Tag: District Perspectives

  • Downtown St. Paul’s Billion Dollar Moment

    Downtown St. Paul’s Billion Dollar Moment

    The St. Paul Downtown Alliance held its first Annual Meeting last month at the Palace Theatre. There, we painted a picture of how all the…

  • Introducing Building Stronger Together

    Introducing Building Stronger Together

    District Perspectives – Ramsey County Board Chair, Commissioner, District 5 Last month, I shared what Ramsey County’s fiscal health analysis tells us: how we use…

  • Hard Work Beyond the Headlines

    Hard Work Beyond the Headlines

    The funding will help jumpstart development at RiversEdge, the site of the former West Publishing Building and Ramsey County jail that has sat vacant for…

  • Setting the Stage for Bold Action at Ramsey County

    Setting the Stage for Bold Action at Ramsey County

    District Perspectives, Ramsey County Commissioner, District 5 A new analysis of Ramsey County’s fiscal health — recently presented to the County Board — sends a…

  • A United Defense Against ICE

    A United Defense Against ICE

    District Perspectives, District 65B Operation Metro Surge and the recent deployment of 2,000 additional federal agents to the Twin Cities area have triggered an organized…

  • Progress for Minnesota, Despite Trump

    Progress for Minnesota, Despite Trump

    I was glad to see so many folks from the neighborhood at the recent “Future of West 7th” town hall at North Garden Theater. With…

  • Keeping Our Community Safe and Thriving 

    Keeping Our Community Safe and Thriving 

    It’s been a challenging year and one of contrasts. As major crimes in St. Paul plummet by double digits, our year has been punctuated by…

  • Common-Sense Legislation to Prevent More Gun Deaths

    Common-Sense Legislation to Prevent More Gun Deaths

    Minnesota will not forget the tragedy at Annunciation School on August 27, when a shooter opened fire on children, teachers and clergy as they prayed…

  • A Day in the Life of the SPFD

    A Day in the Life of the SPFD

    The woman next to me brushed tears from her eyes, and stared gloomily ahead as we rushed toward United Hospital. We were in the back…