Politics & Government
Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Meet on Minnesota Public Radio
They debated for the last time before Saturday's DFL Party city convention.
Listen to the full debate at minnesota.publicradio.org.
Here are a few excerpts from the MPR debate.
Betsy Hodges named several things that make Minneapolis great—art car parades, miles of trails and bald eagles—then added: "But we do need to continue to build the city that people want to come to."
Gary Schiff: "I don't believe it's the city's role to help big business expand. … Help small businesses grow by rewriting regulatory code."
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Jackie Cherryhomes: "We have to have a strong downtown business community. Downtown is the economic engine for the state of Minnesota."
Don Samuels: "We will not allow a small group of misbehaving business owners and young people [to bring down the city]."
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Mark Andrew: "It is not excusable that we've had so many [police] lawsuits and that the payouts on these lawsuits has been so high."
Jim Thomas: "As a teacher in Minneapolis I am uniquely qualified to deal with problems in the Minneapolis Public Schools."
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