Councilman Jim Niland indeed is a person with a thorough understanding of housing issues and an impeccable record of support for citizens in need. This is, I would say, why he voted to grant Plymouth the conditional use permit to go ahead with Lydia House. Margaret Miles Whittier
----- Original Message ----- From: "Terrell Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:18 PM Subject: RE: [Mpls] Heroes, dead-beats and 1/4 mile spacing of supportive housing > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Berthiaume > > > > > > Ms. Miles > > > > Once again you respond to arguments that I have not made, ... > > > > One of your digressions is worth note because it is inaccurate. Plymouth > > Congregational Church and its Foundation are being sued because they are > > breaking the laws of the City of Minneapolis. ... > > [TB] Give me a break. Plymouth Church is not breaking any laws, they have > applied for a conditional use permit allowing the proposed use of their > property. A conditional use permit is a normal and regular use of the City > of Minneapolis zoning code. > > You object to the permit. You own a business in the neighborhood and have > joined a group that doesn't want the facility in filing a lawsuit to prevent > it. Its called NIMBY, Not In My BackYard. In this instance a conditional > use permit wouldn't even be required if Plynouth were to rent the rooms to > the same people and not provide any support. Are you suggesting that is a > better option? > > Margaret Miles' question of what neighbor someone is from is relevant to > this subject. Many areas (Navarre?) don't have any affordable housing, any > supportive housing and work hard to keep it that way. If she responds to > additional arguments that makes for even more coverage of the issue. > > > > > Terrell Brown > Loring Park > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
