Cameras downtown. What is Target hoping to gain from this generous offer to Mpls? If its crime reduction then would it not be better place them in worse areas of the city? Maybe trying to catch drug dealers at work in Jordan, or elsewhere. Personally I have mixed feelings about surveillance cameras. A bit too Orwellian for me, but also can serve a very good purpose. Mainly I don't trust my government to not abuse the #$%&* out of it for their own hidden agendas. This council may not have one, but who knows about the next one. Slippery slope, probably. Call me a cynic if you will.
Target on Broadway closing. Been to that store once. It was a disgrace to that company to have a store in such manner. Way too many empty shelves, unclean, and a mess. No wonder they cant make any money there. Besides that, Targets target market is not poor or black (what that area is believed to be). Maybe the great retail pariah (Wal-Mart) will move in and make a killing. BTW, no one on here has seen fit to respond to my tax proposal of letting each government body tax income for its needs, and only its needs. Feds for feds, state for state, county for eh county, and the city for the city. That would end the need to Aid for Cities the state has been dealing with this past session. Maybe my idea is half baked and rotten, but I figured I would at least be told so by some on this forum. I find myself amazed at that. Ron Leurquin Waite Park -----Original Message----- From: Amy Draeger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] PATRIOT ACT III - DOWNTOWN TARGET SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS One would hope that our council members would review they reasons they passed a resolution against the Patriot Act before they allow themselves to be snookered into believing this is the right thing to do. The Patriot Act is all about giving the government power to invade personal liberty on the basis of what might occur. So is allowing government the power to suveil citizens on the streets. Even Barrett Lane should vote against this one on the basis of its glaring inconsistency with previous Council action on the Patriot Act. Amy Draeger Audubon Park _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus 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
