Dennis, There is the problem. The CCP Safe department are basically incompetant and should be dissolved. Then those police officers can be back on the street doing real police work.
By the way, rumor has it that that landlord you refer to knowingly rents to dealers in some of his buildings and takes "part of the action". Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Hood Stores > Don't think for a moment that the root causes of poorly run hood stores have > anything to do with racial, social or economic issues. Proof of this can be > observed on Lowry Avenue. At Lowry and Logan sits the Citgo franchise, and > at Lowry and Russell sits the SA franchise. One is well operated and has a > strict policy and fair pricing, the other is poorly run and openly takes > advantage of a captive customer base. Go visit these two stores and come > back and tell me that it's not possible to operate a "good" convenience > store in an inner-city neighborhood. It is... > > We project the outcome with the expectations we set. > > I am sick and tired of hearing individuals tell me that a business owners > "right" to operate anyway they deem appropriate (as long as they're not > openly breaking the law) outweighs my "right" to live in a safe and clean > neighborhood. > > Case in-point. I just finished reading an article regaridng the landlord > that owns the house that instigated the "Jordan Melee" just over a year ago. > In the last two years, this landlord has TEN RENTAL PROPERTIES in the City > of Minneapolis that have been investigated by the CCP Safe teams. TEN!!!! > > BTW-He lives in Elk River. And he's not breaking any laws. > > Thnx > > Dennis Plante > Jordan > > > Dennis Plante > Jordan > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger with backgrounds, emoticons and more. > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_customize > 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. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ 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
