As we drove around this evening checking out North Minneapolis and counting political signs we got a glace of two Kris Brogan for 4th ward political signs put up on Hennepin Co. property! We almost couldn't believe our eyes but there they were clear as day. One was posted on the fence at the 44th Street location that once was a groc. store and the second was at the library!
It really should not be a total shocker as its been made crystal clear by Kris Brogan and her gang that they don't have to play by the rules and that they don't plan to do so! They have done such dirty politicking on Facebook with made up names and false claims against other candidates, but then this is what we have been saying all along, Kris Brogan does things KRIS BROGANS way and to hell with anyone else!
The signs have been removed and will make a great fire to roast marshmallows by that's for sure! So keep your eye out for little things like signs that have placed in locations not allowed, keep following The Brogan Files, and most of all educate yourself on the behavior of Kris Brogan and her gang from the past because it sure will be an education on what they will do in the future!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Gr%=Hl4 = Talking out of both sides of your mouth & butt!
Gr%=HI4 is the sound we here at The Brogan Files imagine is coming from Kris Brogan talking out of both sides of her mouth and her butt at the same time! A recent post on social media by Kris Brogan is a prime example!
The post was done last night, do you think Kris is reading our blog? We can only hope! Here is the start of it,
Kris Brogan: FACT: According to the City of Minneapolis’ Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, North Minneapolis has lost 30,000 residents over the past 20 years.
WOW- its a fact, Kris Brogan said it was so that must make it true???? OR has she taken another whack at taking things out of context again? You see Kris Brogan fails to tell us where this information can be found, but she just states its fact.
Can you imagine what North Minneapolis would look like today if 30,000 people left North Minneapolis with that mess of a stop light at Lyndale and Dowling? My goodness Kris the people would still be backed up to Crystal with cars loaded with mattresses and box springs! Do these numbers include the felons and other troubled tenants that reside in the low income and supportive housing that Kris Brogan has made her living selling in North Minneapolis? Its not uncommon for these type of properties to kick out tenants that re-offend or use drugs and alcohol again is it Kris?
Kris Brogan has made her living off the poor and the nonprofits building in North Minneapolis, yet continued on in another post about how awful it was that the shops on Lowery had such shoe string budgets that they couldn't afford to chip in for city garbage cans - REALLY Kris? Do you think dragging more low income and troubled offenders to North Minneapolis is going to help shop keepers build better business? Lets face it people, those in low income housing and halfway housing are not going to keep your business afloat! They are on very limited incomes from.....hummmm SSI, SSDI, and welfare. NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT, its just a fact of LIFE! If Kris Brogan wants to build stronger businesses in North the last thing she should be doing is dragging in more buildings for Alliance and RS Eden, she should be trying to build businesses....but remember what happened when Kris and Mick Brogan threw their hat in the pizza making business....a lot of community members lost a lot of money investing that's for sure! We wonder if any of those investors are among the 30,000 that fled?
So why not sit out of the game for a bit Kris Brogan and learn a few things about business? Kris Brogans famous line is, "I've had the privilege of serving this community for many years as the co-proprietor of Papa’s"- um yeah, I had a lemonade stand once as a kid Kris and that does not make me an expert on business, in fact my lemonade stand is about as productive today as Papa's!
Because we are not members of the Facebook page Minneapolis Politics, or some others we have to rely on other residents to send us these great Kris Brogan fallacies. We mention this because our in box has been quite full as of late with all things Kris Brogan and people wanting to know what is really going on! If you have a tid bit for us please send it to Victoryvickmore@gmail.com we would be happy to look into it for you! Until then, stay tuned to all things Brogan at The Brogan Files!
PS: Word on the street is that the Pocket Rat is heading to Thailand again, hummmm stay tuned for more on that!
The post was done last night, do you think Kris is reading our blog? We can only hope! Here is the start of it,
Kris Brogan: FACT: According to the City of Minneapolis’ Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, North Minneapolis has lost 30,000 residents over the past 20 years.
WOW- its a fact, Kris Brogan said it was so that must make it true???? OR has she taken another whack at taking things out of context again? You see Kris Brogan fails to tell us where this information can be found, but she just states its fact.
Can you imagine what North Minneapolis would look like today if 30,000 people left North Minneapolis with that mess of a stop light at Lyndale and Dowling? My goodness Kris the people would still be backed up to Crystal with cars loaded with mattresses and box springs! Do these numbers include the felons and other troubled tenants that reside in the low income and supportive housing that Kris Brogan has made her living selling in North Minneapolis? Its not uncommon for these type of properties to kick out tenants that re-offend or use drugs and alcohol again is it Kris?
