Tomorrow is Primary Election Day.  Four of the five candidates will advance to the November general election ballot.  The polls will be open from 7 AM to 8 PM.  You can find or confirm your polling location by using the online Ramsey County Precinct Finder.

If you won't be able to vote tomorrow, remember that in-person absentee voting is available until 5 PM today at Maplewood City Hall, 1830 County Road B East.

Labels: campaign 2011, events

Posted by John Nephew on 8/08/2011 09:16:00 AM Email to a Friend | Permalink | Comments
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The South Metro Human Services facility going into the former Ethan Allen building is the topic of an article in this week's Maplewood Review.  This facility's conditional use permit was approved at our last city council meeting.

For additional background, see the entry I wrote in this blog ahead of the meeting, discussing the federal and state legal issues around the approval.

Labels: development, media

Posted by John Nephew on 8/06/2011 08:46:00 AM Email to a Friend | Permalink | Comments
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The quarterly town hall/citizens' forum meeting is coming up this weekend -- Saturday, August 6th, in the Maplewood Room at City Hall starting at 10 AM.  Mayor Rossbach and Councilmember Juenemann are hosting, and the formal topic is the police department space needs study.  There's usually a chance for open-ended Q&A as well.

You can get more details on the city website.

Labels: events, public safety

Posted by John Nephew on 8/05/2011 10:35:00 AM Email to a Friend | Permalink | Comments
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I heard through the local political grapevine that a local unit of the Republican Party decided to endorse in this year's city council race.  That's not surprising or inappropriate; after all, the DFL has endorsed me and Marv Koppen.  A race being "non-partisan" doesn't mean political parties can't be involved, only that party affiliation or endorsement doesn't appear on the ballot.

But I was a little surprised to hear that Elizabeth Sletten received GOP endorsement, given her history of seeking of support from the DFL.  As a city council candidate in 2009, she asked for a DFL resolution of support; and in last year's special election she sought Democratic endorsement.  When the candidates were asked about their past support of DFL candidates and the party, Ms. Sletten described her pride in voting for President Obama.  In her own words recorded June 15, 2010:



Perhaps she had a major change of political heart over the past year.  But a person has to wonder if she was just saying what she thought the audience wanted to hear when she was asking for their votes -- either then or now.

Labels: campaign 2011, video

Posted by John Nephew on 8/04/2011 10:26:00 PM Email to a Friend | Permalink | Comments
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I was pleased to see another letter to the editor in the Review, this one from Gene Mammenga.  Thanks for the kind words, Gene!

Labels: campaign 2011, endorsements 2011, media

Posted by John Nephew on 8/01/2011 02:58:00 PM Email to a Friend | Permalink | Comments
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