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They knew they lost when they lost the rule vote.
July 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
They knew they lost when they lost the rule vote.
Hey Dan I am curious what your thoughts are on the Blue Lone Extension and the games the Minneapolis Park Board has been playing with the project around North Memorial. The Board has nixed both an at grade and fly over option attempting to force a tunnel that would kill the project.
May 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hey Dan I am curious what your thoughts are on the Blue Lone Extension and the games the Minneapolis Park Board has been playing with the project around North Memorial. The Board has nixed both an at grade and fly over option attempting to force a tunnel that would kill the project.
Probably shouldn't have allowed that extension.
May 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Probably shouldn't have allowed that extension.
No Katie alone didn't have enough to block.
May 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
No Katie alone didn't have enough to block.
222 is the magic number based on 370×60%.
May 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
222 is the magic number based on 370×60%.
Cashback has 41.5% of the votes enough to block an endorsement assuming they all stay.
May 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Cashback has 41.5% of the votes enough to block an endorsement assuming they all stay.
Rainville endorsed.
May 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Rainville endorsed.
Honestly I thought he hated city political factionalism.
May 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Honestly I thought he hated city political factionalism.
Interesting that Will is engaging in City Politics like this.
May 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Interesting that Will is engaging in City Politics like this.
Another one of my questions at least this one Rainville had an ok answer being pro pedestrian but refuses to acknowledge the elephant in the room making pedestrian travel terrible: car dominated design.
May 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Another one of my questions at least this one Rainville had an ok answer being pro pedestrian but refuses to acknowledge the elephant in the room making pedestrian travel terrible: car dominated design.
Yah that's in the rules it is meant for a broader presentation of the candidate (multiple speakers & maybe a video) but at the city council level it turns into a 10 minute speech and that doesn't work.
May 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yah that's in the rules it is meant for a broader presentation of the candidate (multiple speakers & maybe a video) but at the city council level it turns into a 10 minute speech and that doesn't work.
Glad my question got asked so disappointed in Rainville's answer way to miss the moment and point of the question.
May 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Glad my question got asked so disappointed in Rainville's answer way to miss the moment and point of the question.
10 minutes is a long speech and none of these candidates are good enough speakers to speak that long.
May 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
10 minutes is a long speech and none of these candidates are good enough speakers to speak that long.
Probably a bad sign for Katie.
May 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Probably a bad sign for Katie.
213 for Ward 3 endorsement takes 128.
May 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
213 for Ward 3 endorsement takes 128.
Credentials seems to be taking a while.
May 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Credentials seems to be taking a while.
No Mayor Frey speech at the Ward 3 Convention?
May 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
No Mayor Frey speech at the Ward 3 Convention?
This is a suspension of the rules right so it needs a super majority?
May 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is a suspension of the rules right so it needs a super majority?
Shameful honestly
May 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Shameful honestly
No Q&A section?
May 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
No Q&A section?
Assuming that it will take 15 minutes for a paper ballot then campaign speeches of 30 minutes, and the Q&A of 30 minutes will be all the time there could be.
May 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Assuming that it will take 15 minutes for a paper ballot then campaign speeches of 30 minutes, and the Q&A of 30 minutes will be all the time there could be.