Kris Brogan has made her living off the poor and the nonprofits building in North Minneapolis, yet continued on in another post about how awful it was that the shops on Lowery had such shoe string budgets that they couldn't afford to chip in for city garbage cans - REALLY Kris? Do you think dragging more low income and troubled offenders to North Minneapolis is going to help shop keepers build better business? Lets face it people, those in low income housing and halfway housing are not going to keep your business afloat! They are on very limited incomes from.....hummmm SSI, SSDI, and welfare. NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT, its just a fact of LIFE! If Kris Brogan wants to build stronger businesses in North the last thing she should be doing is dragging in more buildings for Alliance and RS Eden, she should be trying to build businesses....but remember what happened when Kris and Mick Brogan threw their hat in the pizza making business....a lot of community members lost a lot of money investing that's for sure! We wonder if any of those investors are among the 30,000 that fled?
So why not sit out of the game for a bit Kris Brogan and learn a few things about business? Kris Brogans famous line is, "I've had the privilege of serving this community for many years as the co-proprietor of Papa’s"- um yeah, I had a lemonade stand once as a kid Kris and that does not make me an expert on business, in fact my lemonade stand is about as productive today as Papa's!
Because we are not members of the Facebook page Minneapolis Politics, or some others we have to rely on other residents to send us these great Kris Brogan fallacies. We mention this because our in box has been quite full as of late with all things Kris Brogan and people wanting to know what is really going on! If you have a tid bit for us please send it to Victoryvickmore@gmail.com we would be happy to look into it for you! Until then, stay tuned to all things Brogan at The Brogan Files!
PS: Word on the street is that the Pocket Rat is heading to Thailand again, hummmm stay tuned for more on that!
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Low Income Housing brought to you by Kris Brogan!
Kris Brogan wants us to believe that should she become the next city council member for the 4th ward that she would fill in empty lots with "family homes" and all will be better in North Minneapolis. But Kris Brogan has made a living dragging in low income and homeless residents from all over the city to North Minneapolis. Now one may say, "Well even the low income people need housing" and that's true, but also remember that Kris Brogan and her gang are running this race on the idea that the current city council member has not done enough for the "family's" and about the "crime" and that the good people of North are fleeing!
Alliance Inc., one of Kris Brogan's number one clients has done more then their share of dragging in homeless and "very low income residence. This is not tough information to prove, just look at their mission statement below!
One of the statement that Alliance has made recently is that "Only 50% of the residents in the North Minneapolis Gateway lofts project are from North Minneapolis. That means that the other 50% are moving here from?? See a pattern? Even if what Kris Brogan has stated on her political page is true and people are "fleeing" North Minneapolis those facts don't add up to 50% of Alliances residents move here from other parts of the city- or is it that as Kris Brogan makes her living selling out North Minneapolis to low income high-rises that the crime goes up and the homeowners then flee the north side? Either way this statement of hers is so lopsided it would never stand on its own merits!
Also please keep in mind that Kris Brogan and Alliance tagged Hennepin County for $341,520.000 in contaminated ground clean up for the Gateway Lofts project....that's your tax dollars at work! Would we as residence get that kind of money from the County for clean up?
This is just one of Kris Brogan's clients building north Minneapolis into a mecca for low income housing! Remember her number two client is RS Eden who not only has several buildings in North Minneapolis but they bring in the felons and the residents tied up in court for the very same nuisance crimes to people and property that we are fighting to get under control! So we are to believe that every client that enters these facilities in North Minneapolis will rise to the challenge of changing their lives? Its simply not going to happen....maybe, just maybe some of the rise in crime in North could be computed to all these low income properties! Its kind of like building a sober house on top of a bar....do we really believe that the residents of the sober house are going to stay sober? Yes a few will, the ones that really want it, but for most temptation will be too much. So yes dear Kris, moving the already criminally challenged to North Minneapolis is just as dumb!
So how is it Kris?
are they fleeing here or there?
are they fleeing everywhere?
Is low income housing distributed fair?
is low income housing everywhere?
could Papas have made a go?
if your residents had a cash flow?
Its a bit like a Dr. Seuss story isn't it? ~ Stay tuned!
Alliance Inc., one of Kris Brogan's number one clients has done more then their share of dragging in homeless and "very low income residence. This is not tough information to prove, just look at their mission statement below!
MISSION:
The mission to Alliance Housing is to create, own, and operate housing for low and very low income people in Minneapolis and the wider Twin Cities metropolitan area.One of the statement that Alliance has made recently is that "Only 50% of the residents in the North Minneapolis Gateway lofts project are from North Minneapolis. That means that the other 50% are moving here from?? See a pattern? Even if what Kris Brogan has stated on her political page is true and people are "fleeing" North Minneapolis those facts don't add up to 50% of Alliances residents move here from other parts of the city- or is it that as Kris Brogan makes her living selling out North Minneapolis to low income high-rises that the crime goes up and the homeowners then flee the north side? Either way this statement of hers is so lopsided it would never stand on its own merits!
Also please keep in mind that Kris Brogan and Alliance tagged Hennepin County for $341,520.000 in contaminated ground clean up for the Gateway Lofts project....that's your tax dollars at work! Would we as residence get that kind of money from the County for clean up?
