Internal emails obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES reveal outgoing city council member Jeremiah Ellison asked, through an aide, to use city funds to pay for flights between Harvard and Minneapolis to attend city council meetings twice a month.
The emails, which have not been reported, were recently released through a public records request. They give a behind-the-scenes look at a tumultuous time on the city council that is still frustrating some constituents.
The city clerk ultimately denied the request, and in a text message, Ellison called this report “flimsy” and a “non-story.”…