Hintz: Almost 7 for 7 on Red Wing recall
Recall committee leader says the group has more than enough signatures to recall six of seven city council members. 9:00 am, May 10, 2021 ×
Boxes holding signed petitions to be turned into Red Wing City Hall are prepared Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Red Wing. Recall leader George Hintz said the boxes will be delivered Monday likely with enough signatures to recall every member of the city council except Council Member Kim Beise. (Contributed photo/George Hintz)
RED WING George Hintz admitted he was exhausted Sunday night. The other members on our committee are feeling the same, Hintz said. The weekend was spent collecting signatures, sorting and copying, and verifying who collected what signatures for the Recall City Hall committee in Red Wing. But we see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Residents point to firing of Roger Pohlman along with open meeting violation as reason for signing petitions. 12:00 pm, Apr. 20, 2021 ×
Ron and Cathy Goggin, with the Recall City Hall Committee, canvass a neighborhood asking residents to sign petitions to recall city council members Monday, April 19, 2021, in Red Wing. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
RED WING Marching up Finrud Avenue and back, Cathy and Ron Goggin had a lot of conversations, fielded a bunch of questions, and collected enough signatures to call it a good day. Cathy and I got 18 for Dean (Hove), 19 for Laurel (Stinson) and six for Kim (Beise), said Ron Goggin, after adding up the night s haul of signatures from Finrud Avenue and Hickory Street as well as a few other spots in their Ward 1 neighborhood. I talked to two other volunteers that had just done Fern Avenue. They had 16 for Dean and Laurel. I don t know how many they had for Kim.
RED WING Former Police Chief Roger Pohlman spoke before the Red Wing City Council on Monday during a virtual name clearing hearing that he requested.Â
The meeting came after Pohlman was fired by the city on Friday, Feb. 19, when he had been on paid leave for 11 days. The reason stated in the opening paragraph of the termination letter was that he didnât meet the councilâs âperformance expectations.â Pohlman responded to this in today s comments, which were about 15 minutes long.Â
Pohlman opened his time by stating, the purpose of this hearing is to restore my professional reputation and good name, both of which were damaged by the Red Wing City Council following the special meeting held on Feb. 19. Â
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