minneapolis mayor

Parsing the communiques of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak for clues about his political ambitions continues to be a diverting pastime, even as the number of available Obama administration posts dwindles. A month ago, Rybak, a Draft Obama movement pioneer, waxed rhapsodic on radio about Obama’s new White House office of urban policy. Today the mayor [...]

As one election season ends, another’s just begun: With the DFL convention only six months away, candidates in Minneapolis are positioning themselves to run for the city’s top leadership spot, but all eyes are on City Hall, where Mayor R.T. Rybak is pondering whether he’ll stay on or take a shot at the governor’s mansion in 2010.