'The courts have sustained ordinances requiring residency for public employees - as long as it is not applied retroactively and is made a condition of future employment'
They also have to be required of all future employees. In the case of Minneapolis, teachers, park employees and many other categories, including a several high placed appointments, were "exempted" from the residency requirement. The one thing people seem to forget is that the police officers are also citizens of the United States and therefore entitled to the same civil rights as everyone else. Small matter and often inconvient, but still true. By the way, many officers do live in the city, voluntarily. Three of the four current MPD candidates for chief live in the city. Unfortunately, most of the officers who do live in Mpls, but not all, are single and/or have no children. Many officers I know who have school aged children are reluctant to have their children live in the city and attend public schools for fear of what the kids may be subjected to from other kids. The ones I know who live in Mpls and have children, work their butts off to send them to private schools. Anne McCandless Jordan REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
