Eric Hauge

It sure does pay to be a Frey political patronage supporter - you can be as abusive and loud and toxic and homophobic as you want to be, and still pull up to the gravy train. The good Reverend McAfee back on the docket. They dont call it Salem Inc. for nothing lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2025-00...

Commissioner to protesters: ‘Please stay away from our homes’ Hennepin County Commissioner Heather Edelson, a former state lawmaker, said public officials’ homes should be off limits in the aftermath of Melissa Hortman’s murder.

This might be a sympathetic argument—if it was coming from anyone other than the wife of Brett Edelson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Minnesota (tcbmag.com/author/brett...).

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A surprise long climb was worth it on my run this morning in Hita, Oita Prefecture.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: “Fuck Spotify”

👉 www.stereogum.com/2317141/king...

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled their music from Spotify due to CEO Daniel Ek's investment in AI drone technology: "Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?" → cons.lv/Jhk2zz

MPHA filed 38 more evictions yesterday.
Additionally: 6 eviction filings by the nonprofit Community Housing Resources controlled by MPHA, and 6 filings by Elliots LP, a Limited Partnership controlled by MPHA.

Can someone Venmo us $199.99? Promise it’s not for a Boognish belt.

Excerpt from newsletter: I want to thank that brave neighbor (Troy), the officer (Lieutenant Hand) who fought to save Amir’s life, and the first responders who acted swiftly and selflessly. I’m also deeply grateful to community groups like A Mother’s Love, 21 Days of Peace, We Push for Peace, and every resident who showed up to manage the chaos and care for one another in such a heartbreaking moment.

It's a pretty fucking interesting choice for Vetaw to thank 21 Days of Peace.

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Has anyone heard a single word from @ward4.minneapolismn.gov about this?

As is McCollum (D+18 PVI) and Morrison (D+11 PVI).

Rocktober has been extended into November.

Hey @ward4.minneapolismn.gov, do you have a pulse?

Where Was the Protection for North Minneapolis? We keep seeing standoffs in Maple Grove, Eagan, and Chisholm handled with urgency, alerts, and shelter-in-place orders to protect residents. But here in North Minneapolis, we don’t get this kind of response. An assassin with a history of violence moved freely through our neighborhood he bought a car from a local seller, traveled through Robbinsdale, and was later found living right here in Ward 4 yet no shelter-in-place alert, no community warning, no protection was issued for our families. Why were surrounding suburbs protected, but North Minneapolis left vulnerable? This failure to act put every child, every elder, every resident at risk. We must hold people accountable: 🛑 MPD leadership 🛑 State and local emergency alert systems 🛑 City leadership responsible for public safety 🛑 Hennepin County authorities who had the information Our community deserves the same safety and urgency as anywhere else. We are not invisible. We are not disposable. We demand equal protection. MarvinaForWard4.com

Where Was the Protection for North Minneapolis?

We keep seeing standoffs in Maple Grove, Eagan, and Chisholm handled with urgency, alerts, and shelter-in-place orders to protect residents.

But here in North Minneapolis, we don’t get this kind of response. 1/5

One man, thousands of trees and heaps of determination: how regreening Guatemala transformed a village Since 1999, Armando López Pocol and his team of volunteers have bucked the trend for deforestation, regenerating the landscape of the highlands with their Chico Mendes project

My oldest son Lyndon spent 3 & 1/2 months living in San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala earlier this year, including a portion of his time volunteering for this organization in Cantel. He helped interpret for this interview with Armando López Pocol:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I'm a proud dad 🥹

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So thankful the Strib has a housing beat reporter—and my goodness, look how adept they are at writing articles real people can relate to.

I mean, it's not like we have multiple crises harmfully impacting our state's rental market right now.

8. Minnesota Minnesota landlords are often left waiting when tenants fail to pay rent on time. To add insult to injury, they must issue a 14-day notice (or a 30-day notice in Minneapolis) before initiating the eviction process. Combine that with a capped 8% late rent fee, and tenants have little reason to pay on time. While there's no statewide rent control, St. Paul (Minnesota's second-largest city) limits rent increases to just 3% a year, and Minneapolis has considered similar restrictions in recent years. These caps make it hard to keep up with rising costs, let alone grow a rental business.

Really powerful investigative journalism: "Minnesota landlords are often left waiting when tenants fail to pay rent on time."

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Perhaps I need to be clear: that last skeet included some sarcasm.

Did we need yet another non-impacted white guy to weigh-in on this? We don't already have enough very important (white, middle-aged, male) industry people mansplaining how to CORRECTLY address the longstanding impacts of institutional & structural racism on our housing market?

Describing this as a "long-standing policy feud" disregards the impacts on & real experiences of our neighbors—those who the Equity In Place coalition strives to include, engage with, and organize.

Bill at best glosses over, & at worst misrepresents EIP. Nothing about self-interest of IMO/Orfield.

Memorial in front of the Minnesota State Capitol for Melissa and Mark Hortman.

Any info or statement from @ward4.minneapolismn.gov about this?

MN Multi-Housing Assoc. recently contacted my org claiming we were referring clients to them for housing placement & $ assistance (we don't, because they don't do that).
But maybe they should hold on to all this extra cash, to spend on staff/resources such as that—it'd help find them more customers.

"This was the largest manhunt in MN State History" but the suspect escaped after police witnessed him murder someone, escaped to both his known residences and was walking around North Mpls with a giant cowboy hat on. Stop listening to these stenographers feeding you hagiography.

Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing

Bananagrams: Bay, bougie, vote, viewer, ripe, rent, lotus, safe, wean, shin, sat, late, live, nice, use, us

Yes, I used "bougie" in my bananagram. Maybe the kids were letting me win, huh?

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

5 more eviction filings by MPHA yesterday.