😁 optimistic MPLS progressive 🌇 CLIC appointee, OpenStreetMap editor 👢taller than necessary
Minneapolis, MN
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Regret to share that I’m suspending my campaign for Park Board in order to prioritize my health, my full-time job, and other prior commitments.
I greatly appreciate the guidance and support that I received from so many of you over the past 3 months!
After a ton of harassment and truly vile MAGA replies to a recently viral post + Elon’s promotion of Grok nudification of real women, I’m stepping away from this app again, perhaps for good.
I’ve watched the video. DHS is lying. The victim was trying to drive away when ICE was approaching from behind to make her get out of the car. The shooter didn’t fall over or get hit by the car, he just murdered her as she was driving away.
Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism.
An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.
He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers.
The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. The ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries.
This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement. These men and women who are simply enforcing the law on the books are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats.
This is an evolving situation, and we will give the public more information as soon as it becomes available.
I’m a proponent of some pedestrianization efforts in the city, but I don’t think we should detour a BRT line to make it happen. BRT thru that intersection is more positive for the businesses there than pedestrianization. And n’hood residents are far from united on desired layout.
Even with this high-profile incident, Minneapolis carjackings are still down 33% YTD vs last year, and down 52% vs the 3-year-avg.
Robbery *in general* is down 33%. But most people don’t know that, because the absence of crime isn’t as interesting to consumers of news.
Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman carjacked by two people startribune.com/minneapolis-…
Jordan Leick retweeted
Maybe the lesson is not "Democrats should run moderates" or "Democrats should run socialists" but "Democrats should run candidates who are likable and have politics that are appealing in the specific places they are running."
Without looking, how do you think the number of year-to-date Minneapolis shootings, shooting victims, and homicides compare to last year and 3-year-average?
7%More this year
21%About the same (+/- 5%)
71%Fewer this year
14 votes • Final resultsIt used to be rare to have other bike riders waiting at a red light with me downtown, but I feel like I’ve been seeing it a lot more often.
Maybe something to do with in-office mandates? In any case, I enjoy having Active Transportation buddies on my commute.
The new multi-use path along the north side of Lowry Ave NE is now open from Central to Johnson! (This was Phase 2; Phase 1 from Washington to Central was completed last year.)
Pilgrimage (5 minute walk) to the neighborhood park where KAT filmed a Gatorade commercial last year.
May he, and the Wolves, continue to experience playoff success!
Incredible turnout for the MPRB Arbor Day event down in Kenny park!
I especially enjoyed getting to hear the Arborators play a concert after they climbed high into a cluster of trees 🌲🌳🌲
Visited 9 parks tonight and there were SO MANY people out enjoying the perfect weather, in all kinds of ways!
Which park do you think had the most people?
(Elwell Park had just one person 😬)
73%Boom Island
18%Father Hennepin Bluff
0%Graco
9%Van Cleve
11 votes • Final results
A shooting homicide over the weekend ended this two-month streak. Homicides still down more than 50% YTD versus the previous 3 year average.
20% drop in homicides nationwide, with Detroit, LA, Baltimore, Philly all reporting their fewest first quarter homicides since the 1960s.
After 1.25 million rides in Minneapolis last year —the highest since 2019— the shared bike and scooter fleet will be 17% larger in 2025 compared to 2024.
Bikes: 1500 ➡️ 2000
Scooters: 1900 ➡️ 2000
Some new on-street corral locations as well!
