TJ Waconia: Minneapolis City Council paid HOW MUCH???

The City Settled Again for HOW MUCH??

The City of Minneapolis held a big press conference to announce a civil suit by going after TJ Waconia and then announce that they won! They told the public that they gained control of TJ Waconia's properties but... OOPS! TJ Waconia no longer owned those properties. SunTrust Mortgage owned them and the city failed to notify them of their lawsuit that they claim to have won. OOPS!
Enter SunTrust Mortgage.
Judge rules in favor of SunTrust but, the city didn't bother to tell the public. Why should they? They didn't bother to tell SunTrust about the lawsuit.
Finally, the city settles with SunTrust. The city buys a bunch of properties owned by SunTrust at a whopping 10% discount!
So... The city screws up. The city ends up buying SunTrusts' bad debt and neglects to tell the public!

Oooh! This hurts all the way around!

The Minneapolis City Council had their case against TJ Waconia dismissed but, it sure cost the tax-payers... A LOT!

HOW much did that lawsuit and settlement (yes, settlement) cost the citizens of Minneapolis? We are still adding up all the "sale prices" the city paid SunTrust Mortgage in the wake of the TJ Waconia fiasco.
Looks like Don Samuels, Barbara Johnson and Mayor R.T. Rybak will have the voters to answer to this time! As R.T. said last year at the press conference that announced the city's suit against TJ Waconia (that was DISMISSED), "This time its personal."

You bet it is!

Now... HOW MUCH did the city pay SunTrust Mortgage to settle???
Stay tuned because, it is A LOT!

Johnny Northside Arrested for Marijuana?

I was contacted a week ago by a person with knowledge of John Hoff's past and they told me that he has been arrested in the past for possession of marijuana. They gave me the approximate year and where he was living at the time. According to my source, Johnny Northside was living in Seattle and the arrest came around 1998. I am having the King County records looked at to see if the records can be found and confirmed.
We already know Johns hero (Abbie Hoffman) was a  known cocaine user and the artist that drew the cover for his books (Ace Backwords) is a heavy user as well. Wouldn't it be a kick in the ass if his arrest can be confirmed?

I am still having the records investigated and I will update the blog when it is confirmed.

Does Johnny Northside Pay His Child Support?

Deadbeat Dad?

Johnny Northside recently got pulled into court recently by his ex-wife, Tina. This is un-confirmed but, the court complaint appears to be about enforcing child support payments.

Here is the recent activity with what appears to be late child support payments. Copied from the MN-Courts website.

08/07/2009 Expedited Process

08/07/2009 Notice of Hearing for Enforcement
08/07/2009 Affidavit-Other
08/07/2009 Affidavit-Other
08/07/2009 Notice-Other
08/07/2009 Affidavit of Mailing
08/07/2009 Documents
ERICKSON-HOFF, TINA served 07/27/2009
HOFF, JOHN W. served 07/27/2009

09/15/2009 Hearing (8:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Pastoor, Maria K.) Result: Held
09/15/2009 Taken Under Advisement (Judicial Officer: Pastoor, Maria K. )
10/05/2009 Order for Child Support (Judicial Officer: Pastoor, Maria K. )
10/07/2009 Notice of Filing of Order
10/07/2009 Expedited Process
01/12/2010 Review Hearing (8:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Pastoor, Maria K.)

Johnny sure has seen his share of court rooms lately.

Trumped Up Lawsuit: City of Minneapolis, Folwell, McKinley & Webber-Camden VS. T.J. Waconia... DISMISSED

Bogus Lawsuit Against TJ Waconia: DISMISSED!

Don Samuels - Minneapolis City Council

As a defender of TJ Waconia and knowing first-hand that the entire case was nothing more than a cruel stunt by the Minneapolis City Council (Barbara Johnson and Don Samuels) to grandstand on the publicity that was focused on TJ Waconia. The civil suit made the headlines and even Mayor R.T. Rybak got his share of publicity from the deal. They claimed they won when they gained control of the 160 TJ Waconia properties and were hard at work with the houses. The only problem is, TJ Waconia no longer owned those properties. SunTrust Mortgage did and they were not happy about NOT BEING NOTIFIED of the BS lawsuit the city had filed against TJ Waconia. The city's attorneys never bothered to do a proper title search on those houses because, that would simply cost too much money. Instead, they utilized the out-dated Hennepin County website that had not updated the database to say that TJ Waconia no longer owned the houses.
OOOPS!
How much money did THAT cost the taxpayers?

