Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
This is not about RT vs Peter....what I would like to comment on is
*when you are the victim of a violent crime, one is too many*. Have
any of you
heard about the robber in the Tangletown area , S 50th st., who robs
homes during the day. He holds a gun to the victim's head.
I used to have friends who lived about five miles outside Tyler, MN, a
little village in SW MN near the South Dakota border. The farmers were
having their tractors and other essential, expensive equipment
stolen--still are, no doubt. They had to put locks on the machinery
sheds and do other things to thwart the thieves. They paid taxes (way
too much for what small family farmer's earn), they had the right to
police protection. There is probably no place on earth where crimes does
not happen.
However, the crime in Mpls. is, in part, about RT 's management of the
city. It is true that RT balanced his budget on the backs of the police
and fire departments, both of which are the particular purview of the
mayor. If McLaughlin is going to defeat RT, of course he's going to
continue to highlight RTs actions; it only makes sense that he would.
At the same time, Jim Graham, Barb Lickness, myself, and some others are
going to continue to point out that while crime happens everywhere, it
happens in the core of the city with a greater frequency that it is
important to note. 145 cops were dropped from the Mpls. roster, I'm sure
the local crud balls were delighted. They're able to see their
opportunities blossom in the vacuum. Since these miscreants are right
outside my door on a frequent basis, I'm going to continue to point out
what a tremendous disservice RT has done to me and my neighbors. We are
going to get 60 cops back, but we lost 145 cops. The MPD is still 85
cops short of the number we had when SSB was mayor. That's an
unmanageable loss, particularly from the third and fourth precincts.
So if McLaughlin had said that, "we're going to take it back," he may
have been talking about taking the city back from the miscreants and the
poor management we now have.
WizardMarks, Central
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