I’m tossing out the rules, and employing the tactics used by other bloggers, am radio blowhards and the WSJ editorial pages, for just this one post. The facts be damned. I’m naming names and showing faces. I’m might even spread a few lies. I’m not even going to try to be a fair and accurate purveyor of information, while claiming that I am fair and balanced enough times until people believe me. I, too, have a fairly well developed belief system, issues that I care about, causes that excite me and I’m going to exploit people to get attention for an issue on my political agenda regardless of any implications it might have on the personal lives of the people shown below.
However, I am not one to publish the cookbook on making your own atomic bomb just because I happened upon the recipe. I don’t want people making atomic bombs. See this is where I am fair and balanced. And ridiculous.
Which explains what I am about to do. I’m going to work with Madison Police, who deserve all of our tax dollars and don’t need to be held accountable, until they have banned several individuals from one specific address in an area they call the East Mifflin Street corridor. I’m going to work with police to make sure residents in that area know who these people are and ask for these people to be banned from other properties too. Neighbors will have this list. It will be transmitted as eyes only. After all, if these people are no good on E Mifflin, I don’t want them at the Madison Club or Overture Center or a Chamber of Commerce meeting.
But, like I say, I am a patriot first and fair and balanced. So I’ll contact Joel DeSpain at Madison Police and ask:
Joel, I have a list of people I want banned from the E Mifflin corridor. If they are no good for E. Mifflin, why are they good for any area? Question #2 — why should I not post those on my blog? As always, feel free to call.
Joel, a true pro, will surely spread the message to the uniforms and give me the same courtesy they gave to Blaska and let me know if they have any objections.
Now that Blaska’s “hobo” jungle is gone and the attention is elsewhere (911), the only way I can keep this issue alive is by sensationalizing it to feed my ego.
So, I’m not going to bother making up an excuse, I’m just going to claim that I validated my intention to “out” the troublemakers and I am fair and balanced. What follows is a document I hope to get distributed by the MPD.
East Mifflin Street corridor banned list
updated 5-2-08Note: these “bans” are generally verbal warnings and wishful thinking resulting from being annoyed by their inability to see that homeless people and “transients” are not trash, but human beings. Having been warned, these subjects can easily be ridiculed for their backwards thinking, gross use of stereotypes and general contempt for poor people. They should be cited for indecent public dialog, arrogant disdain for the poor, shameless fundraising, reckless disregard for facts and/or the lives of other human beings and other violations as appropriate. The case numbers are included for your convenience AND your report (“John Doe was previously warned on [date] not to be on these premises [case number]).
These are NOT bans from P&P or bail conditions UNLESS SPECIFICALLY NOTED. (Always confirm those before arresting.)
Lt. Joe Balles
Too many cases to list here.
When did he become the anti-homeless/anti-“transient”
spokesperson for the MPD?Fred “Hardball” Mohs
Scott Milfred
Actually, he’s been m.i.a. but I’m sure its coming!
Guilty by association in this case, after all, he’s one of them.David Blaska
I know, these folks look scary. You should be afraid, be very afraid. They might do something terrible in your neighborhood./sarcasm
I’ll have a real response to the posting of those photos (see Blaska case above) next week.
