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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Guy brought a saxophone on a bike ride.

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🚨🚨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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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..."

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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."

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

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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.

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Here they are in process.

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

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

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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

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

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