John Goodman wrote: >My understanding is that the city is only enforcing statutes that are >ALREADY on the books -- not instituting some NEW policy; The only thing >Heritage Neighborhood Homeowners Association has "decided" has been to no >longer stand for allowing the city to treat Central like a 2nd- (or 3rd-, or >4th-...) class neighborhood. > There's a problem with this because the city could not justify (not that that ever stops municipalities) exercising the law on one neighborhood and not on others. It's still a private club forcing city policy on one neighborhood without even informing the neighborhood that they were going to ask for such a policy--before the fact.
>I can empathize; but I don't know if we can honestly expect the city to >police every streetcorner for transient litterbugs when there are larger >law-enforcement issues to consider. > I wasn't seriously suggesting that the cops patrol. However, I would suggest that the Heritage homeowners club could be responsible for the cleanup to get an idea of what they are expecting of neighbors they failed to consult BEFORE requesting a pilot project. WizardMarks, Central > > > >_______________________________________ >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
