I just think that the City should do what we expect them to do. In other words, don't waste taxpayer money or time. Let me give you a quick example.
Today I was in criminal court charged with a misdemeanor. The crime? A tenant who rents a house from me took down the rear fence (without my permission) so he could work on his car close to the house. I was charged criminally for this even though my property manager sent to the housing inspector, Sarah Maxwell, the name and phone number of this tenant. She refused to send the order directly to the tenant and instead ticketed me personally. The Housing Maintenance code says in 5 different areas to send the orders to the "proper and responsible" party. Obviously this is the tenant. To make a long story short, after 3 Court appearances, at the beginning of the trial, I made a motion before the judge to dismiss. I had to research the ordinances thoroughly and I found a technicality to beat them. The judge dismissed the case. Here is the bottom line. The City had 3 City attorneys and the housing inspector there prepared to take me to the woodshed for my heinous crime. They were prepared to spend a half a day to prosecute this case. Do you think this is a good way for the City to spend its time and scarce resources??? Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Cutting size of the City Council > I guess I'm wondering why we're not hearing about cuts in finance, > inspections, the Civil Rights Department (a totally duplicative function > that the state currently has),ITS and a shift in CDBG from small grant > programs to funding certain public service functions in targeted > neighborhoods (trust me this can be done and has been done in the past). > > Why is it the cuts are mostly in fire, police and public works (which has > been cut so much in the last eight years they squeak). > > > Is this a political ploy since they think this will make citizens complain > to the state or is it just the easiest cuts to make. Also how come this > administration (which bills itself as throwing the doors open at City Hall" > hasn't had any public hearings on what the citizens would like to see cut. > The School Board has done an excellent job of surveying their constitutents, > on just this point, in their last two budget cuts. > > Lisa McDonald > East Harriet > > > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [Mpls] Cutting size of the City Council > >Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:07:38 EST > > > >I'll just on this band wagon in a minute. As I look at how the City is > >proposing to meet the challenges of the cuts in LGA all I can see is "same > >old, same old." Threaten to cut police, fire, and maybe even remove stop > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > 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 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
