Trim it, for God's Sake!!! Whoosh. About 90 percent of that last digest was just quoting. Unnecessary quoting. I don't see anything but laziness to explain the existence of a quote of the entire previous message when there is no direct reference to its points. Anybody ever heard of excerpting the relevant part and then responding to it? Also, if what you intend to do is give your opinion, what is the need of a quote at all. My scrollbar gets overworked in reading these digests that are mostly untouched quotes. Hard workers live longer. Trim it. Your doctor would approve. ####### OD-ed on Govts:
Back to the too-many-governments problem. There are many things to criticize, but what I hate is the unwillingness to accept roles. What does the Minneapolis government do that a fittingly resourced department in the county couldnt? If the county can take care of health, why couldnt it take care of education? In fact, maybe if the county had both the schools and the courts, it would do something IN the schools to prevent so many kids from ending UP in the courts! Not a certainty, but it is an interesting point to me. I think the current commis- sioner districts are a nice size for a political district. And elections would be easier to comprehend. I wonder what our legislators think the political hurdles would be. ######## 3rd Ward Well, thank God, tomorrow the suspense should end. Somebody is going to get elected and we'll get to discuss other things. Hope everyone of you who thought this was so important is out there voting. ######## Our Friends in Blue I agree with those who say the urge to come to a verdict on these stories is a little too rapid. I don't blame cops for thinking there's a lynching party. About the only thing I can say AGAINST them is there's a tendency on their part to deny there being truth in ANY allegation against another uniform. If they could just maybe hold their tongues for once, the sympathetic would come out of the woodwork. -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail 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
