From now on, I will be posting links to all my new blog posts here.My new blog is found at www.babelogic.netLess sex, more art and admittedly a lot of sex and art.Mannerism and the Sex Drive of the Mistress.
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JNS BLOG EDITORIAL: Lennie Chism Needs To Go To Jail...
Written By udin on Rabu, 07 Oktober 2009 | 07.12
Stock photo by John Hoff, Lennie talking b.s.First, check out the Star Tribune and its recent article about Lennie Chism. Chism, a candidate for the 5th Ward, has charges pending against him in a domestic assault case stemming from an incident with his girlfriend. Click here for that article. Chism is married, although involved in what appears to be a very long separation from his wife which has gone on for, like, years. (One report says 15 years, this is unconfirmed)
Several months ago, Lennie took a plea deal to a theft case involving the woman's bed, so apparently the new charges will make that old charge come back to haunt him, like the Ghost of Furniture Past. (Addendum: it appears the "haunting" will be in the public eye by having the old charge brought up and mentioned again, if the charge is indeed beyond the threshold of however many months as one commenter to this post asserts)
Lennie has truly made his bed and now will have to lie in it. The Star Tribune article is informative, but unfortunately had only police and Lennie Chism as sources. Thus, Lennie is simply allowed to blast his victim as a "woman scorned" without any response from the victim, if she feels like speaking to the media at all. In fact, Lennie has gone even further and characterized the assault case as a...
..."set up," as though political opponents or personal enemies somehow contacted his girlfriend and arranged an elaborate espionage-like scenario to use Lennie's mooching of her vehicle to create a domestic violence incident. This complete lack of remorse, along with blasting his victim through quotes to a reporter--a fine reporter, just doing his job with the sources available--is something the prosecutors should take into consideration when dealing with the charges against Lennie Chism.
Lennie's actions would be bad enough if he were just an ordinary, standard-issue version of the big-talking two-bit player, all flash and no cash, involved in various business schemes and dreams that don't pan out, mooching a car off his long-suffering girlfriend and then blowing up when she wants the car back. That's bad enough. But Lennie is running for public office. Lennie (who can't take responsibility for his own messy, failed relationship) now asserts he is good enough to take responsibility for an entire city council ward.
Frankly, I'm not terribly concerned Lennie could win this election. Roger "Garden Gnome" Smithrud has a better chance. Lennie has put relatively little energy into campaigning. I see that he did erect a campaign sign at 1901 Glenwood Ave. N., the location of his Springboard Economic Development Headquarters.
(Gee, since that's the headquarters of a non-profit, why is there a political yard sign erected on the property? Am I unclear about that rule? Somebody feel free to explain the application of that "non-profits not being involved in political campaigns thing" to me)
No, I'm more concerned that a ruthless character like Lennie Chism might produce fake voters, and that the second choices on those votes could tip the election now that Instant Runoff Voting is being used for the first time.
I sincerely hope the prosecutors involved in this domestic violence case take note of Lennie's lack of remorse and his harsh words against his victim, blasted into the world via "dead tree" media and the supporting Star Tribune website. No disrespect to the reporter, Steve Brandt, but I felt a response was warranted in defense of the victim.
And now here's a little song, click here. Let us think hard about the reality of domestic violence and what it does to our society.
To Lennie Chism: you are off the rails. You need to get some professional help. Be contrite in public, drop out of the Fifth Ward race and cast yourself on the mercy of the court before it's too late to salvage your messed-up life and you go to jail for a good long stretch.
Several months ago, Lennie took a plea deal to a theft case involving the woman's bed, so apparently the new charges will make that old charge come back to haunt him, like the Ghost of Furniture Past. (Addendum: it appears the "haunting" will be in the public eye by having the old charge brought up and mentioned again, if the charge is indeed beyond the threshold of however many months as one commenter to this post asserts)
Lennie has truly made his bed and now will have to lie in it. The Star Tribune article is informative, but unfortunately had only police and Lennie Chism as sources. Thus, Lennie is simply allowed to blast his victim as a "woman scorned" without any response from the victim, if she feels like speaking to the media at all. In fact, Lennie has gone even further and characterized the assault case as a...
..."set up," as though political opponents or personal enemies somehow contacted his girlfriend and arranged an elaborate espionage-like scenario to use Lennie's mooching of her vehicle to create a domestic violence incident. This complete lack of remorse, along with blasting his victim through quotes to a reporter--a fine reporter, just doing his job with the sources available--is something the prosecutors should take into consideration when dealing with the charges against Lennie Chism.
Lennie's actions would be bad enough if he were just an ordinary, standard-issue version of the big-talking two-bit player, all flash and no cash, involved in various business schemes and dreams that don't pan out, mooching a car off his long-suffering girlfriend and then blowing up when she wants the car back. That's bad enough. But Lennie is running for public office. Lennie (who can't take responsibility for his own messy, failed relationship) now asserts he is good enough to take responsibility for an entire city council ward.
Frankly, I'm not terribly concerned Lennie could win this election. Roger "Garden Gnome" Smithrud has a better chance. Lennie has put relatively little energy into campaigning. I see that he did erect a campaign sign at 1901 Glenwood Ave. N., the location of his Springboard Economic Development Headquarters.
(Gee, since that's the headquarters of a non-profit, why is there a political yard sign erected on the property? Am I unclear about that rule? Somebody feel free to explain the application of that "non-profits not being involved in political campaigns thing" to me)
No, I'm more concerned that a ruthless character like Lennie Chism might produce fake voters, and that the second choices on those votes could tip the election now that Instant Runoff Voting is being used for the first time.
I sincerely hope the prosecutors involved in this domestic violence case take note of Lennie's lack of remorse and his harsh words against his victim, blasted into the world via "dead tree" media and the supporting Star Tribune website. No disrespect to the reporter, Steve Brandt, but I felt a response was warranted in defense of the victim.
And now here's a little song, click here. Let us think hard about the reality of domestic violence and what it does to our society.
To Lennie Chism: you are off the rails. You need to get some professional help. Be contrite in public, drop out of the Fifth Ward race and cast yourself on the mercy of the court before it's too late to salvage your messed-up life and you go to jail for a good long stretch.
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Mahmood Khan, Two Doors Down
Written By udin on Selasa, 06 Oktober 2009 | 15.19
Guest post and photos by the Hawthorne Hawkman
This blog has reported on issues with Mahmood Khan in the past, and recent emails have been circulating about 2222 4th St N coming up at a hearing at the city tomorrow. First things first, if anyone has comments they would like submitted, send them to jskrenes@hawthorneneighborhoodcouncil.org. If public comments are being accepted, I will bring them forth and have them on record.
Now, about that house. One resident said that they had been in the property recently, and the layout was very odd...
The living room and kitchen are on the first floor, and the bedrooms and more living room space is upstairs. According to this resident, however, the crazy part is what you have to do to get from one floor to the next. You have to go out the back door--that's OUTSIDE, mind you--and then back in another door. Can you imagine what it would be like in the wintertime to get your kids dressed for bed?
ADDENDUM: Subsequent information proved this belief by residents to be apparently false, click here.
I went around the property and looked inside as best I could, and this person's story appears to be true. I couldn't see another staircase visible from any of the first floor windows. Of course, Mr. Khan will have a chance to tell folks at the city if this is true or not at the upcoming hearing.
And just a few houses away, Khan owns another gem at 2135 4th St N:
On top of just plain exuding slumminess, I found this to be rather interesting:
Because when you go around back, what do you see?
Yes, I called it in to 311.
In the comment threads of a previous post, someone came forward and tried to defend Mahmood Khan. I publicly stated that I would take Mr. Khan up on that offer to tour the properties he has that are supposedly "nice." I am rescinding that offer. Mr. Khan, you have two houses in a very close area in my neighborhood that are in a state of disrepair that my residents find unacceptable. I believe that if I do my own examination of your properties throughout north Minneapolis, I will find many in similar conditions. I will also state that the truth in sale of housing report for 2135 4th St N has a required completion date of November 5, 2008, and compliance has not yet been recorded.
So if you want this blog to say that you're a good landlord who's just misunderstood, then comply fully with the TISH reports for EVERY SINGLE property you own in Minneapolis. In ninety days; you've had plenty of time by now. Then we'll talk.
I should also point out that this would be a whole lot easier for neighbors to keep track of if we could research properties with owner names as a search criteria.
I went around the property and looked inside as best I could, and this person's story appears to be true. I couldn't see another staircase visible from any of the first floor windows. Of course, Mr. Khan will have a chance to tell folks at the city if this is true or not at the upcoming hearing.
And just a few houses away, Khan owns another gem at 2135 4th St N:
On top of just plain exuding slumminess, I found this to be rather interesting:
Because when you go around back, what do you see?
Yes, I called it in to 311.
In the comment threads of a previous post, someone came forward and tried to defend Mahmood Khan. I publicly stated that I would take Mr. Khan up on that offer to tour the properties he has that are supposedly "nice." I am rescinding that offer. Mr. Khan, you have two houses in a very close area in my neighborhood that are in a state of disrepair that my residents find unacceptable. I believe that if I do my own examination of your properties throughout north Minneapolis, I will find many in similar conditions. I will also state that the truth in sale of housing report for 2135 4th St N has a required completion date of November 5, 2008, and compliance has not yet been recorded.
