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They have staff reports and industry talking points. We have experts and community. Join us today at 12:30pm at the Hennepin County Govt. Center and take a stand for the #FreedomToBreathe clean air: secure.everyaction.com/335l1vTHYEqiNc…

@WedgeLIVE I think bringing BCR "in-house" as well as safety ambassadors and violence interrupters is a great idea. FWIW

Combine the public works trash call center into 311. City auditor said he didn't even know the city had this until the consultant pointed it out. Consider bringing Behavioral Crisis Response in-house rather than as a contracted service.

Consultant hired by the city of Minneapolis to do a "workforce optimization assessment" has come back with some potentially provocative "recommendations for further study, contemplation or consideration."

@JoshMartinMpls The county is huge and does a much better job of setting up obstacles to engagement. The city assessors can be much more responsive and focused. Centralizing the services at the county level seems risky to me, and unlikely to save much money unless quality goes way down.

I’m open to exploring the other ideas. In particular, consolidating property assessments under Hennepin County seems to make a lot of sense. (2/2)

Absolutely not on the proposal to do away with full-time council members. (Or how it will end up working in practice, like other legislative bodies - full-time work for part-time pay.) (1/2)

Check out the latest Mill City Hall podcast and the amazing list of resources it includes to offer you, virtually, more than everything you ever wanted to know about the 2026 Hennepin County Attorney race. millcityhall.com/episodes/2026-…

The Mpls Charter Commission wants to silence the community by eliminating public input into important appointments like Police Chief. Don't let them. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟔, 𝟒 𝐩𝐦, 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐒 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝟑𝟓𝟎

YOU can break the machine... It's easy! Just #VoteGreen

"Commissioner Conley: stop avoiding your constituents. Stop repeating pro-incinerator talking points. Follow zero waste experts and public health science." - Professor Leslie Myint Contact your county commissioner: bit.ly/endthestrike26 #FreedomToBreathe

@taylr And non R or D Party candidates can and have won in MN. Fyi

true! also true: they take their candidates to speak to washington county republicans (anders folk). they put republican CD5 vice chair mitch rossow in ads (elizabeth shaffer). they create PACs calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey (steve minn) taylordahlin.com/f/minneapolis-…

the humphrey project is just a grievance project of some cis prob largely white men who feel that minnesota politics in a DSA era has moved in a direction that leaves them behind, and instead of adapting their organizing tactics to keep up, they’re making websites to complain

@WedgeLIVE Toddrick could also step down gracefully acknowledging that it is not wise to remain without the full trust and confidence of the council, while committing to do all he can to facilitate a smooth transition.

The city attorney's legal interpretation that a veto means Barnette is eligible for a "neverending loop" of rejection sounds fun for him. Another option is Frey accepts he needs to get a nominee confirmed. Then he finds one that can. kare11.com/article/news/l…

According to the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy—a well-regarded group—the first four big tech companies to report their earnings have disclosed that they have received, collectively, $51 billion in federal tax breaks in 2025. The big four are Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Tesla. They disclosed that they reported $315 billion in U.S. profits in 2025 and “collectively paid just 4.9 percent of that amount in federal corporate income taxes—with Tesla paying exactly zero.” “These tax breaks come on top of a far larger tax benefit that these companies enjoyed last year by virtue of the 2017 Trump tax cut’s reduction in the statutory tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. The baseline amount of tax owed on these companies’ $315 billion of U.S. income in 2025 would have been $44 billion higher absent the 2017 rate cuts.” When are the American people going to organize back in their districts to focus on the tiny number of human beings to make sure all this never happens again? The 535 members of Congress. You already have, people, about 30 percent of the Congress on your side to begin with! But without organized civic lobby groups back home, the corporations are moving relentlessly to become zero federal income tax payers. Already scores of corporations pay no federal income taxes year after year. This is an outrage and there is no defense against it once people organize against their two Senators and Representatives. -R

@WedgeLIVE Business development?

Mayor Frey finds his third term sweet spot: "We can't be messing with Cuba, bathhouses, and drug paraphernalia!"

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You should never let national media tell the Minneapolis story, not ever

We need real review for data centers in MN, and the law does not yet provide for it. Demand that Gov @Tim_Walz and the MNLeg do their jobs and establish commonsense requirements for DCs - a full enviro study and permit. Take this @MCEA1974 action today: mncenter.org/demand-strong-…

@WedgeLIVE Showing up for agenda setting is a big deal. The good caring departments heads who want to make a difference almost always fo it. Missing them sends a big message of not valuing the city council and throught that, diverse community needs and values.

Council members who voted against Barnette described his office not showing up to be part of the council's work, a lack of preparation, large budget overruns.

With Barnette's failed confirmation we see the limitations of the "fuck you, who needs you?" strategy. This is why Frey is working so hard to eliminate confirmation votes for other city departments. He thinks this is how a mayor should operate.

Let's go Minnesota!

@deenafaywinter I'm not even sure if that's legal. He nominated, they did not consent. The charter requires council consent. It says nothing about him being able to veto them when they do not consent. Do 5 votes to confirm mean consent from a group of 13? Can we hear from an impartial lawyer?

Frey says he’ll veto Minneapolis City Council’s ouster of public safety commissioner startribune.com/minneapolis-co…

@Gebo___ Here is something I wrote with a few more details months ago - southsidepride.com/2025/09/03/sol… Here is a Transition Plan developed by Zero Waste USA under contract with the MN Environmental Justice Table. It builds on the HC's Zero Waste Plan. sahanjournal.com/wp-content/upl…

@Gebo___ There are transition plans already written. One accounts for a small increase in land filling while waste recovery ramps up. It also includes stronger regulations on waste. I think requiring all generators of waste to separate out organics & recylables is one step we van do ASAP.

I’m all for closing the HERC but there needs to be an alternative dump site first. We can’t just close down the HERC with no real plan for where to put the trash. 365,000 tons of trash needs to go somewhere.

@WedgeLIVE Even under the old charter this was a problem. I couldn't get an opinion on the new Viking Stadium funding proposal RT and the DFLers seemed to love so much from CA Segal and resorted to paying out of pocket to get one from a private attorney.

Council Member Chowdhury describes CAO refusing to engage in policy discussion with outside advocates, and forcing the city council to play a "game of telephone." "I felt very in the middle and struggled to bridge that communication gap."

Council Member Stevenson: Council and mayor share the city attorney. When it comes to advising council on policy the mayor opposes, there are competing interests. Is this an issue in your work? City Atty Kristyn Anderson: "I do not... It's the city that is actually my client."

@WedgeLIVE She (err the Mayor) could offer to carve out a deputy position assigned to work and office with the council and be selected and supervised by council leadership and not required to share sensitive policy considerations with the City Attorney.

Stevenson: Would you support independent legal counsel for the city council? Anderson: The charter would have to change. City charter says the city attorney is the lawyer for the entire city. "I think that that is a huge advantage for all concerned."