Chris Meyer
@chrisjohnmeyer.bsky.social
Minneapolis Planning Commissioner & Legislative Assistant to Senator Omar Fateh
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Protesters carried a giant rendition of the U.S. Constitution through downtown Minneapolis on Friday, chanting "ICE out now."
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Protesters carried a giant rendition of the U.S. Constitution through downtown Minneapolis on Friday, chanting "ICE out now."
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, licensed nurse
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, licensed nurse
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I just responded to the scene at 26th and Nicollet shortly after the observer was shot. They teargassed and/or pepper sprayed Jana Shortal of KARE11 at the scene and she was being treated when I walked up. ICE have a fancy camera they are using to scan the faces of the crowd.
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I just responded to the scene at 26th and Nicollet shortly after the observer was shot. They teargassed and/or pepper sprayed Jana Shortal of KARE11 at the scene and she was being treated when I walked up. ICE have a fancy camera they are using to scan the faces of the crowd.
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Witnesses are being taken to Whipple.
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Witnesses are being taken to Whipple.
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
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Both the Uptown Mall and Open Parkways resolutions passed out of committee unanimously!
There is still more work to be done, but these are the first steps in making our park system greener, more climate friendly, dynamic, accessible!
Be sure to give your commissioners love for these strong votes!
There is still more work to be done, but these are the first steps in making our park system greener, more climate friendly, dynamic, accessible!
Be sure to give your commissioners love for these strong votes!
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Both the Uptown Mall and Open Parkways resolutions passed out of committee unanimously!
There is still more work to be done, but these are the first steps in making our park system greener, more climate friendly, dynamic, accessible!
Be sure to give your commissioners love for these strong votes!
There is still more work to be done, but these are the first steps in making our park system greener, more climate friendly, dynamic, accessible!
Be sure to give your commissioners love for these strong votes!
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Amended resolution approved in committee, will go forward to the full board.
Presentation on the open parkways pilot and toolkit. Testing the theory that people are capable of becoming less angry about a thing when they learn it isn't what they believed it to be.
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Amended resolution approved in committee, will go forward to the full board.
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Presentation on the open parkways pilot and toolkit. Testing the theory that people are capable of becoming less angry about a thing when they learn it isn't what they believed it to be.
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Presentation on the open parkways pilot and toolkit. Testing the theory that people are capable of becoming less angry about a thing when they learn it isn't what they believed it to be.
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The slippery slope is, start small, people love it, then the cat's out of the bag. Can't stop the spread.
The city of Cambridge, MA started closing their river parkway on Sundays in 1985. And then wouldn’t you know it, they quickly creeped to Saturdays (in 2020 during a global pandemic).
www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtr...
www.cambridgema.gov/streetsandtr...
Memorial Drive: Weekend Closures from Gerry's Landing Road to Western Avenue
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) closes a portion of Memorial Drive to motor vehicle traffic each Sunday from the end of April to mid-November to allow pedestrians, cyclists, and ot...
www.cambridgema.gov
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The slippery slope is, start small, people love it, then the cat's out of the bag. Can't stop the spread.
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Try this argument at your next park board meeting
There is absolutely enough free parking spots in minneapolis to reach to Canada and back multiple times
January 22, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Try this argument at your next park board meeting
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It's stupid that the anti-accessibility/pro-car folks are spending so much of their time on this while most of us are trying to materially protect our neighbors, but they are.
Email MPRB commissioners that parks that are for people + green and growing things, not cars + pavement, by 5:30 today.
Email MPRB commissioners that parks that are for people + green and growing things, not cars + pavement, by 5:30 today.
All of this controversy is being kicked up over *guidelines for occasional, temporary closure of parkways.* Lots of misinformation about permanent closures and making parks inaccessible.
Stick it to the thin-skinned commissioner and her team of liars by contacting your commissioners in support.
Stick it to the thin-skinned commissioner and her team of liars by contacting your commissioners in support.
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It's stupid that the anti-accessibility/pro-car folks are spending so much of their time on this while most of us are trying to materially protect our neighbors, but they are.
Email MPRB commissioners that parks that are for people + green and growing things, not cars + pavement, by 5:30 today.
Email MPRB commissioners that parks that are for people + green and growing things, not cars + pavement, by 5:30 today.
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The Uptown Mall plan is back on the agenda at the park board next week. Mike Erlandson and pals are extremely energized over a loss of parking.
