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What about just merging Hennepin and Ramsey?
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The most critical function of the Met Council is sewage treatment, not buses. It needs to be bigger than just the urban core.
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Be that as it may, sewage treatment shouldn't be used as a club to keep beating the city every time we aspire to be something bigger than a place for outstate to come and watch football.
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We can call it Ile De Minnesota
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Ha ha. But some of us in The Marais want to participate, too.We can call it Ile De Minnesota
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In any case, I'd guess that a truly representative seven county Met Council (proportioned by population, not some other shenanigans) would be supportive of transit.
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Could a Met Council elected equally by county survive an Equal Protection challenge in the courts? IANAL, but I'd think Avery v. Midland County would be a relevant precedent.
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All the screeching about the Met Council being "unelected" makes me wonder who they think makes the appointments, and whether they'd also like to vote directly for the Commissioner of Education, Lottery Director, and Mark Dayton's personal assistant.
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Bonding bill insert changes the regional planning process.
http://www.startribune.com/insert-in-bo ... 483656911/
Anyone who has read the language of the change care to forecast the consequences if it made it past a line item veto?
http://www.startribune.com/insert-in-bo ... 483656911/
Anyone who has read the language of the change care to forecast the consequences if it made it past a line item veto?
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You can only line-item appropriations/spending. Even though a bonding bill should only be spending, this seems to be a policy provision they snuck in?
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Could make for a fun/interesting State Supreme Court case: legislative bills are supposed to have a single-topic according to the Minnesota Constitution vs the line-item veto only applies to appropriations. If this is in a bonding bill, then it should be bonding, and thus veto-able. If it isnt an appropriation/veto-able, then the court should nullify the change as unconstitutional.
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https://twitter.com/StribRoper/status/1 ... 8032879617
Well... Dayton signed it. It’s law.
Now that it is law, how can the Met Council work with it?
Well... Dayton signed it. It’s law.
Now that it is law, how can the Met Council work with it?
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So how I read it, doesn't it just give Nowthen the capability to question the planning?https://twitter.com/StribRoper/status/1 ... 8032879617
Well... Dayton signed it. It’s law.
Now that it is law, how can the Met Council work with it?
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They could sue on constitutional grounds.https://twitter.com/StribRoper/status/1 ... 8032879617
Well... Dayton signed it. It’s law.
Now that it is law, how can the Met Council work with it?
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I’m pretty sure it was vetoed. http://mn.gov/gov-stat/pdf/2018_05_30_L ... Change.pdf
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A separate Met Council bill was vetoed. An item in the bonding bill that was passed erodes some of Met Council's control over far flung exurbs.I’m pretty sure it was vetoed. http://mn.gov/gov-stat/pdf/2018_05_30_L ... Change.pdf
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Yup. Thanks, I confused the two items based on the conversation above.
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Alene Tchourumoff is stepping down as Met Council chair to go work for the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... s-fed.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... s-fed.html
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Walz's finalists for Met Council Chair:
Woodbury Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens
Edina Mayor Jim Hovland
Maplewood Mayor Nora Slawik
I'm not optimistic.
Woodbury Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens
Edina Mayor Jim Hovland
Maplewood Mayor Nora Slawik
I'm not optimistic.
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Tweet from Morning Take says its Slawik: https://twitter.com/morningtake/status/ ... 1945315335
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