Keith Ellison’s Son Wants to Keep Cushy Job in Minneapolis While at Harvard for Fellowship

Keith Ellison’s Son Wants to Keep Cushy Job in Minneapolis While at Harvard for Fellowship

Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, serves as a city councilor in Minneapolis, a position that carries a six-figure salary.

He has been awarded a fellowship at Harvard, a position that typically comes with a significant stipend; however, he doesn’t want to leave his position in Minneapolis. He claims that he will travel back to Minneapolis for some meetings, but other members of the council are not going for it.

FOX News reports:

Keith Ellison’s son to keep 6-figure Minneapolis councilmember salary during fellowship at Harvard

Minneapolis City Councilman Jeremiah Ellison says he will continue receiving his six-figure salary despite accepting a full-time fellowship at Harvard, he announced Wednesday.

Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, is now facing criticism from his fellow councilmembers, who note that he will not be able to attend meetings and fully carry out his role. Ellison currently receives a roughly $110,000 salary for his role on the council, and his fellowship at Harvard is a paid position.

“I am extremely disappointed in this, and I hope that my colleagues don’t allow this to happen — something to happen to North Minneapolis that is not good for them just once again,” council member LaTrisha Vetaw said during a press conference last month.

“Without Council member Ellison sitting on those committees, we have zero North Minneapolis representation on those committees. That’s not acceptable to the only other North side council member up here,” she added.

Ellison has said he will return twice a month to attend full city council meetings and will also attend his assigned committee meetings virtually, according to KSTP.

Council rules mandate that members must be physically present both to attend meetings and vote.

“I would like to know if there are other employees who are given that privilege,” councilmember Linea Palmisano told KSTP. “And, maybe, I don’t think they would ever be allowed that kind of a paid leave of absence.”

Here’s a video report:

Jeremiah Ellison’s politics are apparently aligned with his notoriously leftist father. In June of 2020, he was all in for the ‘defund the police’ movement.

KARE News reported at the time:

How would defunding the MPD work? City Council member Jeremiah Ellison explains

Thousands of people gathered at Powderhorn Park Sunday afternoon, where spelled in bold letters across a stage was the message “DEFUND POLICE.”

It was hard to miss, and the message was clear.

Nine of the 13 Minneapolis City Council members agree. At the south Minneapolis park, a veto-proof majority made up by Lisa Bender, Alondra Cano, Phillipe Cunningham, Jeremiah Ellison, Steve Fletcher, Cam Gordon, Andrea Jenkins, and Jeremy Schroeder announced they’re planning to disband the police department. Supporters want the millions of dollars going into the Minneapolis Police Department to go into the community instead.

Later that night Ellison talked to KARE 11’s Chris Hrapsky about how this would work.

“We have to start that discussion somehow,” Ellison said. “Today was the beginning of that discussion. We’re obviously not going to hit the eject button without a plan. But if we had come forward with some plan that we had drafted in the last 10 days, I think that the community would have universally rejected that. And so today was about us letting everyone know this is our intention, these are the reasons why.”

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