Any member of the media or candidates running for City Council or Mayor of Minneapolis, I offer you the following:
I have copies of the intervention SunTrust Mortgage filed against the City of Minneapolis which clearly details (.pdf file format) how the laywers for the Plaintiffs acted and proceeded without doing proper research and the result of which has cost the taxpayers of Minneapolis hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
I am happy to share all documents and files related to this case with you. All documents were sent to me by one of the principal owners of TJ Waconia.
You my contact me at: thedfwmentor@aol.com (Jim Watkins)
Note: Minneapolis StarTribune writer Steve Brandt was contacted about this and was also told about how Minneapolis City Council President, Barbara Johnson perjured herself at the federal sentencing hearing. Mr. Brandt declined to pursue this story. Because of this refusal to report such neglect and mis-use of funds by the city council, I will not release any information or documents to the Minneapolis StarTribune.

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Here is the Register of Actions with the dismissed case.
Source: http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/

Register of ActionsCase No. 27-CV-08-7880City of Minneapolis; Family Housing Fund; Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation; Folwell Neighborhood Association; McKinley Community; Webber-Camden Neighborhood Association; Joel Breeggemann; and Elandria Gilchrist vs TJ Waconia LLC; Thomas Balko; Jon Helgason; TJ Holdings LLC; Total Title LLC; Absolute Appraisal LLC; and CityWide Management LLC
Case Type: Civil Other/Misc.
Date Filed: 04/02/2008
Location: - Hennepin Civil
Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A.

Related Case InformationRelated Cases
27-CV-HC-08-2728 (Companion Case)

Party Information Lead Attorneys

Defendant Absolute Appraisal LLC
Rogers, MN 55374
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained

Defendant Balko, Thomas
Duluth, MN 55184
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained

Defendant CityWide Management LLC
Roseville, MN 55113
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained
Defendant Helgason, Jon
Chisago City, MN 55013
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained

Defendant TJ Holdings LLC
Roseville, MN 55113
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained

Defendant TJ Waconia LLC
Roseville, MN 55113
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained

Defendant Total Title LLC
Roseville, MN 55113
SKOLNICK, WILLIAM RESS          Retained

Intervenor SunTrust Mortgage Inc
PRATTE, ROBERT J                       Retained


Plaintiff Breeggemann, Joel
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN               Retained

Plaintiff City of Minneapolis
Minnepaolis, MN 55402
GINDER, PETER W                         Retained

Plaintiff FAMILY HOUSING FUND
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN               Retained

Plaintiff Folwell Neighborhood Association
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN               Retained

Plaintiff Gilchrist, Elandria
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN                Retained

Plaintiff GREATER METROPOLITAN HOUSING CORPORATION
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN                Retained

Plaintiff McKinley Community
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN                Retained

Plaintiff Webber-Camden Neighborhood Association
YEAGER, MARY CULLEN                Retained

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Events & Orders of the Court DISPOSITIONS


08/20/2009 CANCELED Hearing (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.)

Dismissed


OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS

04/02/2008 Summons and Complaint

04/02/2008 Certificate of Representation

04/02/2008 Affidavit-Other

04/02/2008 Other Document

04/02/2008 Other Document

04/07/2008 Notice of Case Assignment (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/16/2008 Hearing (10:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

04/16/2008 Stipulation

04/16/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/17/2008 Stipulation and Order

04/29/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/08/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/08/2008 Notice of Motion and Motion

05/12/2008 Notice of Motion and Motion

05/12/2008 Memorandum

05/12/2008 Affidavit-Other

05/14/2008 Affidavit-Other

05/15/2008 Hearing (3:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

05/16/2008 Motion Hearing (2:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) 05/13/2008 Reset by Court to 05/16/2008

05/29/2008 Reset by Court to 05/13/2008

Result: Held

05/16/2008 Other Document

05/16/2008 Affidavit-Other

05/16/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/30/2008 Hearing (2:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

