Thank you, David Brauer, for a fresh perspective on the homeless issue. Of course, you and Mark Snyder are right, we must hold to the fire the feet our County Board members. There's a chance I may be moving to NE Minneapolis in 2005. If I do, I''ll really start putting the pressure on Mark Stenglein. Though he's a decent chap, especially when it comes to issues regarding race, his fiscal policies are a disaster.
Thank you, David, for forwarding Gail Dorfman's email, by the way. I'm also intensely curious now, never having given the issue much thought, if we wouldn't be serving homeless people better by getting them into current apartment buildings where there are high vacancie rates, rather than paying developers to build more complexes. Thanks, listmembers, for bringing this up. Mark Synder: If Mayor Rybak should buck the sentiments of Police Federation President John Delmonico (as well as many of our current city council representatives) and succeeds in getting one of the top two external candidates hired for Police Chief, then some of my respect for him will be restored (mind you, I'm only saying "some"), despite his current campaign fund raiser fiasco. Speaking of the Mayor's current fundraising fiasco, since Christmas is a time for miracles let me say kudos to Rochelle Olson and the Minneapolis Star Tribune for an excellent article regarding R.T. Rybak's upcoming fund raiser. If, in the future, should Ms. Olson put the heat on more politicians across the ideological spectrum, like she puts the heat on R.T. in her most recent article, then I'll forgive that silly piece she wrote about Natalie Johnson Lee's traffic citation and personally lobby the Pulitzer Prize committee on her behalf. Thanks for the link, David!!!! Finally, thank you David Shove, for another enlightening historical perspective in regard to the history of cities and how it relates to our latest Park Board blunder. Your reminder that governments have always done a poor job of serving citizens, makes me feel a lot better, strangely enough. Wish I could say more and respond point by point to Mark Snyder's thoughtful post from yesterday, but the responsibilities of my day job and other creative endeavors beckon me. ------Peter Schmitz CARAG 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