This is just one of Kris Brogan's clients building north Minneapolis into a mecca for low income housing! Remember her number two client is RS Eden who not only has several buildings in North Minneapolis but they bring in the felons and the residents tied up in court for the very same nuisance crimes to people and property that we are fighting to get under control! So we are to believe that every client that enters these facilities in North Minneapolis will rise to the challenge of changing their lives? Its simply not going to happen....maybe, just maybe some of the rise in crime in North could be computed to all these low income properties! Its kind of like building a sober house on top of a bar....do we really believe that the residents of the sober house are going to stay sober? Yes a few will, the ones that really want it, but for most temptation will be too much. So yes dear Kris, moving the already criminally challenged to North Minneapolis is just as dumb!
So how is it Kris?
are they fleeing here or there?
are they fleeing everywhere?
Is low income housing distributed fair?
is low income housing everywhere?
could Papas have made a go?
if your residents had a cash flow?
Its a bit like a Dr. Seuss story isn't it? ~ Stay tuned!
Saturday, October 12, 2013
When all else fails, talk fast and raise fear!
Kris Brogan has taken out an old play from her Republican campaign days! When you have nothing else to run on, run on fear, talk fast and say nothing!
One of the biggest issues Kris Brogan wants to scare 4th ward residents with is the supposed "Flow of residents out of north Minneapolis". The flow of North Minneapolis residents out of the area? Now where did this come from? Is there a study that says people are fleeing our neighborhoods? From what we can see neighborhoods are flourishing and homes are selling for far more then they have since the foreclosure crisis! Neighborhood block clubs are at an all time high, Facebook neighborhood connections are stronger then ever, people are helping each other with issues and reaching out to each other, heck even Kris Brogans house got a water garden free of charge to beautify it.
Oh the Kris Brogan web page she has a list of issues. The big one being "Gun violence" and Kris has set down five ideas on how she would solve gun violence.....most of it sounds like something we have heard or seen before! lets review it line by line:
like the programs and CPS already working in North Minneapolis such as the three CPS (crime prevention specialists) that we have in the 4th precinct? Programs such as the C.O.P pilot program, the Nuisance property program, are these the ideas Kris Brogan is talking about? Because they are already working, already proving how effective these current programs already are- What is the plan then Kris? You want credit for something already working?
2). The City, should be funding teams of community organizers who can be out in the neighborhoods every day building relationships, identifying livability issues, and creating opportunities for creative dialogue to address livability issues.
A). Would these be more non profits, that would suck up community money? Who would pay for this? Don't we already have a load of nonprofits in the Northside working on livability issues? Are these code words for MORE LOW INCOME HOUSING?
3). There are other important partnerships that we, the City, should be developing including reaching out to known gang leaders and repeat offenders. Since the City has identified the six crime families in our community it is time to bring them in and start the process to end criminal activity. Our partnership with Hennepin County in these matters needs to be strengthened. Access to the community resources is needed to reach out to these families.
A). Clearly Kris Brogan has not done her homework on this issue either! The City has not identified six crime families, A candidate for mayor claims to have done this and now there is NO WORD on it any more! Court Watch has been working hard with Hennepin County and the prosecutors and judges. Where does Kris think ideas like "identifying the six crime family's" has come from? Who does Kris Brogan believe has put in all the foot work already to start working with the crime in North? This is another not so new idea Kris! Kris Brogan we call on you to NAME the six family's? Can you even name three???
4). It is time to revisit gun buy-back programs. While there are pros and cons to these types of programs there are benefits beyond just the surrender of weapons that can bring community together. It is time to reconsider this program, the type of “currency” used to pay for the weapons, and the public benefit.
A). Again, take an idea already working and make it your own! Is this what we can expect from Kris Brogan?
5). The reporting of criminal activity needs to happen faster. The 911 operators need more training to help them identify the need for public safety response. There need to be more 911 operators during peak call times
A). Is Kris Brogan even awake? Does she understand that 911 operators are not city employee's? Does she understand that the 911 system is currently working with the C.O.P pilot program that is working, training operators to do the very things Kris Brogan is trying to spoon feed back as "New Ideas" ? 911 is ACTIVLY AT THE TABLE ALREADY!
This is pretty simple to follow lady's and gentleman~!- Kris Brogan is MAD that her business failed, she has said so herself in print, she is mad that while Papa's Pizza was falling apart smarter, better business people like Emily's, Victory 44, and Ngyia all where making a go of it! Now Kris Brogan because of her anger wants to try and scare the good people of North Minneapolis and shame them into voting for her so she can as she put it, "get Mick on a health insurance plan". Kris Brogan has set her gang out to try and stir up anger and fear like Dr. Robby trying to manipulate facts that somehow our current city council person has something to do with the orchestra ordeal?? Really? If he had half an ounce of testicular fortitude he would walk up to her and ask this question himself!
Read what Kris Brogan really does not say when you are reading her facebook posts or her web site posts. Its always "I'm the only one willing to debate", "I'm the one that can fix this", and when all else fails Kris Brogan pulls out her republican instinct and says "People are fleeing the North side!".
