[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday July 18, 2007 at 11:16am]
Dark Passage
I don't like the new parking arrangements by Keegan's so I decided to take the bus to Keegan's Saturday for the MOB party. With gas over $3 a gallon, I saved a little money and didn't have to worry about DWI's. The trip to Keegan's was easy and uneventful, but this was daylight. Again I marveled at how beautiful Minneapolis truly is, and how bad its government must be to mess this up.
I had a great time at Keegan's as I wrote, got out a little later than planned. I soon found myself aboard the infamous #5 bus going through the heart of North Minneapolis around 10:45 pm.
The bus was full, but I saw nobody get on that looked the least bit menacing. Mostly it was a party type of group, with lots of gentle laughter and smiles. I only became concerned when I saw three uniformed Minneapolis police officers get on just as we left downtown. Three? What kind of trouble typically goes down on this run?
Nothing happened and talking to one of the officers, this is just routine. Two or three officers get on and off randomly when on such patrols, though they rode this one past the city limit to the end of the line near Brookdale, and rode another back. The 5 (Fremont), 19 (Penn), and 22 (Lyndale) routes all converge here.
It's nice to see the police somewhere in Minneapolis on a Saturday night.
I had a great time at Keegan's as I wrote, got out a little later than planned. I soon found myself aboard the infamous #5 bus going through the heart of North Minneapolis around 10:45 pm.
The bus was full, but I saw nobody get on that looked the least bit menacing. Mostly it was a party type of group, with lots of gentle laughter and smiles. I only became concerned when I saw three uniformed Minneapolis police officers get on just as we left downtown. Three? What kind of trouble typically goes down on this run?
Nothing happened and talking to one of the officers, this is just routine. Two or three officers get on and off randomly when on such patrols, though they rode this one past the city limit to the end of the line near Brookdale, and rode another back. The 5 (Fremont), 19 (Penn), and 22 (Lyndale) routes all converge here.
It's nice to see the police somewhere in Minneapolis on a Saturday night.