WizardMarks wrote: To hear ex-junkies tell it, half the fun of being a drug mummy is the frisson of fear which accompanies doing something naughty and trolling in other people's neighborhoods.
My Response: I struggle with the phrase "Other people's neighborhoods." Of course drug dealers aren't part of the neighborhood. I doubt these losers are part of any neighborhood. Your post implies that Joe suburb drives into the city, does his business, and returns to his safe, suburban home. Is that the image you really have? As a landlord, I have a very different image. I don't believe these losers have any place to live. Instead, they shack up with anyone they can. Then they run their business very close to where they are shacked up. This is why I believe landlords should ignore the dealers and hookers (catching them does no good -- the courts let them out right way). Focus on where they go. Who do they visit? Once we discover the tenant that gives these losers a bathroom, a kitchen and a bed to sleep in, then remove that tenant. The problem disappears quickly once the crooks have no place to hang. I experience this every single year. We had it this summer near the corner of 27th and 2nd A. S. Regards, Bill Cullen Whittier Landlord 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
