The triage continues... 310 25th Avenue North continues to be
occupied by the same "homeless" thugs who've been hanging around our
block for the better part of a year now. During their tenure the
newly installed wiring in the rehabbed fourplexes up the street has
disappeared. The water and power has been turned off, it appears
they've jumpered the electric meter, and who knows what else. Yet
they repeatedly break into the same house and Minneapolis police are
too overwhelmed to arrest them.
"I finally managed to corner Peter and asked how he would fund the 200 cops
and firefighters that he blames R.T. for losing. His "answer"- a one time
twenty five million dollar paper transfer from merging Minneapolis pension
programs into he states. That one time transfer would keep all those
firefighters and cops on the job for maybe a year and a half..."
I've changed my mind- we're clearly in a crisis: probably the
beginning of another great depression. During that last great
depression Roosevelt and the Democrats borrowed heavily to revive the
nation, and the strategy worked.
Has McLauglin admitted yet that increasing police staffing will either mean
raising our property taxes even more or cutting elsewhere in the city budget
(and subsequently laying off city union workers since staffing is the
largest portion of the city's budget)?
Increase my taxes!- It'd be a lot cheaper for me to pay for
safe streets rather than move out of Minneapolis.
Has he admitted yet that the "paper transfer" does not reduce the city's
pension obligations, but only delays them?
Peter was quite upfront about the costs of his proposal. And
the house I mentioned on my block is typical of the Northside- half
empty, overrun with crime overflowing into the "better"
neighborhoods, and an underfunded police department forced to triage
rather than do proactive policing.
Until then, he's just blowing smoke up your behinds...
Mark, let's try to keep this debate at a higher level.
Hanging on in Hawthorne,
Dyna Sluyter
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If
you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn
E-Democracy
Post messages to: mailto:[email protected]
Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
