What it's like to own a business in a dysfunctional liberal city

So what do you get when you don’t prosecute people for petty crimes? Answer, more crime.

http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/for-minneapolis-restaurants-and-small-businesses-a-summer-of-escalating-break-ins-and-robberies/572347931

From the article:

“We were robbed right before closing,” Shogren says. “There were four individuals who came in and went to the back and made themselves at home, punched one of our guys in the face and took the money and ran.”

Also from the article:

“Even still, he says, “We are getting very concerned about the uptick in crime in the area.” Last month a customer left the coffee shop/wine bar and was mugged less than a block away, and the staff is increasingly worried about being robbed at gunpoint. Owners recently emailed John Baumann, a Minneapolis Police Department crime prevention specialist for the Third Precinct, asking about the recent trend in the area, and have yet to get a response.”

The leaders of these cities were voted in by those that live there. Obviously…by their actions/inactions, this is what these people who live , work and have businesses there…want? If not, vote those into office that have your best interests in mind when conducting the city’s business on a daily basis…and it really is that simple. Oh…there is another way…ruin your area by your inactions and then leave to go attempt to ruin someplace else?

Sorry where in the article is your conclusion supported.

What’s a petty crime? What prosecution other than a misdemeanor or a violation would you like to see?

Yeah we did vote for it. Nearly a quarter century of being the safest big city in America. Arghl blarglh dems

You live there? Wow. Stay safe my friend.

Stay safe form what lol. It’s a duty of 8 mil. Do you think we are all hanging out on Main Street?

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A minn rep? A woman in a head covering? A woman?

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The ideas she is pushing as your representative such as, “defund the police”.

Yes much like the freedom caucus i have issues with far spectrum ideology.

Defund the police is about as dumb of a monicker as my side ever came up with. Kinda like maga but worse.

She is not my rep. I don’t live in minn

I meant nyc. Minneapolis isn’t big anything. :blush:

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I meant to say prosecute and or police:

“Even still, he says, “We are getting very concerned about the uptick in crime in the area.” Last month a customer left the coffee shop/wine bar and was mugged less than a block away, and the staff is increasingly worried about being robbed at gunpoint. Owners recently emailed John Baumann, a Minneapolis Police Department crime prevention specialist for the Third Precinct, asking about the recent trend in the area, and have yet to get a response.”

I would assume that most liberals would agree with this:

Dallas district attorney John Cruezot not prosecuting minor crimes | The Texas Tribune

There is a CA prop 22 to restore allowing Independent Contractors —that ban has heavily effected people. Obviously unconstitutional. The ban damaged business and Independent Entrepreneurs. This happened way before Coronavirus

Wrong thread??

Are you on a wrong thread?

“What it’s like to own a business in a dysfunctional liberal city.”

Is that a thread for you?

From your article:

"If you ask somebody from any number of red states, they’ll likely you tell you “plenty.” And the latest numbers from the Census Bureau would suggest they’re not wrong, considering some 3.2 million more people left those blue states than came in from other states from 2010 through 2019."

The taxes and cost of living are substantially higher in these states. Property taxes in NJ have skyrocketed in the past few decades, significantly outpacing inflation, the cost of healthcare and education.

Stay safe from this maybe?

Yes crime is up. 20 years of peace and now this. Stay safe from what? Living in the big city?