Thanks, Jonathan. I've always respected your point of view, and given that I'm inclined to support Don Samuels.
Still, I was willing to give Moore a chance until I learned that Olin Moore now has the endorsement of the Police Federation. To me, this means that Moore is the endorsed candidate of a group of thugs and bullies A group that defends the reprehensible behavior that included harassing and sometimes killing innocent people who are metally ill, have dark skin, speak different languages, have long hair, spiked hair. I'm sure of Christopher Burns (the man who was most recently murdered by out of control cops, the case was even ruled a homicide by police in court) could were still with us he would empthetically plea with us not to elect anyone supported by the police federation ever! Still, Don Samuels' Nixonesque "Tough on crime and drugs" rhetoric is very disturbing to me as I believe that drug addiction can not be solved even by responsible law enforcement. This is purely a medical, psychological problem and to some extent the result of a desperate economy. The only thing law enforcement can contribute to solving the drug problem is to drive it further underground and make the violence that goes along with drugs worse. Samuels' solution, to "get the cops out of thier cars and in to the neighborhoods" will only increase police harassment of youth and people of color. I personally don't want cops getting out of their cars to "get to know me better." I just want people to be able to go to the grocery store without getting harassed twice a week because they "look suspicious." Tamir Nolley Holland Ward 3 Jonathan Palmer wrote: Again reflecting on Britt's piece on the 3rd ward, and the need to be specific on the issues, I thought I'd post another section from Don Samuels' campaign platform posted on his website (<A HREF="www.donsamuels.org">www.donsamuels.org</A>). Again, I wanted to write my opinions contrasting Don and Olin's positions, but I continue to be unable to find Olin's platform...... Don Samuels on: INSPECTIONS "City Inspections must work with residents to preserve our fragile, valuable housing stock and create quality neighborhoods." - Ensure sufficient staff to work with residents on enforcing community standards. Partner with neighborhoods on clean-sweep efforts and preventive education. - Institute a system of public accountability where inspection goals are tracked and reported on a regular basis. - Work with the courts to ensure consequences for poorly maintained properties. Coordinate resources on chronic offenders. - Balance increased enforcement with appropriate resources targeted to property owners. Partner with neighborhood groups to promote property improvement incentives. --part1_12e.2092c453.2b5a0122_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Again reflecting on Britt's piece on the 3rd ward, and the need to be specific on the issues, I thought I'd post another section from Don Samuels' campaign platform posted on his website (<A HREF="www.donsamuels.org">www.donsamuels.org</A>). <BR> <BR> Again, I wanted to write my opinions contrasting Don and Olin's positions, but I continue to be unable to find Olin's platform......<BR> <BR> Don Samuels on:<BR> <BR> INSPECTIONS<BR> "City Inspections must work with residents to preserve our fragile, valuable housing stock and create quality neighborhoods."<BR> <BR> - Ensure sufficient staff to work with residents on enforcing community standards. Partner with neighborhoods on clean-sweep efforts and preventive education. <BR> - Institute a system of public accountability where inspection goals are tracked and reported on a regular basis.<BR> - Work with the courts to ensure consequences for poorly maintained properties. Coordinate resources on chronic offenders. <BR> - Balance increased enforcement with appropriate resources targeted to property owners. Partner with neighborhood groups to promote property improvement incentives.</FONT></HTML> --part1_12e.2092c453.2b5a0122_boundary-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ 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
