Minneapolis DFL vice chair resigns, hitting state party on the way out
Mike Norton criticized the caucus and convention process, which he called "highly problematic and exclusionary" and "complex and cumbersome."
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Mike Norton criticized the caucus and convention process, which he called "highly problematic and exclusionary" and "complex and cumbersome."
A Minneapolis City Council candidate held a June fundraiser featuring the scion of a Somali political family whose patriarch was known as a ruthless warlord whose clan-based militias intercepted food shipments and attacked U.N. peacekeepers. The late Mohamed Farrah Aidid was a key player in a 1990 coup, after which Somalia’s government collapsed in 1992 amid famine. His son, Hussein Farrah Aidid, spoke at a fundraiser for Nasri Warsame, a DFL candidate running against Council Member Aisha Chugtai.
Plus: Vikings sign XFL QB Jordan Ta’amu; the future of Open Streets is in jeopardy; staff shortages close many Minneapolis beaches and public pools; and more.
Plus a questionable Warsame supporter, office conversions in St. Paul, and cuts at St. Cloud State in today's Flyover news roundup.
Final voting was done by email and tallied on camera.