I don't get what G. R. Anderson is saying about R. T. Rybak. Seems to me if there was any "mistake" (and I don't buy that there was), it was on the part of the guy responsible for law enforcement, Chief Olson. And till recently, everyone is saying Rybak didn't approve of Olson. But if you think Olson did err, then you shoot be shooting your darts at the Council, Mr. Anderson. They were the ones saying Olson was doing a great job. I happen to think Olson has done a very good job, and that his decisions on the strike force fall within the range of acceptable administration. Have you LOOKED at the murder stats lately? They are above zero, which you hate to see, but compared to other cities, the RATE per 100,000 population is pretty decent.
After reading a couple of blogs, I can see that Mr. Anderson affects a tone that would get him banned from here. I'm surprised he was even linked. I suppose that's how you get that stuff in here without breaking the rules. I'm gonna turn hard-hearted and say Tyesha Edwards was only one of dozens of murders. And even of bystander murders, she was one of many. You can't really judge the job done by law enforcement by exploiting the natural emotion about her death. I'm glad it refocused scrutiny on how crime is being handled, but it is a bit over the top to call Olson or Rybak failures because of this one case. By the way, nothing presented so far on this issue is about crime ON Franklin. The one story was about crime around the Super America and bar at 25th and Bloomington. That's five blocks OFF Franklin. Moreover, there wasn't anything in the story that suggested it was about gang activity. Gangs don't pimp for strings of prostitutes and the drug sales were by an individual addict. So, I'm still looking for something from the spring (other than voluble list participants) that predicted Tyesha Edwards' death. I'm still saying the network TV, Strib, and Pioneer Press weren't giving it significant attention. ===== =================== Jim Mork----Cooper Neighborhood "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" ---Matthew 5:9 United for Peace http://www.unitedforpeace.org/new/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
