Kahn to Bikers .. Just go ahead and blow passed that stop sign

Senator Jim Carlson and Representative Phyllis Kahn are proposing to legalize bicyclists ignoring traffic laws such as stopping at red lights and stop signs. Kahn is the propagator of such things as the smoking ban and allowing 12-year-old kids to vote has added this to her list of bad ideas. The proposal is based on a statute pasted in Idaho. According to the bicycle accident statistics Idaho bicycle accidents have increased at a higher rate than the national average since that statute passage. Is this something that we want here? I think not! How about enforcement of the current laws on the books and handout tickets to those bikers blowing passed stop signs and red lights as all of us have seen. Laws are laws! If Phyllis gets her way, the law will be not more and we most likely will experience higher accident rates. Maybe she really doesn’t care about that!

Gang violence.. Shoot a gun into a crowd and someone dies .. sorry I didn’t intend on killing anyone

One of the reasons cities get crime ridden is because over zealous defense attorneys and weak judges allow it to happen. How on earth can you call a system “justice” when identified gang members get convicted on lesser charges for higher crimes based on a flimsy excuse? It is outrageous to accept that in the case of the Brian Cole killing that Kirk Harrison get convicted of only second-degree unintentional murder. He brought the 9 mm semi-automatic handgun to the festival (premeditated) and fired it into a crowd. What do you think is most likely going to happen? Myron Burrell was convicted of killing Tyesha Edwards after the stray bullet from his gun aimed at a rival gang member hit her as she was doing her homework. Thank God he is off the street, but why is this case any different than the Cole case? Did Harrison show remorse at killing Cole? Did Harrison have a better defense attorney than Burrell? Is the public not getting the whole story? Am I missing something here?? What???

The Minneapolis Shadow is all for protecting the rights of the accused, but it is about protecting the rights not giving a criminal a better argument! The justice system isn’t supposed to be a debating society where the better argument wins! It’s supposed to be about uncovering the truth and properly sentencing based on the laws established in this country and state. The justice system isn’t about giving someone leniency based upon upbringing, background, or status. Justice is supposed to be blind, and by God if it isn’t then the system, and the actors within it, no longer serve the greater good!

When it comes to the planetarium the Hennepin County Board (HCB) is watching the star “bucks”, but shows bad planning

The planetarium that was to be included with the new Downtown library and video rental go missing (maybe find it in area 51). The Hennepin County Board is looking to clarify the fiscal responsibility for it (ie they don’t want to pay for it). They have taken over the wallet for the library and the planetarium was part of the plans for it. Either the HCB is now having buyer’s remorse, is feeling the public pressure to watch the dollars, or laid out plans for something they shouldn’t have.