Fella is not talking about that election. He is talking about the Minneapolis City Election on November 2 where the good citizens of that fair city voted on a Referendum to Defund the Police.
Here is a quote from
CNN Politics Online... “Talk of curbing
police departments by cutting or limiting their resources has run into a
countervailing wall of concern over public safety and waning support from early
allies -- including leading Democrats who largely view it as political poison.”
Here is another quote
from CNN Politics Online... “Mayor Jacob
Frey was confronted outside his home in June 2020, shortly after Floyd's
murder, and jeered when he refused to commit to abolishing the police
department -- a much more ambitious step than was proposed in the ballot
initiative on Tuesday. A day after Frey's confrontation with protesters, nine
members of the city council announced plans to begin the process of ending
the Minneapolis Police Department.”
(Somehow there is a
difference between Defunding, Abolishing and Ending...Or is there?)
Here is a quote from
Fella... “Wow! Nine members of the city
council! The city Council only has 12 members. That 75% of the members were in
favor of this Silly Idea! Wow!”
Fella is still bug
eyed... “Wow! The President of the City
Council was one of the nine! Wow!”
Here is another quote
from CNN Politics Online... “More people
cast their ballots early this year than any other Minneapolis election in 45
years. Early voting was up 143% compared to the 2017 municipal election, and up
488% compared to the 2013 municipal election.”
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In the end, it was up to
Minneapolis residents to decide what they wanted—and on Election Day they voted 56
percent to 44 percent against the Referendum’s “Public Safety Amendment”,
approved a strong mayor system, ousted some of the most vocal progressives in the
council chambers and reelected Mayor Jacob Frey, a moderate who fought hard
against the amendment.
By early fall, many of the
council members had a change of heart and none of them wanted to discuss Defunding
the Police.
The northern side of the
city, which houses the largest African American population in the state, voted
against the proposal.
That many Black residents in
Minneapolis voted against the amendment wasn’t unexpected. Weeks before
Election Day, pollsters had found that 75% of Black people here wanted more
boots on the ground.
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But what prompted Fella to name this Blog Posting, “This Election Was Flawed!”? When I (me) put this question to Fella (me) Fella (me) said in Bullet Point Format (he {I} always talks in Bullet Point Format)...
- What concerns me is that fact that 44% Voted For the Referendum!
- 44% ain’t that far from 51%.
- It does not take much to move voters 7 Percentage Points in the Good Ole USofA today!
- Big happenings can cause riots and so can small happenings.
- The reason Fella (me) called this a Flawed Election is the fact that a significant percentage of the 44% that voted for the Referendum were people who could benefit if the Police Department were to be weakened because it had been Defunded, Abolished or Ended.
- Minneapolis’ Criminals R Us Chapter actually came out in full support of the Defund the Police Referendum!
- Criminals R Us even ran a heavy campaign of Full Page Newspaper Ads in favor of the Referendum!
- Fella (me) strongly believes that Criminals should be recused from being able to vote in a Defund the Police Referendum because they have a Vested Interest in seeing the Police Department Defunded!
This just ain’t right! (Fella {me} just ran out of Bullet Points).
Smartfella
