There is also a stone cold truth that Minneapolis and Minnesota are sexist and misogynistic. Four years ago, this city could have voted for Betsey Hodges (married to an African American man) or Nekima Levy-Pounds (African-American lawyer). 1/
But somebody or some group organized an anybody but Betsey campaign, and another group launched a serious campaign for a man who had been convicted of child abuse within the theater world. Minneapolis chose Jacob Frey, who actually could have been a lot worse. 2/
I attended local caucuses in my ward in 2017 and 2018, and I was profoundly underwhelmed. I don't really know the people in my neighborhood anymore. What I saw at the 2017 caucus was a bunch of young, white people who seemed to have only just moved to the neighborhood. 3/
I had hoped to be gone from Minneapolis before this round of mayoral and city council elections. But if you weren't living in this city before 2016, I don't trust anything you say.
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