The Basically Serious State of the City
Mayor Frey instructed us to basically get serious in his annual State of the City address. Or to seriously get back to the basics? Whatever the case, it was a somewhat jarring call for goverment to do less after Minneapolis communities went above and beyond to push out ICE. Cam and Jesse talk through the speech, and ask what a parallel address by a more visionary mayor might have sounded like, in this historic moment.
We also recap the victory at the Charter Commission, which voted to table indefinitely its proposal to further diminish city council authority, along with a bevy of language changes (that ultimately pissed off organized Labor).
Recorded 5/20/26.
Alert
MN is under threat from federal agents right now. Mill City Hall asks you to plug in and take action:
- Donate to rent support and mutual aid funds
- Defend 612 is a new entry-point to local neighborhood organizing
- Monarca continues to provide trainings for regular folks who want to help, and offers a hotline to report ICE activity: 612-441-2881
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- Cam's writings in the 2nd Ward Blog