• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

  • About
    • Founder and CEO
  • Research
  • News
  • Events
  • Contact
  • Donate

Minneapolis

March 13, 2012 By Annette Meeks

City of Minneapolis Wi-Fi Digital Inclusion Fund (DIF) Comes Up $1 Million Short

Only 2012 grant to date goes to the city for survey MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Expectations for Wireless Minneapolis, the city’s municipal wireless broadband network, were off the charts from the start. The 2006 deal between Minneapolis and private provider USI Wireless was hailed as “far beyond what any other city in the country has negotiated” by city officials.    The venture promised and …

[Read more...] about City of Minneapolis Wi-Fi Digital Inclusion Fund (DIF) Comes Up $1 Million Short

October 14, 2011 By Annette Meeks

FFM Bulletin 10/13/11

Wright County: Boatin’ on the Bayou, bought by you What has a 550-hp Corvette engine and looks like it belongs in the Florida Everglades? A new Wright County Sheriff’s Office airboat paid for entirely by taxpayers. We learned of this, ahem, unique purchase when the Wright County Journal Press wrote a story about DiamondBack, the airboat …

[Read more...] about FFM Bulletin 10/13/11

September 13, 2011 By Annette Meeks

FFM Bulletin 9/13/11

Another Minnesota first, and one we're not proud of Students and taxpayers in Lanesboro could be venturing into an entirely new market-- supermarket, that is.  A relationship between community based Lanesboro Grocery LLC and Lanesboro Public Schools is being discussed, which may include a taxpayer contribution for as much as $430,000. …

[Read more...] about FFM Bulletin 9/13/11

Next Page »

Footer

Contact Us

Freedom Foundation of MN
Medical Arts Building
825 Nicollet Mall, Suite 815
Minneapolis, MN 55402

FFM Tipline

We will do our best to uncover the wasteful spending you report.

Send a Report

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 Freedom Foundation of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. Log in