submitted by spaceman
Mar 8 2006 — 2:00am
There’s been speculation about a poor working relationship between Minneapolis Mayor Rybak and Police Chief McManus and also the announcement that McManus has been interviewing elsewhere. Yesterday, though, it was reported that Rybak is looking to fastrack the Chief’s confirmation.
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Can't be more predictable than yankees.
Enh, at least some good came out of it. Eventually.
If Hardy can find his form from two years ago it will be a fantastic trade. Go-go was at best a defensive center fielder. If he could have learne...
I agree. The Yankees are boringly predictable.
This is why the Twins are the Twins and the Yankees are the Yankees. Let's see, should we go for Hardy or Teixera? Hmmm.
I tink peraps it is te curc of Crist, Marybet414.
If I can c(h)ime in...I left the 'H' behind years ago and indeed there is no better way. The church of Crist... Bless you all.
I like the guy, but I have to admit he was a bit disappointing.
Just about every time we went to a game at the dome, you'd hear "fans" (quote marks emphasized) trashing GoGo loudly, which made me want to stand ...
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5 Reader Comments
3:10 pm
or more accurately, reconfirmation.
12:19 am
I live in st. paul, so i am not a minneapolis voter, but I spend most of my time there. If Rybak and the city council mess this one up, I will not forgive them. Mcmanus is one of the few really smart decisions they’ve made/actually been able to agree upon (sort of, anyway). They should do whatever they have to to keep him.
6:53 pm
Hey emily, if McManus is so great, why have we not seen any good changes as far as crime. I live in the heart of N Minny and the good changes should be easy to see here, but actually it’s getting worse and worse by the day! Every one I know is being robbed at gun point, beat up, shot at, house broken in to. Never mind the gang bangers killing each other. Just heard there was another teenager filled with bullets, laying dead out on West Broadway. So how is McManus so great????
7:42 pm
Just out of curiousity, what do you expect McManus to do on the north side? Do you think it’s a police problem? Really?
The more they squeeze the north side, the more the crime pops up somewhere else. Northeast anyone?
8:07 pm
Hey Slim, last I checked, police were in charge of protecting and serving. If criminals can get away with crime over and over and over, day in and day out. People get robbed, hurt, beaten, shot, and killed, then guess what, the police aren’t protecting. Bottom line, they are failing. That’s the police, city and state’s problem to deal with and solve.
Now, is that to say the only dysfunction in Minneapolis, or North minneapolis, or any poverty impacted and socailly neglected area is lack of police, or effective police. Hell no.
But what great things has McManus done? Yeah, he sent some messages that the good ol’ boy network in the dept is in jeopardy. And yes, he promoted a diverse mix of officers into higher positions.
So how is all that working out for McManus? Any one see any positive results? I say let Texas have him and we can try again.
And I say squeeze squeeze squeeze away, cause at least it won’t all pop up in the same place, which is what the problem on Northside is, it’s all nice and neat in a little pocket so not to bother any one important.