Don Blyly wrote: Can Paul or anybody else confirm that the city is now using inspections to try to force the businesses out of Hi-Lake in order to justify it's "blighted" designation? If this is true, I can think of two possibilities: 1) The new elected people in City Hall are already as bad as it took many years for the old gang to become; or 2) There are non-elected people who are still up to the same kind of garbage, regardless of who the elected people are.
David Piehl adds: There is another possibility - a developer could have his/her eye on the site and be using city inspections as a tool to make life difficult for the current owners. There is at least one notorious local developer who stated about three years ago that he was interested in that site who utilizes these tactics on a regular basis. The same developer has made documented (but unsubstantiated) claims that he has Minneapolis Inspectors on his payroll and can get whatever he wants. That developer actually told several people that he already owned the site a few years ago; it's possible he's making a second run for the property, or another developer is; property adjacent to the new LRT line is rumored to be a hot commodity these days. This is a perfect example how uneven enforcement of the codes can cause bigger issues - it allows code to be used as tool for people with financial means to unfairly take advantage of people with far fewer resources. David Piehl Central __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com 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
