Blog boast: 'Great escape' at Mpls. City Hall (More DFL shenanigans at City Hall)

Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 3/10/10 | Matt McKinney - Staff Reporter

[MplsSteve]

After learning last week that a sheriff's deputy was about to serve him a lawsuit in Minneapolis City Hall, a North Side activist slipped out through a back office -- accompanied by an aide to Mayor R.T. Rybak.

The "great escape," as blogger John Hoff refers to the episode in the City Council chambers, was inadvertently broadcast on the city's cable network during its coverage of Police Chief Tim Dolan's reappointment hearings.

Though he admits running down three flights of stairs to avoid being served, Hoff and mayoral aide Sherman Patterson both told a Star Tribune reporter this week they didn't intend to evade anyone when they walked out a rear door of the council chambers through a staff area.

[MplsSteve]

As a resident of Minneapolis, I have become almost immune to the game-playing, incompetence-laced and reality challenged behavior at City Hall.

But I have to tell you this one really takes the cake when you have an aide to the DFL mayor actively help someone evade being served with a lawsuit.

Now, we all know that there's nothing illegal with trying to evade being serviced with a lawsuit - but it strikes me as a little unseemly when an aide to the mayor (who by the way is paid with taxpayer dollars) tries to help someone evade being served.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

[MplsSteve]

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[King_Corey]

I miss Minnesota, just couldn’t take the Liberals there anymore.

[WaterForFightingCAInitiative]

Is it a crime to avoid service in Minn.?