I propose putting rods on all the seats of power. That way they can't fall asleep there anymore, and they will be encouraged to move on and do some real work. If not they could always be beaten, humiliated, pepper-sprayed, stepped on, kicked, etc etc until they get the message.
--David Shove Roseville On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Peter T Schmitz wrote: > Thanks for the update, Margaret. > > It'd be nice to believe that our Mayor and City Council would never > consider repeating such a despictable act of violence against homeless > people, but given that they currently allow rogue cops to beat and > harrass this population I'm not so sure. > > As many human rights activists say, silence is > complicity.-------------Peter Schmitz CARAG > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 23:49:59 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Today I was at the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness. > > One, among many, troubling pieces of information mentioned at > > that > > meeting is that there is a possibility that Minneapolis may follow > > St. Paul's > > (relatively new) initiative of placing rods under bridges that > > prevent a human being > > from being able to rest or sleep there. > > From what I was told at the meeting, the State has provided about > > $10,000 > > so far to pay for these rods. > > It was pointed out that the 519 shelter could be funded to stay > > open for > > several months with $10,000. > > I am being proactive in raising this issue as I want us to be > > aware so > > that we can fight this if Minneapolis should try to do this. > > Margaret Hastings-Mpls-Kingfield > > 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
