Post in Mayor's License Suspended

May 10 16:35 UTC

Of the many things I could fault RT with, this would not be one I would focus
on. It
has happened to lots of folks, including me. The thing to consider, however, is
that
while RT will have no problem paying this of and moving on....hundreds of
Minnesotans
who cannot afford to pay the fines and fees will simply lose their license and
be
forced to drive illegally. The 32 officers we just hired will spend the bulk of
their
time on this sort of thing, not on chasing down murderers, rapists and
theives...
and the stats will show that crime is "up". But is it really?

Guy Gambill
Northeast--- On Sat, 5/10/08, Megan Goodmundson <<email obscured>> wrote:
From: Megan Goodmundson <<email obscured>>Subject: Re: [Mpls] Mayor's
License SuspendedTo: "Minneapolis Issues Forum"
<<email obscured>>Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008, 9:27 AMIsn't this
suspended license/unpaid fines/driving after suspension the same
thing that Keith Ellison was doing? IIRC, his unpaid parking tickets were in
the double digit numbers? Yet folks still supported Keith and found a way to
allow him to recover from that mistake.  RT should be given the same chance to
get these administrative things corrected.  Most of the time I see RT arriving
at events and functions, he has a driver anyways.

It is starting to sound like Minnesota DMV has a problem with proper
notification of license status.  When I was 20 and living in VA I had acquired
too many speeding tickets in one period, and I received so many warning
letters, notification letters, letters of how to get my license back in good
standing etc.

Perhaps some state elected officials who might be reading this can check in to
some better communication tactics.  (I'd better stay Minneapolis specific).

-Megan G
Jordan

Megan  Goodmundson
Jordan, N Mpls, Minneapolis
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