Hosko vs…. Bostrom?
Politics, it appears, ain’t so local no more. Running against President Obama supposedly helped catapult Tea Party Republicans into local offices all across the country in the last election season....
View ArticleThune, Schanno, Hosko, Ivey, Anderson…
Five St. Paul City Council candidates will appear on the ballot for Ward 2. Thanks to ranked choice voting, you can choose all five… The ward spans the following areas, according to Council Member Dave...
View ArticleWith Hosko on the attack, Dave Thune pulls out the big guns: Mom
Is longstanding St. Paul Council Member Dave Thune only a nice guy during election years? His challenger, Bill Hosko, claims as much in campaign literature, and he’s not mincing words. Thune’s mother,...
View ArticleDo not call it a recount
Given the number of observers and all the officious looking elections personnel in the room, you might think differently. However, the Ward 2 St. Paul City Council “Ranked Choice Voting” hand count...
View ArticleA bus stop returns to 6th and Wacouta, by River Park Lofts, and downtown...
ADDENDUM (05/15): St. Paul Mayor's office came out with a letter today reiterating its full support for the new bus stop: “Beyond the importance of a 21st-Century transit system for St. Paul, Metro...
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Art gallery owner Bill Hosko recruits critics of City Hall to downtown...
The neighborhood group that serves as liaison between St. Paul City Hall and downtown residents, business owners and workers is going through some major changes. The CapitolRiver Council's executive...
View ArticleWill Bill Hosko run for St. Paul City Council? (Answer below)
Downtown art gallery owner and civic activist Bill Hosko has been approached, time and again, with the same question: Are you going to run for City Council for a fourth time? Hosko, the proprietor of...
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Wabasha Street coup ousts chair of Wabasha Partners. But wait... there's WAG!
On Wabasha Street, there’s been quite a coup. Unhappy with a proposed bicycle loop, representatives of a wide range of businesses say they’ve ousted the leadership of their business and residents’...
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From Bill Hosko to Lee Helgen to Deputy Mayor Beckmann, St. Paul City Council...
Soccer stadiums, bike lanes, tax increment financing districts, raw milk sales... The St. Paul City Council races will dig up plenty of serious, nail-biting issues in the lead-up to the Nov. 3...
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Did the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation's negative campaigning cost Darren...
In St. Paul's Ward 2 city council race, the results are in! And the loser is... negative campaigning? In the final weeks of the Ward 2 campaign, glossy mailers sent out by the St. Paul Regional Labor...
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