Downtown Minneapolis is in trouble (attorney, employment, minimum wage)

[nickerman]

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

Serious question - were you here in the '90s? Did you live in the city back then? I've lived in the city for 30 years. Back in the mid '90s I was in Powderhorn and used to hear gunshots almost every day. That was the real tipping point, and we survived it. The city has come a long way back since then. Today's crime is still an issue but it needs to be seen in that context. All this doom and gloom lacks perspective.

It is a different era than the 90s. Todays grit and grime have a different feel to it. A different substance to it with a different future than we had in the 90s. Today we, as a people, are much more divided than back then. Divided both racially and politically. Whatever our future brings it won't be the same as what the future brought back in the 90s because nothing ever changes the same in this world. I will say that we, the people, are headed into something that isn't going to be sweet and pretty. There are troubled times coming ahead.

[Atalanta]

For those that jumped on my back and others who said there was a problem, it looks like others think there is a problem too

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Take On Downtown Crime | KSTP.com

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Take On Downtown Crime


Downtown crime, the $15 minimum wage and whether the city should make a bid for the new Amazon headquarters were all topics discussed by six of the candidates vying for Minneapolis mayor.

The discussion occurred Thursday afternoon during a mayoral candidate forum.
Downtown crime created some of the most vigorous debate following a summer during which 18 people were wounded in violence, with one fatality in a parking ramp.

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[Chester Burnett]

Politicians running for office? I'm sure they are all speaking from the bottom of their hearts. Riiight

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

For those that jumped on my back and others who said there was a problem, it looks like others think there is a problem too

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Take On Downtown Crime | KSTP.com

Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Take On Downtown Crime


Downtown crime, the $15 minimum wage and whether the city should make a bid for the new Amazon headquarters were all topics discussed by six of the candidates vying for Minneapolis mayor.

The discussion occurred Thursday afternoon during a mayoral candidate forum.
Downtown crime created some of the most vigorous debate following a summer during which 18 people were wounded in violence, with one fatality in a parking ramp.

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who are you going to vote for?

[PDF]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

For those that jumped on my back and others who said there was a problem, it looks like others think there is a problem too

You were only "jumped on" for making wildly inaccurate statements.

[Atalanta]

Originally Posted by PDF

You were only "jumped on" for making wildly inaccurate statements.

Wrong!

There are some bulllies on this St. Paul Minneapolis forum in which no one moderates. These arrogant self righteous bullies are running amuck.
Sad, really sad. It has ruined this part of the forum.
Some can have a mature disagreement and viewpoint. Bullies barge in and harass.
It is really odd, cause in the end it is just a forum to share knowledge, experience, and advice.
Some take it so personal and attack and bully. Sad too, do they have a life?

Interesting how the argumentive ones either made a snide remark to post #233 or ignored the facts that others are concerned for downtown Mpls in the article link I posted.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

Wrong!

There are some bulllies on this St. Paul Minneapolis forum in which no one moderates. These arrogant self righteous bullies are running amuck.
Sad, really sad. It has ruined this part of the forum.
Some can have a mature disagreement and viewpoint. Bullies barge in and harass.
It is really odd, cause in the end it is just a forum to share knowledge, experience, and advice.
Some take it so personal and attack and bully. Sad too, do they have a life?

Interesting how the argumentive ones either made a snide remark to post #233 or ignored the facts that others are concerned for downtown Mpls in the article link I posted.

off topic

[PDF]

Originally Posted by Atalanta

Wrong!

There are some bulllies on this St. Paul Minneapolis forum in which no one moderates. These arrogant self righteous bullies are running amuck.
Sad, really sad. It has ruined this part of the forum.
Some can have a mature disagreement and viewpoint. Bullies barge in and harass.
It is really odd, cause in the end it is just a forum to share knowledge, experience, and advice.
Some take it so personal and attack and bully. Sad too, do they have a life?

Interesting how the argumentive ones either made a snide remark to post #233 or ignored the facts that others are concerned for downtown Mpls in the article link I posted.

So the West Bank is Downtown? 12th St is the heart of Downtown? Just checking.

[HiFi]

Originally Posted by PDF

So the West Bank is Downtown? 12th St is the heart of Downtown? Just checking.

The bar in question is 500 feet from downtown.