Thursday, August 29, 2024

The MN Dream

 https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-business-owners-face-almost-impossible-challenges-including-crime-regulations

 https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/kims-uptown-minneapolis-restaurant-to-close/

For those who are thinking that MN is a great example of why Walz should be VP, maybe it's not that simple.  

The areas affected by the Floyd/BLM riots of 2020 are still not restored to their pre riot condition, and many still have OSB over doors and windows.   Downtown isn't as bad as it was, but it's not as good as it was pre riots either.  

Uptown, once a destination for young adults and those who want to party, is now undergoing a significant downturn as the riots have dimmed it's luster.  

Ann Kim, and award winning chef and restaurateur is closing her namesake restaurant due to a combination of general financial difficulties due to location, and the upcoming unionization of her workforce.   

While there is much to like about MN, the damage from the riots is still with us and affecting areas of MPLS negatively.    Walz was one of the reasons the riots ran out of control for as long as they did, and Harris raised money to bail the rioters out of jail. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The black vote for Kamala Harris will be above 90%. You look like a buffoon.

Anonymous said...

And almost everyone in public education - one of those things that made America great - is getting a worse education because people like your have successfully defunded and abandoned it.

You get what you pay for.

You're fucked in the head.

Craig said...

If the polling is correct, especially if you account for the oversampling of democrats, that's to be seen.

I suspect that the longer Harris goes without doing live inter or press conferences, will only do taped interviews with friendly hosts and her emotional support human, and has no actual policy positions on her website that the shine might wear off and people will want substance over style. The fact that DFL voters in the bluest city, the bluest county, in a historically blue state can't articulate any reasons to vote for Harris other than superficial ones seems like some shallow, uninformed voters.

What in the hell are you talking about? Per student spending is higher than at any time in history, our biggest district up here has a budget over a billion dollars. Shockingly enough the urban districts spend the most money per student, yet have the worst outcomes. When 50% or more of HS students can't fing read, it's not about spending.

FYI, the reason spending has skyrocketed is because administration positions have vastly increased and money is being spent everywhere but the classroom. Unfortunately for you the schools are almost exclusively the province of the DFL/progressive folx and y'all can't acknowledge that y'all have any responsibility for the student outcomes. Especially when you look at dark blue urban schools which are usually in cities that themselves are dark blue.

I can read the data, I can read and watch the news, I can watch my property taxes go up, while the quality of education goes down. I've spent enough of my life in business that I understand things like ROI and why it's important.

It's not shocking that the best performing schools in urban MPLS are not public.

But again, your dedication to comments unrelated to the posts is impressive.

Marshal Art said...

Trolls will be trolls. They're never intelligent people.

Craig said...

No they're not. Otherwise they wouldn't be trolls.