Patrick McDougle

You can tell it was a rush job because he didn't even consider that instead of a man wearing a helmet it could be seen as a birdman holding a baseball bat.

In 2022, the @minnesotareformer.com published a seven-part explanation of how Minnesota elections work authored by yours truly. Changes since then are generally minor, so the series still is relevant. If anyone has anything they want an update on or any remaining questions, please ask. 🧵

Coworker noticed my shirt choice today...mission accomplished.

Show up at the polls w/fluorescent vests & whistles? Cruise around polling place in car, bike or foot? Think how that looks to Jo Median Voter who has never seen that outside their polling place before. Remember how scary the trucks felt during the Uprising? Don’t do initimidators’ work for them.

Wow, @startribune.com. This is absolutely irresponsible and needs an immediate retraction. Refuting your own headline right in the story.

Digging into the mayor's recommended budget...if the MPD training and wellness center was so critical to the settlement agreement why didn't he override CLIC in his capital budget recommendations?

So we're going set an appropriately high operating license fee to make up for all the tax money that workers won't be paying when they lose their jobs (income tax) and properties (property tax)?

This overtime abuse should be garnished back to us over a period of a few years. Completely unacceptable that they're gonna get away with this theft with less than a slap on the wrist.

What a breakdown in democracy that we’ve ceded control of AI to tech sociopaths, an amoral marketplace, all manner of grifters up and down and in and outside of government, while the citizenry is just left to sit around and watch Pandora’s Unboxing Video.

So we're supposed to believe none of that financial mess happened in the First Precinct downtown, where current chief Bill Peterson previously served as an inspector? Let's see the overtime he approved.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

In Minnesota, bigfoot would need to swear they are a US citizen and is over 18 (under penalty of perjury) and would likey need a voucher verifying their residence. Unless they could prove residence in the other ways allowable under MN law.

Anyone know what series of digital information mismanagements would have led me to getting an email from the republican party of New Mexico?

Um if we're getting federal forfeiture funds I want that going right into the general fund.

The degree to which police departments have financial incentives to over-respond to situations where their presence is straight up not needed at ALL, because they can make a bunch of extra money for zero personal risk, is something that even the pro-cop brigade should be concerned about.

If anyone is looking for something to do tonight...phenomenal storytellers with proceeds benefiting local memory care homes

Anyone wanna bet that they spun down the horse police in this way to deny the council doing it again this budget cycle when police spending is top of many residents minds?

The city council never asks a second favor once they've refused the first, understood?

You'd think after 2 or 3 of these, there'd be a list of houses to not send swat to until the need for it has been verified.

You do this when you need spin control on the questions. When you need to give the media some lead time to side with you ahead of the troubling answers.

Hey charter commission, we need a mechanism to remove a tyrant from the mayor's office. At what point do we call this malfeasance?

Chughtai says MPD was ready to present today but was directed by the mayor not to.

I am a math teacher (now professor). I generally dislike math textbooks, usually because they're organized poorly, but sometimes are just flat out offensive. I just encountered an example now. "Vanessa's doctor put her on a sensible diet and exercise plan to get her back to a healthy weight."

FYI this was referred back to staff so no date for the hearing was set.

Did any true city nerds notice how I incorporated the park board's strategic initiatives in my BET hearing speech?

Being that guy, I feel obligated to respond. MPD is like when your kid racks up hundreds of dollars of pointless in-app purchases and you can't afford your medical bills (health department) and at the end of the ordeal you don't actually have anything that benefits your household.

Hearing bonus awooos today? "As the work moves across the county, the public may occasionally hear brief “growl tests” of 10-15 seconds meant to test individual sirens in their neighborhoods." content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd...

The city council needs to stop being nice about this "defund by foot dragging" strategy. The mayor and departments need to be held accountable to execute the budget.

all of @katiecashman.bsky.social 's bathroom puns seem to have been in vein. Council + public works have flushed it down the drain. lims.minneapolismn.gov/RCA/27072

Local media reports that I'm "smart as hell". 🧠

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Make a band bigger INXL

I think probably a 3? I welcome candor in the replys.

Based on this comment and email replys I've received, I think we have the BET votes for full park funding. Olson, EHB, Payne and Chughtai. Brandt was in favor of 4% but not full. Frey would probably vote along his budget.

Or if anyone asks there were more than one spider man and we can't know that the person who was arrested was the same one who punched Lang.

I guess the Riot statute works too.