Shot In The Dark: Well, That Didn't Last Long

March 16, 2006

Well, That Didn't Last Long

Minneapolis top cop Bill McManus leaves for San Antonio:

Police Chief Bill McManus, who came to Minneapolis saying he was ready to "bust out of the locker room and get going," decided Wednesday to get out of town after only two years on the job.

McManus, 54, flew on Wednesday to San Antonio, where he was offered and accepted the job as the city's top cop.

On April 17, he will take over a department with 1,950 officers -- more than double the size of Minneapolis. His current salary is $132,000, but in San Antonio he could make another $20,000 a year.

Rambix, who covers crime in Minneapolis like no other blogger, comments on Fox29's coverage:

Part of the segment was quite Rambix-like, as they detailed the double digit violent crime increases during his tenure.

San Antonio appeared thrilled to have him. The no confirmation yet on rumors the criminals in that city were quite happy also.

Hard to say if we can blame McManus for the crime wave; he could only play the hand he was dealt.

Which, in Minneapolis, includes a one-party city with a very weak mayor and a very strong, very left-wing city council drawn from the city's most entrenched special interests.

It doesn't look like a fun job. Good luck refilling it.

Posted by Mitch at March 16, 2006 07:43 AM | TrackBack

Comments

Why not just make Spike Moss the police chief? Make it official.

Posted by: RBMN at March 16, 2006 11:50 AM

>>Which, in Minneapolis, includes a one-party city with a very weak mayor and a very strong, very left-wing city council drawn from the city's most entrenched special interests..

Supplant State for City, right for left-wing, and legislature for city council and you'd have Texas, aka the place that gave us Prince George the dim...he who invades uninvolved countries on baked intelligence (culled intelligence is that better?) fomenting immense hatred in the muslim world and then has the audacity to complain about "setting a bad image" with muslims.. it was funny and sad all at the same time.

Supplant County for City, right for left-wing and County Commission for City Council, and you'd have Hennepin County. In fact, in many ways, real power in this state, let alone in the metro area, rests with that commission - but I don't see Mitch pissin about those problems.

One-party rule sucks - welcome to the party, but at least try to be honest about the pervasiveness.

Posted by: pb at March 16, 2006 01:25 PM

Re: pb at March 16, 2006 01:25 PM

Where are the one-party Republican-controlled urban-crime-problem cities? Pray tell.

Posted by: RBMN at March 16, 2006 01:31 PM

"Supplant State for City, right for left-wing, and legislature for city council and you'd have Texas,"

Uh, no. Texas had Ann Richards, and a Dem party powerful enough to get her into office. The analogy in reverse fails.

"aka the place that gave us Prince George the dim..."

Glad to see you're so concerned with high-quality debate.

"he who invades uninvolved countries"

Uninvolved in what? Hussein was an innocent bystander?

" on baked intelligence (culled intelligence is that better?)"

Both are equally irrelevant.

" fomenting immense hatred in the muslim world"

HAHAHAHA! They loved us so much before!

Posted by: mitch at March 16, 2006 02:16 PM

Good luck to San Antonio. I hope McManus does better there than he did here.

Who are the right wingers in Hennepin County government? Amy Klobachar? Sheriff Mcgowan?
To state that Hennepin County, Minnesota, or the Federal government is run entirely by the right wing is false.

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