Night Out - I don't

Night Out - I don't listen to much daytime radio - but I was driving home from a client site Friday and heard a bit of "Garage Logic" on KSTP.

Usually when I listen to Joe Soucheray, I'll stay tuned while he's freestyling on whatever topic grabs him. He's good at that. Then, when someone calls in to get rulings on baby names, or talk about their garage, I flip over to Medved.

Friday, though, he had a great idea.

National Night Out aganist Crime is coming up on Tuesday. People around the country are supposed to go out, meet their neighbors, maybe serve some brats and koolaid, and show the criminal class that they're not afraid to go out in their own yards.

Which isn't saying much in my cozy little corner of the St. Paul Midway. Crime is extremely low here (anything north of Thomas Avenue is pretty tame), and there's just not much to be afraid of.

But over in North Minneapolis, things just keep getting worse and worse; gangbangers rule the streets, beating and robbing and occasionally killing more or less at will.

So why not have the "Night Out" crowd leave their secure enclaves in Burnsville and Woodbury, and drive in to Near North and Jordan and flood the streets with law-abiding civilians? Why not displace the bangers and human filth for an evening?

Thoughts?