So if you want this blog to say that you're a good landlord who's just misunderstood, then comply fully with the TISH reports for EVERY SINGLE property you own in Minneapolis. In ninety days; you've had plenty of time by now. Then we'll talk.
I should also point out that this would be a whole lot easier for neighbors to keep track of if we could research properties with owner names as a search criteria.
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JNS PARODY VIDEO: Al Flowers Must Get Stoned...
Written By udin on Senin, 05 Oktober 2009 | 20.04
Late last night, some friends and I were fooling around with a video camera and musical instruments. We were not taking ourselves too seriously, thank goodness.
(Click here for a disturbing counter-example of what happens when you take yourself too seriously but be warned: you will not get back however many seconds of your life you invest in this video of fringe mayoral candidate William McGaughey doing a political statement set to music)
So, yeah, back to Al Flowers, and his recent pot bust, and the parody song which came out of THAT mess.
This crazy little video of a crazy little song was born from a silly remark I made on this blog. I gloated about how I got to the obvious Dylan reference ("everybody must get stoned") before the "Hawthorne Hawkman," who prides himself on this kind of thing. So, not to be outdone, Hawkman and a buddy ran out and wrote parody lyrics.
I'd better tell you what the lyrics are, because you won't be able to tell from the audio. Actually....
The fact you can hear the outstanding guitar work, and not my voice doing an imitation of Bob Dylan, is probably a really good thing. In this video, "Hawkman" plays my large ring of keys because we lacked a tambourine. Oh, and the video was shot by somebody playing the jambi drum. So it's a little bumpy sometimes.
Here are the lyrics, and you might want to print them and sing along, note by note.
Or not.
Here we go...
They’ll stone you ‘cause you got to let ‘em know
They’ll stone you when they’re stepping on your toes
They’ll stone you when you sue and win three bucks
They’ll stone you and then they’ll say, “Good luck.”
But I would not be so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They’ll stone you when you talk about income
They’ll stone you when you call it “medium”
They’ll stone you when you’re trying to make merry
They’ll stone you when they hear you say “liberries.”
But I would not be so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They’ll stone you when you try to tell the truth
They’ll stone you when you talk about the youth
They’ll stone you when you wind up in third place
They’ll stone you and they won’t even debate.
But I would not be so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They’ll stone you when it’s cold or when it’s hotter
They’ll stone you when you do not pay your water
They’ll stone you with personal attacks
They’ll stone you at Broadway and Colfax
But I would not be so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They’ll stone you just because they think they’re greater
They’ll stone you when you want a mediator
They’ll stone you when you interrupt and cuss
They’ll stone you when you bring up stimulus
Or ask about empowerment zones
‘Cause everybody must get stoned.
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Al Flowers Blames Everybody But Himself For Pot Citation Woes...
Photo image by skywarn55419A recent story in the Star Tribune, click here, referenced a "statement" by mayoral fringe candidate Al Flowers, but only included quotes, not the statement itself.
In another kind of "statement," one of my Twitter followers sent me this image, above.
Stay tuned for exclusive Johnny Northside parody video, Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women" with new Al Flowers lyrics about how "everybody must get stoned."
No, I'm not even kidding about this.
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Unmourned, Unloved And Almost Unremarked, 2316 4th St. N. Goes Down...
Stock Photo By John Hoff, Backhoe Of Doom Not An Actual Photo Of The 2316 Demolition
This blog tries to mark the passing of buildings in NoMi during this incredible, rapid period of revitalization. Our neighborhood is being drastically remade, with buildings that stood a 100 years going down like dominoes.
One of those buildings was 2316 4th St. N. Here's how a resident described the situation on September 23...
"I saw the backhoes knocking down 2316 4th St. N. this morning. That was the little, dumpy green duplex on the corner of 4th St. N. and 24th Ave. N."
The resident was unable to get a photo of the building before it went down or even during the demolition. But he kindly forwarded me a Google maps screen shot as part of an msword document, click here for the document with an image of 2316 4th St. N.
One of those buildings was 2316 4th St. N. Here's how a resident described the situation on September 23...
"I saw the backhoes knocking down 2316 4th St. N. this morning. That was the little, dumpy green duplex on the corner of 4th St. N. and 24th Ave. N."
The resident was unable to get a photo of the building before it went down or even during the demolition. But he kindly forwarded me a Google maps screen shot as part of an msword document, click here for the document with an image of 2316 4th St. N.
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JNS BLOG EXCLUSIVE: Lennie Chism Arrest Document In PDF Form Contains Horrible Details Of Lennie's Controlling Rages, Threats, Violence...
Contributed PhotoFirst, let's get right to the most informative part. Here is a link to the Lennie Chism arrest report, click here.
The long document, which describes the incident in bits and pieces, contains interesting and shocking details, including the following:
Lennie Chism, a married man, reportedly threatened to post nude pictures of his girlfriend on the internet. During an argument, Lennie allegedly pulled her hair. A vicious dispute took place over ownership of a bed, with Lennie finally showing up and just taking the bed, according to a witness.
According to police, Lennie and his girlfriend, Monika Shannon, were pulled over AT GUNPOINT after leaving in the vehicle during the domestic violence incident which became the basis of the restraining order against Lennie. This blog is trying to determine whether criminal charges are pending against Chism.
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The long document, which describes the incident in bits and pieces, contains interesting and shocking details, including the following:
Lennie Chism, a married man, reportedly threatened to post nude pictures of his girlfriend on the internet. During an argument, Lennie allegedly pulled her hair. A vicious dispute took place over ownership of a bed, with Lennie finally showing up and just taking the bed, according to a witness.
According to police, Lennie and his girlfriend, Monika Shannon, were pulled over AT GUNPOINT after leaving in the vehicle during the domestic violence incident which became the basis of the restraining order against Lennie. This blog is trying to determine whether criminal charges are pending against Chism.
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Demolition Discussion On 2222 4th Street North
Photo by John HoffTwenty-two twenty-two 4th Street North is a cursed property. First, it is owned by notorious slumlord Mahmood Khan. Second, it was the place where murder victim Annshalike Hamilton was found. This crime is still unsolved.
Now comes word that...
...city council may be near lifting the "stay of execution" on this dump. Here's the word that I heard via email:
Our voices have been heard! I complained to Hofstede about the property at 2222 4th St N. This is the dump where that young pregnant girl was found dead a few years ago.
(JNS says: seems like a few years ago but, in fact, it was only the end of 2008)
Mahmood Khan got a stay on the demolition of this property, if he fixed it up. Well if any of you looked at this dump and the crappy work he has done on it, you would know that his rehab plan has not been followed. It is a complete disaster. The work is barely up to code. I complained to Hofsted about his work and I just noticed this on this week's PSRS meeting agenda!
Property at 2222 4th St N:
Rescind Council Action to stay Order for Demolition; and Authorize demolition
of structure.
Staff report: 2222 4th St N
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/2009-meetings/20091016/docs/2222-4th-st-n-rca.pdf
Yipee.
ADDENDUM: A neighbor sent me more information about this house, as follows:
I had the opportunity to see the inside of this property last week. The house is a trip. He turned the duplex into a single family house. The up stairs (see johnny northsides photos from last year) is now 3 bed rooms and 2 living rooms and the kitchen is on the main level. The living room (where you first walk into the house) goes at a slant...if you had a ball it would roll all the way to the far corner. To get to the upstairs bedrooms, you have to go out side, past the basement doors and thru another set of doors, to a steep stairwell, and the ledge is still there, (potential danger to kids) He did put brand new windows in, the fitting didn't look right, but, then I am no contractor or carpenter either.
I am not sure what you guys are looking for in a property, but, I can only express what I have seen.
Now comes word that...
...city council may be near lifting the "stay of execution" on this dump. Here's the word that I heard via email:
Our voices have been heard! I complained to Hofstede about the property at 2222 4th St N. This is the dump where that young pregnant girl was found dead a few years ago.
(JNS says: seems like a few years ago but, in fact, it was only the end of 2008)
Mahmood Khan got a stay on the demolition of this property, if he fixed it up. Well if any of you looked at this dump and the crappy work he has done on it, you would know that his rehab plan has not been followed. It is a complete disaster. The work is barely up to code. I complained to Hofsted about his work and I just noticed this on this week's PSRS meeting agenda!
Property at 2222 4th St N:
Rescind Council Action to stay Order for Demolition; and Authorize demolition
of structure.
Staff report: 2222 4th St N
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/2009-meetings/20091016/docs/2222-4th-st-n-rca.pdf
Yipee.
ADDENDUM: A neighbor sent me more information about this house, as follows:
I had the opportunity to see the inside of this property last week. The house is a trip. He turned the duplex into a single family house. The up stairs (see johnny northsides photos from last year) is now 3 bed rooms and 2 living rooms and the kitchen is on the main level. The living room (where you first walk into the house) goes at a slant...if you had a ball it would roll all the way to the far corner. To get to the upstairs bedrooms, you have to go out side, past the basement doors and thru another set of doors, to a steep stairwell, and the ledge is still there, (potential danger to kids) He did put brand new windows in, the fitting didn't look right, but, then I am no contractor or carpenter either.
