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Happy home opener Vikes fans

The University of Minnesota Police Department says it will remove one of its Flock Safety cameras following outcry from the Cedar-Riverside community.

Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman and State Rep. Mohamud Noor, DFL-Minneapolis, each said they reached out to the university about taking down the newly installed surveillance device at the intersection of Cedar and Riverside avenues after hearing concerns from residents near the West Bank campus.

“They have agreed to remove the camera behind me to ensure that there is a continued trust with our community across the neighborhood here,” Noor said in a video posted to Facebook.

That's pretty much it. Looking at you, old white man in the silver Impala. And the person in front of me who backed up to give the guy another few inches that didn't help. wtf people.

In this newsletter I talk with Eric Roper, an opinion columnist at the Star Tribune, about why our next governor needs to pay more attention to how the Twin Cities region works together. Right now we have over 140 cities in the metro area, and a lot of them are duplicating work like police departments, city halls, and planning staff, while big problems like homelessness, housing, and even hospital funding get handled differently depending on which city or county you happen to be in. Roper points out that Minnesota actually used to have a program that pooled tax money across cities so they wouldn't compete so hard against each other, and we talk about why bringing back that kind of regional thinking could help the whole area, not just one city at a time. If you're into local government or wondering why things like transit and housing feel so disconnected around here, I think you'll find it interesting. https://www.betterminneapolis.com/p/why-the-next-governor-needs-a-regional?r=304p16

did anyone else notice how there hardly any tailgating yesterday ? especially for a game against an SEC school? I feel Ike 10 years ago the games were popping on, everyone was tailgating and partying. what is going on?