After 17 inches of snow fell on us Friday and Saturday — making it the largest snow storm to hit Minneapolis since Halloween 1991, and the fifth-largest in our history — we have declared a second consecutive Snow Emergency beginning at 9:00 p.m. tonight, Monday, December 13. While crews have been able to make at [...]
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We heard you. You asked City Council Members and me to take action to help keep down the increase in your property taxes next year — and this week, we took the first step. Now I’m asking for your help in making sure we get it done all the way. On Wednesday, the City Council’s [...]
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On Wednesday, the Minneapolis City Council Ways and Means Committee approved a set of amendments to the proposed 2011 City budget to provide tax relief to Minneapolis property owners, while balancing City leaders’ commitment to strong neighborhoods. Minneapolis City leaders have been committed to investing in neighborhood revitalization, recognizing that the work done by neighborhoods [...]
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Like most Americans, I’ve read a lot in the past couple days about the deal that President Obama struck with Republicans to extend unemployment insurance. While people are unhappy with different aspects of the deal, and above all with the extension of tax cuts to those who don’t need them, I think we need to [...]
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Since July, collaboration between prosecutors and law enforcement leads to indictment, conviction of key violent offenders — and 23% drop in use of guns in violent crime December 1, 2010 (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, along with United States Attorney B. Todd Jones, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan and Special [...]
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