Matt Schwei wrote: > I think it is about time we/the City begin discussions/taking actions to > mitigate these problems which are occurring on the weekends at 2am. The > papers and our professional football team are doing a great job of promoting > these late-night problems. The police say that the 2am hour is their > busiest time -who's paying for these late night patrols and subsequent > bookings? Certainly not the suburbanites! >
I think a great way to do this would be to keep the warehouse district active later. 2 am, to be honest, is pretty early . . . by 3 or 4, though, people will start heading home on their own. I think this should be done in two ways: 1) Later bar closing times. I looked for some research on this, couldn't find anything to support my hypothesis . . . but I believe that later bar closing times will help break up the crowds somewhat. More importantly . . . 2) Places to go after the bars close! Since I've moved here, I've been baffled that there are so few places to eat after bar closing. Seeing pictures of the 2 am line in front of Pizza Luce (in a recent Strib article) has only confirmed my opinion that business-people in Minneapolis are missing something. Would that I had the money to start up a restaurant in the warehouse district--more of these places would make somebody a ton of money, and give lots of bar patrons a place to go, sober up, and get off the streets. David Wilson wrote: > This problem, like the siting of sports stadiums, the care > of and housing of dependent populations, the education and housing of the > poor, the transportation system, and the siting of major medical centers > are REGIONAL issues. > Here is a problem that is a regional issue. Can we discuss it without > framing it as a city vs. suburb confrontation? > Given the tension between the city and the state, I don't know if the discussion can be done without confrontation. I will tell you what I'd like to see, though. I think the city of Minneapolis should as for a downtown presence by state troopers Friday and Saturday nights. --Jeff Rosenberg Cedar-Riverside . . . Where there's tons of nightlife to be enjoyed--most people just don't know it. 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
