More ways to find the river
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Part 1 of 2. Part 1 includes fishing and part 2 gives us sushi.
My first Friedman’s shoes
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If you’ve never read Ray Bradbury’s summer opus Dandelion Wine, you’re missing out on a literary masterpiece. However, this is a book that simply should not be read in any other season. You can certainly appreciate the quality of the writing while curled up under a blanket in the chill of wintertime, but once you get past Labor Day, the magic of the book is gone for another Continue Reading
Potential L3SO reforms likely tabled for 2011 (thanks, government shutdown)
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Today on Johnny Northside, the lead post is of a sex offender who removed his monitoring device and is a wanted fugitive. Four months ago, the Minnesota Auditor’s department released a report about how flawed Continue Reading
How successful was the Healthy Corner Store program?
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In my posts about the at least temporary demise of the Northside Food Market and all the problems they brought to the neighborhood, I expressed skepticism of the Healthy Corner Store Program. I worried that it was nothing more than a farce (and one we taxpayers pay for, no less) that would a Continue Reading
Proposed housing changes especially harmful to NoMi
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Proposed changes to home mortgage guidelines could have far-reaching and unintended effects on the housing market in north Minneapolis and communities across the country. Qualified Residential Mortgages, which have not gone into effect yet, would require lenders to adhere to certain standards when securitizing mortgages for the secondary market. There are a bevy of such possible new Continue Reading
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What do post-tornado crime data tell us?
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Shortly after the tornado hit, I was quick to criticize several media entities for over-reporting isolated incidents of criminal activity. I also promised to look into actual statistics to see if perhaps I was the one jumping to conclusions. The city of Minneapolis and the 4th Precinct Continue Reading