If there's one thing this city needs it's clearly leadership. I'm not sure if the incumbents are even capable of that, because they've as a whole been put to the test and failed it. I think we need to find leaders willing to do the job and vote for them.
It seems to be a thankless job, but maybe that just applies to the people who want the job because they want to be thanked for it. I once thanked a now-retired city council member for opposing the Vikings stadium debacle, but I was in an insomnia-induced stupor so it accidentally came out sounding sarcastic. Fuck 😂
By the way, the intro about your experience in speaking against Northern Metals made me think of two other significant polluting neighbors in Minneapolis: The HERC and Nico Plating. I'm sure the HERC is far worse than Northern Metals was/is, but it doesn't seem to be a topic of much discussion. Even though the population living nearby has exploded. And Nico is in the middle of a fucking residential neighborhood.
Pfunk! Cool to see you commenting on @komminezuspadt blog. I was just poking around his page and there you are! I've been in Thialand since the whole covid thing, and life is still good. Hope you are doing well! And down with these scumbag polluters!
Hey, good to hear from you. Glad to hear things are good in Thailand, are people getting the Chinese vaccines there?
Speaking of pollution, that Northern Metals place Lars mentioned had a big pile of scrap metal catch on fire a couple weeks ago. Is there that sort of thing where you are? As an ignorant guy, I sort of have the idea of less regulations in Thailand.
Hey! Good to hear from you too.
I think "first line" workers have access to several different vaccines here including the Russian one which they just made a deal with Russia over. But at the moment, hardly anyone in the country has been vaccinated.
Yeah in this part of the world there is a lot of corruption and health and hazard regulations can be given the blind eye for sure, however I don't know how bad it really is. Where I am here on an island, everything is clean and healthy.