Mayor Frey (Minneapolis) vetoes two versions of Mpls public safety ballot proposal on Friday

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or the second time Friday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed language presented by the Minneapolis City Council for a charter amendment that, if passed by voters, would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new department of public safety.

The citizen-initiated ballot question faces a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Friday to get on the ballot, otherwise the city could face legal challenges. The council can either overturn the veto with nine votes or find a compromise with the mayor. . . .

Frey argued at Friday’s council meeting that the council language didn’t sufficiently explain the charter amendment and said he’d question why council members would want to remove any of his proposed language.

“We should tell the truth,” Frey said. “We should let voters know the consequences of what they’re voting on and the consequences of what will happen if this actually passes.”

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/08/20/veto-threat-is-the-latest-wrinkle-in-controversial-mpls-public-safety-ballot-proposal

I was going to vote for charter 4. I'm not voting for Frey, but I made that decision on Memorial Day weekend, 2020.

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1. Update: City Council overrides Frey's veto

Minneapolis officials on Friday approved ballot language for a proposal that will determine the future of the city's Police Department, capping a dramatic day when City Council members met three times and the mayor twice vetoed their wording.

In an evening meeting, council members voted to override Mayor Jacob Frey's second veto of the day — allowing them to send ballot wording to the county roughly five hours before the deadline outlined in state law.

"Everybody's very pleased. This is an important hurdle," said Terrance W. Moore, an attorney for Yes 4 Minneapolis, the political committee that wrote the proposal and sued the city over an earlier version of the wording. "That said, there is a campaign in front of them, so it's a night to celebrate, and organization continues tomorrow."

Groups opposing the proposal were quick to blast the City Council's new wording. "This language should be recognized for what it is: an attempt by some members of the Council to hide from voters the most basic facts of what the amendment does so that they're more susceptible to political propaganda that misleads," another political committee, All of Mpls, wrote in a statement.

https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-council-approves-ballot-language-on-policing/600089621/