Late last night March 17th,  the MPLS Mirror published Northside's Near-sighted Number Crunchers: Funnel That Energy Where It Can Do Some Good!  It was met with some criticism.  While I will acknowledge that our elected officials are mere mortals, I agree with Ray they have chosen to represent us and our interests and they are the ones that write the laws and can effect the desired changes.

On February 27^th,  I stood looking at a photograph of three girls and a gray hoody meticulously hung on a tree, the meaning of which was clear to friends and family of the young victim.  Teddy bears and flowers circled the spot next to the alley where “Lele” had taken her last steps.  She was 17-year-old Alisha “Lele” Neeley, murdered 12 hours previously and this was one of the makeshift memorials that frequently appear to commemorate the loss of a young life.