> Apparently no accounting for disgruntled Republicans (and a few others)
who
> will never be satisfied until every public service is privatized and
> unavailable to everyone but the affluent and their property tax bills
> disappear.
Craig the Repub here. I've noticed precious few if any Mpls services
privatized. Maybe one of the city officials who monitor this list can name
some. Try get over the 1% threshold of total city outlays. I doubt we'll
find it.
>
> You don't get something for nothing. You can't expect taxes to disappear
> without watching little things like your streets going unplowed,
Talk to my fellow citizens in Near North. In snowy winters it is common
belief that large parts of north go relatively un- plowed.
street
> lighting go dark,
we have large parts of the city that don't get street lights repaired or
replaced for longs stints already. If it was a privately owned system the
bulbs would be changed within 48 hours or someone would get fired.
schools shut down,
We already have that in Redwing etc.
criminals freed,
already have that to. no one does anywhere near 60% of their sentance. Mpls
is where other jurisdictions unload their extra criminals. It's called
prison by other means. Hawthorne, Jordan, Phillips.
cops disappear,
we have that already, count how many officers are on duty after 12:00
midnight. Compare that to how many are working between 8:00-4:30 M-F
> buildings burn to the ground, water stop flowing, sewers back up.
I believe it's been well documented for the past 8 years that our water
infrastructure system has been neglected for quite some time.
>
> You want more patrols, better patrolling, fewer gangs, less violence?
> Pay up. And shut up.
We are already paying for all of the above. I'm not sure if I see the
difference in what we are getting for payment or no payment.
Oh and by the way. There hasn't been a republican administration in over 30
years. There has not been a Republican mayor with a republican council
ever. Ever since we went with party designation there has been long
uninterupted decades of DFL Majorities coupled with DFL Mayors.
>
> You think if all those city services were privately operated they'd be
> cheaper and better and less bureaucratic?
Some of them? Yes.
>
> Gaze around at the wonderful corporations who represent not only
> privatization of public services but also have a monopoly on most of them:
> Xcel/NSP. Qwest. Tried dealing with those people lately? Watched their
> management all but indicted?
>
> Don't you love those gas bills? Those electric bills? Those telephone
> statements? And the great service they give in return?
White collar Criminals should be punished. But as for the service they
provide. Yes I am still happy. I know my phone, gas, electric companies
work. I turn on my switch or pick up the dial and wahlaa. It works.
Now if I call a city official for the basics, that's another matter.
Crime.....lets just stop right there.
> Do the people listed below as wanting their very own mayor think this is
all
> OK?
>
> I have never understood is why so many of you place so much faith in the
> private sector as if the private sector is run by angels while the public
> sector is seen as Satan's realm. I fear there is nothing that would
satisfy
> some people. People who chronically complain about anything public would
do
> so no matter the mayor.
>
> Best thing to do in these cases: ignore them.
Yep, we got ignored for quite a while. We tossed out bushels of Mr.
Driscolls co-horts. Fritz and Roger looked into the camera in those last
days and asked. " Who do you trust" or said in one way or another. "It's
a matter of trust"
In nation leading record turnout, we voted Republican. Go figure.
Craig Miller
Rogers MN
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>
> Andy Driscoll
> Saint Paul
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