>>>>> "Terrell" == Terrell Brown <Terrell> writes:
Terrell> ----- Original Message -----
Terrell> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Terrell> To: "Ed Kohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> BTW, David Greene has been suggesting that tons of people are going to
>> be moving in in the near future. Is this really true? My impression
>> is that, with exceptions in favored neighborhoods, the central cities
>> are going to continue to go *DOWN* in population, while the further
>> out suburbs are going to continue to grow.
Terrell> Rovian slip?
[...snip...]
Terrell> Does this typify the accuracy of the information that
Terrell> project opponents presented to the Council committee?
Could you rephrase that in some way that is not intended to impute to
me evil, demagogic tendencies?
For goodness' sake, what the HELL is wrong with this list that the
level of civility is so INSANELY LOW? Why do no posters even CONSIDER
THE POSSIBILITY that a person with different opinions might be missing
horns, a forked tongue and a trident?
In the 2002 data from the city's web site we see:
* Minneapolis saw a 4% growth in population AFTER DECADES OF
LOSS. [capitalization added]
See
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/legislativeaffairs/2002PopulationFactsJan03.asp
Is it just BARELY POSSIBLE that a person of reasonable goodwill,
WITHOUT INTENDING TO COMMIT SOME HEINOUS CRIME, might have POSSIBLY
MISTAKENLY extrapolated from the DECADES OF LOSS that the population
of Minneapolis was NOT INCREASING?
Or, dare I say it, is it even possible that the recent bump in
population might be a transient that does not reverse a general trend
of Minneapolis population decline?
Again, you might want to consider that a reasonable person MIGHT have
drawn the conclusion that the population of the city proper was
declining, WITHOUT INTENDING TO TRICK THE WORLD into fluoridating the
water, banning abortion, driving religion out of the schools or
<insert your own evil thing here>.
--
Robert P. Goldman
ECCO
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