[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Dark Passage

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Dark Passage
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1184645513.shtml


   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.