Support for the Mayor’s Budget

When St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman (DFL) announced his proposed budget, many were quick to write the epitaph for his Gubernatorial campaign. The 23.9% property tax increase is a response to the State Supreme Court action on the collection of Right-of-Way fees. This...

2017 House State Fair Poll

Minnesota Report Official Ballot  Minnesota House of Representatives 2017 State Fair Poll Question 1. Should handheld cell phone use be illegal when operating a motor vehicle, except in emergency situations?...

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...

Mill City Mayor’s Race 2017

Here is a sample of the discussions that we are having and hearing as we head to the start of the spring to the November finish line. What will matter, what will get people’s attention and other thoughts – random or otherwise. Filing – will there be any...

The Old Saw of Twin City Municipal Tensions: Neighborhoods v. Downtown

Former Minneapolis City Council member Steve Cramer, now head of the Downtown Council rekindled a long simmering debate in Minneapolis recently with a Counterpoint Opinion Piece in the Star Tribune entitled In planning the city’s new core, we look up, not down....

St Paul Building & Trades Endorse for St Paul Mayor

We just learned the St Paul Building & Trades endorsed former City Council member Pat Harris (DFL)…. This content is for Monthly General Subscription, Monthly Premium Subscription, Annual General Subscription, Annual Premium Subscription, Statewide Political...