Post in police paid to monitor pawn shops

Apr 19 23:17 UTC

the city charges a license fee of between $10,000 and $13,000 in order to have
a pawn shop in roseville. plus, pawn shops pay a fee between $1.50 and $2.50
PER TRANSACTION to the city to make sure the items they take in are not stolen.
does target or any store at rosedale pay the city $1.50 to $2.50 for every item
that they place into their inventory, whether it is sold or not? what about
play it again sports and other places that pay you for used goods, besides pawn
shops. what would stop me from stealing a pair of skates and selling them at
play it again sports? does play it again sports check to see if the skates are
stolen? how would they know?

i believe the city actual has a police officer on duty, stationed in rosedale.
is there any cost to the citizens for that officer to be there. if that officer
wasn't stationed in rosedale, couldn't they be on the streets protecting more
than just rosedale? i don't know if the revenue from pawnshops offset the cost
to the city, but i would assume that the city would make sure that the fees do
cover all those costs.

i noticed in today's, saturday, st.paul newspaper that a person was convicted
of viewing child porn on their computer while in dunn bros. coffe in roseville.
since a crime took place there, should we close down dunn bros. and every other
place in roseville where a person can purchase and consume coffee on the
premises. of course not. i assume some stolen goods get through the checks at
pawn shops, but i am willing to bet that a crime has occurred in virtually
every business in roseville that is open to the public. whether it is
shoplifting at rosedale or target, a fight or drug deal in a bar, prostitution
in a hotel, the list goes on and on. does that mean we need to close down every
business in roseville so that the police do not have to deal with those crimes?
constantly people violate motor vehicle laws in roseville, so should we close
down all the streets and highways so that the police do not have to deal with
those lawbreakers?

according to the "visioning" process which the city recently completed, we are
suppose to be welcoming to all people who choose to live or visit our city. so,
i'm wondering what the definition of "undesirable" people utilizing pawn shops
is. when my daughter was younger we use to purchase inexpensive children's
video tapes at the pawn shop in roseville. was my young daughter one of the
undesirable clients?

using the term garish to describe a business's "look" or sign is a rather
subjective term. one person's garish could be another person's idea of a great
piece of artwork. we have rather bland, unimaginative sign regulations in
roseville, so i don't think we need to worry about undesirable signage in
roseville.