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.
Firing of Police Chief Roger Pohlman ignites recall effort, but many steps need to happen. 2:29 pm, Mar. 2, 2021 ×
Becky Norton
RED WING If you talk to George Hintz, you ll hear a litany of disagreements with the Red Wing City Council.
Hintz, a member of the city s Advisory Planning Commission, isn t happy with the pedestrian bridge proposal. He disagrees with aspects of the Advisory Team on Government Policies and Practices, a group started to deal with issues of race and policing.
But, like many in town, he was willing to let processes play out until Feb. 19, when the city council voted 6-1 to fire Police Chief Roger Pohlman, citing a lack of trust, defensiveness on his part and poor communication with council members and city residents.