The view from atop the firetruck, supporting Rebecca Noecker for County at Cinco de Mayo I feel like James Bond in A View to a Kill!

So far this April we have raised more than $1250 and are so close to unlocking our $1,500 match. For the next 48 hours, every dollar will still be doubled. If you’ve been meaning to support Sustain Saint Paul, this is the moment. www.sustainstpaul.org/donate

Join us tomorrow 5:30pm for a virtual phonebank for Rebecca Noecker for Ramsey County D5! 📞 Rebecca will be a powerful advocate for important projects like West7th, RiversEdge, and Ford Spur acquisition. Come by for an hour or two anytime you are free. actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...

This is a comprehensive walkthrough of the issue of development around Saint Thomas. streets.mn/2025/08/26/s...

Ran into our future Senator @peggyflanagan.bsky.social at the SD64 convention!

Congrats to the new State Senator for SD51, @simonfor51.bsky.social! This has been a heck of a ride. Thank you also to Heather Starks for running a classy, positive, issues-driven campaign. Now I need to sleep!

SD51 Senate endorsement result: Simon Trautmann Cordova. Heather Starks conceding and is amped to help win the district. Still doing good work on Bloomington school board. Great two candidates

Gonna try to organize SD51 observations in a thread starting... now

I couldn't have said it better. Thank you @seankershaw.bsky.social

The right answer is “yes”

I emailed them both. Noecker responded affirmatively, in detail, within a day, both in writing and by phone. Perez-Vega took a week and responded negatively, listing her other priorities and why a Ford Spur trail was a waste of her time and money.

I asked the candidates for Ramsey County District 5 if they would prioritize acquiring the Ford Spur and building the promised mixed-use trail on it (from Highland Bridge to Randolph Ave). Rebecca Noecker said yes. Maria Perez-Vega said no. So I’ll be endorsing Noecker at the District 64 Convention.

Sustain Saint Paul has been busy. Statewide housing work with Yes2Homes. Local efforts like Traditional Neighborhood zoning and the Summit Ave Regional Trail. Every gift this month will be matched. Help us reach $1,500 by April 30. www.sustainstpaul.org/donate

Happy Easter!🐣 You knock him down, he just keeps getting back up!!!!

Finally got my car fixed, making me once again a citizen in the eyes of Saint Paul.

This April, we are working to raise $1,500 by April 30 to unlock a full matching gift. Every dollar will be DOUBLED. If you care about thoughtful growth and a welcoming Saint Paul, now is the time to give. www.sustainstpaul.org/donate

An absolute must watch, people! I was there in person and much of the analysis presented felt like a gut punch. The current state of the city is very sobering. But we have to understand the problem to start fixing it, I guess.

Follow along easily with the slide deck, which you can download at this link - drive.google.com/file/d/1jXj1...

Here is the long-awaited recording from last week's presentation Solving Saint Paul's Fiscal Challenges with Urban3!💵📈🏙️ Thank you for the overwhelming interest in both the event and the video!💙 youtu.be/ynmdVS3JsrI?...

Summit Ave as a bikeway is essential infrastructure of American democracy

It was amazing to see how many people came out today. But the legacy of the last five months—the lives lost and destroyed, the people torn out of our community, the damage that is still everywhere you look—is sitting so heavily. The stakes are so unbelievably high.

Bruce Springsteen: This past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis. Well, they picked the wrong city.

The out-of-state celebrities at MN’s No Kings: ICE is bad, war is bad, billionaires are bad, we need better health care! Vote! Organize! The Minnesotans at MN’s No Kings: EVERY ICE AGENT MUST PAY AND KRISTI NOEM WILL BURN IN HELL

Kings are bad

Dozens of protesters at the no kings rally

NO KINGS BUT DRAG KINGS

THANK YOU for attending our presentation Solving Saint Paul's Fiscal Challenges with Urban3!🏘️📈💵 This incredible turnout demonstrates both the urgent need for data-driven solutions as well as the commitment and love that Saint Paul residents have for our city.💙🏙️

Look at all these people that love Saint Paul! What an event!

Hell yeah

LVT is definitely a critical component of the solution!

This exciting and FREE presentation is just two days away!⏲️(Thursday 7pm) Join SustainSP and other Saint Paulites committed to developing a fiscally sustainable Saint Paul to learn how our land use decisions shape our city's budget - and by extension, our future!🏘️📈🏙️

With the new closure of the Speedy Foods and the “24 hour” Speedway never being open, there is officially nowhere in walking distance of my apartment by Como Park to buy milk and eggs.

Excited for this!! We need city-wide conversations about strategies to build a stronger economic future for Saint Paul and Heather Worthington and the @sustainstpaul.bsky.social team are the perfect people to be leading that charge.

🗓️ONE WEEK AWAY! Solving Saint Paul's Fiscal Challenges - presented by Urban3 Have you ever wondered🤔 - Why have property taxes been rising?📈 - How does commercial loss downtown affect the rest of the city?🏙️ - What do we do about it?🏘️ This is the presentation for you!

Today, the start of the CVS demolition marked an important step toward a safer, more vibrant Midway. But only hours later, one person was murdered and another critically injured just blocks away—a tragic, painful reminder of how far we have to go to build a community that is truly safe for all.

Does anyone want to take a stab at what “leave a future” means? Unironically. Like… obviously the grammar makes no sense, but I don’t even understand what this is supposed to evoke. Why am I “leaving” a future? Do I not want a future?

Let’s go Land Value Tax! Let’s make sure the CVS lot gets filled ASAP!!!

CVS demo means less property taxes, which is bad. But the building had to go, it was dragging down the whole community. Land Value Tax solves the problem of perverse incentives where we are scared to demo a vacant building.

This is the first day of my life Swear I was born right in the doorway I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed They're spreading blankets on the beach

#CVSwatch - they started on the side closest to the alley, so know the work isn’t visible from the street. They also put up plywood to stop us watching too closely. My plan is to come back around 3 ish to hang out at the Loon and hope to catch the facade coming down. Join me!

See you, Midway CVS!

It’s goin down. I’m yelling “timberrrr”!

You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?

Gotta look at it a while, find the weak spots

This is the last thing that CVS is gonna see before the backhoe clamps down.

It’s still there. At least there are some trucks and workers milling about though. Movement?

BEGONE!

I’m super excited about this nerd event. Let’s talk property taxes!!!!

📅 CAN'T MISS EVENT: Solving Saint Paul’s Fiscal Challenges with Urban3🏙️ Join us Thursday, March 26 (7–8:30pm) at the Minnesota Museum of American Art (The M) for a presentation on how land use shapes Saint Paul’s long-term financial health. 🧵 RSVP actionnetwork.org/events/solvi...

I’m told the demo is off for today, on for tomorrow.