tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post7180810468843001829..comments2022-02-05T01:32:14.714-06:00Comments on The MisAdventures of Johnny Northside: North Minneapolis "Yellow Journalist" John Hoff, Uses Non-Existent Sources (allegedly)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-88968313831927569672013-01-15T10:34:05.450-06:002013-01-15T10:34:05.450-06:00John Northside Hate-Monger Hoff actually said this...John Northside Hate-Monger Hoff actually said this, about himself, at North Talk Facebook Page ahead of a string of baldly self promoting tripe-<br /><br />"This is me being compassionate."<br />John Hoff<br /><br />No Johnny Phony Northside, it is nothing but your masquerade for fools.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-3630949058487703612013-01-15T09:13:42.228-06:002013-01-15T09:13:42.228-06:00Johnny Suck-Up Northside has a new Playbook angle ...Johnny Suck-Up Northside has a new Playbook angle on North Talk Facebook page. Writing and praising himself over and over in mind numbing, boring and nauseating repetitive sequence. He is now doing a pantomime of feeding the hungry and putting shoes on poor peasant feet to appear caring. Writing page after page of references to his own fake saintly nature and past fake successes. He stuck in his thumb, over and over, and pulled out a plumb, of any sucker who listens to him. He keeps repeating: Oh what a good boy is I, Phony Johnny Northside. What a phony and clever play to ensnare all the middle of the road folks there who try to believe in doing the right thing. A whole new initiative for that loose, tired, and rudderless sailboat known as the SS Johnny Kiss-up Kick-Down Northside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-56153718206661165072012-12-28T19:55:15.375-06:002012-12-28T19:55:15.375-06:00Oh, yes. Sir Hoff & Puff is quite the characte...Oh, yes. Sir Hoff & Puff is quite the character. Didn't he learn anything the last time he was elected (and promptly kicked out again.)<br /><br />From NorthTalk FB group 12/27 talking about Mayor Rybek's replacement... <br /><br />"Oh, how wrong you are. It's just a question of what games and how they are played. My persona WOULD only win and COULD only win in a certain very specific set of circumstances. For example, an election were there's a high premium on truth telling. Say, for example, it's an open election where the former holder of the office got sacked for perjury.<br /><br />No good opportunity for me to run and win currently exists. And I'm not going run for anything and everything like a certain garden gnome. (Except that soil and water thing, that fascinates me, and I may run for that)<br /><br />But one day the stars will align and the people will cry out for a pro-neighborhood revitalization force-of-one who tells the truth and lets the chips fall where they may. Until that day comes, well, like I said. Concentrate on getting my son grown up. That's why I moved here in the first place."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-49305181523950902202012-12-02T16:57:49.542-06:002012-12-02T16:57:49.542-06:00Looks like John Hoff is pissing people off on Nort...Looks like John Hoff is pissing people off on North Talk AGAIN!!!<br />Now people are complaining about his harassment and how to get him kicked out of the group.<br />The problem is that Jeff (pussy boy) Skrenes is kissing Hoff's ass and is afraid to banish him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-5034372434902266052012-11-25T14:36:30.480-06:002012-11-25T14:36:30.480-06:00Looks like John Hoff is pissing people off on Nort...Looks like John Hoff is pissing people off on North Talk (Facebook) again. Hoff's penchant for publishing the sordid details of homicide victim's criminal histories and degrading information has struck a nerve with the reasonable residents of north Minneapolis. The consensus is that his behavior is disgusting and unacceptable. Most feel it just paints a terrible picture of what life in north Minneapolis is like.<br />Hoff does more harm than he does good, and he's totally unwilling to examine his own behaviors and how they effect others in his community.<br />Some even commented that people are afraid to comment because they are afraid of being victimized by Hoff - Which is totally a true sentiment as John Hoff will retaliate against anyone who dares challenge him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-69466143388710012972012-11-21T13:01:17.783-06:002012-11-21T13:01:17.783-06:00Dear Minneapolis Police,
With Thanksgiving coming...Dear Minneapolis Police,<br /><br />With Thanksgiving coming up, I want to make sure that you and your officers are aware of John Hoff’s presence at the 4th precinct.<br />I’m certain that you know John Hoff as a north Minneapolis resident and blogger. For the past few years he has helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to the officers of your precinct.<br />You should be very aware that Mr. Hoff does this to gain access to information, and to befriend officers to use as a source of information to publish in his blog.<br />John Hoff has published several books. In these books he advises people how to violate the law, advises people how to deal with law enforcement that may interfere, and degrades officers as “pigs”. He advocates the buying and selling of stolen property, and has promoted this behavior in his blog.<br />Further, in his writings he describes how he is a “media manipulator”, who can deceive people into revealing information, particularly confidential information, so he has an exclusive for his blog writings.<br />Mr. Hoff is a disturbed individual, who is not a faithful friend of the police.<br />When the RNC convention was in St. Paul, John Hoff videotaped what he believed was police misconduct and abuse. When he lived in Seattle he wrote about police abuse and misconduct as an investigative reporter. When a Minneapolis police officer tagged his car for a snow emergency violation, he filed an internal affairs complaint against that officer and wrote derogatory information in his blog.<br />John Hoff has harassed and intimidated a female Hennepin County probation officer so severely that she took a leave of absence to protect her family from his stalking and abuse. <br />While it is a noble gesture on his part to serve a Thanksgiving meal to the hard working Minneapolis police officers, please make sure that your officers and staff do not acquiesce to John Hoff’s manipulation. Anyone who reads his blog or his comments on the North Talk Facebook page knows John Hoff is not a mentally stable person. Those of us who monitor his behavior are very concerned that sometime in the future, people will be hurt or killed as a direct result of his indiscriminate unethical blogging, and his unrelenting stalking and harassment of select individuals.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy this holiday season.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-48582476833945328242012-11-08T13:07:48.006-06:002012-11-08T13:07:48.006-06:00Looks like John Hoff is still printing information...Looks like John Hoff is still printing information from his "confidential sources", without verifying his facts.<br />My understanding is that the county folks are investigating the leaks, and some of the info Hoff is getting is non-public information and violates the MGDPA. Someone is gonna get caught and pay a hefty price...maybe their job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-62667177657714199122012-11-04T14:56:03.946-06:002012-11-04T14:56:03.946-06:00@ Anon 12:50 PM:
1-Mortgage industry?? Even if you...@ Anon 12:50 PM:<br />1-Mortgage industry?? Even if you mean Jeff Skrenes, it doesn't matter. A mortgage person is not in investment real estate. Add to that, at no point did John have details of the deal in question. Does the mortgage guy or John know the specifics of the hard money loan? No. Btw, an anonymous person has reason to believe.... Now that is surely credible. (sarcasm)<br />2- You said, "Anyone who knows their way around north Minneapolis knows Jim Watkins is full of shit"<br />How many people "know" their way around n. minneapolis exactly? How and when were they asked if they merely knew who I was? The ones who didn't know of me, were they then informed of me?<br />3- What exactly am I full of shit about? Your statement is very non specific. Or do you just have "reason to believe" I am full of shit?<br />4- John is a stakeholder in NoMi? Then why does he never sleep at his own house? In fact, the only times he does sleep in NoMi is at Megan's house. The rest of the time he is elsewhere. <br />How do I know that? Well.... I just have a reason to believe that.Wolves Fan in Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787133789328579848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-55339804695676794552012-11-04T14:36:04.990-06:002012-11-04T14:36:04.990-06:00Anonymous said...
"John!Hoff's chara...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> <i> "John!Hoff's character, as an adult, was likely formed as a disadvantaged and ignored infant"</i><br /><br />That's actually true. John Hoff's father was a abusive drunk and a petty criminal. His mother was also an alcoholic. The result was that both John and his brother Judd grew up to be mentally disturbed, and alcoholics. <br />They promote the use of marijuana, and both have petty criminal histories. John Hoff has several traffic violations on his record - he thinks it's OK to drive 90 through small Minnesota towns (he only obeys the laws he agrees with).<br />And their sister isn't much better off either.<br /><br />So ya, it totally happened.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-18088186029258313052012-11-04T14:09:27.082-06:002012-11-04T14:09:27.082-06:00Here's another avenue John Hoff is using to ge...Here's another avenue John Hoff is using to get attention. He is asking people to vote for him as a write-in candidate for some obscure public office. <br />I'm sure he just hoped to get his name in the paper, or in the news.<br />John Hoff - media manipulator and attention whore - with no journalistic integrity.Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-25191652177653713212012-11-04T12:50:24.954-06:002012-11-04T12:50:24.954-06:00I have reason to believe I know the source John is...I have reason to believe I know the source John is referring to. He's a real person and well-respected within the local mortgage industry. If I were him, I wouldn't mind talking to someone about this stuff, but I wouldn't want my name dragged into the infantile pissing match between you two.<br /><br />And yes, it's a pissing match John is just as guilty of feeding into as you are. Anyone who knows their way around north Minneapolis knows Jim Watkins is full of shit. So John's posting of that part of your personal history did nothing except contribute to the asinine back-and-forth between you two that nobody really gives a shit about.<br /><br />At least John's a stakeholder in this community though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-41636279730326087932012-11-03T20:23:46.108-05:002012-11-03T20:23:46.108-05:00@ anon 4:58...
Ok THAT was funny! I could totally...@ anon 4:58... <br />Ok THAT was funny! I could totally picture that happening.Wolves Fan in Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16787133789328579848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-45159815791672351712012-11-03T16:58:14.115-05:002012-11-03T16:58:14.115-05:00John!Hoff's character, as an adult, was likely...John!Hoff's character, as an adult, was likely formed as a disadvantaged and ignored infant:<br /><br />Mommy, look, I duke-eed, Mommy Look, Mommy Mommmmm MEEE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992120905321058915.post-33857282816522642612012-11-03T14:06:12.248-05:002012-11-03T14:06:12.248-05:00Although John Hoff claims he prints only the truth...Although John Hoff claims he prints only the truth, that is - a bunch if shit. John Hoff only cares about getting the scoop, not about the truth.<br />Case in point. Several months ago Hoff claimed he was given a copy of a letter mailed to Sheriff Richard Stanek of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Hoff claimed he was given the letter by one of his anonymous highly ranked sources.<br />Using the freedom of information act, and the MGDPA I obtained info from the Sheriff's office that there was no such letter was ever sent.<br />Maybe Hoff did get the letter from a source that claimed it came from the Sheriff's office, but Hoff never verified the authenticity of the letter, which based on the info I received, is fake.<br />Apparently, John (the stalker) Hoff was so excited to get his hands on this letter to humiliate one of his victims, that he was quick to publish it, without getting the truth.<br /><br />Based on a preponderance of the available evidence, and his history, it is clear that John Hoff, blogging as Johnny Northside, uses the anonymous source excuse to publish fictitious information just to pump up his ratings. After all, he can always claim he's not at fault, since it was his super secret anonymous source that got it wrong. But that doesn't fly in journalistic integrity, something which John Hoff lacks.<br />Which would be a natural behavior for a sociopath like John Hoff who loves any attention he can get.Jack Onoreply@blogger.com