05/30/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/02/2008 Taken Under Advisement (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/02/2008 Memorandum

06/12/2008 Fnd of Fact Conclusions of Law; Order for Judg and Judg (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/13/2008 Non-Docketed Judgment Entered

06/13/2008 Notice of Entry of Judgment

06/18/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/20/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/23/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/24/2008 Telephone Motion Hearing (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

06/26/2008 Notice of Motion and Motion

06/30/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/07/2008 Memorandum

07/07/2008 Affidavit-Other

07/11/2008 Memorandum

07/11/2008 Notice of Hearing

07/11/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/14/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/14/2008 Informational Statement

07/14/2008 Agreement

07/15/2008 Affidavit-Other

07/16/2008 Affidavit-Other

07/16/2008 Memorandum

07/16/2008 Affidavit-Other

07/17/2008 Motion Hearing (9:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) 07/18/2008 Reset by Court to 07/17/2008

Result: Held

07/17/2008 Affidavit-Other

07/17/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/17/2008 Order for Trial (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/17/2008 Scheduling Order (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/21/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/21/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

07/23/2008 Notice of Motion and Affidavit

07/23/2008 Memorandum

07/28/2008 Motion Hearing (10:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

07/31/2008 Affidavit-Other

07/31/2008 Notice of Appeal

08/01/2008 Summons

08/01/2008 Complaint-Civil

08/01/2008 Memorandum

08/01/2008 Affidavit-Other

08/04/2008 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

08/04/2008 Affidavit-Other

08/04/2008 Memorandum

08/04/2008 Affidavit-Other

08/05/2008 Taken Under Advisement (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

08/08/2008 CANCELED Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.)

Other
08/11/2008 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

08/12/2008 Notice of Case Filing

08/12/2008 Notice of Case Filing

08/19/2008 CANCELED Hearing (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.)

Other

08/08/2008 Reset by Court to 08/19/2008
08/19/2008 Other Document

08/20/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Toussaint, Edward, Jr. )

08/22/2008 Transcript

09/11/2008 Notice of Appeal

09/17/2008 Notice of Case Filing

10/29/2008 Stipulation and Order for Dismissal (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

10/29/2008 Notice of Dismissal with Prejudice

10/29/2008 Notice of Entry of Judgment

11/03/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Toussaint, Edward, Jr. )

12/15/2008 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

01/09/2009 Hearing (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

01/13/2009 Notice of Motion and Motion

01/13/2009 Other Document

01/14/2009 Hearing (1:45 PM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

01/15/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

01/26/2009 Scheduling Order (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

02/03/2009 CANCELED Jury Trial (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.)

Other
02/17/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

02/17/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

03/24/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

03/31/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/02/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/08/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/10/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/10/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/17/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

04/24/2009 Hearing (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

04/24/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/07/2009 Correspondence (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/13/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/13/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

05/20/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/09/2009 Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.) Result: Held

06/15/2009 Order-Other (Judicial Officer: Blaeser, Robert A. )

06/15/2009 Non-Docketed Judgment Entered

06/15/2009 Notice of Entry of Judgment

08/20/2009 CANCELED Hearing (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer Blaeser, Robert A.)

Dismissed

Rules are Rules and Laws are Laws... Not to John Hoff

'Ol Johnny Northside aka John Hoff has a long history of being in the middle of trouble. If you look at the various issues he has taken a stand against, you will see the pattern as to why he finds trouble.

Rules are rules and Laws are laws... Unless your name is John Hoff. John actually loves laws. He loves them so much that he went and got himself a degree in Law. Alright, thats getting off the main subject a little bit but, most citizens abide by the rules and laws and if they break any, they are held accountable (or so that is what is supposed to happen). When John Hoff violates a rule or a law, he fights the system to the bitter end in hopes of being able to avoid being held accountable.

How does he do that? Simple.... He exploits the rule or law as being stupid and goes on a public rant to convince others that the rule or law is dumb and therefore he should not be held accountable. A few examples would include, having a vehicle towed because, it was parked where it was not supposed to be. Hoff's answer: Start a blog and attack the issue from his perspective only on Towing Utopia.com. Never mind that he was wrong, the point is that he did not agree with the rule after finding out the hard way that it did not suit him.

