Tom Berthiaume wrote: "Why would the Mayor secretly push these zoning changes that will surely increase racial and economic segregation? It might be his solution to the Lydia House and Collaborative Village law suits and others that are sure to follow. If you get a chance, ask him. And also ask him, the Shelter Advisory Board, and the Council Members how many supportive housing facilities are near their residences. Would it be fair to guess there won't be 17?"
For starters, I hope a rep comes on here to explain RT's reasoning. But, hey, if you have solid evidence of both cases, rich and poor neighborhoods, why not post it here? If you visit the mayor's office and present the evidence, why not write down the response and post it here? Steve Brandt MIGHT find a good story in it and get a political reporter to put it in the newspaper, a "community activism" story. And we can also distribute it across the web, too. I have a website and would post a story on it. I participate in many chat areas and would help spread the information. I might do some checking before I did, but if I found reasons to publicize it, I would. As channels of news get more and more concentrated, the people will have to find and exploit new channels as a way to keep good government alive. The TV stations have tiplines, so that is another place to plant the seeds. Lets not give up till we get an answer about how much concentration there is and how equitably zoning laws are enforced. It could be the germ of a campaign for zoning equity. Heck, maybe someday soon someone will become a candidate for local government with that as a major plank (Maybe Eddie F?) Steven Meldahl: "VAfter a 2 year battle, I eventually lost on a technicality that stated that any decision of the City Council is a "quasi judicial " decision and must be appealed directly to the Appellate Court by a writ of certiori." Hmmm. Was that an established principle of law that you should have known going in? Was your legal representation high-caliber? Steven Meldahl: "The still evident litigious attitude of the City is not in my opinion caused by any of the current City Council members. It rests directly at the feet of Jay Heffern, the head City attorney. He has instructed his flock of city attornieys not to settle anything!" Whoa! That must be a new development. I well remember repeated news stories of the city settling because "otherwise we'd have court costs and end up paying even more". That was part of my reason for wanting the City Council leadership dumped. They were getting us taxpayers into stuff where they didn't have a prayer of a defense. That was legal stupidity. Mike Nelson: "I put signs up for a campaign last year, and had a list of names and addresses for every sign requested. After the election, we went out and collected them." I know Doug Mann did that. I figured he might want them around for a future run. I was gonna drop my Mann sign on his porch but I came home one day and it was gone. So Doug tidies up our city on his own. A pat on the back, Doug. ===== Jim Mork Cooper Neighborhood ------------ Progressive Minnesotans, get together at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MN_progressive_tradition/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 _______________________________________ 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
