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Friday, March 11, 2011
Single Bridge to the Other Side
7:30 PM | 
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The I.I. |
This blog thread posted by the Irving Inquisition uses some explicit language, as well as depicting some aspects of life in North Minneapolis that some readers may find objectionable. Reader discretion is advised.
1st Up: Single Bridge to the Other Side
Should you find yourself needing to cross the river over to Northeast Minneapolis, brace yourself and plan ahead. Broadway is the only way across thanks to the Lowry and Plymouth Avenue bridges being closed simultaneously.
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| Brake lights as far as the eye can see. |
Traffic lines like this are the standard now, not the exception. Don’t expect to make good time in either direction. We could look at the bright side of this. At least there will be a cute little bike path for the Lowry Bridge… That’s if they ever get the thing built before the end of days.
Jerk Du Jour: Minneapolis Moonscape
What the fuck is this shit? I pay all kinds of taxes so the city can fix the streets. The moment your vehicle enters this municipality, your suspension is assaulted by waves and waves of craterous potholes. Random splits in the roads appear as if an L.A. earthquake tore the streets open.
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| You can go fishing in those puddles. |
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| This street needs a new street. |
On the flip side of the coin, the moment you leave this municipality, your vehicle drives as it was designed to. You know? On a paved street!! I’m not about to run out and buy a Humvee just so I can have the esteemed honor of driving down Washington or 26th Avenue. Come on Minneapolis, get your shit together and fix the streets.
Minneapolis Moonscape… Today’s Jerk Du Jour.
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31 comments:
This is actually a benefit. We're seeing lower crime NE, I guess the criminals don't like traffic anymore than anyone else.
Again, you get what you pay for! You expect a nice street driving to your $30,000 house??
I called 311 on the road. It should be fixed shortly.
@ Anon 8:27,
Oh sure, the crime has gone down. So has the revenues from all of the stores and restaurants me and my friends USED to go to.
@ Anon 8:37,
Again? I paid more than four times the dollar value you suggested for my house. Oh yea, what does the housing market have to do with the city fixing streets anyway? Your line of thinking is just sad.
@ Anon 8:53,
Oh yeah, I'm sure they'll get right on it.
Smaller government=bigger holes.
Certainly the first step in all this riverfront development we are hearing about is to - FIX THE DAMN BRIDGES!
High end houses in good neighborhoods get better service because we pay alot more in taxes. I pay almost $2,000 each month, that's right, each month just for taxes here in Kenwood! Of course I expect our roads to be better!
"I pay all kinds of taxes so the city can fix the streets."
You pay taxes, but thanks to Governor Timmy and his cohorts, corporate taxes are down, commercial real estate taxes are down, and taxes on income in general are down. Thus, local government aid is way, way down.....and cities like Minneapolis get shafted.
And all because Timmy wants to be president..... asshat.
Palenty does stand a chance - no Charisma!
Try the Camden Bridge, it's never like this!
LOL - Anonymous 8:28
So how exactly do property values and the corresponding tax rates correlate with Road and Bridge repair when all the revenues go into the same pot?
Are you suggesting that our local government uses higher quality workmanship, better materials, and a tighter maintenance schedules based on the surrounding property values?
Or are you suggesting that local government should give preferential considerations to wealthy residents because they can group together in areas like Kenwood?
Wouldn't this be a self fulfilling prophecy that perpetuates class distinctions based on income within the Minneapolis area?
Is this what you are condoning?
You are damn right! I pay more in income taxes than most of the folks in North Mpls make per year. I put myself through college, worked hard, raised a family, and still work over 60 hours per week, so yea, I expect better services than all the renters and welfare folks get in North Mpls! I never got a free dime from anyone in my life!
the condition of the streets this year is SHOCKING, and not just in our part of town. i really feel for the bus drivers (or anyone else who drives in the city for a living)--i've heard several drivers mention how hard it is on their spines to be jolting across this moonscape for 8 hours at a time.
I would guarantee that some jack ass from Kenwood who pays "$2000 per month" in property taxes (do the math, $24K per year?) is NOT surfing the web and ending up on little old Irving Inquisition who writes about north Minneapolis issues.
Nope, that's a troll generated faux commenter. Idiot.
Hey Dickhead, just because I live in Kenwood now does not mean I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth! I grew up on 14th and Upton North until I went off to college on a scholarship. After college I lived on 43rd and Irving North until the late 90's. It is interesting to see how disjointed the thinking is up there. No wonder you losers are still stuck there!
