Re: [Mpls] List members in the news

[Lisa McDonald]

And this is the problem. The Minneapolis Inspections Department basically tags and bugs the folks that they know are the most apt to make the corrections. If they would just enforce the outstanding tags that are on many properties that would keep they busy full-time as inspectors. For all this talk of reform by the current administration I can cite several examples of outstanding citations by recurrent offenders for really serious stuff that the Inspections Department refuses to enforce. Even as a Council Member I couldn't get some of these problem offenders taken care of.   Now that I'm a civilian and working on a project in my front yard they are bugging the living daylights out of me. I recently removed two very ornate railings from my top steps that are original to my house (1925) and took them to Master Sandblasting to be repaired, blasted and painted. The guys at the sandblasters said they were some of the nicest and most unusual ironwork they had seen and would easily be $1000 to recreated. Guess what, the inspectors will not let me put them back because they are higher that 30 inches. Forget the fact they are historic and fit the house. So now as a citizen I have to do all kinds of legwork to see if I can get this overturned so I can re-install them. So much for reform at City Hall.   Lisa McDonald 4241 East Lake Harriet Parkway East Harriet   ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne McCandless Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:17 PM To: List Manager; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] List members in the news   PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.... send those bored inspectors to Jordan.  Some of my neighbors would think 8" high grass is recently mowed.  Old mufflers are lawn ornaments. Not to mention the cars and RV's parked on the grass from season to season, year to year.  How about no grass at all,  semi trucks regularly parked on residential streets(oops, cop problem, sorry). Well I could go on and on.  Not just my neighborhood either.  My mom lives over on 31st and Central NE and there is more graffiti in their alleys them I've seen over here in ages.  Anne the trash....ish. Maybe the city needs to look at how inspectors are assigned.  Maybe the areas where these minor infractions occur should be inspected on complaint only.  That would free up alot of the inspectors to patrol the more neglected areas. Anne McCandless Jordan ----- Original Message ----- From: "List Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 8:01 PM Subject: [Mpls] List members in the news > Ann Berget: hunted by city inspectors. Doug Grow is on the case. > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/3907233.html > > David Brauer > List manager > Ex-neighbor, regretfully > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > ________________________________ > > 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. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ 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 Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com