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Election day is coming up and I’m planning to vote #YesOn2, but I’m also a politics nerd and a history nerd, so I wanted to know more about what Minneapolis voters were thinking in 1961 when they added the police charter provisions that are now up for a vote to change. 1/
I was particularly curious about opposition at the time. Inspired by @anton612’s brief history published @WedgeLive (wedgelive.com/a-brief-histor…) & armed w/ a @_newspapers 7 day free trial, I went spelunking through early-1960s @StarTribune pages & learned some interesting things 2/
It was a political charade. Mayor P. K. Peterson introduced the plan in March, just as he mounted his reelection campaign. The City Council voted to put it on the ballot on April 14, just two months before the June election. 3/ 
