Councilmember critical colleagues after budget veto override [Video]

More reaction to the Minneapolis City Council’s override after Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed a city budget for the first time in the city’s history.

North Minneapolis councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw tells WCCO’s Adam Carter she’s not happy with how some of her colleagues awarded funding for ward-specific projects.

“They picked groups that they wanted to give money to and there’s a ton of people out here that’s doing work, they picked nonprofits that they wanted to work with, right? They didn’t have people go through the RFP process that the city has in place for fairness for equity,” Vetaw says.

With all council seats up for re-election this fall, Vetaw says she’s happy it appears there will be more “moderate” challengers running for the council.

Vetaw also says that while disagreements are part of the process, she thinks some members of the council are ignoring important needs for the city as …