor and disabled deserves a serious, vigorous debate, and I hope you join-in. Tom Berthiaume Loring, Navarre, Stevens Square, Whittier _______________________________________ 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
