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Let’s Reform the Municipal Party Endorsement Process Before 2021

By on January 30, 2020 in Advocacy, City of Minneapolis, Politics

I have been involved with politics since I was a volunteer with Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s re-election campaign in 2012. I have been a campaign manager, a consultant, and a party official at an endorsement convention. I live in Minneapolis, and together with St. Paul and other cities, we have ranked-choice voting for our municipal general […]

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Prioritize People on East Hennepin, Not Cars

By on January 23, 2020 in Bicycling, Bike lanes, City of Minneapolis, Pedestrians, Roads, Signals, Streets, Traffic

When people are asked how a busy street could be made safer, two suggestions always come up. For better or worse these are: put in a stoplight, or put in stop signs. For example, local business representatives recently called for a stoplight on every block of Lyndale Ave S after Ted Ferrara was killed by […]

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For Lyndale, The Time is Now

By on December 3, 2019 in City of Minneapolis, Infrastructure, Streets, Transportation

Last night, I attended a listening session for Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis, focused on the serious safety issues between Lake Street and Franklin Avenue. The event was organized by the county commissioner for the area, Marion Greene. Dozens of neighbors spoke about their experiences walking, driving, and biking on Lyndale. The neighbors covered a lot […]

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Human-Protected Bike Lane to Form, in Wake of Recent Killing

By on November 21, 2019 in Bicycling, City of Minneapolis

Yet another person riding a bicycle was killed in the Twin Cities yesterday. This person was killed by a vehicle driver at N 12th St and Linden Ave in Downtown Minneapolis. A box truck driver, who was towing construction equipment, made a right turn and collided with the bicyclist.   It’s not the first time […]

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Why is Minneapolis Putting Parking Tickets Ahead of Bike Safety?

By on November 21, 2019 in Bike lanes, City of Minneapolis, Parking, police, Safety

Cars and trucks parked in bike lanes seems like one of those enforcement challenges that isn’t going to get resolved anytime soon.  Even if you bothered to call it in, the offending Uber or UPS or pizza delivery driver would be long gone by the time police arrived.  It seems that keeping bike lanes clear […]

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Nice Ride and Lyft Announce 2,000 Electric Bikes for 2020

By on November 7, 2019 in Carfree, City of Minneapolis, Trends

On Wednesday, Nice Ride and operator Lyft announced changes for the 2020 season. There are new developements for electric bikes, dockless, the end of the season, and Nice Ride for All. Electric Bikes and the Future of Dockless Nice Ride plans to expand the electric bike fleet to 2,000 starting in April 2020, with different […]

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Manufacturing Consent: A Timeline of Policing and Propaganda in Minneapolis

By on October 14, 2019 in City of Minneapolis, Downtown, Governance, police, Safety

[content warning/trigger warning: gun violence, police violence, murder, anti-Black and anti-Native abuse, r*pe, assault] 1821 The Metropolitan Police Department, the first municipal police force in the world, is created in London. The first American police force forms in Boston 17 years later. 1867 Minneapolis incorporates and the City Council establishes the Minneapolis Police Department, which […]

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Facts: Minneapolis Violent Crime Average Citywide, Up 69 Percent in Downtown West Over 11 Years

By on October 11, 2019 in City of Minneapolis, Downtown, police, Safety, Trends

Check out the statistics used in this article: You can research Minneapolis crime statistics on the city website and check out the collected data behind this article’s charts on Google Sheets. Crime in Minneapolis has been a hot-button issue recently, flaring up tensions over perceptions of violent crime and a policing strategy to address it. […]

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Reform Security Deposits on Tenants’ Behalf

By on July 22, 2019 in Advocacy, City of Minneapolis, Governance, Politics, Public Policy

Any tenant who has had a landlord illegally withhold their security deposit or whose landlord has refused to make required repairs can tell you there is a lot more to the legal system than what is written in the state statutes or city ordinances. A law may say you have certain rights. But it’s another […]

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