Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Student researchers at St. Mary's University say yes. Minnetonka Police Chief Mark Raquet isn't so sure.
Teenagers are infamous for it. Most responsible adults wouldn't want to admit to it. But now, should we add the state's police officers to the list of distracted drivers? A group of students from St. Mary's University (SMU) think so. Student researchers at SMU have concluded that the amount of technology inside a police squad car may be contributing to a growing number of police-involved auto crashes. Conducted at the request of the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT), the Graduate School of Public Safety Administration study focuses on 378 police-involved crashes between 2006-10. According to the SMU study, the total cost of the 378 closed crashes was $1,188,666, with distracted driving accounting for 14 percent of claims …
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Litigation over the size of a garage halted remodeling projects across the state. Legislation has just passed that will end the dispute.
A legal battle between Minnetonka neighbors has prevented builders and residents statewide from securing the formal go-ahead for many home improvement projects. That gridlock, over the past nine months, ended Tuesday with legislation that passed through the State Legislature. Sen. Gen Olson (R-Minnetrista) crafted the measure, HF 52/SF 13, with input from the League of Minnesota Cities, to restore the ability of Minnesota cities to grant zoning variances to local builders and residents. In July 2010, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that for residents to receive exceptions to the standard state zoning law, known as a zoning variance, they must prove their properties are unusable without it. This much-narrower interpretation of state law …
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
In the wake of last Saturday's shooting of Rep. Giffords, Patch talked to Minnetonka officials and others about state gun laws, which allow people to bring firearms into city buildings.
Editor's Note: Through 17 localized stories that all went online today, Minnesota Patch explores an aspect of the state's Personal Protection Act that prohibits cities from banning firearms in their government centers and other city buildings. Click the "Change Towns" in the upper right corner of the Patch home page to read the stories posted on other Minnesota Patch sites. John Gunyou, Minnetonka city manager, wants the city to have the right to ban guns from City Hall. “We should have absolutely the right to prohibit people from carrying loaded weapons into our building,” he said. But as Minnesota law stands, Minnetonka doesn’t have that right. Nor does any other Minnesota city. While state offices, churches, public schools, private …
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4:25 pm on Saturday, January 15, 2011
No law prohibiting peaceable citizens from carrying anywhere will achieve its alleged purpose, i.e. to prevent a loony toon from snapping and shooting up the place. The whole premise is facially illogical. Why should peaceable citizens be regulated thus, when it is not they who are the problem? Anybody who aspires to a government position should have to prove that they understand and respect both… more ›