I am not sure what you guys are looking for in a property, but, I can only express what I have seen.
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JNS BLOG EXCLUSIVE: Details Of Search Warrant And Inventory For Raid That Snagged Mayoral Candidate Al "I Am The Community" Flowers...
Written By udin on Minggu, 04 Oktober 2009 | 19.09
Photo By John HoffAn unnamed source provided a copy of the search warrant and inventory for the police raid on 6129 France Avenue South, City of Edina, which snagged fringe mayoral candidate Al Flowers in a drug dragnet. Click here for a previous blog post, which includes a link to a story in the Star Tribune.
The newly-obtained warrant and inventory document provides an additional rich level of detail which leaves little doubt about how closely Flowers was associating with a convicted crack dealer and known gang member, closely enough for Flowers' wallet to be found on the floor next to a bed in the "lower level NE bedroom." Most telling of all is the inventory of seized items, to be found near the end of the document.
Here is the document, as follows...
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, DISTRICT COURT
APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT AND SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT
Deputy Erik Fleck being first duly sworn upon oath, hereby makes application to this Court for a warrant to search the premises hereinafter described.
Affiant knows the contents of this application and supporting affidavit, and the statements herein are true to the affiants own knowledge, save as such as are herein stated on information and belief, and as to those, affiant believes them to be true.
Affiant has good reason to believe, and does believe, that the following described property and things, to wit:
Controlled substances to include, but not limited to, Marijuana, Packaging equipment such as baggies, tin foil, knives, spoons, razors and scales. Documents, notes, papers, ledgers, pagers, cell phones and their displays, computers including hard drives, peripherals and removable storage media and videotapes to show activities of controlled substance distribution and to indicate names, addresses and phone numbers of possible sources and/or customers of controlled substances. Monies to show profit of the sale of controlled substances. Documents, receipts, letters, bills and identification to show constructive possession of the items seized. Firearms.
are at the premises described as:
6129 France Avenue South, Any and all garages, sheds, outbuildings and/or vehicles on property intended to be used by occupants of 6129 and associated with 6129 France Ave South, Located in the City of Edina, County of Hennepin, and State of Minnesota.
This affiant applies for issuance of a search warrant upon the following grounds.
The possession of the property above described constitutes a crime.
The property above described constitutes evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime.
The facts tending to establish the foregoing grounds for issuance of a search warrant are as follows:
Your affiant, Deputy Erik D. Fleck, is employed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and has been a deputy sheriff since 1999. Your affiant is currently assigned to the Hennepin County Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF). In this capacity, your affiant has been working with experienced officers and has been involved with the execution of numerous search warrants, with surveillance and arrests for narcotics and violence related law violations. Before being assigned to the VOTF, your affiant had been assigned to the Narcotics Unit for almost three years. During that time, your affiant had written, applied for and executed many search warrants and participated in many narcotics related investigations.
Your affiant is currently involved in the criminal investigation of Brandon Michael WILSON (03/21/80) and his residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in the City of Edina. The details are as follows.
In the past two months, your affiant has been in contact with a confidential reliable informant (CRI). This CRI has provided the names, numbers and addresses of numerous individuals involved in narcotics trafficking. The information provided by the CRI has been independently corroborated by other law enforcement officers and your affiant and has been under the direction and control of your affiant and other law enforcement officers. The CRI has an extensive knowledge of the drug trade.
This CRI has informed your affiant that this CRI knows an individual by the name of "STRAP" that is selling cocaine and large amounts of marijuana from his residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina. The CRI describes the residence as a grayish tan house that has been turned into a side by side duplex with a "tuck under" garage and swimming pool in the back yard. The CRI further states that the suspect lives in the north half of the duplex and the numbers 6129 are beside the front door that faces France Avenue.
The CRI stated that "STRAP" is a black male, approximately 28-30 years old, very short, stocky build, with short dark hair. This CRI stated "STRAP" is a member of the Crips gang. The CRI stated that within the past five weeks the CRI has seen "STRAP" in possession of cocaine and marijuana. The CRI states that "STRAP" may have a gun, but has not seen it.
Your affiant was able to find an individual with the alias "STRAP" in the Minneapolis CAPRS report system that matched the description given by the CRI. This individual's name is Brandon Michael WILSON. (03/21/80)
Your affiant showed the CRI a driver's license photo of WILSON to the CRI and positively identified WILSON as the individual the CRI knows as "STRAP."
Within the past week, your affiant and other officers conducted surveillance at 6129 France Avenue South in the City of Edina. During that surveillance, your affiant and other officers observed WILSON in the front yard and going in and out of the front door of the house.
Your affiant checked the computerized criminal history of WILSON and learned that WILSON has been convicted of 5th Degree Drugs (Crack) in 2000, a 2nd Degree Assault that was amended to Interfere w/ 911 call in 2001, 5th Degree Drugs (Crack) in 2002 and Burglary in 2003. It also showed two 1998 Drugs charges (both crack) that were not prosecuted, a 1998 Aggravated Robbery with a "held" status, a 1999 Burglary with a "held" status, a 2001 Burglary with a "held" status and a 2006 1st Degree Drugs charge with a "held" status.
Your affiant has learned that WILSON was arrested on August 24, 2009, for 5th Degree Drugs in Dakota County.
Your affiant has checked with the Minneapolis Police Department Records and learned that WILSON has had numerous contacts with the Minneapolis Police. Minneapolis has been arrested 7 times (sic) for narcotics violations (most of which were crack cocaine), including a sale to an undercover officer and was a suspect in two other crack cocaine cases. WILSON was arrested once for 2nd Degree Assault in which a handgun was involved and four times for Domestic Assault. WILSON was the suspect in four other assaults two of which handguns were involved and once where he allegedly shot at the victim.
Within the past 72 hours your affiant has met with the previously mentioned CRI and searched the body and the vehicle for weapons, narcotics, money or other contraband and found none. Your affiant gave the CRI a quantity of HCSO pre-recorded buy fund money so that the CRI could purchase a quantity of marijuana from WILSON. Your affiant followed the CRI to the predetermined meet location. Surveillance officers watched as the CRI met with Wilson at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina. After the meeting, the CRI left the residence and your affiant followed the CRI away. Your affiant was handed a quantity of marijuana (later field-tested positive) that the CRI stated had been purchased from WILSON using the HCSO buy fund money. Your affiant again searched the CRI and the vehicle and found no contraband.
Based upon the information received from the CRI and the observations made by the CRI, the previous police contact history with WILSON, WILSON's criminal history, the controlled purchase of marijuana and the surveillance observations, your affiant believes that narcotics, namely marijuana, are at the residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina.
Therefore, your affiant respectfully requests that a daytime unannounced search warrant be granted for the residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota.
(Two words illegible on my copy) outside the hours between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM is necessary to prevent the loss, destruction or removal of the objects of the search or to protect the searchers or the public because.
(Illegible)
An unannounced entry is necessary to prevent the loss, destruction or removal of the objects of the search and to protect the safety of the peace officers because:
Because of the weapons and assault history of the suspect, your affiant believes that an unannounced entry is necessary to allow entering officers the element of surprise, thereby giving any suspects inside minimal time to arm themselves and do harm to entering officer's (sic), themselves, other suspects in the residence, or the general public.
WHEREFORE Affiant requests a search warrant be issued commanding Deputy Fleck, Detectives Lunde and (illegible, could be Sweitzer) and all other officers under their direction and control, peace officers, of the State of Minnesota, to enter without announcement of authority and purpose between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 PM only) to search the herein-before described premises for the described property and things and to seize said property and things and keep said property and things in custody until the same be dealt with according to law.
(The warrant was approved by Judge Patricia L. Belois, Judge of District Court)
(The attached receipt and inventory following the execution of the search warrant was as follows)
I, Dep. Fleck, received the attached search warrant issued by the Honorable Judge Belois on September 17, 2009, and have executed it as follows:
Pursuant to said warrant, on September 23rd, 2009, at 0745 o'clock a.m., I searched the premises described in said warrant, and left a true and correct copy of said warrant at 6129 France Ave. S, Edina.
I took into custody the property and things listed below.
1. One box of zip-loc storage bags, Found on shelf on center island in kitchen by Poidinger.
2.) Two zip-loc baggies--Found in top drawer of kitchen island by Poidinger.
3.) One mailing for Alfred D. Flowers Jr., one mailing in name of Angela Anderson--found in SW top kitchen drawer by Poidinger.
4.) One plastic sandwich baggie with suspected marijuana residue--Found in Orange Nike shoe box in NW lower level bedroom by Roushar.
5.) One Kodak digital camera--Found on dresser in lower level NW bedroom by Roushar.
6.) One box of sandwich baggies--Found in lower level NW bedroom on bedroom chair by Roushar.
7.) Misc. Gang photos in book--Found in lower level SW bedroom by Roushar.
