> Dennis Plante responds: > Probably the greatest single impact that we could have on the issue would be > to find a way to confiscate the autos of the mostly suburbanite buyers of > illegal narcotics. [snip] Come sit on > a street corner late some Friday, or Saturday afternoon and watch how many > kids from the burbs, out in their parents' car, make their stop in my > neighborhood to get their drugs. It's almost as normal for them as stopping > to get gas for the drive home before they continue-on to whereever it is > they're going to "party". > > dennis plante > jordan
I am certainly no expert on the illegal drug market, but I find Dennis' accusation about the "mostly suburbanite buyers of illegal narcotics" a bit of a stretch. That would seem to imply that few residents of Minneapolis buy illegal drugs and all of the problems are a result of the people who live in the suburbs. It really doesn't matter who is buying the drugs because the customer's geographic location is no excuse for breaking the law by selling drugs and shooting people. A blanket condemnation of people who live in the suburbs does nothing to solve the problem. Tom Searles Waconia, Twp. 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
