St Paul Mayor’s Race 2017: 82 Days and Counting

We posted a piece yesterday, which preempted other news sources. We discussed the occurrence of a robbery at the home of former City Council Member (Ward 1) Melvin Carter III (DFL). Due to expediency, we were not as detailed as other reports, but we were first to...

Minneapolis Mayor’s Race 2017: 82 Days and Counting

There are sixteen candidates for mayor this go-round versus thirty-five in 2013. We expect the decline is due to the $500 filing fee, which can be offset by securing 500 valid signatures, which by our measure is too low of a bar for entry. As we did in the St Paul...

Robbers Score Arms From Carter

We learned of a recent robbery at the home of mayoral candidate and former St Paul City Council member Melvin Carter III (DFL). During the theft of various items we understand two handguns are now in the circulation with the seedy underbelly community. We have made a...

Increasing the Temperature of the St Paul Mayor’s Race.

We are hearing from multiple sources of additional scrutiny expected into former City Council Mayoral candidate Melvin Carter III (DFL) background and finances. These types of rumors were discussed prior to the St Paul City DFL Convention, by never materialized. We...

Capitol City Mayor’s Race 2017

The filing period for Mayor has commenced and will continue until August 15th. To date the field consists of: former City Council Member (Ward One) Melvin Carter III (DFL), Elizabeth Dickinson (GR), former School Board Member Tom Goldstein (DFL), businessman Tim...