{"id":72488,"date":"2019-10-28T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72488"},"modified":"2019-10-27T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T13:17:39","slug":"blowing-smoke-in-saint-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72488","title":{"rendered":"Blowing Smoke In Saint Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Saint Paul&#8217;s new garbage hauling program\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2019\/10\/24\/carter-response-to-violence-must-include-all-of-st-pauls-city-government\" target=\"_blank\">is a rousing success\u00a0<\/a>and if you don&#8217;t vote to continue it, taxes will increase dramatically to pay for the five-year contract the City illegally signed.<br>Mayor Carter&#8217;s statements in the linked article defy common sense, casting doubt on his credibility.<br>We have significantly reduced emissions from our garbage trucks.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 You monitor that, somehow, and have data to prove it?\u00a0 Can I see it?\u00a0<br>We have significantly reduced wear and tear on our streets, too many potholes.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 In just the few months the program has been in operation, you&#8217;ve been able to measure the wear and tear on streets, and have data to prove it?\u00a0 Can I see it?\u00a0<br>We have significantly reduced truck traffic through neighborhoods where children are playing. What, in the streets?\u00a0 Well, there&#8217;s your problem right there &#8211; those kids gotta learn to stop running out in front of garbage trucks.\u00a0<br>And Hizzonor is going to address gun violence, not by hiring new cops but by having a meeting with his cabinet, as soon as we can get those key players together.\u00a0 What&#8217;s the hold-up? They&#8217;re your cabinet, Mel.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t they report to you?\u00a0<br>It sounds as if the Mayor is reciting talking points, not taking action.\u00a0 I wonder if that&#8217;s because he has no idea what to do about the mess he finds himself in?<br>Am I the only one getting the impression this Mayor is not ready for prime time?\u00a0<br>Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Why, it&#8217;s almost if the Saint Paul DFL has taken &#8220;Perception is Reality&#8221; to its logical extreme.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Paul&#8217;s new garbage hauling program\u00a0is a rousing success\u00a0and if you don&#8217;t vote to continue it, taxes will increase dramatically to pay for the five-year contract the City illegally signed.Mayor Carter&#8217;s statements in the linked article defy common sense, casting doubt on his credibility.We have significantly reduced emissions from our garbage trucks.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 You monitor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72489,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72488\/revisions\/72489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}