Robert Schmid:In other words, addicts would get medical assistance instead of jail time. There is, of course, a spectrum of scenarios between legalization and de-criminalization that involves a variety of different approaches to different questions e.g.;
JM: I'd be happy to see as much police time given to drugs as is given to smoking. There is about as much hope of getting people to give up one as the other, and smoking is killing far more people. And I'm betting we'd have a reduction in Minneapolis murders if the product was not criminalized. Victoria Heller:I don't know of any listmembers who criticize subsidized housing. They (myself included) are criticizing subsidized DEVELOPERS. I would happily give the $32 million to struggling families. JM: My calculator says at $150,000 apiece, $32 million would pay for 213 affordable houses. Whoosh! That would be a BIG additon to our affordable housing stock, wouldn't it? Now, regarding non-citizens voting, what would be the arguments AGAINST it? Well, I can see that on territorial defense, we might not want foreigners affecting our policy. So maybe they shouldn't vote for president (the president doesnt really appropriate money, after all). But would the same considerations apply with, say, city council? I could see someone saying no. Of course, this might be pretty radical to the world. I doubt you could just go live in France and vote in THEIR elections. Jim Mork Cooper Neighborhood Minneapolis __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
