Wedge Living: Halloween Crafting & Recipes

There have been some spooky rumors going around about Council Member Andrew Johnson and his mysterious animal control ordinance. This guy is jack-o'-lantern material.

Clearing Things Up

Some Twitter disclaimers have become necessary:

Not LHENA-Sanctioned

FYI

LHENA had a board meeting last night. As you may know, I am a board member. During the meeting we learned of two grievances. The individuals attached to these grievances were unnamed (a "grievance" is a new process LHENA uses to resolve complaints lodged against the organization or individual members).

"take down all your creepy posts about LHENA volunteers"

I was elected to the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA) Board of Directors in April. Before that, I had been blogging and tweeting about local politics for roughly a year. Not everyone's a fan.

9 Revealing Moments from John Champe's Whittier Alliance Book

Lisa Goodman went to war with an inflatable Godzilla over these apartments.

Last week, I read the first two chapters from a forthcoming book about the Whittier Alliance. As it turns out, this stuff from 2015 goes back a quarter century, including bylaws shenanigans and reacting to criticism with rules against "defamation."

The author is John Champe, who is an anthropology professor at the University of Minnesota. Instead of lost tribes of the Amazon, he decided to study the far less civilized world of Minneapolis neighborhood associations. I especially appreciated the insanity of Chapter 2. And if you like giant inflatable Godzilla-based protests against affordable housing, give Chapter 1 a look.

"The Planning Commission" Pre-Show Panel

We're minutes away from tonight's Planning Commission (view the trailer). Linden Hills is on the agenda. It's Nick Magrino's first meeting as a commissioner. There's probably at least one Sabri on the agenda. Let's go to our panel!

MetroTransit Bus WiFi First Impressions

With WiFi being tested on select MetroTransit buses, we recently sat down for a conversation with a transit rider on a crowded 6 bus as it traveled south on Hennepin Avenue.