[Mpls] Minneapolis flooded by crime/Cityhall wasting valuable time/ List Archive 5/03

[PennBroKeith at cs.com]

In a message dated 5/23/03 8:57:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dyna at unions-america.com writes:

> Just as much of Minnesota was in the winter of '97, we're gettin' 
>  dumped on. We're gettin' snowed by a blizzard of newly released felons 
>  and the a growing army of angry young men and women who hang on our 
>  street corners because they can't find jobs. In a way, the crisis we 
>  face as a city is a lot like the floods of 1997. We can learn a lot 
>  from how that disaster was managed.
>  
Keith says; Thanks Dyna; you are right in your observation and conclusion. 
Legions of young, and not so young, black folks roamin' : Gang baited, and 
filling the mean streets, avenues, porches and alleys. They can't find jobs, 
and 
for so many reasons. But the sum of all the reasons equals a phenomena. The 
sum 
of all the reasons equals a micro-version of the Great Depression, at Dyna's 
doorstep. Her doorstep, and world, is a stage. But Dyna, rightfully, doesn't 
appreciate all the drama that accompanies this "labor mini-series". 

Ironically, this student of labor history, Dyna, gets to relive the 
Depression Era 24/7, but now it is coked-up. As the unrooted and homeless, 
poor and 
illiterate, mentally ill and criminally mentallly ill, medicated and 
unmedicated, 
group up to hustle a next meal, or next high. As they prepare for the next 
grimy, or grim, crime of opportunity, and stealth; selling a rock, or bag, on 
26th Avenue seems more like fun and games to them. They are angry; and they 
are 
many. An army, doing field exercises, day and night, at Dyna's doorstep. It 
is 
no wonder Dyna can't sleep.

The wonder is the continued slumber of the political elite, and those City 
residents outside the siege neighborhoods, but this is not new. I marveled, 
and 
fretted, and railed, in 1986. Same deal; different millennium.

 As a side show, I still wonder at Dyna's dogged support of the DFL Machine 
dogma, coupled with her disdain for the DFL Leaders.

Hate the sinners; but love the sin. Go figger. 

PS: Does her absolute silence mean Dyna is not interested in positive 
participation in the West Broadway Area Coalition, and proactive, team, 
problem 
solving? She is still invited to participate. Unlike DT, we want to hear her 
opinions.


Keith Reitman  NearNorth