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In the contract, the health department is listed as one of the departments in charge of operations. Author: David Griswold Updated: 4:33 PM CDT June 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS The contract Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey approved with Agape Movement that was criticized by the city council mentions pandemic-related impacts and hardships in and around George Floyd Square, however, it s one of many goals listed.
Members of the Minneapolis City Council called attention to the contract last week during a council meeting, accusing the mayor of misusing his emergency powers to approve the $359,000 contract without the council s approval.
Got a copy of the city s $359,000 contract with Agape to reopen George Floyd Square. The mayor spent the money without council approval, through a COVID emergency rule, which was heavily criticized by some.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo coordinated closely with a group called Operation Safety Now, which was created by a PR consultant, to sway public opinion and the City Council against budget cuts to the Minneapolis police department. The office of Mayor Jacob Frey, seen here in the background, also worked with Operation Safety Now. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
Bill Rodriguez was the first speaker at the first public hearing on cutting funding to the Minneapolis Police Department. “We need both: the police and reform,” Rodriguez said at a City Council meeting in November.
Variations on that phrase “we need both” were repeated throughout the hearing. It is the signature talking point of Operation Safety Now, the pro-police group Rodriguez founded.
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