Unexpected Mayor and Council Salary Increases
This Star and Tribune editorial comes pretty close to reflecting my view on what may have been one of the more disconcerting and disturbing votes I took in 2017 as a Minneapolis City Council Member. Moving forward I will be proposing and pushing for a new ordinance that will require future Council and Mayoral salary increases to go through a formal and public committee process. This will likely include the establishment of an appointed commission, similar to that set up for the state legislature, to make recommendations. For now, though, I would like to share some of my thoughts about the Mayor and Council Member salary vote taken this December. First let me say that I have always felt that my compensation for working as a Council Member has been fair and generous. I am grateful for the opportunity to do this work and have always felt that I was, and am, well compensated for it. The increase that was approved this year was not my idea or my initiative. This came fro...