For a town of 428,000 people, Minneapolis has brutal politics All these people act like they’re gonna be president someday Everyone calm down, it’s a city significantly smaller than Albuquerque, you’re not going to be fixing world hunger or solving climate change
Also the mayor doesn’t control parks, schools, major roads, transit… They run police, fire, snowplows, the water utility (but not sewer), and zoning pretty much
Prior to 2021, the mayor had almost no power Instead each city council member was basically the ‘mayor’ of their own district The change to a strong mayor system happened by referendum in 2021 as a response to the George Floyd protests
But even after the change, it’s mostly an administrator role They can’t make all that many real changes, good or bad