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When you're rich they let you do it (build a big old patio on park land)

Old fashioned foot pedal water fountain on the west side of Cedar Lake worked perfectly fine until Jason Garcia took over for Elizabeth Shaffer on the park board.

Turtle found a spot to dig a hole for her eggs on Cedar Lake.

Interim police chief says he moved his family out of Minneapolis after 25 years to get his children into the Wayzata school district. I hope the replies to this post can combine our love for ugly police politics with our love for ugly school politics.

Will doesn't like the framing. Too bad, Will. They did it anyway.

Guy brought a saxophone on a bike ride.

🚨🚨An emergency bike ride has been declared for tonight beginning at 7:30 pm, as O'Hara-cane recovery efforts continue across our area. Authorities will be staging at Mueller Park.

They said bull riding in the Pizza Hut on the new pedestrianized Hennepin Ave would be impossible, that the bull would be confused by the medians. Not so.

On this week's episode of the Wedge LIVE podcast, we're talking about Hennepin County's plan to reconstruct a stretch of Lyndale Ave South. It's 92 years old. Infrastructure above and below ground is overdue for replacement. It's an opportunity to create a street for the year 2100.

This clip proves the rumors are true. I am running for city council in 2029, channeling the most powerful force in local politics: bike resentment.

Michael Rainville is "LIVE from Kramarczuk's deli in northeast Minneapolis" which should be a daily talk show.

How do you find a trustworthy, credible police chief? Payne: "By having council be there right at the beginning and at the table, deciding on all of those choices together collaboratively. Not having the mayor send us a nomination letter at the final hour before a council meeting..."

Rainville speaking to KARE11 last night, says don't hold Ohara's actions against a whole department — MPD is "the finest police force in the United States of America."

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara (2022-2026) Ultimate Pec Bounce In Memoriam

Here's Phil pedaling his cargo bike down the middle of Lyndale Ave to get groceries. This is not a future any of us should want for our children.

Here they are in process.

I'm here for Uptown's famous free hot dog. 31st and Hennepin.

CELEBRATE THE WINS, UPTOWN. YOUR MEDIAN DOOMERISM IS LOSER-TALK.

For no good reason I've committed myself to four years of documenting every time Pearll Warren punctuates a speech with "the end." Yesterday she used it four times which is a career high. In no other meeting has she used it more than once.

Soren Stevenson gets bullied for mispronouncing "38th and Chi" (it's "shy" not "chee") Vetaw: "38th and shy." Payne: "It's shy." Rainville: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Say it the right way." Vetaw: "If you say chee, you don't know what you're talking about."

On the proposal for a police training facility, Mayor Frey tells the city council hey this isn't my idea, this is your idea. Nobody wants to own this.

Council Member Wonsley against $6 million purchase of land for a new police and public safety training facility, says residents "would love to see a police department that doesn't constantly put them in the red" financially.

The reason to call it "cop city" is to save Elizabeth Shaffer from tripping over her words like this.

Council President Elliott Payne reveals he is almost as old as the official oldest Minneapolitan, David Brauer.