We will be tackling the Kris Brogan page in the next coming days and we hope you will see that if her answers are not taken right out of someone else's play book they are just empty wording and lots of it! Stay tuned to The Brogan Files!
One of the biggest issues Kris Brogan wants to scare 4th ward residents with is the supposed "Flow of residents out of north Minneapolis". The flow of North Minneapolis residents out of the area? Now where did this come from? Is there a study that says people are fleeing our neighborhoods? From what we can see neighborhoods are flourishing and homes are selling for far more then they have since the foreclosure crisis! Neighborhood block clubs are at an all time high, Facebook neighborhood connections are stronger then ever, people are helping each other with issues and reaching out to each other, heck even Kris Brogans house got a water garden free of charge to beautify it.
Oh the Kris Brogan web page she has a list of issues. The big one being "Gun violence" and Kris has set down five ideas on how she would solve gun violence.....most of it sounds like something we have heard or seen before! lets review it line by line:
- Instead of putting more police “on the street” let us revisit the Community Crime Prevention teams that we deployed in the 1990′s. Teams of uniformed officers and civilian crime specialists assigned to partner with the neighborhood organizations to develop strong block clubs and quick response to livability and crime issues.
like the programs and CPS already working in North Minneapolis such as the three CPS (crime prevention specialists) that we have in the 4th precinct? Programs such as the C.O.P pilot program, the Nuisance property program, are these the ideas Kris Brogan is talking about? Because they are already working, already proving how effective these current programs already are- What is the plan then Kris? You want credit for something already working?
2). The City, should be funding teams of community organizers who can be out in the neighborhoods every day building relationships, identifying livability issues, and creating opportunities for creative dialogue to address livability issues.
A). Would these be more non profits, that would suck up community money? Who would pay for this? Don't we already have a load of nonprofits in the Northside working on livability issues? Are these code words for MORE LOW INCOME HOUSING?
3). There are other important partnerships that we, the City, should be developing including reaching out to known gang leaders and repeat offenders. Since the City has identified the six crime families in our community it is time to bring them in and start the process to end criminal activity. Our partnership with Hennepin County in these matters needs to be strengthened. Access to the community resources is needed to reach out to these families.
A). Clearly Kris Brogan has not done her homework on this issue either! The City has not identified six crime families, A candidate for mayor claims to have done this and now there is NO WORD on it any more! Court Watch has been working hard with Hennepin County and the prosecutors and judges. Where does Kris think ideas like "identifying the six crime family's" has come from? Who does Kris Brogan believe has put in all the foot work already to start working with the crime in North? This is another not so new idea Kris! Kris Brogan we call on you to NAME the six family's? Can you even name three???
4). It is time to revisit gun buy-back programs. While there are pros and cons to these types of programs there are benefits beyond just the surrender of weapons that can bring community together. It is time to reconsider this program, the type of “currency” used to pay for the weapons, and the public benefit.
A). Again, take an idea already working and make it your own! Is this what we can expect from Kris Brogan?
5). The reporting of criminal activity needs to happen faster. The 911 operators need more training to help them identify the need for public safety response. There need to be more 911 operators during peak call times
A). Is Kris Brogan even awake? Does she understand that 911 operators are not city employee's? Does she understand that the 911 system is currently working with the C.O.P pilot program that is working, training operators to do the very things Kris Brogan is trying to spoon feed back as "New Ideas" ? 911 is ACTIVLY AT THE TABLE ALREADY!
This is pretty simple to follow lady's and gentleman~!- Kris Brogan is MAD that her business failed, she has said so herself in print, she is mad that while Papa's Pizza was falling apart smarter, better business people like Emily's, Victory 44, and Ngyia all where making a go of it! Now Kris Brogan because of her anger wants to try and scare the good people of North Minneapolis and shame them into voting for her so she can as she put it, "get Mick on a health insurance plan". Kris Brogan has set her gang out to try and stir up anger and fear like Dr. Robby trying to manipulate facts that somehow our current city council person has something to do with the orchestra ordeal?? Really? If he had half an ounce of testicular fortitude he would walk up to her and ask this question himself!
Read what Kris Brogan really does not say when you are reading her facebook posts or her web site posts. Its always "I'm the only one willing to debate", "I'm the one that can fix this", and when all else fails Kris Brogan pulls out her republican instinct and says "People are fleeing the North side!".
We will be tackling the Kris Brogan page in the next coming days and we hope you will see that if her answers are not taken right out of someone else's play book they are just empty wording and lots of it! Stay tuned to The Brogan Files!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Back in the saddle again
Once again Kris Brogan has stirred the pot on Facebook! Shortly before putting out a post of her own, the local neighborhood office had posted a statement that the Minneapolis Regulatory services had put out, see below:
A new initiative sponsored by the Department of Regulatory Services in partnership with neighborhood associations and participating businesses throughout the city.
