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Thursday roundup: Clubs targeted by city, legislative race in NoMi, school official dies
Posted by: James Eli Shiffer under Local business, People and neighborhoods, Politics and government, Public safety Updated: August 9, 2012 - 9:51 AM
Last call for the Envy and Bootleggers nighclubs? As part of a broader crackdown on clubland crime, authorities cited a litany of problems, including fights, drug use and intoxication at Envy and Bootleggers in moving to close the two Warehouse District clubs. The closure last year of another troubled club, Karma, didn't end the mayhem on 1st Avenue. (Matt McKinney)
Schools IT chief David Mayor dies: The 51-year-old Mayor died Saturday morning, according to an e-mail from Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson. His death came less than a month after his sweeping presentation to the school board on July 10 summarizing his priorities for upgrading the district's information technology. (Steve Brandt)
Candidates line up for north Minneapolis House seat: Six candidates are registered to run for the seat now occupied by Rep. Bobby Joe Champion, who is vying for Sen. Linda Higgins' vacated senate seat. Higgins is running for Hennepin County commissioner. Only four of those North Minneapolis House District 59B candidates have filed campaign finance reports, however. The race to watch is the DFL primar on Tuesdayy, which has no clear favorite but will likely decide the winner of the seat this November. (Eric Roper)
Open Hennepin County board seat draws 9 candidates: There's something for nearly everyone in Tuesday's primary election for Hennepin County's Second District (covering north Minneapolis and environs) vacant county board seat, which will send the top two finishers into the fall election. (Kevin Duchschere)
Gail Rosenblum: On North Side, sisters teach can-do attitude to Can-Do Girls: Sophia Rayson's home is Activity Central for about a dozen lucky girls called the Can-Do Girls, a quickly growing club created in May by Rayson's sister, Shanae Hill.
Yesterday's stories, in case you missed them:
Vacant Minneapolis properties are assessed huge annual fees (Maya Rao)
Jon Tevlin: Owner of Linden Hills hardware store parts with the only job he's known
Repairs planned for war memorial on Victory Parkway
Headlines from the Twin Cities Daily Planet
School board candidates have their say (Sheila Regan)
Motors for pedicabs: Would they bring business or broken bones? (Eric Blom)
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