Folger Follow-Up

While it is my hope that Ronald Folger's days are numbered as a landlord, the official action has not taken place as of yet.  From my perusal of the Minneapolis City Council website, the recommendation to remove all 17 rental licenses happened back on October 25th, 2011.  The findings in the case are here.  The Regulatory, Energy and Environment Committee then met on November 28th, 2011 to only postpone this decision.

The agenda item appeared like this:

16. Rental Dwelling Licenses at 3439 Aldrich Av N; 3746 Bryant Av N; 3543 Colfax Av N; 3547 Colfax Av N; 3623 Colfax Av N; 3638 Colfax Av N; 3301 Dupont Av N; 3443 Dupont Av N; 3300 Emerson Av N; 4351 Fremont Av N; 3455 Girard Av N; 3407 Irving Av N; 3534 Lyndale Av N; 3419 Morgan Av N; 3347 Newton Av N; and 3319 Thomas Av N:

Recommendation to revoke the licenses held by RBE Properties -

Ronald Folger.

Staff report: Folger Properties RCA; and Findings

Action Taken: Postponed to December 12^th Meeting.

Now, I know absolutely nothing about how the city council works.  But why postpone this decision when its already been recommended a month prior?  Could Ronald Folger's human shield defense (you know, the one where he all of a sudden cares about his tenants well-being because they would be thrown out into the cold, nevermind the fact that he had over 360 violations in two years!!!!) actually work?

Stay tuned....