Another example can be found in the Seattle Times. I have pasted a copy of the article below with the link to the story as well.

Some things never change with Johnny Northside. Only the cities where he has lived seem to change.

Seattle's Sidewalk Ordinance Upheld

SEATTLE - The state Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of Seattle's sidewalk ordinance yesterday.
Sarah McConahy, a formerly homeless youth, and John Hoff, an advocate for Seattle's homeless, were cited in 1994 for sitting on the sidewalk in the University District. McConahy was sitting with friends, eating and sometimes panhandling, and wearing a button that said: "Sitting is not a crime." Hoff was sitting reading a book with leaflets in his lap advertising a protest against the ordinance.

The two had separate municipal court trials. Each was found to have violated the sidewalk ordinance.
McConahy and Hoff joined together to appeal the decision, alleging that the ordinance violated the state constitution, including their rights to free speech and due process.
The 1994 ordinance bans sitting or lying on public sidewalks in commercial areas from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Click here to read the article... John Hoff Seattle Times
Copyright (c) 1997 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.

Johnny Northside with a "Crack Ho"

Johnny Northside posted a parody that showed a picture of Mayoral candidate, Al Flowers with a large smoking object hanging on his lips. I assume it is meant to be a marijuana cigarette but, Johnny stopped short of saying that.
Since John Hoff is known to be a hypocrite with so many things, such as his pen name "Hoffman" that is in homage to Abbie Hoffman of the Chicago 7 and a well-known cocaine addict. When I saw he posted the picture of Al Flowers smoking pot (and John claims his blog is fair while he rips the reputations of people running for public office against his new found political buddies), I decided to mirror the parody by offering a picture of John engaging with a "crack ho" as he likes to call them.
For anyone who might take offense to the picture... It is a P-A-R-O-D-Y so, Enjoy.

Twice as much Johnny Northside!

A new blog by the Anti-Johnny was launched yesterday, Northside Johnny. It will have the same information as the current blog but, it will have some content that won't be seen on this blog at times. It is hosted by Wordpress and it has become clear that the search engines pick up Wordpress blogs a lot more than Blogger sites. Perfect! Now there will be two sites to keep the public informed of John Hoff aka Johnny Northside!

Lennie Chism: The Other Side to the Story

As promised, below you will find five pictures that are screen shots of the PDF file police report that was filed by the Minnetonka PD. They responded to a dispute call between Lennie Chism and Monika Shannon. This post covers the portion of the report with what Miss Shannon told the police.

Monika Shannon

"Never under-estimate the power of a pissed off woman who thinks she is right"

-Jim Watkins

Note how she claims to have been in different places in and around the car... The car that supposedly ran over her.
See for yourself.... (click on each picture to view full-size)

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pt2

pt3

pt4

pt5

Just my $0.02 cents but, I am guessing that the reason she was driving so slowly was because, she knew the police had been called and wanted to make sure they were able to find her before they got on the highway.

The entire scene had been carefully planned before Lennie Chism showed up and it would appear that she intended to have him arrested.

Check back soon for Lennie Chism's statement to the police.

There Are Two Sides To Every Story

For those of you that read the National Enquirer-esq craziness at http://www.johnnynorthside.com/, it would appear that Lennie Chism is getting what he deserves from John Hoff...It would appear.

Of course, even the worst critics are reasonable enough to know that there are Two Sides To Every Story and from the limited information I have received as of today, it definitely looks like there is a clear-cut "other" side to the story.

The MisAdventures of Johnny Northside will soon be posting information (that can and will be documented as fact) about the Lennie Chism story that will give the public the chance to see the other side of the story.
One fact that really needs to be revealed immediately is the marital status of Lennie Chism. Johnny Northside portrayed Mr. Chism to be a cheating husband. In fact, he made sure everyone knew Mr. Chism is currently married.
The other side to that story, is that John Hoff rushed to get the info online before researching his opinion. Had he researched Mr. Chism's marital status, he would have discovered that Lennie Chism has been SEPARATED from his wife for nearly.... FIFTEEN YEARS!
In case you misread the last sentence..... Lennie Chism has been separated (meaning NOT together) for almost 15 years.

