If you wait long enough on this "List", you will find a person who you disagree on what is seemingly every issue, writing something you agree with. I am afraid Jordan Kushner has written such a post. I am not sure given the depths of my disagreements with Kushner if this is his fault or mine. Perhaps he should redo his post or perhaps I should read it more closely, but on its surface I cannot find any thing to fault.
After having re-read it for at least three times I am left with the same impression. That being the case, I am left with one irrefutable conclusion. IT MUST BE THE TRUTH. Chicago and Lake are as Jordan describes. The Mayor and "Downtown" are as Jordan describes, only seemingly interested in the appearance of supporting affordable housing, (and not opening up "Fortress Neighborhoods"). As Jordan describes, IF Sears had been competently addressed it would have created real development and change for a 1/4 of Minneapolis.(This could have created an incredible increase in City tax revenue, and not the drain that Target and Brookfield became.) So Jordan, even if I do not like most of your positions, you sure got this one right. Keith should not be personally critical of Jordan for his choice to move to a suburb. Such moves create housing and economic opportunities for others who want to be part of our city. I know at least one good young lawyer, from a suburban family, who has chosen to now live in the inner-city. The City is an "Environmental Eco-System" that regenerates itself. If the Downtown politicians and non-profit developers don't kill it first. Jim Graham, Ventura Village - in Metropolis >>>"The rarest of gems, with the greatest clarity, and with the greatest brilliance, is not the diamond. The rarest of all gems is the truth. Yet as scarce as truth is, the supply has always far exceeded any demand for it. In fact it may well be the lest desirable commodity in the known Universe. Ask any politician" - Wisdom of Toe<<< TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
