[Mpls] Re:All Northside rental property owners face this danger...

[PennBroKeith at cs.com]

Keith says;

Joan Thom, who lives in the community, and suffers in the community, 
responded to my posting: All Northside rental property owners face this danger.

I have posted her comment, below, verbatim and I will respond/comment in 
parentheses.

Joan Thom-

"Well Keith how much are you charging the campaign for rent or are you just 
donating this?"

(Keith Reitman- Joan kicks-off with a cheap shot. They have paid $XXXX, four 
figures plus heat and electric, for a two month term.)

JT- "This Doomsday you refer to is just informing Property owners how much 
they have cost the city Taxpayers compared to the Taxes they have paid for the 
year. Such as one on 4th street that has used 27,000.00 in Police services and 
housing Violations since the 1st of January."

(KR- Don has failed to work with the rental property owners of his Jordan and 
Hawthorne neighborhoods to solve problems together. He is weak and not, as 
self proclaimed, an "Alpha-male" . As an example, during his three year term he 
has failed to gather and organize the landlords/stakeholders who own 60% per 
cent of the homes in Jordan. Rather, he has only ostracized them and used them 
as an easy target. A real "Alpha-male" in a position of power would INSIST 
that, with him, landlords solve rental property issues. For three years worth of 
yesterdays his failure has caused his neighbors, including you Joan Thom, and 
all stakeholders additional suffering. He has wasted valuable time; and his 
proffered solution, beyond simple hate, is "Doomsday for Landlords". His title 
has the ring of something coming out of Iran and is not problem solving nor 
consensus building. It is demagogic and one step away from "Death to Landlords"; 
isn't it Joan?

JT- "1,568.26  are what the Taxes are and the owner hasn't even paid the 
second half of the Taxes for the year. As we all know they were due on Oct. 15."

(KR- Those taxes may be going "down with the ship" but they must reflect Don 
Samuels' failure to help insure stakeholder investment in Hawthorne is a good 
thing with a good, and HONEST, return. In a proper environment two new 
investors step-up when one old investor fails. Don Samuels contributes to, and 
enables a "Doomsday for Neighborhoods" as he fails to work hard with all 
stakeholders to INSIST on solving problems. In so doing he chokes off the flow of new 
voluntary stakeholders and you, Joan, live in a stagnant investment environment 
filled with bottom feeding investors. The ones Don Samuels loves to hate but 
whom his hater-policies preserve.)

JT- "Yet those of us who live by this property and pay our taxes and don't 
use Police services and haven't had any housing violation should just live with 
it while the owner makes money off the property. All the while being 
endangered by his tenants. Keith do you consider this an OK way to do Business?"

(KR- No, I do not.)

Joan Thom Hawthorne 

(Keith Reitman  NearNorth) 

(Vote for the Sister in the 5th Ward!!! She is not a self-proclaimed 
"Alpha-male")