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Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

Just saw Olivia miles at pizza luce downtown, she just like me frfr

September 19, 2026 at 4:05 AM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

These are good important gaps, but two years to build two blocks of bike lane is so tough…planning now-mid 2027? What are we planning, the map is right here, we’re doing it, it’s planned!

Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 15d

city will fix 2 notorious Uptown bike lane problems between now and 2028:

-connect the missing link on Lake between Humboldt & Hennepin Ave.
-convert to a 2 way bike lane on Hennepin between Lake & 31st; create curbside parking for food delivery drivers who always park in the existing lanes.

September 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

I’m playing pull tabs FOR MY ART

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · Aug 29

rebel loon made out of pull tabs and meat raffle tickets, a staple of minnesota dive bars. this is such beautiful, perfect energy on every level.

(worth noting that those meat raffle cards are from small towns in rural minnesota)

Rebel loon made out of blue meat raffle tickets and black and white pull tabs

August 30, 2026 at 2:18 AM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

This bike lane is reliably blocked, not always this many cars but almost always 1-3. Hennepin Co resurfaced it in April(?) - great opportunity to add a curb, or at least flex posts but no they re did it exactly as was

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · Aug 21

If it fits, I sits … because everyone else is doing it.

I had no idea there were so many VIPs (drivers who prioritize their personal convenience over the safety of others) over here in Prospect Park.

August 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM

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Daniel Herriges

@dpherriges.bsky.social

Got a lot of this in planning school, and the canonical answer is, "Invest in the community that is already there so they can build wealth and social capital" which, like, yes. Hard to be against that.

But how to square "Transfer wealth into low-wealth communities" with "Outside investment bad"?

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Aug 13

I’m reading an academic paper that simultaneously warns of both disinvestment in low-income neighborhoods and gentrification pressures, and I’m genuinely uncertain what we’re supposed to do if disinvestment is bad but outside investment is also bad.

August 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM

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Daniel Suitor

@danielsuitor.com

Fred Melo of the Pioneer Press, @frederickmelo.bsky.social, got the memo and posted it on Twitter. Here's what he posted. My opinion? It's pure hackery. Anyone who relied on this memo got snowed or was looking for permission to kill this version Right to Repair.

BACKGROUND

On July 20, 2026, residents submitted a citizen-led proposed-ordinance to the City
Clerk, which was accepted. The proposed-ordinance is what’s known as a right-to-repair
law—meaning, it would let tenants fix parts of their apartments without landlord approval or
oversight. But this proposed-ordinance goes even further than typical right-to-repair laws
and imposes harsh penalties on landlords if those tenant-repairs are not inspected in time—
even if the landlord pulls every possible lever to meet that deadline.

After review, the Saint Paul City Attorney’s Office concludes that the current version
of this proposed right-to-repair ordinance is unlawful. Specifically, the proposed-ordinance
conflicts with state law, violates the Minnesota and United States constitutions’ due-process
clauses, and is unconstitutionally void-for-vagueness. This Memo will discuss these issues in
more depth.

LEGAL ANALYSIS

A municipal ordinance will be upheld unless it is inconsistent with the Federal or
State Constitution or state statute. 57. Paul Citizens for Human Rights v. City Council, 289
N.W.2d. 402, 405 (Minn. 1979). This is because municipalities have no inherent powers and
can enact regulations only as expressly conferred by statute or implied as necessary in aid of
those powers which have expressly been conferred. State r. Kubiman, 729 N.W.2d. 577, 580
(Minn. 2007); Mangold Midwest Co. v. Willage of Richfield, 143 N.W.2d. 813, 820 (Minn 1966). In
other words, state law may limit the power of a city to act in a particular area. City of Morris r.
Sax Invs., Inc, 749 N.W'.2d. 1, 6 (Minn. 2008).

Placing an unlawful or unconstitutional amendment on the ballot is a futile gesture
that we do not require. Housing ¢» Redevelopment Auth. WV. City of Minneapolis, 198 N.W.2d. 531,
536 (Minn. 1972) (holding that a district court properly enjoined an election on a proposed

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amendment to a city charter rather than permit the administration and the voters of
Minneapolis…

amendment to a city charter rather than permit the administration and the voters of
Minneapolis to experience the frustration and expense of setting up election machinery and
going to the polls in a process which was ultimately destined to be futile).

