So, in sum of all these issues related to Minneapolis park warming house closures, let me see if I can get this straight:
1. It was simply too cold to have a WARMING house(s) open? Did I really hear this correctly? I'd like to hope in July it will be too hot to have the air conditioners on in the MPRB offices. 2. According to Ms. Titus, quoted below "Theodore Wirth Park had closed down its activities because it was deemed too cold for people to be out sledding and tubing in sub-zero weather." Is this to say that the City of Minneapolis, in it's benevolence to my own greater good, deemed it in my best interest to stay inside because it was just too darned cold outside, and made sure I did so by closing those structures that exist to make me warm when it's so darned cold outside? God bless the city of Minneapolis for once again knowing what's best for me. >wiping tears of thanks away before they freeze< 3. In terms of liability concerns posited by Mr. Plante, I believe: the way I see it is this: somebody's gonna sue if the warming shacks are open. Somebody's gonna sue because they're closed and they freeze their tootsies on the sliding hill. I would actually think the exposure to liability (no pun intended) is greater (in this nobody to blame for their own ignornace culture of ours) when warming shacks are closed on particularly cold days, when the common assumption to the citizens is that they are open BECAUSE IT'S COLD OUTSIDE! It is decisions like this that leave me wondering who really is at control of the wheel of this city and if there is ANY common sense left here at all. Michael Thompson Southwest Minneapolis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annie Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dorothy Titus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Closures > Than it exactly the reason. But I am wondering if it is a debatable issue > since some truly hearty Minnesotans do want to go out and play in the > cold. I think we will be revisiting this topic at an upcoming meeting. > Annie Young > citywide Park Commissioner > > At 02:14 PM 1/17/05 -0600, Dorothy Titus wrote: > > >It was announced on Friday, I think, that many of the cold weather > >activities were cancelled because it was bitterly cold. I heard on the > >news that Theodore Wirth Park had closed down its activities because it > >was deemed too cold for people to be out sledding and tubing in sub-zero > >weather. That might be why the warming houses were closed, because the > >Park Board thought it was too cold and didn't want to encourage people > >taking risks in the cold weather. > > > >Dottie Titus > >Jordan Neighborhood > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 6/14/04 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 6/14/04 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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 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