More to come.....

Johnny Northside's Public Contact Information

As long as information is available to the public, there is nothing wrong with letting others know... Right?

John Hoff stands behind his safety blanket known as First Amendment rights and acts as though he is doing a public service. Some of his "intentional flaming" may actually be "legal" but, I think the majority of the people who are familiar with his blog would agree... His public flaming is borderline cruel and certainly self-serving and un-ethical. John went to law school though. Surely there was a class on ethics, right? Maybe John felt there was no need to attend that class.

Since John is on the Hawthorn board, he is a public servant (Sorry, its hard not to laugh at that one) so, I was able to find his home address online, just in case any area residents wanted to drop him a letter. Maybe they would prefer to call him on his cell phone since that is also public information (lots more where out there, John).
His number was posted on the University of Minnesota website. To view the public information on John Hoff, click HERE

John's address was posted online by the City of Appleton, Minnesota. Want to know why? Remember all the bashing John has dished out to people for things like, not paying a water bill and things like that? Well, Johnny Northside apparently doesn't like to cut grass on his property in Appleton (Jill Clark & Jerry Moore: Johnny does have assets after all) because, the city slapped a judgement on him for a delinquent mowing bill in the amount of $383.00 and posted his home address in north Minneapolis. In case you were wondering, he has yet to pay for the judgement. Wait until you see how much his girlfriend owes on her two judgements!

To view the PDF file online, click HERE
(Note: Scroll down to the 5th paragraph on page 2)
To save time for the readers, I took the liberty of taking a screen shot of the page...

John Hoff insists all of this is only me trying to get sympathy for my friend but, that isn't correct. All of this is to show the public what a phony he is and that he is guilty of damn near everything he accuses others of doing (see screen shot above).

Johhny Northside: Not Exactly Accurate (Again)

The following was copied from Johnnynorthside.com...

There will be some kind of future post about this, but behind the scenes right now Jim Watkins--self proclaimed best friend of T.J. Waconia fraudster Thomas Balko--has been trying to stir up sympathy for his incarcerated friend. Since the MPLS Mirror printed Jim Watkins' other dribble about TJ Waconia, it wouldn't surprise me if the contact is ongoing.

I'm troubled by the fact the mug shots for a number of mortgage fraudsters--Thomas Balko, Donald Walthall, Marlon Pratt, Larry Maxwell--aren't appearing on the Department of Corrections website. We need to see what these jailbirds look like and know their whereabouts. I sent an email to DOC but haven't heard back.

It looks like John is making good on his threat to go after me in public. That conversation was recorded. Listen to it HERE.

To respond to his comments... Thanks for reminding me, John. To read the full article that sheds light on the mistakes made by the Minneapolis City Council, click HERE

As for the mugshots and their whereabouts... There is a good reason he can't find them and I find it very funny that he can't figure out why. Perhaps if he wasn't an "800 pound Gorilla" with an equal mental capacity, he would have discovered why he has led himself on a pointless mission.
I am happy to announce that Johnny has convinced me how wonderful public information can be. My next post will include a few facts about Johnny that is available to anyone online!

For the full post and comments from Johhny Northside's blog, click here

Photo from Johnnynorthside.com

Northside activist John Hoff aka Johnny Northside, has offended people and talked "trash" everywhere he has been. Recent posts have offered insight into his past and those past antics strongly suggest what is to come in north Minneapolis.
Click on the link at the end of this post to read an interview the Seattle Times published with John Hoff's first publisher, Michael Hoy of Loompanics in 1999.
Hoy mentioned the novel Hoff had written (unknown if it was actually published) and said,

"Like many first novels, it is partly autobiographical. Amid a plot about war, romance, politics and "electoral sabotage"

The author of the interview Richard Seven, had this to say about John Hoffman (Hoff is his legal name):

Hoffman, who lives in a University District apartment, is an activist for the homeless and other grassroots causes and uses his rummaging skills to forage through public records and take on city hall.

People ask me why I keep looking for info on John Hoff and I simply tell them to read some of the stuff I have found on him. The majority of them can't believe that Johnny Northside is the same person and they wonder how long it will take until he does the same thing in north Minneapolis.
Click here for the full article... John Hoff - Seattle Times