Is this a poor word choice? "The building, which had opened this summer, had experienced a shooting and other minor criminal activity" Under normal English grammar, that would be taken to mean a shooting is "minor criminal activity". And I just KNOW Don Samuels didn't mean that. Maybe "a shooting PLUS minor criminal activity". And just to comment, a brand new complex that is already experiencing that is what I call a REALLY troubled facility! What is SAI doing in managing its properties? I rented for all but ten years of my life and NEVER had a shooting where I lived. And some of it was tenement living.
Community Involvement
I�m reading this defense of the school board by questioning voters with fascination. When the COMMUNITY objects to government action, since WHEN can the government question whether the community has �community involvement�. The objection by the community IS �community involvement�. The thing here is that the community had to FORCE its involvement rather than receiving an invitation by the government body. Is this pattern of hush-hush decisionmaking followed by attacks on citizens some vile by-product of the current Washington atmosphere? If so, it is UNWELCOME HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. This is not �Pawlentyland� or �Bushland�. This is a city that rejected BOTH those models decisively. I think it is time for the schoolboard and its lay defenders to realize their �panicky� decision was a poor one, and just move on. Thanks to our African American citizens, they are now forced to do what most of us KNOW they should have done all along. Among other things, they have EMBARRASSED Mr. Jennings, which is not a kind thing to do. They should be hanging their heads, not trying to put citizens on the defensive. I think the members who are heading up this attack are candidates for replacement, and I HOPE someone runs against them.
Library Input
Was checking the MPLIC website to see what news there was (particularly about the music holdings) and stumbled across a webform for expressing opinions and ideas to the library board. The URL:
http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/yourideas.asp
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Jim Mork
Cooper Neighborhood
"The most abject slave is allowed to wave the imperial flag and cry 'Hail Caesar' as the tyrant passes by." Anonymous
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