In today's Minnesota legislative hearing, Hennepin County Sheriff Richard W. Stanek said that special drug task forces in his county followed the established procedures and practices of the fiscal agent. For three of the Hennepin county special drug task forces, the fiscal agent is Sheriff Stanek's office. Sheriff Stanek carefully emphasized that his office used best practices, and also promoted arrests and convictions, instead of seizures and forfeitures. The big white elephant that no one was talking about is that Sheriff Bob Fletcher was the fiscal agent of Metro Gang Strike Force, which means that Sheriff Fletcher's agency practices should have been followed by the Metro Gang Strike Force.
Illegal seizure of personal property is just one part of the investigation into the Metro Gang Strike Force. At Minnesota hearing of joint legislative committees together for an extended hearing, one victim, Mr. Ramiraz testifies:
Maybe its time we had a community suffering presence at the stadium tailgate parties. Obviously, making things look good for stadium goers is the highest priority. So if many of us went to the stadium tail gate part with cardboard signs for "jobs, health care, education, tuition, home, shelter", then maybe $700,000-$800,000 would get spent on real public needs.
TRACKING YOUR $: Hennepin Co. garbage burner
By: Nicole Muehlhausen, Web Producer
Hennepin County is about to spend nearly $2 million to make its downtown garbage burner look better and not send too much odor toward its new neighbor - the Minnesota Twins.
When the Twins stadium bill was passed by the legislature a few years ago, lawmakers were told the garbage burner next door wouldn't be a problem. But now Hennepin County is about to spend millions dollars to try to make sure it isn't a problem.
