Unintended (?) Consequences in Minneapolis

[Catshooter]

I started feeling bad for the decent people there, and then I wondered: how many of them have been voting all these years?


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[olstyn]

I started feeling bad for the decent people there, and then I wondered: how many of them have been voting all these years?

Plenty of people work in or otherwise visit Minneapolis regularly but live in the surrounding area rather than Minneapolis itself, and thus do not have an opportunity to vote for the Minneapolis city council, mayor, etc. I can have no impact whatsoever on those elections, but their consequences affect me because my employer is based in Minneapolis, *and* because problems that start in Minneapolis spill outward.

[Catshooter]

I understand. I feel for people in your position, for sure.


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[RoyGBiv]

File this under "Only slightly surprised" (that it happened so soon, and by a unanimous vote).

Minneapolis push to defund police backfires after residents complain of slow response times, increase in crime.
The City Council on Friday voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in additional funding for the police department.

The City Council on Friday voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in additional funding that police had requested.

[DC_P]

If only someone outside PF could have seen this coming...