Minneapolis initiative has more than enough signatures to make ballot
If signatures hold up, it’s all but certain that voters in November will decide whether to make the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board financially independent from City Hall. Supporters of a petition drive collected 17,086 signatures by Aug. 10. They needed 10,449. The effort drew out several well-known local political figures, including a former City Council member (Pat Scott) and a former Park Board president (Scott Neiman), to form a petitioners’ committee.