Two South Side council members are working on an ordinance that would ban or sharply regulate leaf blowers.
PARK BOARD CONSIDERING FOUR NEW RESTAURANTS
The Park Board has contracted with a local consulting firm to investigate the feasibility of opening restaurants at as many as four parks, reports Scott Russell in the Southwest Journal.
LAWMAKERS VOW TO PASS U OF M STADIUM BILL
Legislative leaders from both parties last week vowed to pass a bill funding a new football stadium on the University of Minnesota campus.
ZIMMERMANN IN LIMBO
Sixth Ward Council Member Dean Zimmermann, whose ward boundaries were shifted by redistricting last year, thus placing him in the 9th Ward, may take as long as another month before he decides whether to move to a new ward or challenge incumbent 9th Ward Council Member Gary Schiff.
BARB JOHNSON'S DEBT-REDUCTION PLAN
With the city struggling to pay down a massive debt incurred by the Sayles Belton administration in the 1990s, recent budgets have been heavy on cutting and light on innovation. The answer, according to Council Member Barbara Johnson (Ward 4), is to make a deal with the state legislature.
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