I am neither shocked or surprised by the actions described by our police and city council after these shootings. It just goes to show that they don't want to solve the real problems on Broadway, and the rest of the Northside. I think it's great that you spoke up and put Biernat on the hot seat. I've e-mailed him several times, and gotten decent responses. But this is the solution to the problem? Cookouts? Give me a break. I think it's time to close some of the duplicated departments at city hall and use that money to help all the citizens, and not just a few. Your story reminds me of Sayles-Belton telling our community that if someone is playing a loud car stereo outside our house, that we shouldn't call the police, we should go out to the car, and ask them to turn it down. Talk about being out of touch. The next problem I forsee is after Broadway is cleaned up, the crime will move north to Lowry. In fact it already has. Prostitution is rampant at night, and loitering is going on all the time. This summer will show how tough our new mayor is going to be. And will his adminstration raise the budget of the police? Crime has dropped in the last five years, no doubt about it. But will other livibality crimes looming, we need to go for the endzone and send a message to the criminals that choose to ruin Minneapolis.
Steve J. McKinley ward 3 _______________________________________ 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
