Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Mysterious Board Appears (Goodbye To Old School Film)
Photo by John Hoff
Here is the mysterious board somebody dropped off. It was involved in the "discretion is the better part of valor" tactical retreat from the "squatter pimp" who was pacing like a pit bull in front of 3201 4th Street North, the "crack house still open for business" despite being called in to 311 on or about April 25, almost a month ago.
Well, even if this generously-donated board hasn't yet been used for "volunteer boarding," it has already served well to demonstrate to a reporter what ugly problems my neighborhood faces due to incredibly slow city response to securing wide open crack houses.
It's not like I will run out of boards. They are on the ground, where squatters tear them off buildings.
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