----- Original Message ----- 
From: "basia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "JKurtis Ballantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Rent Control


> Dear Kurtis,
> I am not angry I am tired of whining and throwing money instead of values
at
> people.  I never married my son's Father.  He had "issues", and now he is
> dead.  Folks that have never worked, have never finished school, and raise
> children in poverty need a hell of a lot more than a cheap place to live.
I
> think supportive, group housing with on site day care would be a wonderful
> solution.  All (able bodied) adults would be required to take the steps to
> improve their lives for their children.  I work with many cultures,
> languages and income levels.  I treat them as I would my own family.  No
> evictions in 66 units for 10 years, rarely a police call, and no domestic
> violence.  On site management is helpful when working with the poor.
Their
> issues are financial, emotional, cultural etc.....
> I know that the solutions that the social service institutions are still
> using have not worked.  Remember I have done this for 15 years and live on
> the West Bank, but I am afraid it won't be for much longer, I am also
tired
> of crime.
> B. Murray
>


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.)

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