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An interesting thing happened on October 26, 2017 at the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis, MN. A leading candidate for 1 of 3 Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board City-wide Commissioner At Large seats organized and hosted a public forum on… Continue Reading →
We are rolling toward election day. Early voting is great and we need to do more to encourage people to vote in every election. But, I’m a bit of a traditionalist. I wait for Election Day to cast my votes…. Continue Reading →
The 2017 Municipal Election in Minneapolis, MN has been a major focus of New Hughes – Old Shoes since Donald Drumpf took the Presidency. Nine months on, the decision to emphasize the response of the local communities that live, work,… Continue Reading →
The title is a play on Anti-Fascist. A more personal Anti-Fake. The flip-side of Brixton Hughes is Fake News because I’m not making fun, laughing it all off, or delaying serious truths with nonsense and reminiscing. To be truly surprised… Continue Reading →
The Minneapolis DFL – Democrat, Farm and Labor; Minnesota’s version of the Democrats – Party convention will convene on July 8, 2017. I’m still a bit bemused that I will attend as an alternate delegate. My career as a TV… Continue Reading →
I never knew Philando Castile, or Jamar Clark, or Marcus Golden, Terrance Franklin, or any of their tragic cohort. Had they not been slaughtered by police on the streets of their city in their home towns, I very likely would… Continue Reading →
Our deep dive into the events at the September 7, 2016 Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) meeting wraps up with testimony in support of the 30 year Donation Agreement with the Loppet Foundation to build, program, staff, and maintain… Continue Reading →
The first and likely only Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) candidate forum was held at MLK Park on June 1, 2017. Organized by Take Action MN, it was an informative, lively, and challenging interactive Town Hall with 4 issue-oriented… Continue Reading →
On May 18, 2017 I participated in the public forum, hosted by the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB), about the future of the Hiawatha Golf Course. It was interesting, eye-opening, and frustrating. For those unfamiliar with the issue of… Continue Reading →
**UPDATE -The next public meeting with the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board about the future of the Hiawatha Golf Course will be held on May 18, 2017. Time and place to be determined. Stay tuned. ** **UPDATE -It is still… Continue Reading →