> -----Original Message----- > From: Nikki Carlson
> My friend owns a small ethnic restaurant in S. Mpls. > Their revenue is predominately from food, but they offer > service of beer, wine and liquor, and have a small bar > that seats 8. ... The police have sent in �decoys� to test > their carding procedures 4 times in the last 22 months, > and they failed 3 times (and passed once) and are facing > a suspension of their license. ... <snip> > > The city attorney says their job is to �aggressively > prosecute all crimes that occur in the city�; apparently > not to work constructively with citizens and business > owners to ensure compliance in a way that doesn�t > threaten their livelihoods. [TB] I have a hard time being very sympathetic to someone who has violated the terms of their liquor license 3 times in less than 2 years. After the first time they should have gotten the message, the second time? There's a reason that Haskell's and Surdyk's have signs on the door saying they check IDs of anyone under 30-something, they want to insure that they comply with the terms of their license. > From Holle Brian regarding city redistricting: > I see no justification for "packing" low income people of color > (a mobile, > disenfranchised population that is notoriously difficult to get > to the polls) > into one Ward, and pitting them against a Ward made up of wealthy > downtown > residents. This is a setup for the entrenched political > stronghold to protect its interests. [TB] While I agree that voter turnout in some wards is much lower than others, I don't see how we are pitting one ward against another. Do the wards have opposing interests? What are these interests where the wards compete? > Mary Belfry writes: > Does anyone govern the ethics of the Minneapolis Park > Board Commissioners? I thought gifting memberships as > part of a "sweetheart deal" went by the wayside a few > years ago. ... and now the redistricting with > an emphasis on District 6. Taking out Tracy Nordstrom > by one block so she can't run against the incumbent! > Whats next. [TB] We can't blame the Park Board for the redistricting, that's the realm of the Redistricting Commission which is required by charter to keep the lines a close to some old lines (circa 1970?) as possible. > (Green Party?) Press Advisory � April 23, 2002 > COUNCILMEMBERS CHALLENGE LOCAL REDISTRICTING PLAN > (Quoting CM Natalie Johnson Lee �The Commissioners also completely ignored issues raised at the public hearings. [TB] When I was at those hearings I heard people speaking on both sides of those issues, some supported the plan as presented, others objected. I'm not sure the City Charter gives the council an option other than adopt the presented plan. Same press release quoting Cam Gordon: > �Under the new plan, Downtown would become its own island � and a powerful > one at that � insulated from the interests of the neighborhoods > and the City at large.� [TB] Downtown is a neighborhood, there are something around 19,000 of us living here. That's just a bit over 2/3 of a ward. Does he really think that the entire council won't be involved in issues regarding the central business district? Is Uptown an island being in one ward? Dinkytown? > List manager wrote (regarding a donut joint): > Everyone: > > Repeat after me: NOT a Minneapolis issue. [TB] "NOT a Minneapolis issue" Terrell Brown Loring Park terrell at terrellbrown dot org _______________________________________ 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