8.) One brown wallet containing misc. papers/cards and MN ID for Alfred Delano Flowers (3/9/59) --Found on floor by bed in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
9.) One advertisement for Al Flowers; one baggie containing marijuana--Found in box next to bed in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
10.) One mailing to Al Flowers; One baggie with two marijuana "blunts"--Found in tan leather bag on shelf in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
11.) One Samsung T-Mobile cellphone + charger--Found in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
12.) One blue Samsung cell phone; One black LG cell phone; One silver colored computer storage drive--Found in upper level master (east) bedroom by Roushar.
13.) One black Hi-Point semi-auto handgun (Ser. # P171582)
14.) One purple bag that held item #13--found in air vent on west side of upper level master (east) bedroom by Hughes.
15.) Two loaded handgun magazines--Found in Item #16 in air vent on west side of master (east) bedroom on upper level by Hughes.
16.) One pair of white socks that held item #15--Found in air vent on west side of upper level master (east) bedroom by Hughes.
17.) One yellow inventory receipt from search warrant on 7/2/09. Found in upper level master (east) bedroom on TV stand by Sonestahl.
18.) One plastic baggie containing marijuana; one blue weight scale digital gram scale--Found in upper level master (east) bedroom in right pocket of gray hooded sweatshirt by Sonestahl.
19.) One grey hooded sweatshirt--Found in upper level master (east) bedroom in closet by Sonestahl.
20.) One small baggie of marijuana--Found in left rear pocket of pants (Item #21) in upper level master (east) bedroom by Sonestahl. Also MN ID for Brandon Wilson in pocket.
21.) One pair of blue jeans that held items #20 + #21. Found on floor in upper level (master) east bedroom by Sonestahl.
22.) $860 cash (43 x $20 bills) --Found in front pants (left) pocket (Item #21) by Sonestahl.
23.) Multiple "loose" plastic baggies--Found on top of south upper cabinets in kitchen by Poidinger.
(End of Search Warrant Inventory)
The newly-obtained warrant and inventory document provides an additional rich level of detail which leaves little doubt about how closely Flowers was associating with a convicted crack dealer and known gang member, closely enough for Flowers' wallet to be found on the floor next to a bed in the "lower level NE bedroom." Most telling of all is the inventory of seized items, to be found near the end of the document.
Here is the document, as follows...
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, DISTRICT COURT
APPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT AND SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT
Deputy Erik Fleck being first duly sworn upon oath, hereby makes application to this Court for a warrant to search the premises hereinafter described.
Affiant knows the contents of this application and supporting affidavit, and the statements herein are true to the affiants own knowledge, save as such as are herein stated on information and belief, and as to those, affiant believes them to be true.
Affiant has good reason to believe, and does believe, that the following described property and things, to wit:
Controlled substances to include, but not limited to, Marijuana, Packaging equipment such as baggies, tin foil, knives, spoons, razors and scales. Documents, notes, papers, ledgers, pagers, cell phones and their displays, computers including hard drives, peripherals and removable storage media and videotapes to show activities of controlled substance distribution and to indicate names, addresses and phone numbers of possible sources and/or customers of controlled substances. Monies to show profit of the sale of controlled substances. Documents, receipts, letters, bills and identification to show constructive possession of the items seized. Firearms.
are at the premises described as:
6129 France Avenue South, Any and all garages, sheds, outbuildings and/or vehicles on property intended to be used by occupants of 6129 and associated with 6129 France Ave South, Located in the City of Edina, County of Hennepin, and State of Minnesota.
This affiant applies for issuance of a search warrant upon the following grounds.
The possession of the property above described constitutes a crime.
The property above described constitutes evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime.
The facts tending to establish the foregoing grounds for issuance of a search warrant are as follows:
Your affiant, Deputy Erik D. Fleck, is employed by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and has been a deputy sheriff since 1999. Your affiant is currently assigned to the Hennepin County Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF). In this capacity, your affiant has been working with experienced officers and has been involved with the execution of numerous search warrants, with surveillance and arrests for narcotics and violence related law violations. Before being assigned to the VOTF, your affiant had been assigned to the Narcotics Unit for almost three years. During that time, your affiant had written, applied for and executed many search warrants and participated in many narcotics related investigations.
Your affiant is currently involved in the criminal investigation of Brandon Michael WILSON (03/21/80) and his residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in the City of Edina. The details are as follows.
In the past two months, your affiant has been in contact with a confidential reliable informant (CRI). This CRI has provided the names, numbers and addresses of numerous individuals involved in narcotics trafficking. The information provided by the CRI has been independently corroborated by other law enforcement officers and your affiant and has been under the direction and control of your affiant and other law enforcement officers. The CRI has an extensive knowledge of the drug trade.
This CRI has informed your affiant that this CRI knows an individual by the name of "STRAP" that is selling cocaine and large amounts of marijuana from his residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina. The CRI describes the residence as a grayish tan house that has been turned into a side by side duplex with a "tuck under" garage and swimming pool in the back yard. The CRI further states that the suspect lives in the north half of the duplex and the numbers 6129 are beside the front door that faces France Avenue.
The CRI stated that "STRAP" is a black male, approximately 28-30 years old, very short, stocky build, with short dark hair. This CRI stated "STRAP" is a member of the Crips gang. The CRI stated that within the past five weeks the CRI has seen "STRAP" in possession of cocaine and marijuana. The CRI states that "STRAP" may have a gun, but has not seen it.
Your affiant was able to find an individual with the alias "STRAP" in the Minneapolis CAPRS report system that matched the description given by the CRI. This individual's name is Brandon Michael WILSON. (03/21/80)
Your affiant showed the CRI a driver's license photo of WILSON to the CRI and positively identified WILSON as the individual the CRI knows as "STRAP."
Within the past week, your affiant and other officers conducted surveillance at 6129 France Avenue South in the City of Edina. During that surveillance, your affiant and other officers observed WILSON in the front yard and going in and out of the front door of the house.
Your affiant checked the computerized criminal history of WILSON and learned that WILSON has been convicted of 5th Degree Drugs (Crack) in 2000, a 2nd Degree Assault that was amended to Interfere w/ 911 call in 2001, 5th Degree Drugs (Crack) in 2002 and Burglary in 2003. It also showed two 1998 Drugs charges (both crack) that were not prosecuted, a 1998 Aggravated Robbery with a "held" status, a 1999 Burglary with a "held" status, a 2001 Burglary with a "held" status and a 2006 1st Degree Drugs charge with a "held" status.
Your affiant has learned that WILSON was arrested on August 24, 2009, for 5th Degree Drugs in Dakota County.
Your affiant has checked with the Minneapolis Police Department Records and learned that WILSON has had numerous contacts with the Minneapolis Police. Minneapolis has been arrested 7 times (sic) for narcotics violations (most of which were crack cocaine), including a sale to an undercover officer and was a suspect in two other crack cocaine cases. WILSON was arrested once for 2nd Degree Assault in which a handgun was involved and four times for Domestic Assault. WILSON was the suspect in four other assaults two of which handguns were involved and once where he allegedly shot at the victim.
Within the past 72 hours your affiant has met with the previously mentioned CRI and searched the body and the vehicle for weapons, narcotics, money or other contraband and found none. Your affiant gave the CRI a quantity of HCSO pre-recorded buy fund money so that the CRI could purchase a quantity of marijuana from WILSON. Your affiant followed the CRI to the predetermined meet location. Surveillance officers watched as the CRI met with Wilson at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina. After the meeting, the CRI left the residence and your affiant followed the CRI away. Your affiant was handed a quantity of marijuana (later field-tested positive) that the CRI stated had been purchased from WILSON using the HCSO buy fund money. Your affiant again searched the CRI and the vehicle and found no contraband.
Based upon the information received from the CRI and the observations made by the CRI, the previous police contact history with WILSON, WILSON's criminal history, the controlled purchase of marijuana and the surveillance observations, your affiant believes that narcotics, namely marijuana, are at the residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina.
Therefore, your affiant respectfully requests that a daytime unannounced search warrant be granted for the residence located at 6129 France Avenue South in Edina, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota.
(Two words illegible on my copy) outside the hours between 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM is necessary to prevent the loss, destruction or removal of the objects of the search or to protect the searchers or the public because.
(Illegible)
An unannounced entry is necessary to prevent the loss, destruction or removal of the objects of the search and to protect the safety of the peace officers because:
Because of the weapons and assault history of the suspect, your affiant believes that an unannounced entry is necessary to allow entering officers the element of surprise, thereby giving any suspects inside minimal time to arm themselves and do harm to entering officer's (sic), themselves, other suspects in the residence, or the general public.
WHEREFORE Affiant requests a search warrant be issued commanding Deputy Fleck, Detectives Lunde and (illegible, could be Sweitzer) and all other officers under their direction and control, peace officers, of the State of Minnesota, to enter without announcement of authority and purpose between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 PM only) to search the herein-before described premises for the described property and things and to seize said property and things and keep said property and things in custody until the same be dealt with according to law.
(The warrant was approved by Judge Patricia L. Belois, Judge of District Court)
(The attached receipt and inventory following the execution of the search warrant was as follows)
I, Dep. Fleck, received the attached search warrant issued by the Honorable Judge Belois on September 17, 2009, and have executed it as follows:
Pursuant to said warrant, on September 23rd, 2009, at 0745 o'clock a.m., I searched the premises described in said warrant, and left a true and correct copy of said warrant at 6129 France Ave. S, Edina.
