[Winona Online Democracy]
Dan,
The point is- how can you personally take some responsibility to protect
your life, or make your life better? You seem to be of the mindset that
the world is out to crap on you. Your every posting is a complaint against
"the system" that has set out to make you a victim everywhere you go. I
hope you have some areas in your life where you take control and
responsibility, and these incredibly long and angry snippets that we read
from you are just your way of trying to improve things in Winona.
Cherisa Templeton
>From: Dan Dittmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Winona Online Dem." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Winona] Vehicle Policing
>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 06:28:36 -0500
>
>[Winona Online Democracy]
>
>On Monday, June 25, 2001, at 01:14 PM, Phil Carlson wrote:
>
>>Let me take John Stafford's calculations on bikes and policing a step
>>further. If Mr. Dittmann is riding his bike every day for nine months
>>of the year, 270 days, then in two years there are 540 bike-riding
>>days. If 135 "attempts" were made on his life, that means one in four
>>trips were life-threatening. If I was in a situation where I felt my
>>life was threatened 25% of the time I was out on the streets I would
>>take drastic action and not wait for anyone to do it for me, and I
>>wouldn't wait two years. I would:
>>
>>1) Call 911 (perhaps there is a lengthy log of Mr. Dittmann's calls
>>over the last two years)
>
>Perhaps Mr. Pomeroy needs to have a talk with you about what appropriate
>use of 911 is. Unless he or someone else is/was injured in one of these
>attempts, a call to 911 would NOT be warranted. Furthermore, have you
>asked what he considers an attempt on his life?
>
>>2) Change my route to and from (there are often many ways to get from
>>here to there in Winona)
>
>Changing ones route is nearly impossible in Winona. There are trouble
>spots, but with the frequency of occurrences, running into only one is
>nearly impossible. In fact, within the last years, there is only one day
>which stands out where I only came across one turn signal violation. The
>day of Ted Foss's funeral. Go figure.
>
>>3) Get license numbers (perhaps there is an equally large number of
>>inquiries with license numbers from Mr. Dittmann)
>
>What do you do with these license numbers? Should I just hand them to
>Mr. Pomeroy and expect him to mail tickets to each of the violators
>listed? I hate to break it to you, but that's not how the law works.
>Even if tickets were mailed, the perpetrator could fight and win very
>easily. I will not waste my time attempting to take a picture of
>everyone who does not realize how to do something so incredibly simple.
>
>>4) Seriously re-examine my bike-riding skills.
>
>Care to elaborate on this one? Be very careful as to how you reply as
>some of us ride more than 330 days per year and know how to handle a
>bike in any weather including ice, snow, and slush. Can you attest to
>this?
>
>>5) Change my story to something more believable.
>
>I don't know if you have heard it, but there is a little expression
>which goes, "the truth is always harder to believe."
>
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>Dan Dittmann: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>How often do you say to yourself, "I didn't do it; so of course it
>didn't get done?"
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