Second Ward, Minneapolis

This is a public policy forum that was established in 2006 by Minneapolis Second Ward (Green) City Council Member Cam Gordon and his policy aide Robin Garwood to share what they were working on and what life in City Hall was like. After serving 4 terms Cam lost his relection in 2021 but has continued to be involved in local politics and to use this forum to report and share his perspective on public policy. Please feel free to comment on posts, within certain ground rules.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Welcome

Welcome to the new Second Ward blog. I’m Cam, Council Member from Ward Two, and I’ll be posting here regularly. My aide Robin will be posting here from time to time as well.

My hope for this space is that it will be a forum for civil, constructive discourse focused on how we can make Minneapolis, and Ward Two in particular, a better place for everyone who lives, works, learns and plays here.

I want this blog to be a place where I can share some of what our office is working on, my priorities and concerns, and explain the reasoning behind some of my votes and other actions. I also want to share some of the day-to-day experiences of this challenging, fascinating job and the intriguing world that is City Hall.

But it’s just as important to me to hear from you. What do you think of what I’m up to? What should I be working on? Where am I right, and where am I wrong? When posting, please know that your comments are being screened, so don’t waste your time swearing or libeling people – no one but Robin will see it. Please do feel free to criticize me though. We won’t edit out anything for that sort of content.

Check out my profile for phone numbers and email, and feel free to get hold of me anytime. Thanks for visiting and I hope to hear from you soon.

3 Comments:

At 2:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice idea, Cam. We'll be reading.

 
At 3:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cam,

Thanks for being the Conscience of Minneapolis by making the tough votes opposing the WiFi sellout and abstaining on the DelaSalle bonding. It's simply amazing how the Dems subsidize business and religious interests as a matter of course. Why does a Blue town act so Red? Continue being Green!

 
At 7:16 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cam
A group of us recognize why you abstained on the DeLaSalle bonding. Thank you. As you know, the DeLaSalle issue will be back before you in a few months on DeLaSalle and the Park Board proposal to build a stadium on one eof the most historic sites in Minneapolis. So I appreciate David Hedrick Skarjune's viewpoint, along with the need to protect historic environments, especially when DeLaSalle has other very viable options for athletic fields very close to that school.

 

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