Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of an Afghan war vet 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. The journalism on this blog is dedicated to my son Alex, age 16, and his dream of studying math and robotics at MIT. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
Friday, January 22, 2010
311 Geeks Will Love This Video...
This YouTube video came to my attention, recently. It's an in-depth look at the Minneapolis 311 system.
Of course, I find the video somewhat sanitized...with images of a dog catcher being summoned, a pothole being filled. Where is the footage of neighborhood activists calling in vacant buildings over and over when the buildings are open to trespass?
Oh, well. Maybe there will be a sequel.
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(John Hoff, blogging from Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
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Exactly... They should have a video of me sitting at my computer when a fifteen 311 follow up reminders pop up, and I begin the call back process to figure out when all of the abandoned cars parked in a three block radius of my house will be towed.
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