If you support park space over parking, emails to commissioners and in-person testimony would be helpful.
agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
If you support park space over parking, emails to commissioners and in-person testimony would be helpful.
agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
Meeting details
agendasuite.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The Uptown Mall plan is back on the agenda at the park board next week. Mike Erlandson and pals are extremely energized over a loss of parking.
If you support park space over parking, emails to commissioners and in-person testimony would be helpful.
agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
If you support park space over parking, emails to commissioners and in-person testimony would be helpful.
agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.
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Oh hey if you're from MN 37A please give your rep a call and let her know that we don't need to "wait for the facts" when we can watch the fucking video, and no one's getting paid.
She won 57-43 last time. That's a surmountable gap.
She won 57-43 last time. That's a surmountable gap.
Minnesota Rep. Kristin Robbins: "Rather than encouraging people to rise up, the governor should be encourage people to wait for the facts and to encourage the paid protesters who are coming into our state to not come."
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Oh hey if you're from MN 37A please give your rep a call and let her know that we don't need to "wait for the facts" when we can watch the fucking video, and no one's getting paid.
She won 57-43 last time. That's a surmountable gap.
She won 57-43 last time. That's a surmountable gap.
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First day back in the term, been up since 6am only to end up attending an 1.5 hour debate on a proposal for an increased parking variance to end the day. I’m doing just fine?! 🙂🙃
btw variance was denied. 🎶
btw variance was denied. 🎶
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
First day back in the term, been up since 6am only to end up attending an 1.5 hour debate on a proposal for an increased parking variance to end the day. I’m doing just fine?! 🙂🙃
btw variance was denied. 🎶
btw variance was denied. 🎶
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1st motion - approve the amount of parking (48 new spots), but reject the park board shoving the parking lot up against Minnehaha Parkway - failed
2nd motion - approve the whole thing as designed - failed.
3rd motion - reject the whole thing - success!
2nd motion - approve the whole thing as designed - failed.
3rd motion - reject the whole thing - success!
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
1st motion - approve the amount of parking (48 new spots), but reject the park board shoving the parking lot up against Minnehaha Parkway - failed
2nd motion - approve the whole thing as designed - failed.
3rd motion - reject the whole thing - success!
2nd motion - approve the whole thing as designed - failed.
3rd motion - reject the whole thing - success!
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Example of how bad infrastructure builds on itself.
Planning commissioner: can your employees just walk from the existing parking lot without building a whole new parking lot?
Park board guy: no way, our property has no sidewalk.
Planning commissioner: can your employees just walk from the existing parking lot without building a whole new parking lot?
Park board guy: no way, our property has no sidewalk.
Today's festivities aren't over yet. Coming up at 4:30: the Planning Commission debut of Jason Garcia, helping to decide the fate of a proposed non-conforming parking lot at a golf course. This is why you bust your ass to get elected to the Park Board.
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Example of how bad infrastructure builds on itself.
Planning commissioner: can your employees just walk from the existing parking lot without building a whole new parking lot?
Park board guy: no way, our property has no sidewalk.
Planning commissioner: can your employees just walk from the existing parking lot without building a whole new parking lot?
Park board guy: no way, our property has no sidewalk.
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It's a new day on the Minneapolis Park Board.
Huge news today! That's right, at our Park Board meeting this Wednesday at 5pm I will introduce two resolutions. The first is to restart our Open Parkways work. The second would direct staff to reopen work on following the long range plan for the Uptown Mall Park!
agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
agendasuite.org/iip/mprb/mee...
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It's a new day on the Minneapolis Park Board.
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This was once Park Avenue. Bring it back:
January 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This was once Park Avenue. Bring it back:
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Such a good rep for the planning commission!!!!!! Thank you Jason Garcia!
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Such a good rep for the planning commission!!!!!! Thank you Jason Garcia!
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tom olsen just elected park board president ! congrats @olsenforparks.bsky.social!!!
January 2, 2026 at 11:10 PM
tom olsen just elected park board president ! congrats @olsenforparks.bsky.social!!!
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congrats to jason garcia getting the planning commission!! @jason4parks.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
congrats to jason garcia getting the planning commission!! @jason4parks.bsky.social
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this minnesota single stair study is fascinating in that how it shows how much *higher* risk is in status quo development - a massive double loaded corridor/dual stair building - v. single stair from 3-8 stories.
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
this minnesota single stair study is fascinating in that how it shows how much *higher* risk is in status quo development - a massive double loaded corridor/dual stair building - v. single stair from 3-8 stories.