@UsesTransit

Eastsider, Public Transit Advocate 🧦🌆🚈🏈🎙️🎤📰📝

 St Paul, MN
Joined September 2016
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I love discussion and I am open to having my mind changed. If you don't like what I say. Respond! Don't judge me and write me off.
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St. Paul charges property owners quite a bit for buildings and not much at all for vacant land, a perverse disincentive, in the eyes of critics, to fill vacant lots. What if we flipped it? Could a "land value capture" tax be the panacea this city needs? Would new tax rules encourage you to build baby build, or get the heck out of dodge and simply not buy property at all here? twincities.com/2026/03/24/so…
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Mark Sawchuk@snarkmawchukMar 24
This book is a wonderful introduction about how communities can evaluate and make choices about the transit they want. It's especially good at articulating the importance of understanding tradeoffs, because there are always tradeoffs to be made with limited resources.
Jarrett Walker
@humantransitMar 23
Replying to @humantransit
What does it mean for transit to be useful? That’s what my book Human Transit is all about! 8/8. amazon.com/Human-Transit-Rev…

Human Transit (Revised Edition): How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communi...

Human Transit (Revised Edition): How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

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In 2026, Minneapolis had a budget that was 230% greater than Saint Paul, and yet Saint Paul had a higher property and sales tax burden for people. We must rebuild our downtown, and build more housing to allow our budget to grow without it being on the backs of our residents.
St. Paul Cait 🇺🇸@caitlinmcgowanMar 24
St. Paul has a serious tax problem and it's making our longtime citizens want to leave this city. @kaohlyforstp this needs to change.
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Long term, it'd be cool to see a 'Culdesac' development at Lafayette Park/ Crooks Haven connecting downtown/ railroad island/ mt airy- its mostly parking/ warehouse/ city/ county offices right now.
zenfer@ian22cMar 19
Replying to @natehoodstp @culdesac
Here's Culdesac superimposed on the St. Paul Sears site.
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taylr
@taylrMar 14
why is kaoly her complaining that republicans are blocking independent investigations into shootings by feds in minnesota, while she as st paul mayor is blocking an independent investigation into a police response that injured journalists and protestors? mprnews.org/story/2026/03/13…
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This is the same mayor who told the police chief not to come to a community forum that was attended by every city councilmember about this event (Besides one on maternity leave). We need genuine accountability, not empty words of support. The East Side will remember this.
taylr
@taylrMar 11
st. paul mayor kaohly her has denied an independent probe into the federal immigration operation back in november on rose ave that used force and left 3 journalists injured, georgia fort reports georgiafort.com/post/saint-p…

Saint Paul Mayor Denies Independent Probe Into Operation That Injured Journalists and Protestors

ST. PAUL, Minn. — At a March 4 meeting of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission, members learned that Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her’s administration is denying their request for an...

georgiafort.com
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Hooper@DonthoopmebroFeb 26
Saint Paulice spent years rebuilding goodwill and trust. In a few months they have completely squandered it. From violent support of ICE in east side, to now this abysmal Facebook post whining about masks. Vile. I really thought we did things better here. Naive of me. @sppdmn
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Take Back the Trifecta in MN in 2026 Tax the Rich in 2027
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There's no reason a street that has a bus route on it in Minneapolis or Saint Paul should have two car lanes in the same direction on it, but no bus lanes.
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A library of things is a vital part of a 15 minute city
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Georgia Fort has been on the ground every day. And she’s being punished for doing her job as a journalist. Sound familiar???
Jason DeRusha
@DeRushaJJan 30
Independent Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort says federal agents came to her door at 6:30am and arrested her for filming the protest at that St. Paul church. Via her Facebook:
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Free Georgia Fort!!!
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So should we have a camera in your car that fines you if you, or just puts on the hazards and slowly decelerates you as soon as you touch your phone. Because it's honestly like 50% of drivers who are on their phone and drive at some point and we can't just be okay with this.
Yeah But Cyclists@but_cyclistsJan 28
"The cyclist* came out of nowhere" * Fortunately on this case, the cyclist was actually a ditch instead.
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In Men's Basketball, St Thomas and North Dakota State are a combined 14-1 in conference play with the only loss St Thomas to NDSU in Fargo. They play again in Saint Paul on Feb 26th! College Sports is so much better when conferences are regional and everyone plays each other!
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Get ready for a Democratic Party influencer blitz to convince you that replacing Greg Bovino with Tom Homan is a huge win you should be grateful for. Meanwhile here’s Tom Homan:
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*a risk to be cognisant of
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Literally posted this earlier today
Ken Klippenstein
@kenklippensteinJan 27
Q: The demand was to get ICE and CBP out. To replace Bovino with Tom Homan...do you think that's a satisfactory change? TIM WALZ: "I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. ...My hope is that Tom Homan is different...that he is a true law enforcement professional."
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WTF
taylr
@taylrJan 28
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
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But I thought people were saying that it was over and we won 🙄
Ken Klippenstein
@kenklippensteinJan 27
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
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Some people are waiting for any excuse for it to be socially acceptable to tune out. To pat themselves on the back and think they've won
Tyler Austin Harper@Tyler_A_HarperJan 27
When we interviewed Will Stancil on the pod last week, he said it was the first time he has been hopeful in the Trump Era: “They can’t scare us in to stopping, and because of that they just can’t win.” A week later, it’s over. Total Stancil victory.
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