I took into custody the property and things listed below.
1. One box of zip-loc storage bags, Found on shelf on center island in kitchen by Poidinger.
2.) Two zip-loc baggies--Found in top drawer of kitchen island by Poidinger.
3.) One mailing for Alfred D. Flowers Jr., one mailing in name of Angela Anderson--found in SW top kitchen drawer by Poidinger.
4.) One plastic sandwich baggie with suspected marijuana residue--Found in Orange Nike shoe box in NW lower level bedroom by Roushar.
5.) One Kodak digital camera--Found on dresser in lower level NW bedroom by Roushar.
6.) One box of sandwich baggies--Found in lower level NW bedroom on bedroom chair by Roushar.
7.) Misc. Gang photos in book--Found in lower level SW bedroom by Roushar.
8.) One brown wallet containing misc. papers/cards and MN ID for Alfred Delano Flowers (3/9/59) --Found on floor by bed in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
9.) One advertisement for Al Flowers; one baggie containing marijuana--Found in box next to bed in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
10.) One mailing to Al Flowers; One baggie with two marijuana "blunts"--Found in tan leather bag on shelf in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
11.) One Samsung T-Mobile cellphone + charger--Found in lower level NE bedroom by Lunde.
12.) One blue Samsung cell phone; One black LG cell phone; One silver colored computer storage drive--Found in upper level master (east) bedroom by Roushar.
13.) One black Hi-Point semi-auto handgun (Ser. # P171582)
14.) One purple bag that held item #13--found in air vent on west side of upper level master (east) bedroom by Hughes.
15.) Two loaded handgun magazines--Found in Item #16 in air vent on west side of master (east) bedroom on upper level by Hughes.
16.) One pair of white socks that held item #15--Found in air vent on west side of upper level master (east) bedroom by Hughes.
17.) One yellow inventory receipt from search warrant on 7/2/09. Found in upper level master (east) bedroom on TV stand by Sonestahl.
18.) One plastic baggie containing marijuana; one blue weight scale digital gram scale--Found in upper level master (east) bedroom in right pocket of gray hooded sweatshirt by Sonestahl.
19.) One grey hooded sweatshirt--Found in upper level master (east) bedroom in closet by Sonestahl.
20.) One small baggie of marijuana--Found in left rear pocket of pants (Item #21) in upper level master (east) bedroom by Sonestahl. Also MN ID for Brandon Wilson in pocket.
21.) One pair of blue jeans that held items #20 + #21. Found on floor in upper level (master) east bedroom by Sonestahl.
22.) $860 cash (43 x $20 bills) --Found in front pants (left) pocket (Item #21) by Sonestahl.
23.) Multiple "loose" plastic baggies--Found on top of south upper cabinets in kitchen by Poidinger.
(End of Search Warrant Inventory)
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Visiting "Dougieland" In Northeast Minneapolis...
After Thursday's fundraiser for Don Samuels, click here, the numerous movers, shakers and ordinary citizens gathered at the Mill City Cafe were invited to check out the art gallery next door. The gallery--which said "Dougieland" on the exterior--featured the recent work of Douglas Padilla, age 60 but he hardly looks a day over 45.
Above, I am pictured with some of Padilla's art which really speaks to me.
It features...nails.
Lots and lots of nails. Baby.
I like this photo so much that I made it my Johnny Northside Dot Com profile picture.
Here's what Padilla and his collaborator, Deborah Jinza Thayer, have to say about his recent art exhibit...
(Text from exhibit flyer)
I started working on a new exhibit when I was 59 or so. It had been a few years since my last solo show at Gallery Co and the work was piling up: paintings, huge and small, both abstractions and my more typical symbolic narratives; drawings of mariposas and diablitos; sculptures made of thousands of nails; photos of my mother's passing; Dia de los Muertos prints and other works on paper...
I was beginning to feel like I had to get my art some air out in the world. And, I wanted to celebrate my 60th year on this planet. But, well, turning 40 had been easy, turning 50 had been fun, but turning 60, my god, it was getting difficult.
I'd been waffling along for a while when my old friend dancer/choreographer Deborah Jinza Thayer walked back into my life. She started creating dances based on my art, dances referencing a dougieland sense of funk and color and corazon. Originally inspired by my series of fashion deconstructions, "La Mode," the immediate inspiration for the dances was the interface between costume and soul.
Next, she brought me to rehearsals and got my input on everything from dance to costumes to lights. Eventually, she and her team began helping me with the production end of my exhibit. Every step of the way she has been an angelic force to me; disciplined, adamant, and inspirational--although, on occasion, I've had to stop and get my breath as I've endeavored to keep pace with her in this creative process.
If only all collaborators were as blessed as I.
Deborah Jinza Thayer responds:
Doug is portraying me as some angelic collaborator. That's really nice of him. Actually, I would say that I am a little obsessive and poor Dougie just got caught in the OCD tempest.
I initially connected with his "La Mode" series--a strange world of both mysticism and fashion. An odd coupling, I thought, with its disjoined and distorted, out-of-scale body parts. So, of course, I had to make me some modern dance.
Through creating and producing these works, I had many conversations with El Dougie. Inevitably, I listed to him opine about the art world, the lack of funds, and the spiritual and physical exhaustion that ensues. It requires a special kind of stamina to keep creating under those conditions after decades. So I offer these dances as rites of passage, and as transitions into ever great prosperity, vitality and creativity.
Lots of things get thrown into these dances: a bit of funk, color, playfulness; tensions between the spiritual and the material; the phenomena of the "celebrity artist" and all that is required to maintain a persona and a balanced (or not) ego; and some art & fashion world antics.
So I hope you come, play, and laugh. I know I have.
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Your Choice of Soda, Sir?
Guest post and photo by the Hawthorne Hawkman
Ed Kohler pointed out a rather disturbing phenomenon on his Facebook page, and I had to find out if was actually happening here in NoMi as well. Soda pairings at fast food joints. It is indeed here at the Burger King in Hawthorn Crossings.
When you order a #3 with fries, a white-gloved sodalier will come to your table and ceremoniously uncork a vintage 2003 Coca-Cola classic imported from Mexico in the glass bottle (soda aficionados know that pure cane sugar--NOT high-fructose corn syrup--is used south of the border AND the glass bottles retain the flavor far better than plastic, without the metallic ting), pour it reverently into your wax-paper cup, and allow you to savor the aroma before adding the precise number of ice cubes the customer wishes in order to complete the dining experience.
Granted, this is the same company that came up with their own line of PERFUME, so we can probably assume that soda pairings are tongue-in-cheek. But is there a more pertinent sign that we need higher-quality restaurants along Broadway?
(Do not click "Read More," but do go to Tooties on Lowry or Victory 44 if you want a good burger/wine pairing.)
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Hawthorne-Jordan Soccer Team Leads NoMi Revitalization!
Guest post and photos by the Hawthorne Hawkman
This blog has extensively documented the rapid revitalization going on throughout NoMi. But what has been the catalyst for the improvements we've seen by leaps and bounds? The Hawthorne Hawkman has found the answer:
The Hawthorne-Jordan youth soccer team. Or maybe it's the Jordan-Hawthorne team, I forget. But this is being written by the HAWTHORNE Hawkman, so Hawthorne-Jordan it is. (The uniforms say "Farview" on them, but that is not the official name.)
Last year, these kids in various age groups went a combined 0-18-2. That's no wins, eighteen losses, and two ties.
So what's their record so far this year? 26-1-3. Is there anything else in NoMi that has seen such a dramatic turnaround? They have increased their win total from last year by infinity percent! How did this happen?
Earlier in the year, Obama created a stimulus program in order to turn around troubled spots throughout the country. Clearly there were few areas of greater need than a team that was 0-18-2. Funds were used to create a high-tech training facility at the southeast corner of Farview Park. Naturally, like the Vikings have their training camp in Mankato, the Hawthorne-Jordan team has Farview. Media access is understandably limited in order to prevent opponents from learning too much, but I was granted an exclusive look at the secrets to their success.
Let's cheer on our youth as they lead the way in NoMi revitalization!
(Editor's note: No performance-enhancing substances have been used by the Hawthorne-Jordan soccer teams.)
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Bashir Moghul's "Blue Building" Goes Down
Guest post and photo by the Hawthorne Hawkman
What many NoMi residents in Hawthorne and Jordan referred to simply as "the blue building," has been demolished. This structure, owned by Bashir Moghul and located at the southwest corner of Fremont and 24th, allegedly rivaled 3035 6th St N for its concentration of mold. It should be noted that during the demolition and appeals process, Bashir Moghul appeared to change his behavior slightly by...
...proactively showing up at Hawthorne and Jordan housing committee meetings. JACC did not support Moghul's appeal of this property's demolition. Hawthorne was pleased when he came to our meetings, as it is generally better to be in dialogue with people than not. However, since the property was not in our neighborhood, we took no official stance on it.