The Court will turn to conflict preemption, because a municipality cannot enact a
local regulation that conflicts with state law or enact a regulation when state law fully
occupies a particular field of legislation. Bicking vr. City of Minneapolis, 891 N.WX’.2d. 304, 313
(Minn. 2017). A conflict exists between state law and a municipal regulation when the law
and the regulation “contain express or implied terms that are irreconcilable with each other,
when the ordinance permits what the statue forbids, or when the ordinance forbids with the
statute expressly permits. Id. (citing Mangold Midwest Co., 143 N.W’.2d. at 816; City of Duluth r.
Cerveny, 16 N.W.2d. 779, 785 (Minn. 1944).

In the recent case of I “assear v. City of Minneapolis, a group filed a petition with the City
of Minneapolis to create a city-wide minimum wage in the City Charter. 887 N.W’.2d. 467,
468 (Minn. 2016). After the petition was certified by the Minneapolis City Council as having
sufficient signatures, the Minneapolis City Attorney issued an opinion to the City Council
that the initiative was illegal because Minneapolis does not have a procedure in its charter to
allow ballot initiatives for legislanve ordinances. Id. The Council did not certify the question
for a ballot and the petitoner brought a temporary restraining order requiring the City to
place the initiative on the ballot. Jd. While the district court granted the petitioner’s motion,
the matter was appealed immediately to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which ruled that the
matter should not appear on the ballot because the city charter does not permit legislative
ordinances to be incorporated into the charter. Id.

Similarly, in Bicking v. City of Minneapolis, a petitioner submitted a ba…

In the present case, there are several provisions in the ordinance that potentially
conflict with the law or are irreconcilable with the law and Consutution. First, under Section
34A.03(a) of the ordinance, the tenant is given authority to make a required repair after a 14-
day opportunity for the landlord to complete the repair. However, the tenant lacks authority
to obtain a permit to perform many of the required repairs allowed in the proposed
ordinance. For instance, under the State Building Code,

an owner or authorized agent who intends to construct,

enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy

of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter,

repair, remove, convert, or replace any gas, mechanical,

electrical, plumbing system, or other equipment, the installation

of which is regulated by the code; or cause any such work to be

done, shall first make application to the building official and

obtain the required permit.
Minn. R. 1300.0120, subp. 1 (emphasis added). But the proposed right-to-repair ordinance
flouts this state-level requirement by allowing tenants to unilaterally make these changes
without these permits. This tension strikes at the heart of the rule Minnesota’s appellate
courts constantly reiterate in preemption cases, namely, that that cities cannot pass
ordinances that “‘require building code provisions regulating components or systems of any
structure that are different from any provision of the State Building Code.” Builders 155'n of
Minnesota v. City of St. Paul, 819 N.W.2d 172, 181 (Minn. App. 2012). In fact, state law
explicitly forbids cities from enacting ordinances “that are different from any provision of
the State Building Code.” Minn. Stat. § 326B.121, subd. 2(c) (2026). And the Minnesota
Supreme Court has interpreted this statute to mean that even a local ordinance “that is
merely additional and complementary to a provision in the State Building Code is
prohibited.” City of Morris r. Sax Inves…

ordinance, the repair for the code-violation must only be scheduled within 14 days, so the
ordinance both allows serious major repairs to take longer to repair, than the Building
Official deems reasonable, and may also require general maintenance to be completed in a
time that is quicker than what is reasonable, because the repair does not pose any immediate
safety hazard. The proposed ordinance is simultaneously stricter and more lenient than the
existing Building Code, which is likely an unlawful conflict between the proposed-ordinance
and state law.

Also, the 30-day time-limit for the City Building Official to conduct an inspection
under the proposed-ordinance may also violate the landlord’s due-process rights under the
State and Federal Constitution. The City has only one Building Official with many existing
duties under State Law. Given the very high number of renters living in Saint Paul, there
could potentially be thousands of annual requests for inspections under the proposed
ordinance. Under Section 34A.05(c), if the City is unable to make the inspection within 30
days, the tenant is automatically given the right to repair and withhold rent. If the Building
Official is unable to meet this arbitrary 30-day deadline, then the landlord will be deprived of
its right to collect rent, through no fault of its own. Additionally, Section 34A.09(b) of the
proposed-ordinance allows the City authority to punish a landlord with up to 90 days in jail
for a violation of the proposed-ordinance, under Saint Paul Legislative Code, Section 1.05.
As the proposed-ordinance is currently written, a landlord could be deprived of their right to
liberty, simply because the Building Official was too busy to perform an inspection within 30
days. This is another potential deprivation of freedom that could occur without the due
process of law, as required by the State and Federal Constitution.

