Monday, April 29, 2013
No one was hurt in the two-alarm fire, according to the Minneapolis Fire Department.
A two-alarm fire next door to the residence of Ward 10 City Council Member Meg Tuthill damaged a home in the 2400 block of Bryant Avenue S. Monday. Tuthill represents the Uptown area as well as about 20 residential blocks south of 36th Avenue S. between Lyndale and Dupont avenues. See aerial video of the fire above or at KARE11.com. The Southwest Journal reported Meg Tuthill lives next door to the the fire: Tuthill said she was at City Hall when the fire broke out. When she heard about it, she rushed to the scene, Tuthill said. The fire did not damage her home, Tuthill said. "It smells like hell, but I'm just glad the kids are OK," she said. Read the full article at swjournal.com. At 2 p.m., the Minneapolis Police Department issued the …
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Unopposed, Minneapolis City Council Member John Quincy won the DFL Party's Ward 11 endorsement. Ward 8 and 13 DFL conventions are set for May 11.
Minneapolis Ward 10 City Council Member Meg Tuthill said she has "no plans to do anything" after losing a battle for DFL Party endorsement to challenger Lisa Bender Saturday at the ward convention at Jefferson Elementary, the Star Tribune reported: In Uptown, Council Member Meg Tuthill finished the day unsure whether to continue her campaign after losing the 10th Ward nod to urban planner Lisa Bender. ... Tuthill pledged during the proceedings to suspend her campaign if someone else took the endorsement. When Bender won after five ballots, however, Tuthill questioned what “suspend” really meant. “It didn’t say for how long, it didn’t say permanently, it didn’t say for 20 minutes, it didn’t say for four years,” Tuthill said. “I don’t know…
Monday, March 26, 2012
Southwest's Quincy, Tuthill on board.
It looks like Minneapolis taxpayers' money will be going to a Vikings stadium, after all. Monday morning, Mayor RT Rybak, City Council President Barb Johnson (Ward 4), and Governor Mark Dayton announced they think they have support from a majority on the city council. According to the Star-Tribune, Southwest Minneapolis' Meg Tuthill (Ward 10) and John Quincy (Ward 11) were joined by Dianne Hoffstede (Ward 2), Kevin Reich (Ward 1), Don Samuels (Ward 5), and Sandy Colvin Roy (Ward 12). Tuthill and Quincy had previously stated their support for a stadium deal, but Tuthill reiterated her support in a Monday morning email to constituents. "I will not vote to violate the City’s charter. None of the money for the proposed stadium comes from the …
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Two specialists are slated for layoffs under the proposed budget.
Southwest Minneapolis might keep two of its most critical police resources, after all. Southwest’s City Councilmember Betsy Hodges (Ward 13) has proposed to fund the Crime Prevention Specialists with leftover money from the Police Department’s 2010-2011 contingency fund. The full council is expected to approve the amendment, passed Tuesday by the Council’s budget and taxes committee. Crime Prevention Specialists Amy Lavender and Chelsea Adams toil away in relative obscurity for the residents of the Fifth Precinct. Until, that is, a wave of crime hits, a mobile drug-dealing operation starts cruising a neighborhood, or a block’s rental house starts to become a problem property. At those moments, all the anonymous work the pair puts in comes …
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Info is scarce, but $72.8 million seems to be the magic number.
Judging by the urgency with which Mayor RT Rybak and Governor Mark Dayton have pushed the idea of public funding for a new Vikings stadium, you might be forgiven if you thought the fate of the Minneapolis economy rests on keeping the sports team in the city. Well, does it? It turns out, that's a rather difficult question to answer. According to Rybak's office, only one recent study (attached to this article) measures the team's economic impact. Looking at a single playoff game, from Jan. 17, 2010, the University of Minnesota study concluded that the 25,160 non-metro residents who swung into town for the game spent about $230 each while here—or $5.8 million overall. This spending ultimately produced a $9.1 million boost to the city's …
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Area councilwomen don't support public financing for a new Vikings stadium.
