The continued defense of Mayor Frey's comments "losers with nasty cat blankets" comment was that it was a joke. Which misses the point.🧵

This isn't, and never was, the problem with his comments. Everyone knew it was a joke. No one really believed the Mayor had a study on this. But the jokes you tell often have a kernel of truth.

In Mayor Frey's case, there's long been a perception that he favors downtown business interests over the interests of the average worker. This isn't generally a perception you want as an elected official.

Okay, as promised by @WedgeLIVE, I have compiled a summary spreadsheet of information from Statements of Economic Interest for:

-City and school board elected officials
-City executive officers
-City charter department heads🧵

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… This is in substantially the same format as the spreadsheet I compiled last year, but it's more organized. I also added a column which indicates changes compared to last year's report.

I don't know that there are any "bombshells" in this data, but some items of interest are...

Following the Rules to Amend the Charter: An Act in 8,000 Parts 🧵

May 25, 2020 - George Floyd is murdered by Derek Chauvin, an on-duty Minneapolis police officer. May/June 2020 – Massive protests occur in reaction to the murder by police, as well as in reaction to the treatment of protesters and the media by police.

June 7, 2020 – The rally in Powderhorn Park occurs, in which nine council members commit to transformational change of MPD.

Well, this is a fun detail I didn't notice in the order before:

4.) The City Respondents and County Auditor are enjoined from publicly releasing results tapes or copies of results tapes from individual machines. For those not in the know on this (I have served as an election judge for several years), the "results tapes" are printed out by the ballot tabulators on and show the results on each item on the ballot by race, for that precinct.