Comments on: Ward Ten: Four candidates vie for Uptown council seat

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:14:56 +0000

Did anybody notice the numerous gramatical errors in the Dowgwillo quoted email in this article? From this article, I learned that candidate Dowgwillo does not proof read his emails to The Independent.

This shows he does not have a polished campaign. It also raises a concern of competence.

By: Uptown Urbanist

Uptown Urbanist — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:04:50 +0000

I wanted to give Dowgillo a chance (and a fair shake at some publicity on my own blog), but I’m still waiting for him to finish getting his website together; my impression so far, based primarily on his delay getting a website up, and now in getting it finished, is that he lacks follow-through, or that he’s not really taking this race seriously. I find it a little ironic that he takes issue with Tuthill not giving firm stances on issues, yet I’m still not sure where he stands on many things. If he’s going to make online communication one of his selling points then he’d better do a good job of doing it. It’s unfortunate because I’m not really thrilled with any of the other candidate choices, and I had high hopes that he’d come through as a strong alternative.

By: "Dowgwill-NO" shut up already.

"Dowgwill-NO" shut up already. — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:39:50 +0000

“Dowgwillo? Srsly? Like we need a city council member pulling for very lame bar and nightclub in town. You know that’s what he does, right? He sells ads to bars and nightclubs.”

Who cares if Dowgwillo works with bars in the community?? He helps stimulate the local economy by getting the people out to spend their money on locally owned business. This also means he is probably the only one who actually has daily interaction with the young-people of minneapolis who are overlooked by people like tuthill who posts pictures of herself with random young-adults on her website so she doesn’t seem so out-of-touch.

It’s obvious that “Dowgwill-NO” has a personal vendetta out for this potential council member. All you talk about is the stupid bike-lane and his business! Get over it already.

By: Bob Martin

Bob Martin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:18:22 +0000

Meg is another liberal DFLer who will support Rybek in doubling our property taxes every 10 years. Her website main page is all about her DFL endorsements. Is she going to represent the DFL party or common everyday people?? No endorsements from business people. Meg will most likely support renewing the TIF district, which will take money away from the Mpls. Schools.

Kim V has an accounting & business consulting background. She can dig into the numbers and figure out opportunities to save money & do things more efficiently She will hold the line on property tax increases. She has my vote!!

By: Dowgwill-NO part 2

Dowgwill-NO part 2 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:51:36 +0000

As an avid biker living in South MInneapolis, such a lane is completely unnecessary and any funds could be better spent elsewhere. If you’re going to champion a cycling issue, for God’s sake pick on that matters-like getting behind complete streets for example. And if you’re so concerned about needing a bike lane (even down a ridiculously residential street like Garfield) take Bryant two blocks over. It would make more sense to put a bike lane on Lyndale itself, but then he’d never do that because this is the same guy who wants to remover no turn on red lights-That’ll get a few more bikers clipped waiting at intersections, btw. A bike lane on Garfield would do nothing for Lyndale/Franklin intersection issues. IT’S THE WORNG STREET!!!

By: Val

Val — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:50:43 +0000

Actually, as an avid biker living in uptown I like the idea of putting a bike lane down Garfield. It gets bikers off Lyndale, especially if he does it down by Lyndale and Franklin. Its one of the most dangerous intersections in the city for bikes as they try to get on the downtown bike trail.

By: Dowgwill-NO

Dowgwill-NO — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:18:13 +0000

Dowgwillo? Srsly? Like we need a city council member pulling for very lame bar and nightclub in town. You know that’s what he does, right? He sells ads to bars and nightclubs. Hence his stance on more 18+ nights. And a bike lane on Garfield? Why? You put bike lanes on roads where drivers need to be more aware of cyclists, not down the middle of a residential street. The whole street is a bike lane!!!

By: Mayur

Mayur — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:03:27 +0000

I think we do need to have more youth in the City Council. I work in IT and we're designing platforms for older groups. They just don't understand technology and its been nearly impossible to work with them. I found Matthew Dowgwillo online and he looks well versed in technology. It seems all the candidates are looking at finances, and I think technology is going to play a huge part in this.

By: DavidD

DavidD — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:39:42 +0000

Filner… frontrunner… how so?

Meg ahead on first ballot, Meg endorsed on second ballot. At no point was Filner the front runner.

Meg was much more well versed on the issues facing Minneapolis and handily won the endorsements of many groups.

Perhaps it would be better to call Filner the establishment candidate. People saw his candidacy for what it was… it was a way for RT and the Council to get access to the resources from the community organizing he had done in the past.