Chris Meyer 🏳️‍🌈🌲🥑🚲🚊

President of the Minneapolis Planning Commission & Legislative Assistant to Senator Omar Fateh

[Taniel @Taniel]

Quite the poll of Ohio from Fox News:

It shows Sherrod Brown leading GOP Senator Husted 53/45.

And far outpacing Amy Acton's 50/49 edge over Vivek Ramaswamy in the governor's poll.

https://t.co/l6yGZLBOWG

[Jason, @jasonc_nc]

The width of this two way street, which has functioned perfectly well since 1908, is now considered too narrow to act as ~solely~ a one way fire lane for access to even a single building by today’s NFPA code. “For safety”

In reality this illegal street design is safer for everyone involved and means fewer accidents for fire department to respond to, and less severe injuries when they do.

To build this neighborhood today you would be told to remove the trees as an “obstacle”, replacing that space with more asphalt instead. More people would be injured or killed, but in the much rarer case of a fire the convenience of added working space is considered more important.

[Kyle Kondik @kkondik]

Crystal Ball Rating Changes in IOWA:

IA-GOV Leans R to Toss-up
IA-SEN Likely R to Leans R

More in tomorrow's Crystal Ball

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

The Twin Cities sprawls more than many U.S. metros https://t.co/hiOnHlHJOR

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

Massive strides against heart disease, cancer, inflammation & more. It turns out science is a good thing. Let’s fund it, support it & end the insane war against it. Scientific research must be a top priority.

[Omar Fateh @OmarFatehMN]

Ballot irregularities at both conventions this weekend.

Should the @mngop and the @MinnesotaDFL be put on probation too? 🤔

[Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky]

This is true. Big setback rules are nuts. You end up wasting tons of yard space in a zone where your kids are unlikely to play, and you make the geometry of mowing needlessly complex.

Setbacks are hostile to the interests of suburban dads, and therefore I oppose them.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Ken Paxton is so corrupt that the Republicans in the AG office became whistleblowers.

Then Republicans in the Texas House voted to impeach him.

Then MAGA got involved. In the Senate, he argued that it was all a left wing conspiracy to get him. He was acquitted.

Now Trump endorses him for Senate.

This isn't left or right.

This is about Republicans' tolerance for corruption. They even have a preference for it!

It's not something they accept just out of necessity to beat the other side.

These are bad people.

Kakistocracy. Trumpism is a populist movement, which leads to the worst people rising to the top.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Only 2 states’ car fees actually cover their road costs. The other 48 require heavy subsidies. Last year, the feds spent $30B more on highways than the gas tax generated. Drivers aren’t “paying for transit riders” when they can’t even pay for roads. Talk about that.

[Nick Erickson @nserickson]

“So, a note to House Speaker Lisa Demuth, who is a frontrunner to be the Republican nominee: You can steal this issue from Klobuchar by passing the Starter Homes Act before the legislative session ends May 17.” - @jpcoolican

https://t.co/C2OZyLkh3L

[Mike Howard @mikehowardmn]

Other states, red & blue, have enacted pro-housing policies and they've built more homes. It's no surprise that Minnesota's housing shortage is worse than many other states. And if more cities take the cue from Lakeville and refuse to build more homes this gulf will only widen.

[Chris Meyer 🏳️‍🌈🌲🥑🚲🚊 @chrisjohnmeyer]

@sacrelicio @davidkwellsIII If Sundays are a slow day for a given neighborhood or commercial district that’s fine. But very often Sundays are a busy time, which makes it a really bad policy

[Chris Meyer 🏳️‍🌈🌲🥑🚲🚊 @chrisjohnmeyer]

The free parking on Fridays proposal is very bad policy and I urge @MayorFrey to reconsider. The High Cost of Free Parking has a section that explains the problems with that type of policy in particular.

[taylr @taylr]

@CowsRBeautiful jacob frey was on the city council when chris meyer gave them all copies in 2015

https://t.co/TeL2hHU5nJ

[Chris Meyer 🏳️‍🌈🌲🥑🚲🚊 @chrisjohnmeyer]

@davidkwellsIII Same thing? And that’s not a problem if the parking spaces are underoccupied. But Fridays are when the demand is highest, so this will lead to a shortage and make it harder to find a spot. It would make way more sense if it was proposed for a low demand time like Mondays

[Carl Benedikt Frey @carlbfrey]

Retire at your peril: leaving employment accelerates cognitive decline, especially for men 51–64

[Gavin Bena 🗳 @gavinbena]

biennial reminder that California should be split in two

[Wedge LIVE!™ @WedgeLIVE]

Expensive housing is a choice. Local govts are constantly expressing their preference for it: "Council members said they liked the idea of more homes for seniors, but they were reluctant about the other affordable housing project [for working-age adults]."
https://t.co/SteknIO6lM

[Chris Meyer 🏳️‍🌈🌲🥑🚲🚊 @chrisjohnmeyer]

@zacharywefel Hah, good!

[Wedge LIVE!™ @WedgeLIVE]

It couldn’t be a worse time for Minnesota to cut transit funding
https://t.co/Fx5v5c1u53