Greeting's List, I must say that in some respect Dyna is right about the thuggish ruggish one's moving into Hawthorne, and not just Hawthorne but into other parts of Jordan as well. It sounds good to target certain areas, but it only moves the problems to other neighborhoods, like Hawthorne. I equate this to killing roaches, if you spray one area of the house, or only the surface, then you only move them and then they become infested in another place. Minneapolis has to look at the bigger picture and not just one or two neighborhoods. There needs to be a plan put forth, one that includes rule 25 assessors, chemical dependency programming (i.e. Turning Point, IBCA and Eden house), parenting programs, police, park police, schools, parks, city attorney, county attorney, mental health, human services, clinics, valued and trusted community leaders, churches and common folk, I.e. residents. I like the approach that Gloria Lewis has over at the MN Department of Health, heck even the Blue Ribbon gave a report that could be the road map to helping disparities. Yes, it cost money, and yes it has to come from somewhere and if this means raising my taxes to help offset some of the funding, then by all mean do so. For sake the sake of our community, we have to deal with the overall issues, you know the more complicated issues that no one wants to deal with, otherwise we are doomed to be "Murderappolis," again.
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