The Monday After for Belton

It is our understanding that a considerable shake-up is well under-way in the Belton campaign following the Saturday endorsing convention fiasco. A new campaign manager was the first item on the agenda, closely followed by an all-out war strategy in lieu of the...

Not a Good Day for Labor

It was not a good day for organized Labor at the city convention as many of their pre-convention endorsed candidates failed to secure DFL Party endorsement. Labor worked hard and strongly supported Sharon Sayles Belton (DFL) in the Mayor’s race and saw that two of...

Stopping by for a Visit

Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein dropped by the convention with a small entourage in tow. Included in his posse was Patrick Rosenstiel a Republican political operative who we understand will be managing his bid for the mayoral post in...

Minneapolis Convention Highlights and Lowlights

The gloomy, cloudy sky was a foreshadowing of the events set to occur at the Minneapolis DFL City Convention as far as two-term incumbent Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton should view things now. The delegates at the convention declined to endorse a candidate for mayor on...

Post Convention Comments With Sharon Sayles Belton

The perspectives of Sharon Sayles Belton C&B: What happened here tonight? Sayles Belton: “We always knew that regardless what happened at tonight’s convention we would be facing the same people out in the streets. So we go out in the streets and face them in...