It should also be noted that when Moghul and a relative came to the Hawthorne meetings to garner support from wherever it might be found, they gave us a list of properties they owned in the Hawthorne neighborhood and offered tours of the places to show the kind of quality work they claim to do. Once the city made it clear that the demo order was going to stand, the Moghul's mysteriously stopped coming to our housing meetings. Hmmm.....
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Work Set To Begin On Delisi Building...
Written By udin on Sabtu, 03 Oktober 2009 | 20.12
Photos By John Hoff, Don Allen with Allen's cell phoneI dropped by the Delisi building today, where a backhoe was sitting out front and the well-known hanging mural had been removed some days before. (It depicted a group of men pulling at the Scales of Justice with ropes) The Ackerberg Group website discusses plans for the building, click here.
Though a small garage-like building had been demolished near the Delisi Building, word is the...
Delisi Building itself will be gutted and extensively renovated.
Today, some bottle collectors were at the site, and showed me their finds. They actually gave one of their "duplicate" bottles to Council Member Don Samuels as a momento of the rapid revitalization progress being made in NoMi.
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LAST ONE! I PROMISE! More Hawthorne Neighborhood Council Annual Dinner TALENT SHOW VIDEO!
Here's the very last video from the Hawthorne Neighborhood Council Annual Meeting TALENT SHOW, featuring singers and actors from the Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts, click here for their website.
(Do not click "Read More")
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Hawthorne Neighborhood Council Annual Meeting, Yet More Talent Show Video...
More video! More great talent at the Hawthorne Neighborhood Council Annual Meeting and Dinner!
(Do not click "Read More")
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Hawthorne Neighborhood Council Annual Meeting, More Talent Show Video...
Here's more video of the Hawthorne Neighborhood Council Annual Meeting TALENT SHOW, put on by the Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts.
I made a point of inserting the post below this one so, well, these nice little children wouldn't be near a post about (druggie) Mayoral Candidate Al Flowers.
(Do not click "Read More")
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Good People, Good Food At Don Samuels' Fundraiser...
Here are some images from Friday's fundraiser for Council Member Don Samuels, which was held at the Mill City Cafe. Many movers and shakers were there, some of which are pictured above. At the top...
Steve Hogan, who worked for the Obama campaign in Minnesota and now works for Minneapolis DFL-endorsed candidates. Second, Jose Velez and his son Bobby. Velez is the policy aid to Don Samuels and he used to be the Executive Director of the Hawthorne Neighborhood Council. (Of course, I think the HNC was called "HACC" at that time)
In the next photo, Jose shows how the Samuels campaign literature has "gone green." The backing of the peel-off sticker is a post card.
In the next photo, pictured with Don Samuels, Ward 1 City Council Member Paul Ostrow, who says that courage is sorely lacking in politics, and Don Samuels is the most courageous person he's ever worked with (in politics). Pictured below Paul Ostrow is Jennifer Young, who is involved with the California Building (click here for a link) and--some years ago--threw Don's first fundraiser held in Northeast.
Paul Ostrow poses with his mother in the next photo. Now in his early 50s, he looks forward to "starting a new career" and maybe getting back into practicing law after 12 years as a city councilman. When asked, he agreed it might be nice to spend more time with his mother, too.
In the next photo, Sarita Turner of the West Broadway Area Coalition, click here, pictured with County Commissioner Mark Stenglein.
In the final photo, Kevin Reich--widely presumed to be the next Ward 1 City Council Member--with outgoing Ward 1 City Council Member Paul Ostrow.
Adding something of an editorial comment...Don Samuels is an inspiring speaker, and in him one sees somebody who could become the next mayor of Minneapolis, once R.T. Rybak gets tired of fending off the likes of "Crackpot" Candidate Al Flowers. It was a great fundraiser, with deviled eggs, chicken satay, and delicious rustic bread. At the end of Don's speech, everybody was invited to check out an art gallery next door, which was also very cool and hopefully the subject of a future post.
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Learning To Hook My Twitter To My Facebook (And Learning To UNHOOK It Just As Quickly)
Written By udin on Jumat, 02 Oktober 2009 | 19.12
Photo By John HoffA day after the Metro Magazine party for this year's "Metro 100," my brief contact with Ryan Adams of the Lake Calhoun Boys (pictured above, promoting Naked Grouse Scotch) taught me something valuable, almost by accident, sort of by osmosis.
My Twitter profile (NorthsideJohnny) can be hooked to my Facebook profile.
Woo hoo!
Why does this matter? Well, in the battle for revitalization of North Minneapolis (NoMi) there are certain advantages held by the "revitalizers" and other advantages held by what might be characterized as "thugs." One of the greatest "revitalizer advantages" is being on the digital side of the "digital divide."
There are many times I've wished my Facebook and Twitter could talk to each other. I always figured...
Well, "FB" and Twitter are sort of competitors. So why would they cooperate? But after meeting Ryan and checking out his FB and Twitter, I realized, huh, this guy has those two hooked together somehow. Interestingly, it seems "Crackpot" Mayoral Candidate Al Flowers also had a serious amount of replication between Facebook and Twitter, and may have known the same trick or (more likely) had somebody like Farheen Hakeem helping him with his technology while he did...whatever. Smoked big fat doobies, maybe.
So, yeah, I got my FB and Twitter hooked up. It wasn't hard at all. It was as easy as going to FB, searching "Twitter" in the search box, and going to the first thing that came up, clicking on "Application." A little more after that. Not hard, really. Not hard at all.
The friend who was with me at the time--we were at Mall of America in a Caribou Coffee, launching Al Flowers info, almost doubling over with laughter because it was just so much FUN--asked, "Are you SURE you want to do this?" Like I was getting a tattoo or something. And I was all, like, "OF COURSE I want to do this? Why would I NOT want to hook my Twitter to Facebook?" And she was all, like, "Oh-kaaaaaay."
Almost immediately after I started announcing my plan via Twitter and Facebook, another friend told me, via FB chat, "If you do that, I will immediately unfriend you." And I was all, like, "Wait. WHY?"
Noise. Because of noise. There are too many email messages, too many Tweets, too many cell phone calls, coming at all of us all at once. Who wants to check a friend's Twitter status, then check their Facebook status and have it be EXACTLY THE SAME? Better to un-follow or un-friend that person in one of the forums.
Sigh. If only I had a way to hook my Twitter to Facebook only SOMETIMES. For example, if I could type "FB" in front of a tweet and have THAT tweet appear on Facebook, but no other tweet.
But I have other technology problems to wrestle with: today I forgot my cell phone at home and couldn't even call 911 on some hooker.
Lesson learned: the digital divide only works in favor of revitalizers when they ACTUALLY REMEMBER TO BRING THEIR TECHNOLOGY WITH THEM.
Oh, and then there's that "noise" problem. There can be such a thing as TOO MUCH technology.
ADDENDUM: Check out Ed Kohler's helpful comment about Selective Twitter Status. Ed rocks!
My Twitter profile (NorthsideJohnny) can be hooked to my Facebook profile.
Woo hoo!
Why does this matter? Well, in the battle for revitalization of North Minneapolis (NoMi) there are certain advantages held by the "revitalizers" and other advantages held by what might be characterized as "thugs." One of the greatest "revitalizer advantages" is being on the digital side of the "digital divide."
There are many times I've wished my Facebook and Twitter could talk to each other. I always figured...
Well, "FB" and Twitter are sort of competitors. So why would they cooperate? But after meeting Ryan and checking out his FB and Twitter, I realized, huh, this guy has those two hooked together somehow. Interestingly, it seems "Crackpot" Mayoral Candidate Al Flowers also had a serious amount of replication between Facebook and Twitter, and may have known the same trick or (more likely) had somebody like Farheen Hakeem helping him with his technology while he did...whatever. Smoked big fat doobies, maybe.
So, yeah, I got my FB and Twitter hooked up. It wasn't hard at all. It was as easy as going to FB, searching "Twitter" in the search box, and going to the first thing that came up, clicking on "Application." A little more after that. Not hard, really. Not hard at all.
The friend who was with me at the time--we were at Mall of America in a Caribou Coffee, launching Al Flowers info, almost doubling over with laughter because it was just so much FUN--asked, "Are you SURE you want to do this?" Like I was getting a tattoo or something. And I was all, like, "OF COURSE I want to do this? Why would I NOT want to hook my Twitter to Facebook?" And she was all, like, "Oh-kaaaaaay."
Almost immediately after I started announcing my plan via Twitter and Facebook, another friend told me, via FB chat, "If you do that, I will immediately unfriend you." And I was all, like, "Wait. WHY?"
Noise. Because of noise. There are too many email messages, too many Tweets, too many cell phone calls, coming at all of us all at once. Who wants to check a friend's Twitter status, then check their Facebook status and have it be EXACTLY THE SAME? Better to un-follow or un-friend that person in one of the forums.
Sigh. If only I had a way to hook my Twitter to Facebook only SOMETIMES. For example, if I could type "FB" in front of a tweet and have THAT tweet appear on Facebook, but no other tweet.
But I have other technology problems to wrestle with: today I forgot my cell phone at home and couldn't even call 911 on some hooker.
