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Nov 12

Here's the judge's order overturning the wrongful conviction of Edgar Barrientos-Quintana, after 15 years in prison. The findings of fact are brutal.

One of the investigators on this case is now the Assistant Chief of Community Trust, Christopher Gaiters.
ag.state.mn.us/Office/CRU/Bar…

I don't know if it inspires community trust to have someone this incompetent or malicious as the assistant chief of community trust.

https://x.com/WedgeLIVE/status/1838583645289746845

Chief O'Hara has spoken out against overturning this conviction. He should correct himself before people get the wrong idea about his character.

https://x.com/WedgeLIVE/status/1838583645289746845

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Oct 17

Minneapolis City Council voted 9-2 to override Mayor Frey's veto of a carbon emission fee.

Article about the veto from last week: mprnews.org/story/2024/10/…

There was extended debate over whether the fee should be left at $452 per ton or changed to TBD, pending staff analysis. Council left it at $452.

Even so, appears there is no disagreement that the fee amount will be amended by July 1, 2025.

Procedural objections may obscure what this is really about: the council forcing an issue where the mayor and his administration wanted to move slower. The result is carbon fees in 2025 instead of 2026.

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Sep 20

https://twitter.com/WedgeLIVE/status/1754651060117831976

Something I've been warning about all year has finally happened. Mayor Frey has hired his pal Lisa Goodman to fill a role that was created for her in last year's budget — voted on while she was still a council member.

https://twitter.com/WedgeLIVE/status/1754651060117831976

Goodman starts work Monday as the city's Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Public Service. You can imagine folks at CPED are breathing a sigh of relief she won't be housed in their department.

That's an email announcement from Brett Hjelle (rhymes with "jelly" not "hellyessy"), the city's deputy COO. If you believe the interview process was "rigorous and thorough" — hahaha, good one.

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Sep 16

Minneapolis City Council's Budget Committee voted 9-4 to approve $1.5 million to prevent the permanent closure of Agate shelter downtown. City funding would be contingent on Agate securing an additional $1.5 million from another source by Dec 31.
lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2024-01049

Because it comes from the city's contingency funding, 10 votes would be needed to pass it at the next meeting of the full council. Palmisano, Rainville, Vetaw, and Jenkins voted no and would need to flip to yes. There's also the potential of finding another funding source.

CM Chavez: It would cost $30 million to build new units to replace what Agate currently offers: 42-bed shelter program and 95-bed board and lodge program at 510 S 8th St. Preventing permanent closure isn't just practical and cost saving, but it's the moral and right thing to do.

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Sep 12

Minneapolis City Council's Climate and Infrastructure Committee received a municipal consent presentation on the Blue Line light rail extension through north Minneapolis. Committee and full council scheduled to vote over the next 2-3 weeks.
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCAV2…

Transit elements in Minneapolis: 3.8 miles of track and 5 stations (Minneapolis will be insisting a 6th station must be included at Washington and Broadway).

Non-transit elements: Reconstruction of 3.3 miles of high injury streets. 10 miles of sidewalk replacement. 2.5 miles of bikeways. 63 curb extensions. And much more.

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Aug 24

Open Streets on Lyndale! I don't care if it's run by an org that's incredibly hostile to safer street designs, or that it inexplicably has Uptown in the event name now — you can't keep me away!