silly mistake in last post. Got a neighborhood mixed up. Jordan is onthe North Side. Not on the south side. Edit, audit, forgive, and delete.
-Brandon Lacy -Powderhorn Park >From: Lynnell Mickelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Mpls] Pi-Press on Jordan, The City & $250 per bag for trash >pick-up? >Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:47:30 -0500 > > > > Judy Borger has an interesting story on the Jordan neighborhood in today's >Pi-Press. Here's the link: >http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/4185177.htm > > She made some excellent points about how this neighborhood is in political >limbo. Current council member is Joe Biernat, still seeming pretty much >AWOL while he hashes out his legal status. And because of re-districting, >the neighborhood is about to move over to Natalie Johnson-Lee's 5th ward, >but it's not there yet. > > But what caught my eye was $25,000 from the county going to Spike Moss and >his organization, The City, Inc. to pick up trash. Which apparently >resulted in "90 to 100" bags of trash being collected. The Jordan >neighbors interviewed weren't too pleased about all this---wanted to know >who really got this $25,000 and what they would get for it. There were the >usual mixed comments about The City, Inc and Spike. > > I quote from the story: > > "Spike Moss, a City Inc. activist who oversaw the project, said a crew of >50 >young men between 15 and 25 years old worked after school and all day on a >Saturday to clean up. The $25,000 had all been spent by last week, with $15 >an hour going to supervisors and $7.50 an hour to workers."We were working >all over the community," said Moss, who declined to be more >specific. > "County planning manager John McLaughlin, who administers the grant to The >City Inc., confirmed that the county hauled away 90 to 100 bags of trash >from the parking lot of The City Inc., which is several blocks from the >Jordan neighborhood. "I can confirm that we hauled the trash away. I can't >verify where it came from," said McLaughlin, who added, "$25,000 is not a >big thing." > > Lynnell again: I don't know much about Spike Moss or The City and I >don't have a dog in that fight. But IF the $25,000 was for a one-time trash >sweep that resulted in 100 bags----that's $250 per bag. And if this is >true, all I can say is, let me collect trash at that rate!!!! I'll be over >there in a nano-second. So would a lot of other people I know. > > Also, how could 50 young men work all day and collect only two bags of >trash each? > > Great story, as usual, by Pi-Press Judy Borger, who along with Steve >Brandt from the Strib and a few others, is one of my favorite intrepid city >reporters. (I mean, holy cow, she actually gets out of the office and talks >to people in the neighborhoods, imagine that!!!! ) > > The people of Jordan, once again, have my condolences and empathy. Talk >about a group of people getting kicked around while they're already down. >It ain't fair. > > Lynnell Mickelsen > Ward 13 > > >-- > >_______________________________________ >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 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________ 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
