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Following a departure that sparked anger toward Mayor Miro Weinberger, Burlington’s first director of racial equity, inclusion and belonging announced Monday she has taken a similar position working for the city of Minneapolis.
Tyeastia Green was hired to form and lead Burlington’s equity department in February 2020, months before the national racial reckoning sparked by a Minneapolis police officer killing Black Minnesotan George Floyd in summer 2020.
Green announced the move to that city in a tweet that included a picture of her next to the city logo and the words: “Executive Director of Race and Equity.”
In the tweet, Green thanked members of her department in Burlington, saying: “I left it all on the floor and gave my all every single day to set the framework of belonging … I will miss you, and you have a special place in my heart.”
Activists and city leaders — including Ali Dieng, I-Ward 7, and Progressive city councilors — blamed the mayor for Green’s departure, saying Weinberger did not support Green in her role.
At a City Council meeting last week, Council President Max Tracy, P-Ward 2, accused Weinberger of obstructing Green from carrying out her duties. Dieng suggested the mayor used Green as a political prop.
While Weinberger did not directly address
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- Mayor Miro Weinberger and acting Chief Jon Murad
In a press release Tuesday afternoon, Weinberger said council Progressives had made consensus on the search process "impossible" by refusing to take steps the mayor thinks would attract a broader pool of applicants. A monthslong search has yielded just two viable hires, the mayor has said: acting Chief Jon Murad and another unnamed candidate.
Weinberger, a Democrat, said Tuesday that he'll move forward with the two applicants, and bring a finalist to the council for a vote early next year.
"It remains within the Mayor’s authority under City Charter to select and make department head appointments, and I believe it is my duty to do so urgently," Weinberger said in the statement. "The community and our police department need a permanent chief now."
The city has been without a permanent chief for two years. The last top cop, Brandon del Pozo, resigned in December 2019 amid a social media scandal. The city cycled through two interim chiefs before Murad took on