Lesson learned: the digital divide only works in favor of revitalizers when they ACTUALLY REMEMBER TO BRING THEIR TECHNOLOGY WITH THEM.
Oh, and then there's that "noise" problem. There can be such a thing as TOO MUCH technology.
ADDENDUM: Check out Ed Kohler's helpful comment about Selective Twitter Status. Ed rocks!
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JNS BLOG EXCLUSIVE: Facebook And Twitter Controversy With Al Flowers As Drug Raid News Breaks In Star Tribune...
Stock photo by John Hoff, Al Flowers Acting Like A LoonRegular JNS blog readers will recall a messy, developing story from yesterday about Al Flowers possibly dropping out of the mayoral race.
It now appears Al Flowers (or somebody in control of his "Al Flowers For Mayor" Facebook page) posted info that Flowers needed "support," and was thinking of backing out of the mayoral race. Then, later, some kind of denial was issued that Al was ever thinking about backing out of the mayoral race (who is spreading such rumors?!) while, incredibly, the "thinking of dropping out" information was STILL UP ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREAKING DENIAL.
Confused? Let's see if I can shed more light on it.
To understand just how messy this is, the best way might be to check out a definitive document, in this case...
...a screen shot "capture" of Al's Twitter page, which replicated the content of the Facebook page. Click here for two documents that show what "truth to the people" apparently means to Al Flowers.
In the meantime, information just hit the Star Tribune about Al Flowers and a convicted drug dealer, click here for that story. It should be noted that sources close to Johnny Northside had the basic outlines of this story the day before yesterday--that Al Flowers had been cited for something, and drug activity was involved--but both my sources and myself were unable to nail down the specifics of the story...partly due to a pressing need to go to the Metro 100 party where I had a complimentary ticket, and the free Naked Grouse Scotch flowed like a river.
The lead was kicked to the Star Tribune, which quickly unearthed the story.
And quite an ugly story it is.
It now appears Al Flowers (or somebody in control of his "Al Flowers For Mayor" Facebook page) posted info that Flowers needed "support," and was thinking of backing out of the mayoral race. Then, later, some kind of denial was issued that Al was ever thinking about backing out of the mayoral race (who is spreading such rumors?!) while, incredibly, the "thinking of dropping out" information was STILL UP ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREAKING DENIAL.
Confused? Let's see if I can shed more light on it.
To understand just how messy this is, the best way might be to check out a definitive document, in this case...
...a screen shot "capture" of Al's Twitter page, which replicated the content of the Facebook page. Click here for two documents that show what "truth to the people" apparently means to Al Flowers.
In the meantime, information just hit the Star Tribune about Al Flowers and a convicted drug dealer, click here for that story. It should be noted that sources close to Johnny Northside had the basic outlines of this story the day before yesterday--that Al Flowers had been cited for something, and drug activity was involved--but both my sources and myself were unable to nail down the specifics of the story...partly due to a pressing need to go to the Metro 100 party where I had a complimentary ticket, and the free Naked Grouse Scotch flowed like a river.
The lead was kicked to the Star Tribune, which quickly unearthed the story.
And quite an ugly story it is.
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Council Member Don Samuels Says, "When It Comes To Race Relationships, The Division Is Destroying The Opportunity For Love That Can Change Our Lives."
Yesterday, at a fundraiser in the Mill City Cafe, Council Member Don Samuels recalled having his very first Northeast fundraiser at that location, with some of the same folks gathered. He spoke of a more hopeful future and better race relations based on love and mutual understanding.
When Samuels first ran for city council, he was told voters in Northeast were "racist" and would never support a black candidate. Samuels said he was glad to find out this wasn't the case, and in fact Northeast became a base of power. Of course, ward boundaries have shifted confusingly--and the Mill City Cafe is no longer in Don's ward. All the same, it was an enjoyable fundraiser with a number of prominent individuals gathered there, including Ward 1 City Council Member Paul Ostrow, and County Commissioner Mark Stenglein.
Also there was Kevin Reich, one of the co-founders of the PEACE Foundation, now a DFL-endorsed candidate for Ward 1 and widely presumed to be the likely winner. (Paul Ostrow is not running again, after 12 years of representing Ward 1)
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Michael Guest, Endorsed By Former Vice President Mondale...
Photo from www.michaelguest.org. Guest commentary by the Hawthorne Hawkman
Michael Guest, a North Loop resident running for the District 2 seat on the Minneapolis Park Board, passed exciting news my way recently. He had been endorsed by none other than former vice president Mondale and...
All I can say is...wow. When does a Vice President EVER get involved in politics at such a local, nitty-gritty level? I am immediately impressed both with Mondale for caring this much about NoMi parks, and Mr. Guest for garnering such a prestigious endorsement.
Speaking personally, the most important issues for me are that the Park Board maintain its current level of independence from the city of Minneapolis, getting progress on the 26th Avenue Greenway bike paths, and making sure that north Minneapolis parks get the same level of attention and resources as our fine parks throughout the city.
Michael's commitment to our proud park system in NoMi, and his stances on the above issues have also garnered the support of the Hawthorne Hawkman. But the big deal here is Walter Mondale, supporting Michael Guest for the District 2 Park Board seat.
More information can be found at http://www.michaelguest.org/ or by searching "Michael Guest for Minneapolis Park Board" on Facebook.
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Metro 100 Party Included Launch Of Naked Grouse Scotch...
Photo By John HoffLast night I was working hard, drinking free tequila and Scotch at the Metro Magazine party after being named to their Metro Top 100 along with my good friend, Ed Kohler of The Deets Dot Com. I'm very glad the article conveyed information much more important than, oh gee, my colorful personality: like how joining your neighborhood association is the best way to improve your surroundings, and calling 311 is not only helpful, but downright addictive like eating potato chips.
I have a lot of pictures from last night's bash...a lot of blurry drunk lens pictures, if the truth be told...but before anything else I wanted to give a shout out to Ryan Adams of the Lake Calhoun Boys, who had a gig for the night or whatever promoting Naked Grouse Scotch. This stuff launched in Minneapolis because, apparently, folks here are in a position to say what is or isn't good Scotch and spread the word to the rest of the country.
Obviously, I'm not going to GROUSE about free Scotch, ha ha, but this stuff really was smooth and flavorful. And I was delighted to learn Ryan Adams knew quite a bit about the NoMi branding effort and hailed from the most northern of the North Minneapolis neighborhoods: Shingle Creek.
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42nd Avenue Station Opens, Pioneers Wild Rice and Yogurt Parfait...
Photos by John HoffThere's a trendy new coffee shop in NoMi, located in the old Camden Park State Bank building at 42nd Ave. N. and Lyndale Ave. N. It's called 42nd Avenue Station.
They've got WiFi. They've got plastic beverage containers made of corn starch polymer. Sometimes they have live music. And they feature a creative and interesting breakfast item: a wild rice and yogurt parfait. Indeed, when I searched the term "wild rice and yogurt parfait" I turned up only one Google hit; a brief mention on somebody's Twitter profile, click here.
I talked to one of the guys running the place, and he says they made a deliberate decision to be very green and use the biodegradable plastic, which supposedly goes from beverage container to compost in 180 days. I swear, I took my plastic latte cup home so I could do backyard experiments. Not even kidding.
I've been doing a lot of hanging around at 42nd Ave. Station, lately, and I highly recommend the place. It's also very conveniently located next to a laundromat.
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Video Surfaces Of "John vs. Alleged John"
As I reported previously, click here, on Labor Day some residents of the Jordan Pond had quality face-to-face time with a crusty old white dude dropping off a suspected hooker. This snippet of video shows the moment where I was at his car window and pulled out my camera to snap a picture of his face.
As the (suspected) John stepped on the gas, I yelled, "You're famous!"
Ironically, I didn't actually get a picture with the camera, since it takes a moment to focus and warm up. We sure did get his license plate, though!
Please note: the guy who shot this video checked with the other resident captured in the footage to make sure it was OK to put this on the internet. Several other residents who were gathered around the incident were edited out of the tape.
This kind of thing happens with alarming frequency. Even with recent stepped up enforcement, residents can drive around any night of the week and see hookers and dealers in plain sight.
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Fifth Ward Candidate Lennie Chism Pushed Woman From Moving Car, Can't Have Guns For Two Years...
Written By udin on Kamis, 01 Oktober 2009 | 16.03
Stock photo, debri from "Uncle Lennie's" demolition site, by John Hoff
Fifth Ward Candidate Lennie Chism is many things: a not terribly successful building developer. A notorious disruptive heckler. A man who lost his business property to foreclosure. And now, according to the Fourth District Judicial Court, Lennie is a woman-abuser and a potentially dangerous man.
According to Judge Jay M. Quam, Lennie shoved a woman from a moving car and can't have guns for a year.
Lennie Chism is known to be married. Despite this, the woman (Monika Caren Shannon) appears to be...
...a former mistress or ex-girlfriend, based on rather blatant and obvious information and inference from the court's detailed Amended Order For Protection, dated September 17, 2009, at 3:39 PM. (Court file no. 27 FA 09-6177) Information developed while this post was in progress shows Lennie and Monika were involved in a business venture together, click here for the website. The business is known as "American Computer Support" but doesn't appear to have any recent activity on its bare-bones website.
