Ward One in Minneapolis’ northeast corner is brimming with resentments and possibilities, to hear candidates for an open city council seat there tell it. A week from Election Day, a crowd of 75 packed the Northeast Library for a Ward One candidate forum. They were treated to a smorgasbord of back-to-basics rhetoric, with a side of chips on the shoulder.
Ward One, in Minneapolis’ northeast corner, has an open city council seat for the first time in a dozen years. It’s a fresh beginning for the ward as voters prepare to rank favorites among five newcomers: a DFL Party endorsee, a DFL challenger and three independents. But a trio of veterans who held the seat going back to the early 1960s — when councilmembers were called assemblymen — still hovers over the race.
Accusing the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board of trying to “put half-baked ideas on the ballot,” Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak urged voters this afternoon to reject a referendum effort seeking independent taxing authority for the park board. “People need to stop…
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As Minneapolis City Council Member Paul Ostrow observed this afternoon, using a committee meeting to debate break room sink policy might expose the City Council to “some amusing media coverage.” And here, we attempt to…
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