St. Paul's original sales tax has had life of its own for 30 years. Saint Paul city leaders concocted a simple plan 30 years ago: Collect a half-cent on every $1 in sales in Saint Paul, use the tax revenue…
Potholes are now a public safety issue I have been hesitant to write this letter because I know that the condition of our city streets is not the most important item for City Hall to be concerned with. We have…
City needs to slow the process and consider other options for improving bicycle safety. I participated on the Design Advisory Committee for the proposed Summit Avenue Regional Trail and have spent countless hours reading all of the iterations of the…
Historic building should either be renovated or repurposed with new library built nearby. The Hamline Midway Library has been a neighborhood treasure at 1558 Minnehaha Ave. for over 90 years. In early February, it received a last-minute reprieve from demolition…
Judging the good of UST arena In January, the University of Saint Thomas announced it had received a $75 million donation to build a new Division I athletic center. It was the largest donation ever to a Minnesota university. What…
Minnesota’s public transportation systems need to reevaluate and reinvent themselves if they are going to survive. Data from the U.S. Department of Transportation reveal that the Twin Cities’ light-rail system sees more crimes per billion passenger miles than any other…
Conspiracy theory on Summit Ave. Regarding: “Save Our Street accuses city of hiding harm from Summit trail” (MyVillager, February 8): Save Our Street (SOS) is an ideological fringe group advancing conspiracy theories. With no evidence, SOS claims that switching the…
The recent news from the city of Saint Paul that the anticipated development around Allianz Field has been significantly scaled back from the lofty vision first rolled out by Minnesota United principal owner Bill McGuire in 2015 (MyVillager, January 11)…
Got ice dams?We see the impacts of climate change all around us: more extreme droughts, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires and rainfall. These events not only impact people’s lives directly, but also cost us more for disaster assistance and insurance rates.…
My Uncle Bill had a job at the old Met Center in Bloomington, and when he was working a Minnesota North Stars game, he often took my cousin Natalie and me along. The North Stars were Minnesota’s first National Hockey…
What is the city trying to hide? The Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Department is attempting to steamroll a plan to build an off-road bicycle trail down Summit Avenue against the loud protests of its taxpaying citizens. The city asserts…
A CUP of prejudice“Ma’am, no student feels welcome in your neighborhood.” That was the response of an African American student when a University of Saint Thomas (UST) neighbor asked whether the student felt welcome in the neighborhood. The response was…
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