Chism himself--speaking in his own defense--tried to describe Shannon as "a woman scorned." Why Lennie was with this woman in the first place--borrowing her car, en route to a wedding--is not fully explained in the document, though access to a full transcript of the court proceedings would hopefully answer some of those questions. For now, I have the court's order.
Due to the fact putting this document in PDF form would take me another day--since I don't have access to the equipment right this moment--I'm going to type out the order verbatim. Let the reader judge the truth of the matter.
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The above-entitled matter came for hearing before the Honorable Jay M. Quam on September 17, 2009. Petitioner appeared pro se and was accompanied by an advocate. Petitioner's address for service is (address withheld at the discretion of JNS blog, but it is not in Minneapolis). Respondent appeared pro se. Respondent's address for service is 1901 Glenwood Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405.
(Note by JNS: this is not the address Lennie uses at 2519 Emerson Ave. N. while running for public office)
Based upon all the evidence, and all of the files, recordings, and proceedings,
THE COURT FINDS:
1.) This matter is before the Court for an evidentiary hearing on Petitioner's Petition and Affidavit for an Ex Parte Permanent Order for Protection, filed on September 1, 2009.
2.) During the September 17, 2009, hearing, Petitioner and Respondent testified under oath. Petitioner and Respondent also both submitted exhibits in support and opposition to the Order for Protection.
3.) Petitioner alleges that on August 30, 2009, Respondent physically assaulted Petitioner. Petitioner's affidavit describes the assault as occurring in the following way:
Last week I wanted to end my relationship with the Respondent. I had been letting him use my car, but I wanted to get it back. When I told him I wanted him to return my car, he refused to cooperate in giving it back to me. We were supposed to go to a weeding (sic, presumably "wedding") together on August 30, 2009 so when he came to pick me up, I planned to take my car back then...
(Paragraph break not in original document)
When he got there I asked him to give me the keys to the car and I told him I would drop him off wherever he wanted to. He refused to do that. He became angry and was swearing at me, saying, "Screw you! Fuck you! You do it my way!" He wanted me to get in the car with him, but I did not want to. I was standing in front of the car so he would not leave. He got out of the car, yelling at me and swinging his arms, saying, "You're really pissing me off! Get out of the way!"
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When I tried to reach in twice to get my keys, I he (sic) grabbed my head and pushed me out of the car. Then he started driving, dragging me until I fell and rolled. That caused a scratch on my ankle and my shoulder, knee, and butt hurt as a result of the fall. Once I fell, he stopped the car and got out to help me.
...
Petitioner's testimony in Court was consistent with her affidavit, and it was creditable. The Court accepts Petitioner's testimony as accurately describing the events of August 30, 2009.
4. Respondent denies Petitioner's allegations. Respondent states that Petioner was overreacting and that he had agreed on multiple times to return Petitioner's car to her. As to the events of August 30, 2009, Respondent states that although both parties yelled at one another, Petitioner's injuries were purely accidental and not the result of Respondent's intent to harm Petitioner.
5. Respondent further states that Petitioner is a "scorned woman" and that Petitioner obtained her Ex Parte Order for protection simply to react and tarnish the Respondent's good name.
(JNS says: LMFAO)
The Court rejects this assertion.
6. The Court finds Petitioner carried her burden of proving that Respondent inflicted fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault under Minnesota Statutes 518B (2009). Accordingly, the Court should issue an Order for Protection against Respondent and on behalf of Petitioner at this time.
7.) Petitioner was born on 08/28/1976.
8.) Respondent was born on 07/9/1965.
IT IS ORDERED:
1.) Respondent SHALL NOT COMMIT ANY ACTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE against Petitioner.
This specifically includes:
A. Causing imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault.
B. Causing fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault.
C. Making terroristic threats.
D. Engaging in criminal sexual conduct.
E. Interfering with an emergency phone call.
2. Respondent SHALL NOT GO TO OR ENTER the residence of Petitioner at (address withheld by JNS blog) or any future residences.
RESPONDENT SHALL NOT ENTER OR STAY AT PETITIONER'S HOME, EVEN IF INVITED BY PETITIONER OR ANY OTHER PERSON.
3. Respondent SHALL NOT CONTACT Petitioner in person, by telephone, by letter, by third party, or by any electronic means, such as pager, cell phone, e-mail, etc. EXCEPTIONS TO NO CONTACT: NONE.
Respondent shall have no contact with Petitioner at Petitioner's current job site, or any future job site.
4. This Order for Protection expires on September 17, 2011.
5. NOTICE ABOUT ARREST AND JAIL:
A violation of this Order may be a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony. A misdemeanor violation may result in up to 90 days in jail, or a $1,000 fine, or both. A repeat violation may be a gross misdemeanor, and may result in up to one year in jail, or a $3,000 fine, or both. A police officer must arrest and take into custody a person whom the officer believes has violated this Order.
6. NOTICE ABOUT DEPORTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
A violation of this Order for Protection is a deportable offense. If you are not a United States citizen, a violation of this Order could result in your deportation.
This Order for Protection is enforceable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, tribal lands, and the United States territories. Violation of this Order for Protection may subject the Respondent to federal charges and punishment.
7. NOTICE ABOUT FIREARMS:
Respondent must not possess, ship, transport, or receive any firearm or ammunition while this Order is in effect.
8. Petitioner shall give notice of any new address to the Domestic Abuse Service Center and to the local law enforcement office.
A. A copy of this order must be forwarded to the new law enforcement agency within 24 hours of notification of a change in residence, whether notification is given to the Domestic Abuse Service Center or to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the applicant's new residence.
B. An Order for Protection is enforceable even if the applicant does not notify the Domestic Abuse Service Center or the appropriate law enforcement agency of a change in residence.
BY THE COURT:
Dated: September 17, 2009
Jay M. Quam
Judge of District Court
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Al Flowers Is "Thinking About Backing Out Of The Mayoral (Fill In The Blank)"
Photo From (notorious loon) Al Flowers Public Facebook PageAs of two hours ago, Mayoral Candidate (Of Crazy Town) Al Flowers had the following on his Facebook page:
"Let's support Al Flowers, who is thinking about backing out of the Mayoral race."
Here is a link to his page, click here. Now would be a good time to support Al by telling him it's ok to back out of the Mayoral Race and get on with more important matters, like earning enough money to pay his water bill in a timely fashion.
I might add this REALLY TICKS ME OFF. I am, like, apparently one day away from some super hot Al Flowers info, and it won't be nearly as much fun if he's not actually in the race. (To the degree he's "in the race" at all)
"Let's support Al Flowers, who is thinking about backing out of the Mayoral race."
Here is a link to his page, click here. Now would be a good time to support Al by telling him it's ok to back out of the Mayoral Race and get on with more important matters, like earning enough money to pay his water bill in a timely fashion.
I might add this REALLY TICKS ME OFF. I am, like, apparently one day away from some super hot Al Flowers info, and it won't be nearly as much fun if he's not actually in the race. (To the degree he's "in the race" at all)
ADDENDUM: Al Flowers has now changed his Facebook status and claims he is NOT backing out of the race. Printouts exist of the old status before it was changed. What gives? Is this his idea of "truth to the people?" Saying one thing and then fibbing about whether he ever said it?
ADDENDUM: Situation is now that Don Allen called to tell me Al was thinking of backing out of the Mayoral DEBATE, not the Mayoral RACE. I am looking into these matters and hope to get the matter clarified soon. Al Flowers--who speaks of "medium income" and building more "lie-berries" has never been especially well known for crystal clear communication. Whether he's in the DEBATE or in the RACE the result will be the same: Rybak by a landslide, and a small, motley group of Al Flowers hangers-on moping in Farheen Hakeem's backyard on election night.
ADDENDUM: I now have access to a copy of the FB screen shot, and it's funny as can be: Flowers raving about how do these rumors get started, right above a post saying he's thinking about backing out of the Mayoral RACE, which Al had apparently not yet figured out how to delete.
"Truth to the people" indeed. How about "Facebook literacy to the people"?
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Restraining Order On Lennie Chism, 5th Ward City Council Candidate...
Stock Photo, Me And LennieReaders who follow this blog know my "NorthsideJohnny" Twitter updates are often a harbinger of blog content to come. So those who follow me on Twitter already know this:
Lennie Chism had some kind of heated dispute with a woman named...
Monika Caren Shannon. (Note unusual spellings)
The dispute involved a vehicle and happened back in August. A request for a restraining order--made by Ms. Shannon--happened on September 17. Shannon upheld her burden of proof in court. The court file is 27-FA09-6177. This is assumed to be the same Monika Shannon who lists Lennie Chism on her Facebook pages as of today, click here for her profile. I have sent a message to Shannon and asked for any details she cares to provide.
This is all the info I have at this point, relayed by cell phone from a trusted source. I hope to have actual documents in my hands today or tomorrow and get more details posted.
Lennie "The Heckler" Chism has my email address and has access to the comments function if he wants to elaborate on his side of this little drama. Of particular interest: what is Lennie's relationship to this woman, Monika Caren Shannon?
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