r/MinnesotaUncensored

Internal records show lawmakers pressed state education officials to restore payments and approve meal sites even as front-line regulators raised concerns about the nonprofit...

In April 2021, state Sen. Omar Fateh, DFL-Minneapolis, met with top Education Department officials to explain why resolving the “reimbursement issue” was critical to “maintaining community trust in these important programs,” according to an April 26, 2021, email from the senator. A day later, the Education Department’s government relations director responded by announcing the department was lifting the payment block “due to the concerns expressed by community organizations” represented by the senator.

“That is wonderful, fantastic news,” Fateh wrote back.

Just because this subreddit is "uncensored" doesn't mean reddit is. I have gotten two 3 day bans now for talking about basic stuff like fraud and crime (apparently its considered "hate"). It really does seem like reddit moderation AI targets this subreddit because of our views.

Has anyone else had any issues?

Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Kristin Robbins (R):

"She only sent a letter once the fraud was exposed," Robbins told Fox News Digital in response to Omar's statement.

"Prior to that, she sent letters urging the administration to keep the waivers in place — allowing the fraud to continue. Sounds like revisionist history. I don't buy it at all."

Interested to hear others’ thoughts on this. To me it seems like the right move.

I’ve been hearing how these markets are ripe for manipulation and many cases of people placing bets on things they’re directly involved or have influence on. I’m curious on how they’re able to operate in a legal grey area and how this differs from sports gambling which is still illegal in MN.

You want to bet on the weather or some other arbitrary thing? Fine.
Placing wagers on something with privileged info or an event you have a direct effect on is eerily similar to insider trading or sports gambling scandals like point shaving or throwing games.

Vance said, “It certainly seems like something fishy is there.” And then he found out about the fraud.

I am self employed and opted in for MN Paid Leave for my maternity leave. At first, everything seemed active and I was getting emails and updates. I have all my paperwork and application sent in and done back in FEBRUARY. It is now April and it is still under "review". I have called twice during this whole ordeal, trying to be patient, trying to move things along but still, nothing. It's as if my case got lost in the abyss. My baby is already 3 months old. My husband gotten his leave before I did, yet I am the one who gave birth. Was there anything you tried to help move things along?

Finally, something that makes some kind of sense coming from the city leaders of Minneapolis.

How it’s taken this long to make this decision is beyond confusing. Like “hey ya know that person who tried to kill another person but failed? Let’s give this the most minimal amount of investigative work and just hope the person doesn’t do it again..”

I have a feeling this was the standard operating procedure prior to May of 2020.

As of this month, r/MinnesotaUncensored has been around for two years and added it's 5,000th member.

This place was created, in part, to discuss topics and express opinions that aren’t welcome or allowed in other local subreddits. But that doesn't happen without users having those conversations so thank you for participating.

And if you've found this subreddit valuable or enjoyable, it would be fun to hear why. And if you hate it, please share that too (don't hold back).

Also, "thank you" to the other mods, past and present (u/14Calypso, u/parabox1, and another who is no longer with us). This subreddit is better because of them and decisions they were right about.