Minneapolis
Minnesota For Sale: work in progress
I’m digging into the campaign finance reports filed earlier this week and a new, big player has appeared on the scene: Working Peoples Project. The Project is a special purpose entity created to support the campaign of state Sen. Omar Fateh for mayor…
As urban downtowns decline, ‘suburban downtowns’ rise
One of the consequences of the collapse of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul is the rise of…
Minneapolis to consider raising utility bills for green…
The Sahan Journal reports about an ordinance under consideration in Minneapolis that would increase…
Detroit on the Mississippi
As the core cities continue their collapse into oblivion, surrounding suburbs step up to fill the…
The DFL money game 2025
2025 is an off-year for elections in Minnesota, except for the municipal contests in Minneapolis and…
‘A Precarious State’
The Minneapolis Star Tribune rebuts the Rick Kupchella documentary on the decline and fall of the Twin Cities. Last week, I reviewed and recommended the 59-minute film. The headline of my piece was, “Decline is a choice.” The Star Tribune votes,…
Research finds that falling demand, not rising supply,…
In December 2018, Minneapolis became the first city in the United States to eliminate single-family…
Decline is a choice
DO NOT USE AS COVER IMAGE, shows up poorly on social media Perusing the platform of the…
In the city
Minneapolis Sometime between 2017 and 2020, I was walking north up Hennepin Avenue at about 5pm. I…
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