I found this editorial pretty interesting in context with our coming surveillance cameras. What sort of image of downtown Minneapolis does it project?
I remember the first place I saw these sort of cameras in use was 30 years ago in South Miami Beach. This was long before its renaissance. They had some serious problems. Not anything like what we have here in Minneapolis. There, they had bad actors robbing little old ladies from the Bronx on their way back from the market. I remember thinking it was a place I didn't want to hang out past sundown. I would hate to think that surveillance cameras in downtown would have the same chilling effect. In the editorial it mentioned three things to advertise about our city. One of those was "a safe, lively and hip downtown that so many cities lack". This was the opinion of an independent observer. Tim Connolly Downtown __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com 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
