Comments on: Suing Johnny Northside

By: noodleman

noodleman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:55:40 +0000

Why has this become the national sport on the Northside of minneapolis? Someone says something that you don’t agree with so you sue them?

It’s the American way.

By: Pat Carney

Pat Carney — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:48 +0000

John has a good attitude about this law suit thing. Why has this become the national sport on the Northside of minneapolis? Someone says something that you don’t agree with so you sue them?

That’s brotherhood. That’s neighborliness. We have very big issues to deal with in North Minneapolis. Let’s get over the comic law suits. OK?

By: Donald Allen - IBNN.org

Donald Allen - IBNN.org — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:16 +0000

This is another example of Jerry Moore not giving full disclosure to the University of Minnesota.

They had no business hiring Moore in the first place. These “educators” did not bother to check out anyone. This is the problem with the Black community in North Minneapolis now. Self-appointed leaders jump to the head of the line with nothing to offer.

Of course they get paid, but the community suffers – there are never any successful measurable outcomes.

This lawsuit will provide a forum to ask the questions, ‘What happened to process, integrity, follow-through?”

Personally, I think the U of M should be in North Minneapolis. But just because you don’t agree with them, doesn’t mean they should ignore you.

I have had great ideas about the U of M. Some of their people aren’t used to being talked to, like I would need to talk to them.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:23:40 +0000

I won’t say anything more about it. Good luck with the movie.

By: ranty

ranty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:56:47 +0000

I cannot speak for John or his blog, but I don’t believe the movie ever claimed to make the neighborhood “a better place.”

It’s about telling a story – a story that nobody’s heard before, and that (at least to some people) is different, interesting, perhaps even funny.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:11 +0000

I do know that Hawthorne and Victory are at opposite sides of the NoMi spectrum, but still question how the blog or the movie is making the neighborhood a better place.

By: ranty

ranty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:37:05 +0000

Just for the record, North Minneapolis consists of 13 distinct neighborhoods, all of which are different and many of which are utterly delightful. (I happen to live in one of those – it’s called Willard-Hay.)

John Hoff lives in Hawthorne, on the east end of the Northside. It is MUCH different from the others in MANY ways.

In fact, I’d go so far as to say that Hawthorne is the most impacted neighborhood (by foreclosure, vacancy, etc) on the Northside… perhaps in the city as a whole. (Though I’ve not sat down with number-comparisons to Central or Phillips.)

So, does John’s blog paint a general picture of North Minneapolis? No, certainly not.

But it definitely shows a heck of a lot of what’s happening in Hawthorne… and often in Jordan (just to the west) as well.

By: Max Sparber

Max Sparber — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:09:24 +0000

I’m not sure I follow what is interesting about that.

By: aliecat

aliecat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:33:07 +0000

I believe that’s because he used to work there. Try to keep up.

By: No More JNS

No More JNS — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:19:20 +0000

This is interesting.
He doesn’t own the domain name for his blog. In fact, it is registered to a past editor from the MN Daily.
http://www.domainsearch.com/cgi-bin/Domain_Search?action=whois&DomainName=johnnynorthside.com&AdCode=infobox2