The City wants to partner with residents, neighborhood associations and local businesses to help make our neighborhoods a safe and clean place to live. Starting October 15, inspectors from the Department of Regulatory Services will be going out into your neighborhood, with a special focus on vacant properties or properties with repeated nuisance violations. ...
Do your part to tidy up your yards and alleys by:
• Picking up and removing rubbish, old tires, and litter in yards & alleys.
• Trimming bushes and trees that hang into the alley, sidewalk or street.
• Removing volunteer trees and bushes from alleys and around the foundations of buildings.
• Removing inoperable vehicles from your property (including unlicensed vehicles) or storing them in an enclosed garage.
This is all part of our “All Together Now!” neighborhood fall yard cleanup pilot initiative we hope to extend throughout the city in the future. By taking care of your property now, you’ll not only make the neighborhood a better place, but City inspectors won’t have to follow up with any written orders.
How we can help:
We’ve contacted a number of local businesses who agreed to provide discounts on things that will help you spruce up your property as part of the cleanup. Visit our website at www.minneapolismn.gov/
So go out and check your property for any improvements that need to be done before we come through and issue orders. If you do get an order from the city, take in your order to a participating business and get a discount on supplies that will help you correct it before a reinspection.
This is your chance to make a difference in the city by improving your neighborhood – join in, help a neighbor, and let’s work All Together Now!
Because Kris Brogan needs her face in the news she chose to post the following statement, keep in mind she also chose to not cut and past, or even give credit to its original author- the reason this is important we will explain after you read her post:
A new initiative sponsored by the Department of Regulatory Services in partnership with neighborhood associations and participating businesses throughout the city.
The City wants to partner with residents, neighborhood associations and local businesses to help make our neighborhoods a safe and clean place to live. Starting October 15, inspectors from the Department of Regulatory Services will be going out into your neighborhood, with a special focus on vacant properties or properties with repeated nuisance violations. ...
Do your part to tidy up your yards and alleys by:
• Picking up and removing rubbish, old tires, and litter in yards & alleys.
• Trimming bushes and trees that hang into the alley, sidewalk or street.
• Removing volunteer trees and bushes from alleys and around the foundations of buildings.
• Removing inoperable vehicles from your property (including unlicensed vehicles) or storing them in an enclosed garage.
This is all part of our “All Together Now!” neighborhood fall yard cleanup pilot initiative we hope to extend throughout the city in the future. By taking care of your property now, you’ll not only make the neighborhood a better place, but City inspectors won’t have to follow up with any written orders.
How we can help:
We’ve contacted a number of local businesses who agreed to provide discounts on things that will help you spruce up your property as part of the cleanup. Visit our website at www.minneapolismn.gov/
So go out and check your property for any improvements that need to be done before we come through and issue orders. If you do get an order from the city, take in your order to a participating business and get a discount on supplies that will help you correct it before a reinspection.
This is your chance to make a difference in the city by improving your neighborhood – join in, help a neighbor, and let’s work All Together Now!
Because Kris Brogan needs her face in the news she chose to post the following statement, keep in mind she also chose to not cut and past, or even give credit to its original author- the reason this is important we will explain after you read her post:
Kris Brogan:
As you can see in the original letter or post by Regulatory Services, they state they will do a " special focus on vacant properties or properties with repeated nuisance violations" yet Kris Brogan chose to leave this part out! She also left out this part, "We’ve contacted a number of local businesses who agreed to provide discounts on things that will help you spruce up your property as part of the cleanup. Visit our website at www.minneapolismn.gov/
You see if Kris Brogan can make the voting public think there is a problem with city services she can then not only get them to vote for her but once in office Kris could make those same people believe she fixed a problem that never was! On every North Minneapolis FB page we read there are always complaints about mattresses, garbage, over grown lots, trash blowing around lots and on and on it goes! Now the Regulatory Services has come up with a plan of action, they even refer to it as "a pilot program" in their statement, to clean things up and make it as easy on home owners as possible and STILL Kris Brogan stirs the pot and makes it out to be a bad thing!
If your not convinced Kris Brogan wanted to stir the pot, or that her post was a negative thing please take a look at how quickly and negatively the Kris Brogan Gang jumped on board with their sly yet negative remarks! We have posted a few below.
2 October at 21:54 via mobile ·
As we said, its clear from the start that Kris Brogan saw an opportunity to make this about her and to make Regulative Services the bad guy- Kris does not post this as a community announcement or as a member of the ViNa board, she does not post it as an FYI from the ViNa board, she simply posts it as facts and then leaves out the important wording that would have told people that this was a very good thing coming to North Minneapolis, this was the very thing even Duane Atter has complained about on FB posts that contain complaints about how slow Regulatory Services were to help clean up the north side but now he wants us to believe its about making money-evil- bad- negative!
Its clear Kris Brogan does not have a platform to stand on in this election so she is going to run on fear and when the opportunity presents its self she will twist the good deeds to make them work for her and silly followers like Duane will mossy closely behind Kris Brogan like a calf to slaughter!
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Can we talk about Foreclosures?
