Hello, I wrote a big ass thing about property taxes. It contains personal details and so it's juicy. leaflet.pub/0588a2f0-b7a...

*weeping* Death to the 54. Long live the 54.

Yelling “Yay school!” At the sullen teenagers trudging to the bus stop.

My banger of an OpEd in the Community Reporter. Tl:Dr You can't get what you want & most of the people bitching are gonna die soon so planners should only engage with kids. Community Voices: Stalled West 7th Improvements Are On The Community, Too communityreporter.org/community-vo...

My friend Dana on the Death of Riverview and Moving Forward. Well worth your time. communityreporter.org/community-vo...

Larry Jacobs remains a profoundly unserious political thinker, his column exhorts the new Her Admin to put apartments into the Landmark Towers. It’s a great idea! So great that it happened in June of this year in the Carter Admin. www.twincities.com/2025/12/15/l...

Very few of you live in leg. district 64A in Minnesota as I do but IF YOU DO, please know there's a primary election TOMORROW. My dear friend @megl.bsky.social is a candidate, you can learn all about her here - www.megfor64a.com/meet-meg -, and here's also a picture of her rescue corgi Lulu.

dudes rock. youtu.be/iNGClJV92h8?... via @garbageday.email

I don’t think you should be allowed to have more than $20 million. Anything beyond that you get sent to a minimum security prison staffed by accountants who work with you to get you under 20 and then we let you back out.

I’m trying to write a 2025 retrospective for myself mostly and man it sounds basic but politics is a rough business. Our current era feels especially psychotic but also all my forebears still in the game have been psychos for years.

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

My fav Rafael Ortega story was a community hearing about the Ford Site where he kept calling @tombasgen.bsky.social "Tom Baggins"

Plows crawling in the quiet of the morning in Saint Paul.

Literally any "Why?" question you have about Snow Plowing in a major city can be answered with "Well we let you park your cars on the street and you don't move them."

Saint Paul: This past weekend we held our DFL convention for the 64A race where public school parent & powerhouse labor lawyer Meg Luger-Nikolai earned endorsement after five rounds of ballots. Here’s her speech that shows exactly why she’d be effective on day one. Vote megfor64A.com on Dec.16th

Free yourself. Shovel your patch of Earth. Free your mind.

I have already completed my shoveling because I love shoveling. You feel strong. You feel helpful. You’re amongst nature even when in the city.

@tombasgen.bsky.social Pino Jr says he can't stand losing to Devin Booker

We did a real wild 6 candidate show down convention in 5 hours today for 64a and I got to dress like one of the Jokers Henchmen while doing it.

sgt at arms @tombasgen.bsky.social wearing sunglasses now

Lisan al ghaib.

i met the sgt at arms tom basgen. he is wearing a purple track suit. gopnik style

If we do end up having a super winter and we end up with big mounds of ice blocking stuff I have already test my big ass steel digging spear and it works beautifully.

The Budget has passed. I am on leave until 2026. I am bad at taking vacation so please pretend I am dead until a new calendar year. I still have to recover from this damn eye surgery.

Wow it’s Spotify wrapped day and for the 8th year in a row my number one song is Kow Otani’s theme song to Gundam Wing.

Text poll going out tonight from COMMON SENSE MINNESOTA, which after some light snooping is a reskin of Mitchell Williamson's RENEW MINNESOTA which is a Republican Attack Group funded by ex Target CEO's and other people with RETIRED and CEO in their google results. Give em junk data.

Don't just repost this and think "I did a politics." Put the number in your phone as a contact. The Goon Squad got their budget multiplied by 10x next year and not if - when you see them you're not gonna remember the tweet or the number so put it in your phone now.

I am haunted by this post. I saw it this morning and have been thinking about it all day. Like it’s one thing to do something this stupid in the first place. It’s another level entirely to post it as a PSA on the neighborhood Facebook page.

Duluth:

Minnetonka:

Move your cars. Help your neighbors. Feed your snowplow drivers. Thanks @dunkindonutscoffee.bsky.social

I've had a tough year but I think Max Brosmer's had a tougher year inside this single game. He will be Yipped for the rest of his life after this.

Saint Paul declared a snow emergency. Here’s the info: www.stpaul.gov/departments/...

How much trouble would I get in if I switched my Out of Office auto reply to just a crisp JPG of my freaky post surgery eye until it was all healed up?

I probably have a pretty uniquely poisoned Facebook algorithm but the road condition complaints I am seeing after our first winter weather feel truly wild this year. I just read a comment on the Mayor’s page asking for prioritization of a dead end and boy that’s not how that works.

Still laughing about Taylr having a Lucille Bluth moment with Mudonna. “Michael what is this disgusting Pink Beast and why do the neighbors have it flirting with RT?”

Glad to see Mudonna bringing cheer to regions that don't get a celeb of this caliber too often. It's easy to take her for granted when you live in the same city.

I had eye surgery two days ago but managed to last two hours to eat a meal at the big ass Basgen Thanksgiving. Grateful!

Wow! Happy Thanksgiving! Very grateful to have you all in my life, ditto for @scoopsstp.bsky.social, @shovelfoot.bsky.social, @babayulia.bsky.social, @pinko-machinist.bsky.social !!

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful we have Bluesky, which has turned out to be a much less toxic and addictive version of Twitter while still meeting my needs to make my little posts and trade jokes with all of you here. I appreciate what we've created.

Happy Thanksgiving, Patrick! @derzquist.net, @tombasgen.bsky.social and I are thankful that you moved to St. Paul so you can join in on the most St Paul Thanksgiving tradition...

Saint Paul City Council has called for an investigation into police use of force and separation ordinance compliance. Here's the press release, in multiple parts, I got via email at 5:40pm today. I want to thank the Councilmembers for their public statements on this issue.

If you wondered like me if Rep Davids had a speeding ticket the answer is duh. 83 in a 65 but the copper locked it in at 81.

Watching.

Shout out to that voice actor who suggests watching Star Wars in 4-5-1-2-3-6 order so that you get to “Luke I am your father.” In classic fashion and then you understand Darth Vader as a fallen war hero in this huge flashback and then BAM you get his redemption.

I don't think we should require return to office as a sort of economic lever for the city of St Paul, but I do think that as our capital city, every other city in the state should pay us tribute. Maybe have a ceremony in City Hall, where they bring gifts from their their various exotic locales

@tombasgen.bsky.social thinking of Pino Jr. yelling "THEY'RE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET!"

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