Rybak: federal cuts could cripple city services - Bring Me The News

Rybak: federal cuts could cripple city services

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was in Washington D.C. with the US. Conference of Mayors Thursday to denounce federal budget cuts that could cripple city services across the nation. Federally funded programs in Minneapolis like STEP-UP and SAFER along with youth violence prevention initiatives are at risk.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Sep 20, 2012

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was in Washington D.C. with the U.S. Conference of Mayors Thursday to denounce federal budget cuts that could cripple city services across the nation, the Star Tribune reports.

MinnPost says the spending cuts along with the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, make up the so-called "fiscal cliff." Deep cuts of $1.2 trillion could be implemented, including $110 billion in 2012. Going over the cliff could lead to recession.

Programs in Minneapolis like STEP-UP, that helps young people find jobs, and SAFER, that provides funds to hire more firefighters, are at risk. Rybak tells the Star Tribune cuts to federally funded youth violence prevention programs would create more work for the city's police force.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors sent a letter, signed by four Minnesota mayors, to congressional leaders to halt the cuts.

DONTCHA KNOW?

BMTN Newsletters Deliver The Biggest MN Stories

Get Our Newsletter

Minnetonka police

The 16-year-old boy died in hospital.

flickr-valleyfair-entrance-crop

A very frightening night on the opening night of "ValleySCARE."

Screen Shot 2018-09-23 at 3.41.15 PM

What the hell happened?

Bills Vikings

We didn't vike that very much.

Jimmy Butler

Reports say Wolves owner Glen Taylor wants a deal done ASAP.

Hastings, MN is under a boil water advisory.

E. coli was detected in the city's water supply.

lake-minnetonka-boat

The boat operator was found in Anoka County's Peltier Lake.

Tire change

The freak accident happened Friday morning.

jacket weather

The 70-degree days are fading fast.

ATV

It was one of two related ATV crashes in Buhl, Minnesota.

Screen Shot 2018-09-21 at 6.50.10 AM

The original belief was that there were 5-6 tornadoes.

ISTOCK GETTY REUSE OK-police-lights

It followed a report of an incident at the property on Friday.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak's policy director, Peter Wagenius, is running for a vacant state Senate seat and slammed stadium subsidies in a campaign statement Friday. Rybak initially opposed taxes or casinos as a stadium funding source, but has since proposed a citywide sales tax for a Vikings stadium in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is among 25 mayors on a list of finalists for the World Mayor Prize. Is he all that? Voting is under way.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Tuesday night. His remarks are part of the build up to First Lady Michelle Obama's speech.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, whose national profile has risen in the past year as a spokesman for the left, said that he will have a speaking role at next month's Democratic National Convention. He is one of five vice chairs of the Democratic National Committee. The DNC begins Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was the only Minnesotan to gain a prime-time spot at the podium during the Democratic National Convention. He used it to extoll the accomplishments of President Obama and exhort Americans to re-elect him.

Mayor R.T. Rybak has nominated Janee Harteau to be Minneapolis' next Chief of Police. The 25-year veteran of the department would be the city's first female police chief. Harteau is currently an assistant to Chief Tim Dolan, who is retiring at the end of the year.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Police Chief Tim Dolan encouraged Occupy Minnesota demonstrators to provide any specific information they have about police brutality to the city. Rybak says an incident in which an officer knocked a television camera away from a news photographer appeared inappropriate. But he would not condemn the police department's actions during the arrests of 12 protesters Saturday.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has formally nominated Janeé Harteau to step into the shoes of Tim Dolan after he retires. She would be the first woman to serve as the city's police chief.