"we strongly recommend taking transit" and "no bags allowed, if you bring any, you will be asked to return them to your vehicle" in the same event information email is so funny

The Socialist Scare™ is really irking me these days!! I think it's very silly! And, in addition to that, I think it's really silly when people talk about Cashman this way! I was curious what the numbers said, so I made a chart from data from @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social's tracker.

Don’t like talking to people face to face?? There will also (likely!) be: - texting folks to make sure they voted - taping signs on apartment building doors telling people where to vote - organizing & transporting things - more!

One of my favorite things to do on Election Day is take the day off & drive turnout in apartment buildings. I’m convinced this effort is one of the reasons Katie won in 2023. It’s fun! It’s energizing! You’ll meet cool people! You’ll feel good about yourself! Submit that PTO request this week 😎

also i want to point out back in january, we heard a new playground would take more than a year and could cost $400,000 or more. instead, katie cashman found a playground that will be installed in october for only $173,500. @katiecashman.bsky.social delivering for ward 7! bsky.app/profile/tayl...

bill mondale photographing aisha chughtai and katie cashman on the wards 10 and 7 border recreating minny & paul the twins logo at open streets hennepin via eric harris bernstein on instagram @aishaforward10.com @katiecashman.bsky.social @ehbforbet.bsky.social plus @eeewade.bsky.social

It was so fun to door knock with CM Chowdhury & CM Chavez tonight! They each have their own campaigns to run & chose to spend this time supporting a colleague who needs their help. Just so kind & lovely. Be like them & come knock some doors with Katie & her team & future guest stars!

We're building incredible momentum on the doors and on the phones, but we need your help to make sure we can sustain that momentum through Election Day. My birthday fundraiser is ending soon, and we're just over $1000 short of our goal. Pitch in here, if you can: secure.actblue.com/donate/32-32

I've heard people wondering about ranked choice voting, so I'm reposting my explainer from 2021. The TLDR version is just rank your three favorite (or least unfavorite) candidates in order. But you can read this if you want a deep dive. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Exciting news: In The Heart of the Beast puppet theater will be moving to the new Hennepin Ave (at 24th Street). This pretend dog has been fooling children and other dogs all day at open streets.

First-ever Open Streets Hennepin: huge success ☺️

After listening to all three @wedge.live interviews, I’m failing to detect a meaningful difference in what Fateh, Hampton, & Davis have to say about rent control. Is this just pandering to me, the Wedge Live! pro-housing-production audience?? Or is there not a lot of distance between the three??

I will be at Open Streets Hennepin tomorrow with team @katiecashman.bsky.social! We’ll have these coveted bandanas & water bottles - yours when you make a gift of any size while supplies last 🌻 & you can pick up an apartment sign so all your neighbors know you’re voting for the pro-renter candidate

Walking around Ward 7 it feels to me like we could use a lot more orange! If you’d like a Katie lawn sign or apartment sign you can order one here: secure.actblue.com/donate/katie...

There's an interesting history about the two-way bike lane on the *east side* of Hennepin Ave. On Hennepin, the West side is in Ward 7 & the East side is in Ward 10. At the time when this plan was passed, Lisa Goodman was the Ward 7 CM & Aisha Chughtai was the Ward 10 CM. Just very interesting :)

Congrats to all of the @movemnaction.bsky.social endorsed candidates in Minneapolis! These are your true transit champions, please support them in your races and vote for them this year! Mayor: @omarfatehmn.com @dewayneforminneapolis.com @jazzformayor.bsky.social movemnaction.org/endorsements/

The thing that is most sad about this to me: if someone was trying out the bus for the first time on this special transit day they may have a crappy experience & may not try again. There were buses on Nicollet for my morning commute, I hope it’ll be the same this afternoon

Council Member Katie Cashman taking a victory lap on the Loring Greenway playground issue. The City of Minneapolis is acquiring an unused playset from Austin, TX using Hennepin County grant money.

As we get nearer to Election Day, I think it’s worth spreading awareness among Team Very Involved (all of us!) that ranked choice voting eliminates all candidates who don’t have a mathematical possibility of winning in the first round. vote.minneapolismn.gov/ranked-choic...

