The city of Minneapolis was the epicenter of the recent ‘disturbances.’ Riots. Looting. Arson. Destruction. Property owners who have not been driven off need to clear damage and debris before they can rebuild. But before the city issues a demolition permit, they want them to pay the balance of their 2020 taxes.
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In Minneapolis, on a desolate lot where Don Blyly’s bookstore stood before being destroyed in the May riots, two men finish their cigarettes and then walk through a dangerous landscape filled with slippery debris and sharp objects. The city won’t let Blyly haul away his wreckage without a permit, and he can’t get a contractor to tell him how much it will cost to rebuild the store until that happens.
Minneapolis is requiring owners of properties destroyed or damaged in the riots after George Floyd's killing to prepay the second half of their 2020 property taxes to obtain a demolition permit. That's leaving wreckage in place, unlike in St. Paul. https://t.co/Uz1Y6vOd7c
— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) August 12, 2020
That’s a “nice Democrat-run city” you got there. Be a shame if anything were to…oops. Sorry.
And hey, it’s not “protection” money. They just slashed the police budget.