To spend or not to spend? That is the question city officials are asking themselves regarding a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. According to Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak and City Council President Barb Johnson, the answer is "yes," at one of three sites around downtown. But their proposal, which will be finalized and presented to Governor Mark Dayton on Friday, has garnered some opposition and reservations from some of Southwest's City Councilmembers. "I’ve never been a supporter of public funding for sports facilities," Councilmember Betsy Hodges (Ward 13) said Tuesday afternoon. Councilmember Elizabeth Glidden (Ward 8) agreed. "I don't support city sales tax to pay for a stadium," she wrote in an email to Patch on Wednesday night. "In …
Sunday, August 21, 2011
City Council sought to keep 10 extra crew members on the job until 2012 by taking money from other city departments.
In an emotional session late Friday morning, the Minneapolis City Council voted to block the firing of 10 firefighters, but Mayor RT Rybak vetoed the measure to keep the firefighters on staff. The council will need nine votes to override Rybak's veto. The firings were aimed at closing a gap in the city's 2011 budget opened by cuts in state Local Government Aid. Eight councilmembers, including Meg Tuthill (Ward 10) and Elizabeth Glidden (Ward 8) voted for the measure, authored by Councilmembers Sandra Colvin Roy (Ward 12) and Gary Schiff (Ward 9), to move $1.1 million from the city's contingency fund and $300,000 from money budgeted for unfilled staff positions in various city departments to keep the 10 firefighters on the city's payroll …
Friday, August 19, 2011
10 firefighters are expected to be cut as a result of state budget cuts.
This morning, the Minneapolis City Council will vote on a measure that could result in 10 firefighters losing their jobs in an attempt to prevent further Fire Department layoffs. The move comes as councilmembers and Mayor RT Rybak look to soften the blow of so-called "waterfall" budget cuts that were written into the city's 2011 budget in case the state cut local government aid and other appropriations. The Council's Ways and Means Committee voted on Monday to take $1.75 million from the city contingency fund—used to pay for snowplowing and repairs to tornado damage, for example—to prevent further layoffs. In a Council meeting Thursday morning, Fire Chief Alex Johnson said the cuts would drop the number of firefighters reporting for duty …
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Plan was approved by committee last week.
The Minneapolis City Council will take up a number of measures at its meeting tomorrow morning, including a bicycle master plan for the city. The plan, the culmination of several years of staff work and community meetings,will replace the 2001 Bikeways Master Plan and the 2001 Five-Year Bikeways Plan. The plan's authors aim to create 183 miles of new bike lanes and trails over 30 years, cut bicycle theft, and dramatically reduce bicycle injuries. The Council will also vote on the appointment of Maria Sarabia to the Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission to represent Ward 10 for a term to run through June 2013. Councilmember Meg Tuthill's controversial proposed ordinance restricting patios at bars and restaurants was initially …
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
There will be an information meeting on the proposal on May 25.
There will be a public hearing on a proposal to restrict outdoor seating at Minneapolis businesses that serve alcohol on June 6. The proposal is authored by Ward 10 City Council Member Meg Tuthill (we'll have a full piece on it later this week, so check back). The public hearing will take place in the Regulatory, Energy and Environment Committee, which is chaired by Ward 8 Council Member Elizabeth Glidden. As the city describes the proposal's impacts: These amendments, if adopted, will require license holders to specify the maximum customer capacity in outdoor areas, including sidewalk cafes, at establishments with beverage alcohol licenses. Additionally, the City Council may impose reasonable standards to control nuisance activities …
anne seltz
3:48 pm on Monday, March 26, 2012
I am so tired of millionaires playing their games with the expectation of public money support. There are too many homeless, undereducated, poor, special needs people needing help. How lovely it would be if these millionaires would give an equal amount to their support. Thank you Elizabeth Glidden for voting no. anne seltz more ›