Earlier this year, my relative who lives in a nice 'burb' saw a toy gun for sale at the local supermarket. They removed one of the packages from the shelf and spoke with the management about how they felt about the very real looking toy gun, and would management be able to tell the difference between this toy and a real gun? They assured the manager that they would speak to neighbors and the community about the 'toy' for sale. They went home and wrote a letter to the local paper and it was published in the "letter to the editor" column the next week. The supermarket management replied to the paper after the letter that they had removed the toy from the shelf and apologized for offending anyone.
Seems to me that if you want that corner store to stop the sale of something the community finds dangerous, potentially detrimental to the community, etc... Tell them! Gather signatures from the neighborhood on a petition. Write a letter to the local paper about your concerns. Power to the people to make change!! Laura Huseby Field-Regina ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Lickness<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Leurquin, Ronald<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; mpls@mnforum.org<mailto:mpls@mnforum.org> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:42 PM Subject: RE: [Mpls] Crack pipes for sale at your local corner store It is actually illegal to sell drug paraphenalia in Mpls. If you go into Electric Fetus where they sell tobacco smoking products and mention that you might use that product to consume an illicit drug the employees in the store have been instructed not to sell them to you. My neice used to work at the Fetus, that is how I know about it. The drug paraphenalia sold in the corner stores are not marketed as crack pipes. They are marketed for use with tobacco or for other uses. They could not sell them if they marketed them directly as drug paraphenalia. Barb Lickness Whittier "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules<http://www.e-democracy.org/rules>. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[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<http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html> For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract<http://e-democracy.org/mninteract> ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org<mailto:mpls@mnforum.org> Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls<http://e-democracy.org/mpls> 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:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