Can we talk about Foreclosures? Since Kris Brogan brought up the topic on her page we thought it was a good time to go over some facts and figures about foreclosure using logic. As is typical with all things Brogan, Kris chose to drop some numbers and leave the door open that things are worse then they are.
Ok- lets start with a quote from Judge Judy, "If it does not make sense its not true!" and in this case if all the facts are not presented how can we know what makes sense?
Here is what Kris Brogan posted yesterday:
Ok- lets start with a quote from Judge Judy, "If it does not make sense its not true!" and in this case if all the facts are not presented how can we know what makes sense?
Here is what Kris Brogan posted yesterday:
"Kris Brogan:
The latest City of Minneapolis Trends Report is now available. Good news and bad news regarding foreclosures: This quarter 216 properties were sold at public
auction, 30.5 percent fewer than the previous quarter, and 46.7 percent fewer than second quarter 2012. This is lowest count recorded since Minneapolis Trends began reporting foreclosures in 2006. Wards 4, 5, 8, and 9 accounted for more than 50 percent of total foreclosures in the city, with Ward 4 accounting for about 25 percent of the total. Sadly the 4th Ward continues to be #1 in foreclosures."
Let start with some facts. The first being that we all know foreclosures take lots of "real" time from start to finish. Kris Brogan knows this fact as she has had a home foreclosure. The process starts and once all documents are in place and the foreclosure is in effect the home owner has a six month redemption period, Kris knows this also as she had the same period. If at the end of that six months the residents of the home have not left the mortgage holder is forced into more legal action that of course takes more "real" time, again Kris knows this, she didn't leave on her own free will either and was forced out. So from start to finish its safe to say that a foreclosure can take 6, 8, even 10 months of real time from start to finish. This being said the numbers and percentages Kris Brogan posted, logically are not reflective of the current quarters foreclosures.
Second, Kris Brogan ends her post with "Sadly the 4th Ward continues to be #1 in foreclosures" - yes Kris that is sad, however lets also look at the fact that the current city council member back in 2007 (6 years ago) not only noticed there was bad mortgage deals going on but gathered the evidence, handed it over to Feds. and testified against them! At this same time Mick and Kris Brogan opted to strip the equity in their south Minneapolis home and start a business. Kris having worked in the world of mortgages and realty certainly cant claim ignorance of bad loans on this one! So while the current administration was fighting to stop illegal lending practices and educate home owners on these nasty lending practice of stripping equity out of homes, a well educated in mortgages and home loans Kris Brogan was out stripping her equity? Make sense?
Today as Kris Brogan chooses to stand in judgment of the number of foreclosures in North Minneapolis with the blood of her own foreclosure still dripping from her hands she wants us to believe that the numbers she has posted are some how reflecting that the current administration didn't do enough or hasn't done enough to stop or slow down these numbers? Of course Kris makes no mention of any dealings she has had in "selling North Minneapolis" during this time!
Third, typical of Kris Brogan, when she posted the numbers above she left out a few key facts! The most important being that since the numbers are "Trend Reports" they are composed to show a direction, a way that the markets are heading in other words its like a stop light on the corner- it has stop, slow, and go, it does not tell us anything more then that, it does not tell us if there is a reason traffic is slow or at a dead stop. The Trends Report shows that foreclosures are either going up, down, or the same. It also does not tell us that the 4th ward was the target for most of the above mentioned fraudulent mortgage deals because of its size and the number of low income homeowners! One would not expect a lot of home foreclosures in say, Downtown Minneapolis or industrial areas would they?
One last thing, Kris Brogan who we have reported before works in bringing low income housing and residential housing to the north side has been doing so for many years. She knows the neighborhoods inside and out, that's what she wants her clients to think anyway. So once again using logical thinking, someone working in realty and mortgages on the north side of Minneapolis especially during the time so many people were targeted for fraudulent mortgages would have been alert to these problems back in 2007? Wouldn't you logically think that when Mick and Kris Brogan went to take out a home equity loan to start Papa's Pizza that Kris Brogan would have been on high alert as to how not to loose their south Minneapolis home to a bad loan? Logical thinking would tell us Kris and Mick Brogan had only one intention when taking out that home loan and that was to strip the equity and leave the mortgage company holding the bag! Once again standing in her favorite place as the VICTIM, It is stunts like this that cause mortgage rates to raise isn't it?
Let start with some facts. The first being that we all know foreclosures take lots of "real" time from start to finish. Kris Brogan knows this fact as she has had a home foreclosure. The process starts and once all documents are in place and the foreclosure is in effect the home owner has a six month redemption period, Kris knows this also as she had the same period. If at the end of that six months the residents of the home have not left the mortgage holder is forced into more legal action that of course takes more "real" time, again Kris knows this, she didn't leave on her own free will either and was forced out. So from start to finish its safe to say that a foreclosure can take 6, 8, even 10 months of real time from start to finish. This being said the numbers and percentages Kris Brogan posted, logically are not reflective of the current quarters foreclosures.
