Comments on: Emily Frank’s response to my letter in the Daily Illini http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/09/emily-franks-response-to-my-letter-in-the-daily-illini.html An exchange of ideas from thinkers spanning the spectrum Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: curmudgeon http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/09/emily-franks-response-to-my-letter-in-the-daily-illini.html/comment-page-1#comment-10779 curmudgeon Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:45:23 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2514#comment-10779 Stop. Hurting. America. Stop.
Hurting.
America.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/09/emily-franks-response-to-my-letter-in-the-daily-illini.html/comment-page-1#comment-10776 Joshua Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:35:26 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2514#comment-10776 Max, thanks for your comment on my post. While I stand behind the general points I was trying to make, I took it down because the writing was terrible. Apologies. I was pretty glazed over from driving 9 hours and half asleep. I should have time to at least do a quick edit and toss it back up later today. Max, thanks for your comment on my post. While I stand behind the general points I was trying to make, I took it down because the writing was terrible. Apologies. I was pretty glazed over from driving 9 hours and half asleep. I should have time to at least do a quick edit and toss it back up later today.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/09/emily-franks-response-to-my-letter-in-the-daily-illini.html/comment-page-1#comment-10772 Joshua Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:58 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2514#comment-10772 Yeah Max, I think you might have unrealistic expectations for how responsive housing staff is going to be. I found the DI article you sent me very interesting though, it suggests a bigger problem, that housing staff might just be a little dishonest w/ you all about the claims process and likelihood of recovery. Yeah Max, I think you might have unrealistic expectations for how responsive housing staff is going to be. I found the DI article you sent me very interesting though, it suggests a bigger problem, that housing staff might just be a little dishonest w/ you all about the claims process and likelihood of recovery.

]]> By: Tom Trumpinski http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/09/emily-franks-response-to-my-letter-in-the-daily-illini.html/comment-page-1#comment-10768 Tom Trumpinski Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:13:44 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2514#comment-10768 ...many of the underpasses.... Tom …many of the underpasses….

Tom

]]> By: Tom Trumpinski http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/09/emily-franks-response-to-my-letter-in-the-daily-illini.html/comment-page-1#comment-10767 Tom Trumpinski Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:13:01 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2514#comment-10767 Mainly because they could care less about your opinion, Max, to be blunt. The last three questions before that one are a typical yellow-press journalist trick where questions impugning a co-respondent's background is used to cast doubt about the validity of their statements. Now, I'm not going to stop you from doing that here in Urbanagora, Max, but please realize that every time you do that, we're all going to laugh at you--me publicly and out loud and everyone else behind their hands. I'm going to offer a possible answer to your question about the response time, since I was out in that storm after picking up kitten from work at eleven o'clock. We were stuck at the Steak & Shake on South Neil for close to 45 minutes while man of the underpasses across the Railroad tracks were flooded out. Traffic everywhere in the Twin Cities was blocked, in some places for well over an hour. Perhaps two hours was the soonest the on-call workers could get from their homes to work (where they have to punch in) to Allen Hall? I'd love to time it sometime with you during a similar flash flood. Tom Mainly because they could care less about your opinion, Max, to be blunt.

The last three questions before that one are a typical yellow-press journalist trick where questions impugning a co-respondent’s background is used to cast doubt about the validity of their statements.

Now, I’m not going to stop you from doing that here in Urbanagora, Max, but please realize that every time you do that, we’re all going to laugh at you–me publicly and out loud and everyone else behind their hands.

I’m going to offer a possible answer to your question about the response time, since I was out in that storm after picking up kitten from work at eleven o’clock. We were stuck at the Steak & Shake on South Neil for close to 45 minutes while man of the underpasses across the Railroad tracks were flooded out. Traffic everywhere in the Twin Cities was blocked, in some places for well over an hour.

Perhaps two hours was the soonest the on-call workers could get from their homes to work (where they have to punch in) to Allen Hall? I’d love to time it sometime with you during a similar flash flood.

Tom

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