Jacob Frey
Minneapolis Mayor
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Jacob Frey addresses Minneapolis police budget deficit
Jacob Frey publicly addressed Minneapolis's $30 million budget deficit, specifically focusing on police spending. He stated that cutting the police budget is not a viable solution and plans to propose a budget that accurately reflects the necessary overtime hours for police operations.
vs. prior weeks: Previously, coverage focused on Frey's handling of homelessness, police reform, and voter fraud allegations, without specific mention of the city's budget deficit or police spending plans.
Coverage volume · last 28 days
2.5× normal5 episodes in 3d vs 2 typical · tone leaning negative · 3 outlets
“cutting the police budget is not the answer to alleviating a $30 million deficit.”
Frey stated that cutting the police budget is not the answer to the city's $30 million deficit.
“I'd rather make a more accurate budget for extra hours than cut them.”
Frey plans to propose a budget that accurately reflects overtime hours needed for police operations.
As of Aug 11, 2026· single-outlet — treat with caution
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“ And I feel it's like you're Mrs. Delfire. I go for a comedic effect. I know I'm bad, so I'm going to play it up. I told Taylor he looks like one of the, what do they call those, Taylor on the, the Hula girls? The Hula girls. It's like your waist isn't attached to your body. Your waist is going in all sorts of his hips. His hips don't lie. Yeah, so this Jacob Frey was just busting a move and a lot of people were commenting, we're ruled by theater kids. How did we let this happen? Yeah.”
20:34· open transcript“ Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is proposing a 2027 city budget that would cut spending and staffing across city departments and also increase property taxes by 11.3%. Fry outlined his proposal today, beginning a process that will include input from the city council and residents over the coming weeks and months. The city is facing a significant budget shortfall. Fry proposes cutting back some programs and cutting about 100 staff positions, including some currently unfilled rules.”
2:26· open transcript“ I also am really grateful for interim chief Peterson. He's doing a hell of a job right now. He's stabilized the department. I think he's got a whole lot of respect, both internally and externally. And, you know, we're having communication with him virtually every day. I always appreciate it, sir. Thanks so much. We'll reach out again, and we'll see you at the fair in a couple weeks. You got it. Thanks so much, Shed. The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey.”
21:02· open transcript“ I also am really grateful for interim chief Peterson. He's doing a hell of a job right now. He's stabilized the department. I think he's got a whole lot of respect, both internally and externally. And, you know, we're having communication with him virtually every day. I always appreciate it, sir. Thanks so much. We'll reach out again, and we'll see at the fair in a couple weeks. You got it. Thanks so much, Shed. The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey.”
16:50· open transcript“ Like we need to steward the city through these next couple of years and get to, again, where the trajectory is already going. This is the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, kind enough to join us. Adam Carter, show before ours, had Paul Ostroan, a former council member, like you were a former council member before you became mayor. And he was on with Adam. He said, I understand the difficulties the mayor he's facing right now.”
5:11· open transcript“ Also went against Jesse for governor and had on Al Franken and a very, very long history of running for office in the state of Minnesota. But that state, your state, Mike, has gone completely bonkers with this maniac walls as the governor, this horrible Jacob Frey as the mayor of Minneapolis. There's a lot of bad states. I live in a bad state in New York, a very bad state. But your state may be the very worst.”
4:05· open transcript“ extenuating circumstances. But, Dave, I still see a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, town. But I will say this, the two of us, some on air, but we're all off air. I think we've commented, and Carter and Susan in this conversation a lot too. It does seem to me, and it's more, you know, what we're seeing with our eyes as opposed to the data that Jacob Frey offered up. That Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays, to me.”
21:57· open transcript“ the city through these next couple of years and get to, again, where the trajectory is already going. This is the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, kind enough to join us. Adam Carter, show before ours, had Paul Ostroan, a former council member, like you were a former council member before you became mayor. And he was on with Adam. He said, I understand the difficulties the mayor he's facing right now.”
4:32· open transcript“ Had on Al Franken and a very, very long history of running for office in the state of Minnesota. But that state, your state, Mike, has gone completely bonkers with this maniac walls as the governor, this horrible Jacob Frey as the mayor of Minneapolis. There's a lot of bad states. I live in a bad state in New York, a very bad state. But your state may be the very worst.”
1:20:52· open transcript“ Thursday's outage lasted for about an hour and a half. It's unclear if it's also behind a grounding of flights that happened at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Cologics operates the data center and has not responded to requests for comment. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says cutting the police budget is not the answer to alleviating a $30 million deficit.”
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