The proposed ordinance also conflicts with another area of state law because
pursuant to Sec…

August 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

Closing specific streets at certain times after violent crimes might prevent those same crimes from occurring there and then. It doesn’t fundamentally prevent violent crimes. But it does inconvenience everyone trying to go about their lives. And I’d guess a few cops get some easy overtime $$$

Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · Aug 6

Minneapolis is closing several streets in the area every weekend night, necessitating the detour of several routes. -JN

August 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

Happy weiner wednesday to all those who celebrate

Two plates with three hotdogs, variously dressed

July 29, 2026 at 11:16 PM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

Hmmmmmm, chat is this good?

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · Jul 8

Area of daily heat dome record in magenta 2/

July 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

I have 3 top tier inner city places the wolves should move, call me arod and mark

functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · Jun 15

they’re definitely gonna move the wolves to the suburbs eh

June 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM

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Oh No He Didn't

@ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social

KAT: "Shoutout to my brother Anthony Edwards talking to him all the time. Those guys made me better, they made me a better leader, they made me a better player, made me the man I am today. Forever grateful for them"

June 14, 2026 at 5:13 AM

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functional moron

@fiveburger.bsky.social

i am more excited for this win than i thought i could be for a non-wolves title. really rare to get the experience of rooting for a player like KAT and am just so happy right now.

June 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM

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functional moron

@fiveburger.bsky.social

while KAT is having a moment I would like to show people who might have missed it what i think is the funniest press conference answer in nba history

June 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM

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Chris Sommerfeldt

@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

"Knicks in 4 — Inshallah,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani says on HOT97 when asked for his prediction ahead of the NBA Finals kicking off tonight.

June 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM

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CJ Fogler

@cjzero.bsky.social

The crowd outside MSG reacting to KAT's success knocking it out is hilarious

May 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM

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SupportBones

@supportbones.bsky.social

A good day to thank @locallhuman.bsky.social and their Minneapolis Public Seating Authority project. Civic art and function.
minneapolis.zone

April 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM

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daviss

@daviss.org

The Uptown Association, who as part of their mission to "Promote Economic Vitality" and "Drive initiatives that enhance foot traffic, visibility, and long-term economic sustainability", moved the Uptown Art Fair out of Uptown.

www.startribune.com/reviving-upt...

Opinion | Uptown doesn’t lack ideas — it needs the tools to deliver

The Uptown Association is currently gathering support from property owners to move forward a proposal for a Business Improvement District, Andrea Corbin writes.

www.startribune.com

April 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM

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Wes Burdine

@wesburdine.bsky.social

Keith is 100% right. Commercial property ownership is almost always the problem holding back neighborhoods and growth.

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · Apr 20

Uptown doesn't lack ideas—it needs landlords who charge market rate for businesses that serve its residents.

daviss @daviss.org · Apr 20

The Uptown Association, who as part of their mission to "Promote Economic Vitality" and "Drive initiatives that enhance foot traffic, visibility, and long-term economic sustainability", moved the Uptown Art Fair out of Uptown.

www.startribune.com/reviving-upt...

April 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

LOVE a Wolves game with shorts weather, thighs out at Target Center tn

April 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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Norm Charlatan

@normcharlatan.bsky.social

Bruce Springsteen benefit song called “Straits of Hormuz”

March 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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Vince Mpls

@vincempls.bsky.social

Anyone willing to invest in anything new and useful in St Paul needs to be given a building permit immediately.

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · Mar 22

University of St. Thomas wants to open up its 2004 conditional use permit and add residence halls and retail on Grand Avenue, two levels of parking at Anderson Parking, and remove 6 houses at Cretin/Summit for new academic buildings. Some neighbors are intrigued: www.twincities.com/2026/03/22/u...

University of St. Thomas seeks to build up properties along Summit, Cretin and Grand avenues

According to university officials, St. Thomas remains beholden to outdated conditional use permits crafted for three different sections of the St. Paul campus in 1990, 1995 and 2004.

www.twincities.com

March 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM

Karl-Anthony Village

@17nsolda.bsky.social

This is obscene this makes me so irrationally angry this country has not led in anything in so long

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · Mar 14

This NACTO/USDOT report addresses how to downsize fire trucks in cities. nacto.org/wp-content/u...

March 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑

@mnolangray.bsky.social

I was originally going to dunk on this suburban Chicago letter to the editor opposing Illinois' state-level zoning reforms, but this must surely be parody, right? www.dailyherald.com/20260309/let...