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The Minneapolis Urban Farmer's Collaborative has invited candidates for Minneapolis City Council, Parks & Recreation Board, and Mayor to complete a candidate questionnaire to determine where the candidates stand on current policy issues relevant to urban agriculture, including food production on public park lands, on-site vegetable sales for urban producers, and ownership of chickens for small-scale commercial purposes. Completed candidate questionnaires are being posted on the Minneapolis Issues Forum at www.e-democracy.org for public viewing as they become available.

Below, read the response from Sandy Colvin-Roy, candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ward 12 seat.

The Minneapolis Urban Farmer's Collaborative has invited candidates for Minneapolis City Council, Parks & Recreation Board, and Mayor to complete a candidate questionnaire to determine where the candidates stand on current policy issues relevant to urban agriculture, including food production on public park lands, on-site vegetable sales for urban producers, and ownership of chickens for small-scale commercial purposes. Completed candidate questionnaires are being posted on the Minneapolis Issues Forum at www.e-democracy.org for public viewing as they become available.

Below, read the response from Meg Tuthill, current City Council member, candidate for the Ward 10 seat.

The UpTake has a team (Jason Barnett, Nick Coleman, Allison Herrera, Hlee Lee, Analiese Miller and Mike McIntee) in place to cover today’s historic Senate vote on same-sex marriage. Check-in throughout the proceedings to get a look at what’s happening.

A standing-room-only crowd listened as Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson announced her plans for changes in the district, including a new “innovative partnership zone” which would include 20-30 percent of schools. She said school teams in these zones would “exchange autonomy for accountability,” and would be governed by performance based contracts and  freed up from what she characterized as outdated rules. The announcement came at 8:00 on Monday morning (May 13) at Pohlad Hall, the meeting room on the second floor the downtown library.