Joan Thom posts: This past week end Hawthorne did a clean sweep. We had enough volunteers to do litter clean up, and man Garbage Trucks for both our residential and Industrial areas...Did we see any of this in the MEDIA NO, After all Good things don't sell advertising, only sensationalism.
Brandt here: Having organized my neighborhood's Clean Sweep for several years, I'm glad the newspaper didn't cover yours or mine or any of the others in the city. They may be public service, but they're not news. As for positive developments, I happen to know that a Star Tribune reporter was up at a school in Hawthorne this very morning. That reporter had been around long enough to remember when the block on which the school sits was the neighborhood's crack alley. On another matter, I'd like to comment on drinking at the Capitol as one who covered state government back in the Pleistocene epoch when even-year Legislatures were expected to adjourn by planting time or face the consequences from voters. There was drinking in the late 1970s throughout the Capitol--Senate and House offices, the press room--but only on the final night and only after the House and Senate adjourned sine die. Steve Brandt Star Tribune Kingfield 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
