The Ron and Don Show: Did Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges start an outreach WAR?

Minneapolis activist Kay G. Wilson joins us LIVE tonight at 8:30pm.

Minneapolis mayor grants 250K to the same people for no results. Of course its an election year...why not?

(Editorial)…Minneapolis’ black community has always been divided when into two specific groups when money hits the table. Group one is the folks and organizations who always seem to “get the money” with little to no successful outcomes. Group two is the group who are the grassroots, hardworking folks that actually have a plan, but are intentionally overlooked by philanthropic-political pundits in favor of keeping things as they are. The Minneapolis mayor, who is currently running for what some say is the toughest re-election bid in Minneapolis mayoral-race history is not a surgery-cure type mayor; she’s a band aid mayor…once again, she uses her power of box-opening to pull out another band aid to make what we allege as another politically-driven outreach grant to make sure downtown Minneapolis is safe. Since the announcement of this particular band aid, there have been several beating, robberies and women shot in the head. It seems that money in the wrong place does what it always has for Minneapolis…nothing.

If I was on the Minneapolis City Council, I would question mayor Hodges funding of Day Patrols on Hennepin Avenue. I know she wants to be re-elected as mayor again but the black folks she's granting money to don't hang out in downtown Minneapolis after the sun goes down. Hell, if the mayor was worried about crime on Hennepin Avenue, she'd clean up 5th and Hennepin. If you've been there, you know what I'm talking about. This too will be a total fail for Hodges.