It has been clear all along that this was the endgame. This was never about a disagreement about the language of the ballot question. It's an attempt to nullify the thousands of signatures from Minneapolis residents - myself included - who want to vote on this charter amendment.
https://twitter.com/LouRaguse/status/1437894372482224131
This was always the intent: to prevent the people of Minneapolis from exercising our legal right to change our own Charter. Democracy be damned, equal process be damned - anything and everything to protect the status quo that murdered George Floyd.
It's amazing to see the interlocking pieces of the system all activating to protect itself from us, the people. The Charter Commission, the mayor, his PAC and big donors, the Samuels, Operation Safety Now, and now the courts. All going to the mat to defend this broken system.
If the Supreme Court does not strike down this absolute travesty of a decision, it will be very clear: the right of the people to change their Charter, by petition, is a dead letter. The precedent will be set that the powerful can keep the people from exercising this right.
The Charter Commission can put forward its anti-democratic nonsense. The Council can put forward questions (as long as they can overcome conservative mayoral vetoes). But the people? Sorry, folks.
This is now about more than just this amendment. This precedent must not stand.
This is now about more than just this amendment. This precedent must not stand.
Our democracy rests on the consent of the governed. We saw last year what it looks like when the government loses that consent: it looks like neighborhoods on fire.
Telling people that they can't access the ballot says that the street is the only option. That's what's at stake.
Telling people that they can't access the ballot says that the street is the only option. That's what's at stake.
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