https://populist.press/detroit-demands-sydney-powell-be-banned-from-court-and-fined/

The City of Detroit wants Sidney Powell and her self-styled “Kraken” team to face sanctions for “frivolously undermining ‘People’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government.’”

The Motor City’s motion asks a federal judge to fine the lawyers, ban them from practicing in the Eastern District in Michigan and refer them to the Wolverine State’s bar for grievance proceedings.

“It’s time for this nonsense to end,” Detroit’s lawyer David Fink told Law&Crime in a phone interview.

“The lawyers filing these frivolous cases that undermine democracy must pay a price,” Fink added.

Under standard procedures for Rule 11 sanctions, opposing counsel must be granted a 21-day window to withdraw offending litigation before a request is filed in court. The motion has not yet been filed, and it was briefly tweeted out by Marc Elias, an attorney from the Washington-based firm Perkins Coie who has regularly intervened in these cases on behalf of the Democratic Party and the Biden campaign.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/minneapolis-developers-city-projects-unrest-defund-the-police

Developers have long had challenges navigating the aggressively liberal agenda of the Minneapolis City Council, but for some, the move to cut police funding was the last straw.

Since the violent unrest that broke over the summer after the police-involved death of George Floyd in May, local developer Kelly Doran said he expects about 10% to 20% vacancies in downtown apartment buildings that had just 2% to 3% vacancies in the last five years. Newer, modern buildings in the downtown area are also at 20% vacancy rates.

As the city grapples with rising crime rates, simultaneous to droves of police retirements and a council vote to reimagine parts of traditional public safety, Doran believes a full economic recovery for Minneapolis will be slow.

"They don’t seem to care," Doran said of the council. "I don’t know why anybody would seriously consider investing in the city."