Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

That even Hodges seems overly concerned with Rich People Issues like this is why I'm pretty sure I'm going to put Cohen and Samuels in for #1 and #2 on my ballot.

Sorry to hijack this thread with Minneapolis-only issues. Is there a better thread for this to have gone on?

Nah, I may be a stpaulish type but I have a vested interest in dicks fighting public transportation anywhere in our fair cities

otoh, apparently Cohen is against the SW line altogether. It seems like Samuels is the only candidate who doesn't have at least one highly objectionable position. I mean, that "six families" thing is weird, but

er, wait, no he's against streetcars. I'm going to shut up now. ooh, I wonder how much money cherryhomes would give me to vote for her.

People I trust are telling me to vote hodges

i'm against the streetcars too! fucking dumb idea if you ask me. but nobody did, because i live in stp.

jesus god what

http://www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/a-minneapolis-mayoral-forum-for-the-rest-of-us

Danger Boat Productions is excited to announce a first-of-its-kind forum and debate featuring the leading candidates for mayor of Minneapolis and hosted by the improv theater troupe The Theater of Public Policy. Never before have the top candidates vying to lead a major metropolitan city participated in a live, on-stage conversation that was then interpreted and performed in real time by improvisers.

bryant lake bowl servers are generally as surly as DMV employees

Never before have the top candidates vying to lead a major metropolitan city participated in a live, on-stage conversation that was then interpreted and performed in real time by improvisers.

there may be a reason for this

Tane Danger

that old DJP classic: "i literally do not have enough face to palm"

mn continues to go hard in the paint on the "our politics are more insane than yours" game

Improv theater is literally the worst thing in the world.

Will the dude from Owl City show up to provide music?

I know the mayor doesn't have direct authority over education, but no way do I want a board member of Teach for America--Samuels--in the mayor's office.

That said, I like Samuels a lot in other ways--love his story about his vocal group in Jamaica.

And I know great TFA teachers, etc.

"know there are"--ugh, I'll stop posting now

This blog is really good on the topic: http://naomikritzer.livejournal.com/

here's a good starting page for the candidate summaries: http://naomikritzer.livejournal.com/275312.html

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/419024/

More than half of the 31 departments at Minnesota State University Moorhead could be considered for tenured faculty layoffs and program closures to resolve the school’s projected $5 million deficit.

sigh

Happy holidays, Minnesotans!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIhwV_XTETc

Oh wow I remember that

Yeah me too!

Final shot should be the two tots frozen in the snow next to the leering snowman

that... looks familiar!

Such terror that last shot gave me as a kid!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BalZ6bUCMAAzdtV.jpg:large

Such an amazing pic.

never two more apt expressions

wario and eeyore

i mean could you encapsulate public funding of NFL stadiums better in 1000 words? a million words? no way

Pulitzer. Right now.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/891754d9ce752adb8d3139be40e78610/tumblr_mz5g4a1gv11r5yoejo1_1280.jpg

http://mn70s.tumblr.com/post/72788808339/co-op-war-factions-face-off-outside-mill-city

"Co-op War" Factions Face Off Outside Mill City Foods, Minneapolis, 1976

Tensions between two competing factions in the Twin Cities food cooperative movement turned violent on January 9, 1976, when several members of the “Co-op Organization,” or “CO,” assaulted two workers at Minneapolis’s Seward Community Co-op. The CO was a group of politically-motivated activists dedicated to serving the interests of the working class. Opposing them were the more loosely organized “whole foods” folks who wanted to provide healthful and socially-responsible alternatives to the big grocery stores. The take-over at Seward was brief and helped galvanize opposition to the CO and its methods. By the end of the decade, it was clear that “hippy,” whole food types had defeated the “Marxists” in what are now known as the Twin Cities co-op wars.

i read about that a few months ago! so crazy.

i'm not clear from this on what the marxists wanted.

cheap food for all (BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY) rather than organic food for the well-to-do?

seems like, yeah

yeah that didn't work out huh

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_24946706/st-paul-cusp-transit-transformation

golly

I am happy that this is the mn story from today that grabbed your attention

why which one was i supposed to read?

a horrible shitty store in Duluth being racist

oh i saw that too, but this story appeared to contain news

hey good news for downtown mpls:

http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/mayo-clinic-headed-to-block-e

though it seems contrary to the mayo's mission of wellness to allow the shout house to operate in the same building

piano man is good for your cholesterol

that's actually awesome! something actually useful downtown! crazy talk

http://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/02/the-400-bar-plans-to-reopen-at-the-mall-of-america/

bahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa

I saw that and smdh doesn't come close to covering it

http://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2014/02/soul-searching-second-thoughts-follow-vote-mental-health-facility

oh the things homeowners say

one of those guys is literally saying not it my backyard

good god

i mean how many people would we really be helping anyway