Posts by Craig Cox
Police reformers on the defensive as council debates CRA subpoena power
Less than two weeks after negotiating a delicate truce around the confirmation of Police Chief Tim Dolan, police reformers on the Minneapolis City Council seem to be retreating from one of the central demands in their fight for expanded police…
Time for serious talk about the Minneapolis libraries
Last week, the Library Board announced somewhat ruefully that it would be closing three of its community libraries and cutting the hours at the new Downtown Central Library–all as a result of budget cuts foisted on them by our City…
Opponents of DeLaSalle stadium file lawsuit to stop project
A historic preservation group opposing the planned DeLaSalle football stadium on Nicollet Island filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court, alleging that the project violates state environmental laws.
In a statement released Wednesday, representatives from Friends of the…
U of M officials downplay stadium in street realignment plan
The proposed University of Minnesota football stadium will occupy a 40-acre site in the heart of Stadium Village when it’s completed in 2009. But to hear university officials who presented a complicated plan for rerouting traffic around the site at…
Despite confirmation vote, Dolan has little margin for error
Friday’s vote to confirm Tim Dolan as the city’s new police chief may have been a forgone conclusion, but it was also an object lesson in political horse-trading that revealed how vulnerable the new chief really is.
Dolan easily wins Minneapolis police chief confirmation
Accompanied by a mandate for sweeping police reform, Tim Dolan on Friday won near-unanimous confirmation from the Minneapolis City Council to be the city’s next police chief.
The 12-1 vote reflected the intense lobbying by Dolan and Mayor R.T. Rybak…
Berglin comes out blazing as Hatch surrogate in candidate forum
If there were ever any doubts that State Sen. Linda Berglin was a good DFL Party trooper, they were erased Thursday night when the longtime Minneapolis legislator sat down at a table in the Powderhorn Park community center and spent…
Dolan nomination appears certain after committee approval
Ducking and weaving like a championship boxer, Minneapolis Interim Police Chief Tim Dolan on Wednesday slipped most of the jabs thrown by critics during a marathon public hearing at City Hall and now appears well on his way to an…
Kiffmeyer surprises challengers with U of M debate appearance
Thirty minutes into Tuesday’s secretary of state candidate debate at the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus, the three challengers
Police politics vs. political process
Pity poor Cam Gordon. The rookie Green Party council member from the Second Ward tried to straddle the chasm between politics and process last week and wound up pissing off just about everyone.
At issue was the nomination of Tim…
