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City Hall Monitor: Candor makes Minneapolis City Council member’s website a blog-non-grata

By Chris Steller | 05.23.08 | 3:31 pm

Thursday’s vanishing post on a Minneapolis City Council member’s blog highlights the hazards of online ruminations within a face-to-face City Hall culture that hasn’t yet adapted to the ways of the Web. On Tuesday, Council Member…

City Hall Monitor: Lurking with intent to govern

By Chris Steller | 05.22.08 | 11:34 am

If elected officials hang around a public chamber with intent to take action but don’t actually decide anything, can they be guilty of governing?

Who “lurks” and with what intent…

Minneapolis City Council decides on ranked-choice elections policy

By Dan Haugen | 04.17.08 | 12:03 pm

The Minneapolis City Council voted this morning on logistics for adopting instant-runoff or ranked-choice voting in the city, but the ordinance cleared without unanimous support and only after significant debate on an amendment to count mismarked ballots.…

Olympic protest passes through Twin Cities this week

By Dan Haugen | 04.14.08 | 10:02 am

Minneapolis City Councilman Cam Gordon writes on his Second Ward blog about the city’s resolution supporting this week’s Human Rights Torch Relay between the University of Minnesota and the…

Council Member: Elections committee “sitting on their heels” on instant run-off

By Dan Haugen | 02.28.08 | 12:22 pm

Minneapolis City Council Member Cam GordonMinneapolis City Council Member Cam Gordon prodded his peers a bit during today’s meeting about the city’s slow-moving progress preparing for…