How liberal is Minneapolis? (Plymouth, Burnsville: college, taxes, live)

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Angorlee

Back in the 80s they called themselves 'the little apple';like being a little ny

wrong, try to expend just a little bit of effort if you are going to waste our time

[mr roboto]

Originally Posted by PullMyFinger

How about sticking triplexes into family neighborhoods? How about the city council micromanaging the cops?

These are fair policy critiques. Traitorous?

[mr roboto]

Originally Posted by Angorlee

Back in the 80s they called themselves 'the little apple';like being a little ny

Let me help...

Mini-apple-ous.

Get it!

[Astron1000]

Final Conclusion to This Thread:

Yeah, Minneapolis is majority Liberal.

Duh.

And Done.

Anyone want to disagree?

[mnlife]

Originally Posted by Kayekaye

Yes MN is almost evenly split between the two parties. But the Socialism here is VERY strong. Minneapolis in particular is very heady with socialism and has a superiority complex and myopic. Harsh words, sorry. As a lifelong employee of the city of Mpls., DH, we had the good fortune to be able to leave he city when they ruled that city employees didn’t have to live there. We ran. 1986. That lasted a couple of years then they stopped it but grandfathered us in. Don’t know what the ruling is right now. But thank God for that escape!

I didn't know Minneapolis did this with residency requirements for employees.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by mnlife

I didn't know Minneapolis did this with residency requirements for employees.

Minneapolis has no such requirement. Since 1999, Minnesota law does not permit cities or counties to impose a residency requirement except in some very narrow circumstances.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/415.16

[Kayekaye]

Originally Posted by Glenfield

Minneapolis has no such requirement. Since 1999, Minnesota law does not permit cities or counties to impose a residency requirement except in some very narrow circumstances.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/415.16

Shoreview did it as well as late as 2004. But as I said I wasn’t aware of when Minneapolis stopped requiring residency. All I knew was we could leave and we did. The word around the city was that the heads of certain departments wanted to leave the city so it was actually they who changed the rule for their own purposes. “Some animals are more equal than others”. I could tell you those exact names but for now cooler heads will prevail.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by Kayekaye

Shoreview did it as well as late as 2004. But as I said I wasn’t aware of when Minneapolis stopped requiring residency. All I knew was we could leave and we did. The word around the city was that the heads of certain departments wanted to leave the city so it was actually they who changed the rule for their own purposes. “Some animals are more equal than others”. I could tell you those exact names but for now cooler heads will prevail.

Residency laws were prohibited under state law in 1999. It sounds like it took a while for some cities to get the message. There is a push by social justices types in Minneapolis to allow them again since only about five percent of Minneapolis police officers live in the city, though that’s probably a cost and schools issue more than anything.

[InnovativeAmerican]

It really isn't that liberal compared to cities like Portland and Seattle. Minneapolis is chiefly "Midwest liberal", just like Madison. Both Minneapolis and Madison are very liberal, don't get me wrong, but they are a little more moderate than any of the coastal cities.

Also, the suburbs are pretty darn blue, too. They used to be a lot more Republican. It's funny how a lot of conservatives think that people who live on government assistance tend to vote Democrat, yet some of the reddest rural parts of the state are not only poor, but some of the richest suburbs in the TC metro bleed blue, such as Minnetonka, Plymouth, Eden Prairie, and Edina. Here is the 2018 governor election results map by municipality and ward:

[wamer27]

Originally Posted by Glenfield

Residency laws were prohibited under state law in 1999. It sounds like it took a while for some cities to get the message. There is a push by social justices types in Minneapolis to allow them again since only about five percent of Minneapolis police officers live in the city,though that’s probably a cost and schools issue more than anything.

My brother is a cop and lives about 4 cities away from where he works. Has always told me he'll never live in the city he works as he doesn't want the terrible people he deals with non stop knowing where he and his family live. 90+% of his staff do the same. The larger suburb he works is a nice city too.