Second, Kris Brogan ends her post with "Sadly the 4th Ward continues to be #1 in foreclosures" - yes Kris that is sad, however lets also look at the fact that the current city council member back in 2007 (6 years ago) not only noticed there was bad mortgage deals going on but gathered the evidence, handed it over to Feds. and testified against them! At this same time Mick and Kris Brogan opted to strip the equity in their south Minneapolis home and start a business. Kris having worked in the world of mortgages and realty certainly cant claim ignorance of bad loans on this one! So while the current administration was fighting to stop illegal lending practices and educate home owners on these nasty lending practice of stripping equity out of homes, a well educated in mortgages and home loans Kris Brogan was out stripping her equity? Make sense?
Today as Kris Brogan chooses to stand in judgment of the number of foreclosures in North Minneapolis with the blood of her own foreclosure still dripping from her hands she wants us to believe that the numbers she has posted are some how reflecting that the current administration didn't do enough or hasn't done enough to stop or slow down these numbers? Of course Kris makes no mention of any dealings she has had in "selling North Minneapolis" during this time!
Third, typical of Kris Brogan, when she posted the numbers above she left out a few key facts! The most important being that since the numbers are "Trend Reports" they are composed to show a direction, a way that the markets are heading in other words its like a stop light on the corner- it has stop, slow, and go, it does not tell us anything more then that, it does not tell us if there is a reason traffic is slow or at a dead stop. The Trends Report shows that foreclosures are either going up, down, or the same. It also does not tell us that the 4th ward was the target for most of the above mentioned fraudulent mortgage deals because of its size and the number of low income homeowners! One would not expect a lot of home foreclosures in say, Downtown Minneapolis or industrial areas would they?
One last thing, Kris Brogan who we have reported before works in bringing low income housing and residential housing to the north side has been doing so for many years. She knows the neighborhoods inside and out, that's what she wants her clients to think anyway. So once again using logical thinking, someone working in realty and mortgages on the north side of Minneapolis especially during the time so many people were targeted for fraudulent mortgages would have been alert to these problems back in 2007? Wouldn't you logically think that when Mick and Kris Brogan went to take out a home equity loan to start Papa's Pizza that Kris Brogan would have been on high alert as to how not to loose their south Minneapolis home to a bad loan? Logical thinking would tell us Kris and Mick Brogan had only one intention when taking out that home loan and that was to strip the equity and leave the mortgage company holding the bag! Once again standing in her favorite place as the VICTIM, It is stunts like this that cause mortgage rates to raise isn't it?
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Whats the diff?
So what's the difference between being a mouth piece for a campaign and being the TBF blogger? We here at The Brogan Files had a mission, a mission that had nothing to do with any campaign or person. We started The Brogan Files as a blog, we could have just as easily started out on Facebook or another social media site. We wanted to get our message out and the facts that we knew about Kris Brogan and gang so that people could make their own decisions. In no way did we want to be in your face with our message or attempt to persuade people to see it our way by intimidation.
Being a mouth piece for a campaign such as Kris Brogans fan club has is totally different in that if people don't want to read The Brogan Files they don't have to even see our page, unless the pocket rat posts it on Facebook over and over. Going on social media and continually haranguing other candidates without once supplying information as to what your campaign will bring to the table is being a mouth piece!
Not once on Facebook or their election page has anyone including Kris Brogan ever spoke to what exactly she will do to clean up North Minneapolis. Her campaign page simply says-
"I believe in this community and will use my experience as a small business owner, mother and community developer to bring much needed investment to North Minneapolis. We deserve opportunities that engage and educate our youngest residents; opportunities to keep our money local through a variety of business options; and opportunities that allow for stable housing for all of our neighbors. My vision for the Fourth Ward is a community that is inclusive, welcoming and safe- one that is thriving, moving forward and bursting with opportunity."
But we ask, "Oh yeah, how?" what will you do differently then the current administration? How will you make this happen? These seem like pretty simple questions to answers if you are running for office....so why not concentrate on answering this type of question rather then taking the low road and attacking the other candidate via your mouth pieces on Facebook? Why not put out a full page on your election page explaining how you will make this happen, what your plan is? To us it is like sitting at home screaming at the Vikings- not much comes of it!
Nothing in politics gets done over night. It can take years to even make the needed connections a politician needs to be recognized and to get major things done to better any part of a constituency. That being put out there, how does Kris Brogan, who admittedly has a failed business in north Minneapolis, admittedly has had a failed run for office in South Minneapolis, and proof shows she is not easy to work with, think she is going to bounce into the city council seat and wave a magic wand to make the North side better? Some day the north side will have no choice but to look at electing a new city council member, nobody works or lives forever and that's just the facts of life, why would Kris Brogan not work with our current city council members with some of her grand ideas to change things in the north side and make a name for herself in this way rather then making a name for herself in bankruptcy courts, failed business foreclosures, and continually selling out the homeowners in North for more and more low income housing? The facts speak for themselves when it comes to Kris Brogans past and what she has done [to] for the people of the fourth ward.