Anon 9:17
Your thought process is delusional on so many levels it's laughable.
1. Do you think everybody in NoMi is a welfare cheat or a renter?
2. Don't you know that non-homestead tax rates are much higher than owner occupied homes and that renters more than compensate landlords for property tax payments through monthly rents?
3. Are there no families in NoMi? Or is it that those families and children don't deserve the same level of government services as the folks in Kenwood?
4. Since City/County maintenance budgets are lumped to provide line item services, Who in your opinion is making these budgeting decisions regarding separating funding to maintain the "rich, hard working neighborhoods" over areas where the "lazy, uneducated, heathens,and bastards" live in North Minneapolis?
5. What kind of school did you go to that educated you in these propertarian concepts? Did they also explain how a democracy works?
If your expectation is that your wealth should privilege you to finer services then others in our society, then perhaps you should move into a private gated community where wealthy members subsidize the co-operative over and above their government taxes to provide these advanced services. Last I knew, Kenwood was still part of the City of Minneapolis and democracy doesn't work that way.
I shouldn't be so hard on you because perhaps your just a little loopy from working so hard?
Anon 7:43
Most of the posters here are fairly new to NoMi and things are getting better.
But like you say...With idiots like you around for so long it's no wonder that things got as bad as they did before we got here.
"I never got a free dime from anyone in my life!"
"on a scholarship"
um, we'll have to ask you to keep your various stories straight, please. up here in NoMi, we demand the very best from our trolls! lol
Whats the deal with our local government that we need to make calls to bring basic service needs to their attention?
Roads are undrivable so we have to call 311 and bring that to their attention.
Loud Parties and nuisance behaviors exist but there are no neighborhood patrols and we have to call 911 to get police service.
Last week there were 5 cars parked on the wrong side of a snow emergency route while a party was going on across the street(2 Days after the Tribune reported that emergency vehicles couldn't navigate the narrow streets) and the 911 operator transferred me to 311 who told me she would send an inspector out within the next two weeks- LOL.
Is it any wonder that petty thugs behaviors escalate into violent crime if they aren't held accountable for basic laws?
even trolls must tell the truth!
lol @ veg
My schlorship was not "free". The University "owned me" as I provided entertainment on the basketball court and helped them make a huge profit (with my teammates) to help fund alot of loser programs. I had to live, eat, and drink basketball!
March 14 8:31am Anonymous is a liar. A fabricator.
POOPGATE!
A few months ago, my wife and I refinanced our home loan from 5 7/8 to 4 5/8. We also added money to the pot to get it down to conforming. We'll recoup the difference in a few years from the reduced mortgage payment.
We had enough cash on hand to actually pay the house off, but I'm doing way better in the stock market than the 4-5/8's rate we have. Also, we needed the cash to make a down payment on a second home, where my in-laws will be living, and to put enough into a bond fund to make the second home's mortgage payment.
As far as real estate taxes, I voted for Prop 13 in CA umpteen years ago. Its kept our property taxes down, and thus state spending down. Without it, I'm not sure anyone could afford to live in CA. (Renters pay property taxes in the form of higher rents.)
Wow, we have a pot smoker from CA. Must have been a little high with that off the wall dribble!
OK, that makes more sense-
Anon. 8:37,8:44, 7:43, and 8:37 is not a troll!
He is a Clown.
The 5:03 comment is spam.
My ex- and our daughter have a pothole outside their house. It's not your basic pothole, it has no bottom. I pushed a 3' stick into it, and never found the bottom. She called into the city last week Friday to get some attention. So far, no action.
I guess we'll have to wait until a car falls into it and somebody dies. Hopefully not my daughter...
He may be a troll or an ass-clown, but I drove through Kenwood and LOTI this winter: snow plowing was curb to curb right away, while we in North Mpls were finding our streets shrink to single lane. Even Councilman Samuels' block was tight.
Connections, connections. Money talks at City Hall, just like everywhere else.
I beg to differ with JamesNeighbor. I drive a plow truck for a company and the roads in Kenwood, southside, NE, SW, and North were all equally bad. Kenwood has such narrow streets I had to back my truck up so a car could get by. They were not plowed to the curb. Even Rybak's block was a mess.
On our block I plow before the city, and replow after the city plows and try to make the street on our block wider. But it's pretty hard to do with my sized truck.
I know that way SW by Grass lake some people actually pay a guy with a bobcat to clear their cul-de-sac. Maybe others with money do the same in Kenwood. But higher property taxes doesnt get better plowing from the city, that's for sure.
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