If you’re wondering when I will stop asking for gifts to Katie’s campaign on main I promise you I will stop as soon as we meet our goal. One way to help make that go faster 👀

If tonight’s forum has you excited, please make a gift! Katie is fantastic & has great momentum and it is still an uphill battle toward Election Day. (PS if you can give more in the neighborhood of $320 please do that!!)

nicollet mall transit question. cashman doesn’t want it removed entirely, supports occasional detours for events. shaffer is open to removing it entirely

wild to me that the city of minneapolis can put out data showing nicollet mall transit users often use it to go to the target store the city subsidized and are more likely to be poorer, BIPOC, and not own a vehicle compared to the rest of the city and still want to move transit

Truffles spotted!

Lots to love about living in Ward 7 not the least of which is seeing Twins stadium fireworks from my bedroom window (guessing Target took over for back to work - they were a lot higher budget than usual)

You’re gonna hear about this a lot from me: folks who feel this way have a real friend in CM Cashman You can (& should!!) support her today: secure.actblue.com/donate/katie...

If the letters to the editor in today‘s Hill and Lake Press are any indication Ward 7 is an incredibly close race CM Cashman needs your support! If you can give $5 give $5 if you can max out do that! This is winnable. Don’t wait till 11/5 & wish you did more!! secure.actblue.com/donate/katie...

Mark your calendars now! Join Team Katie at the League of Women Voters forum on September 15th at the Bakken Museum at 7PM. You can watch live at youtube.com/live/da23vD_.... Have a question you'd like to see be asked? Email [email protected] with "City Council Ward 7 Forum" in the subject line.

Seems like a big change from what it says on the @moreneighbors.org graphic? maybe not a change in details but a change in top line answer?

It’s September, which means the 2025 elections are just two months away! It’s time to knock on some doors for your favorite City Council and Mayoral candidates. Check out who is hitting the doors and join the fun this week! buff.ly/I3WqTnH

Hotdog bun shelf at Aldi tonight, Friday of Labor Day weekend

Lots of good in this episode. Around hour 2 there’s a great discussion of something I think is really important: the difference between discomfort and danger, and how contemporary politics (local, national) frequently conflate them. Worth your time to listen!

The Catholic Community Foundation is a local org I trust. It’s also a trusted partner in giving for many in the local Catholic community. CCF launched a fund today for Annunciation. They’re waiving all their fees (something I haven’t heard from others) www.ccf-mn.org/annunciation...

NEW EPISODE: we've seen Mayor Frey go from "end homelessness" to crushing encampments and endorsing a position expanding incarceration for folks experiencing serious mental illness. It's 2025 and a Trump executive order takes the same position. How did we get here? millcityhall.com/episodes/202...

Just in case you need a little joy today: here are some lovely llama costumes from the 4-H costume contest at the State Fair 📸: Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune

The woman who wrote The Prophecy is engaged & to me that is personal!!!

SOBBING SO HAPPY FOR MY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND TAYLOR SWIFT WHO I ALWAYS WANT TO SEE HAPPY

They're rich celebrities who don't even know I exist, but I like them both and I'm happy for them. 😆

The absolute virgo-est piece of campaign lit I’ve ever seen 😇

One of the very few times I have laughed out loud at a political candidate's joke. Well done

Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:

Wearing my Katie shirt for a morning run through Ward 7 & passed by a house with several Shaffer signs but also several Davis signs. Tiny little glimmers of hope lol

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

genuinely one of my favorite days of the year. thank you for supporting @racketmn.com and helping us live the dream!!!

Also if you’re going to the fair it may be nice to keep in mind that the volunteers at the DFL booth likely had nothing to do with the endorsement debacle & likely signed up to volunteer weeks ago

I love the state fair & I love this @streets.mn article by @blindeke.bsky.social from 2018 streets.mn/2018/08/27/s...

And here, the lack of explanation is crucial because at least this one reader fails to see how vacating an endorsement can be a remedy at all, let alone an appropriate one, without any showing that the endorsement outcome is incorrect. Indeed, with the evidence pointing to the contrary.

It's going to come down to doorknocking and turnout from the working class portions of the ward. If you have time, energy, and a desire for a more progessive Minneapolis leadership - Cashman needs you. Don't let conservatives like Shaffer define the next four years of council.

the whole Swiftie skyline pulling up on October 3rd like