Jeff Carlson wrote: >The logic behind >NIMBYism never ceases to baffle me. I wonder if the >author has ever spent time with the folks down at the >Peace House - his enflamed polemical rhetoric about >the mess they would make of Seven Corners suggests >that he has not.
DP: Here the author is engaging in knee-jerk PC inflamed polemics by bringing in the NIMBY accusation. Of course it's going to be the locals that yell foul when someone lights off a stink bomb. The 7 Corners issue is a question of reasonable use of taxpayer dollars, whether these guys can be helped in this environment, and how will the neighborhood be affected. Put it all together and this proposal stinks. I jumped into this discussion when I saw the Strib article on Peace House and read about the folks there and their trouble with chemical dependency and chronic homelessness. The proposal for 7 Corners is for an overnight shelter only. This "service" will enable the chemically dependent. What is the provider group doing to turn lives around? There is not a good record of salvations. If this money is simply buying 25 spots on the floor out of the cold we need a better plan. As I've said before we could shelter 100 men for nearly the same operational costs. That JC "walks by it almost every day" and feels that he has "spent time with the folks" tells me he's not connected with the issues. Dan Prozinski Cedar Riverside _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
