Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis mayor and City Council candidates are off to the races for this year’s election
Moderate Democratic group All of Mpls released its slate of endorsements, headed up by Frey for mayor; Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America released its endorsements, headed by Fateh for mayor; Congresswoman Ilhan Omar endorsed council candidates; progressive group TakeAction Minnesota endorsed Fateh; and Minneapolis for the Many endorsed council candidates, but not a mayoral candidate.
Mpls for the Many Chair Chelsea McFarren released a statement saying, “We are excited to see three really qualified candidates in Reverend DeWayne Davis, Senator Omar Fateh and Council Member Emily Koski and are looking forward to learning more about their visions for the city, confident that residents have several good options for a new mayor.”
A new political action committee called We Love Minneapolis is making waves, because it’s headed up by former Frey campaign manager Joe Radinovich and Andrea Corbin, who runs a flower shop.
Radinovich, a former state lawmaker, said the goal is to get more people to participate in the process that determines who runs City Hall. The vast majority of candidates endorsed by the DFL Party go on to win in November, but only a tiny percentage of registered voters participate in the caucuses, where residents choose delegates to represent the precinct at a ward convention. The delegates vote for candidates at ward conventions between April 26 and May 31, so they wield a lot of power in a city that’s overwhelmingly DFL.
“In many cases, there’s a decision made six months before the election by three or four hundred people in a gymnasium that, in a lot of ways, sort of predetermines the outcome,” Radinovich said.
While We Love Minneapolis sounds similar to All of Mpls, All of Mpls does more traditional work later in the year, closer to the November election.
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Minneapolis, MN
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Minneapolis, MN
Search for permanent Minneapolis police chief has not started yet, commissioner says
Minneapolis leaders say police reform work is continuing as the city prepares to start its search for a new permanent police chief.
The city has said little publicly about the search for a new permanent Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) chief since Chief Brian O’Hara resigned more than two weeks ago.
Brian O’Hara resigns as Minneapolis police chief after report shows he interfered with investigation into his conduct
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS asked for an update alongside a new progress report on state-mandated reform efforts released on Thursday from city public safety leaders, including Community Safety Commissioner Todd Barnette and MPD Bureau Chief Ganesha Martin, who said they are confident reform work will not slow down after O’Hara’s resignation.
“Not at all,” said Martin. “So, Chief Peterson has been highly engaged, very open, curious, wanting to make sure to get up to speed on all the things that we’re doing.”
“The majority of the process is already in place, so I don’t think that it impacts the work that’s being done,” said Barnette.
What happens next?
Barnette also addressed whether ongoing mandated reforms could affect the city’s ability to hire a new chief. He said the work ahead is significant, but said he believes it will still draw interest.
“It’s a heavy lift, but having transformational reform that we’re institutionalizing here in the city is exciting work to do,” said Barnette. “So, I think we’re going to attract a lot of candidates. I don’t think that’s going to persuade anybody from not coming.”
Barnette said the hiring process is still in its early stages, adding that city leaders are still deciding what the search will look like.
“We’re still, we’re not even two weeks in with Chief Peterson yet,” said Barnette.
“We’re just going through, looking at what we did in the former search, what things that the mayor wants to see in this search, and then what input we’re going to get along the way,” said Barnette.
Has the search started?
When asked whether the official search had started, Barnette said no. He also said the city has not started talking to people yet.
The fourth quarterly progress report from independent monitor Effective Law Enforcement for All (ELEFA) also called the hiring of a new chief “an opportunity.” The report found “significant weaknesses” in the former chief’s review process for misconduct investigations.
Barnette said the city will begin the official search for a permanent chief “pretty soon.”
Below is a statement from Interim Chief Bill Peterson on the release of the fourth ELEFA report:
You can view the full ELEFA report below:
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