Minneapolis to vote on dismantling police department, residents sue to have ballot question thrown out
DEMONSTRATORS HOLD PLACARDS DURING THE I CANT BREATHE - SILENT MARCH FOR JUSTICE IN FRONT OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS ON MARCH 7, 2021. (PHOTO BY CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)
Three Minneapolis residents — including a couple who last year sued over the city’s police staffing levels — brought a lawsuit Monday seeking to have ballot language for a key public safety proposal tossed out.
Attorneys for Don and Sondra Samuels, as well as Bruce Dachis, argued that the language city officials approved this month is “misleading” and fails to inform voters of key aspects of the proposal.
“Voters need to understand that outcome and timeline,” attorney Joseph Anthony wrote in the court petition. “The current ballot question hides that information from them. This must be corrected.”
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This is the second time in a month that Minneapolis has been sued over how it chose to ask voters whether they want to clear the way for city officials to replace the Police Department with a new public safety agency.
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Clearly we should have sued to have the ballot language of the mayor council salary increase been truthful most did not realize the egomaniacs would give themselves a 400% increase and somehow translate that to mean they would be our rulers rather than represent our opinions
Likewise perhaps we should have sued to have the ballot language re the school bonds indicate a must have full accountability that if not present would mean money returned to those property owners saddled with the increased tax happily funneled to friends consultants and of little good for student education . See Los Cerritos News re Megataxers Inglewood Unified
http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2021/08/21/megataxers-conflict-of-interest-between-l-a-county-agencies-mar-inglewood-unifieds-bond/