As we at The Brogan Files see it Kris Brogan has not put the right foot forward with her campaign! She started on the wrong foot by seeking the DFL nomination and claiming if she failed to do so she would step aside and then coming out still in the race! This simply reinforced the belief that Kris Brogan is not a truthful person, it showed that Kris Brogan will go to any lengths to get what she wants and not do what is right for the community! If Kris Brogan never intended to abide by the DFL nomination then why did she even seek it? Why not just announce she would run for office and stand on that platform, rather then being involved in the weeks and weeks of planning and then again announcing she would step down at the convention. Continuing to allow her mouth pieces free reign on social media sites to rip into the current council person also shows lack of what it takes to be a public official and finally, Kris Brogans little stunt with the debate for the 4th ward was the icing on the cake that Kris Brogan and gang are willing to roll in the mud of the low road every time to get what they want!
Kris Brogan is not what the north side needs to represent in the city council. Kris Brogan and gang are all mouth, they are what you pick out as an example of what not be or do in a small community and as they continue with their message that Kris Brogan is some how the victim, somehow the underdog, or somehow the best thing for north Minneapolis by their continued negative Facebook posts and attacks please ask yourself how Kris Brogan will represent all of her constituents in public with this type of behavior? Will Kris and gang make public attacks on other council members or the mayor when they don't follow her directions? It's clear the best way to determine how a person will represent us in office is by looking at how they represented themselves in the election process!
Being a mouth piece for a campaign such as Kris Brogans fan club has is totally different in that if people don't want to read The Brogan Files they don't have to even see our page, unless the pocket rat posts it on Facebook over and over. Going on social media and continually haranguing other candidates without once supplying information as to what your campaign will bring to the table is being a mouth piece!
Not once on Facebook or their election page has anyone including Kris Brogan ever spoke to what exactly she will do to clean up North Minneapolis. Her campaign page simply says-
"I believe in this community and will use my experience as a small business owner, mother and community developer to bring much needed investment to North Minneapolis. We deserve opportunities that engage and educate our youngest residents; opportunities to keep our money local through a variety of business options; and opportunities that allow for stable housing for all of our neighbors. My vision for the Fourth Ward is a community that is inclusive, welcoming and safe- one that is thriving, moving forward and bursting with opportunity."
But we ask, "Oh yeah, how?" what will you do differently then the current administration? How will you make this happen? These seem like pretty simple questions to answers if you are running for office....so why not concentrate on answering this type of question rather then taking the low road and attacking the other candidate via your mouth pieces on Facebook? Why not put out a full page on your election page explaining how you will make this happen, what your plan is? To us it is like sitting at home screaming at the Vikings- not much comes of it!
Nothing in politics gets done over night. It can take years to even make the needed connections a politician needs to be recognized and to get major things done to better any part of a constituency. That being put out there, how does Kris Brogan, who admittedly has a failed business in north Minneapolis, admittedly has had a failed run for office in South Minneapolis, and proof shows she is not easy to work with, think she is going to bounce into the city council seat and wave a magic wand to make the North side better? Some day the north side will have no choice but to look at electing a new city council member, nobody works or lives forever and that's just the facts of life, why would Kris Brogan not work with our current city council members with some of her grand ideas to change things in the north side and make a name for herself in this way rather then making a name for herself in bankruptcy courts, failed business foreclosures, and continually selling out the homeowners in North for more and more low income housing? The facts speak for themselves when it comes to Kris Brogans past and what she has done [to] for the people of the fourth ward.
As we at The Brogan Files see it Kris Brogan has not put the right foot forward with her campaign! She started on the wrong foot by seeking the DFL nomination and claiming if she failed to do so she would step aside and then coming out still in the race! This simply reinforced the belief that Kris Brogan is not a truthful person, it showed that Kris Brogan will go to any lengths to get what she wants and not do what is right for the community! If Kris Brogan never intended to abide by the DFL nomination then why did she even seek it? Why not just announce she would run for office and stand on that platform, rather then being involved in the weeks and weeks of planning and then again announcing she would step down at the convention. Continuing to allow her mouth pieces free reign on social media sites to rip into the current council person also shows lack of what it takes to be a public official and finally, Kris Brogans little stunt with the debate for the 4th ward was the icing on the cake that Kris Brogan and gang are willing to roll in the mud of the low road every time to get what they want!
Kris Brogan is not what the north side needs to represent in the city council. Kris Brogan and gang are all mouth, they are what you pick out as an example of what not be or do in a small community and as they continue with their message that Kris Brogan is some how the victim, somehow the underdog, or somehow the best thing for north Minneapolis by their continued negative Facebook posts and attacks please ask yourself how Kris Brogan will represent all of her constituents in public with this type of behavior? Will Kris and gang make public attacks on other council members or the mayor when they don't follow her directions? It's clear the best way to determine how a person will represent us in office is by looking at how they represented themselves in the election process!
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