In regards to the sodding issue, I think it’s a problem everywhere. When our house was finally built in Burnsville, it took them weeks to finally sod the lawn and by then we crossed our fingers it would survive into Fall. All the sod along a hilly edge naturally died off from water draining away, not that the job was done well to begin with. And then last summer my work finally got the city special district to command-by-threat-of-death-squad that the contractor in charge sod a portion of Nicollet Avenue side street sidewalks. Of course a useless endeavor it was as we see now it’s all yellow and smushed by feet and people who think locking their bike up to a tree seedling is a good idea.

But of course, in the end it’s really up to the public to care for these public “amenities” unless Mpls adopts suburban-style government services–hanging flower baskets on lamp posts and watering boulevard lawns daily with firehoses. A neighbor should get the idea to be the official seeder and waterer and kindly “charge” everyone a dollar.

Instead of littering up these blogs with your non-topic posts & librul bias rants, I suggest you send these questions in an email to the reporter.

Robert Grant says:

May 28th, 2008 at 9:04 am

James,

Jeff Shelman and Steve Brandt ran a story May 23 regarding “North side forclosure pends lives.”

What do you suppose Mr. Jeffers is referring to concerning “his money?”

Shouldn’t he have said the taxpayers money?

Tenant Thomas Jeffers said residents were unprepared. “We were under the impression that we were staying. We have no money. We get money once a month. It’s near the end of the month, and we’re stuck with no money.”

James,

Did you follow the money Mr. Jeffers is referring to?

James,

Grass or crack?