{"id":85322,"date":"2023-06-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85322"},"modified":"2023-06-08T20:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T01:14:28","slug":"heads-youre-racist-tails-youre-destroying-the-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=85322","title":{"rendered":"Heads You’re Racist, Tails You’re Destroying The Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A friend of the blog emails, with an accompanying social media blurb from Saint Paul City councilwoman Mitra Jalali:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our councilwoman- Yes, there is quite a bit of vacant parking, but that’s because the city and the owners of the property made the decision to not allow the business owners to repair, but rather evicted everyone so that the Major League Soccer team could have more parking. Remember? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Prior to that, the parking lots were rarely vacant because people came to the area to support those businesses. They came to the area by car, by bus, and by walking. Now, there really isn’t much for people outside of the neighborhood to drive into the Midway for- there are some good restaurants, but lots of places have good restaurants. Those who can drive will go to the suburbs for more choice, and thus cheaper, groceries and retail options. Complaining about parking lots that are owned by businesses are not exactly the words I would use to attract any type of business back to the area…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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We know the riots expedited the decline of the Midway, but we also know that propaganda policies going back to Russ Stark and Chris Coleman also played a role in the decline of the Midway. If he were any more aware than Councilwoman Jalali, Eric Molho might realize that the anti-car, anti-parking, anti-business attitude of city leadership has led us to where we are now. https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/community-voices\/2023\/06\/reflecting-on-one-minneapolis-two-realities-as-a-friend-plans-a-move-outside-the-city\/<\/a> His editorial could have easily been written about Saint Paul as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And why are we concerned about the “intensity of heat” that these parking lots produce. If there were businesses there, and if there were people coming to the businesses, those lots would be wonderful to have. What is more concerning to the neighbors of the actual area is the constant congregation of people lying around getting sun strokes while passed out drunk there, or people doing drugs worse than drinking and of course the crime that comes with those activities. Amazing that Jalali was able to find an angle to photograph herself without those elements around her. Ignoring these elements of the current landscape is also not the way to attract investment into the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molho ends his editorial with “We love celebrating our parks and bike lanes but appear clueless about public safety and thriving neighborhoods.” Perhaps that is some self reflection? Perhaps all at the city leadership area should recognize their cluelessness and actually talk to the businesses leaving and talk to the businesses who are staying\/who want to stay and figure out what they need. I would guess the answers would be opposite everything people like Jalali and Molho want, and the only way we get back to a reasonable city with improved economics is if activists like Jalali and Molho are humble enough to listen and learn.
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I suspect Jane Prince is the only person on the council who can spell, much less practice, humility and listening. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend of the blog emails, with an accompanying social media blurb from Saint Paul City councilwoman Mitra Jalali: Our councilwoman- Yes, there is quite a bit of vacant parking, but that’s because the city and the owners of the property made the decision to not allow the business owners to repair, but rather evicted […]<\/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-85322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85339,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85322\/revisions\/85339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}