The Master of Anaphora.

A shameless plug for my fifteen minutes of fame:

http://www.startribune.com/332/story/853582.html

Swanny referred the author of the article to me. In all, the interview lasted about ten minutes, in which I apparently said one useful thing. I got a pulled quote with ellipses, so that has to be the best thing that's ever happened to me. My quote, for those too lazy to read the entire article is this. Watch how pretentious I can be when prompted:

"There needs to be more flexibility, and there needs to be more communication. There needs to not be this knee-jerk reaction to call the police every single time."
-Jacob Greenberg, on proposed changes in rental ordinances in Northfield, MN.

I wasn't misquoted, and hopefully look rather moderate among some pretty heated claims from neighbors. Pound commented that the wording makes me seem like the master of anaphoa; something I've never been called, nor do I think I'll ever be called again.

I, personally, have huge problems with the ordinance because of the negative effect it will have upon the rising immigrant population in Northfield. The ordinance proposes to reduce the number of unrelated individuals to rent a house in Northfield from five to three. In turn, this will make the individual rent more expensive, and cut down on the number of low-income tenants in the neighborhood. While this will surely affect college students in town, it will also have a deletrious affect on the migrant population, who rely upon cheap housing to stay in the area, and work the menial jobs that the White middle and upper-class residents refuse to take. I'm not knowledgeable about Northfield politics, but there has to be some sort of latent racism attached to the proposal. Northfield is certainly browner than it was five years ago. Perhaps residents are scared of an unavoidable trend.