Jim Meyer

I'm a former Twin Cities entertainment reporter, now a 17-year Practical Nurse for State of Minnesota. I'm a Minneapolis native who's lived through the city's good times and rough patches. I'm not a deep political insider, but I know Minneapolis is facing a tough economic future and few leaders seem to facing it seriously. We can be a midwestern powerhouse again, but it's going to take realistic prioritization and committed energy to fiscal discipline, quality core service and economic innovation to fill miles of empty space both downtown and many neighborhoods. I know ``Less is more,'' is not a winning slogan. ``Less is less'' is even worse. But we have to be realistic. Minneapolis is broke, but not broken. Yet! I'm running a lean campaign at first, but I've been a one-time campaign treasurer and a longtime public-sector union treasurer. Besides being a targeted rabblerouser at my work site, I've been a much-requested labor union steward among the largely immigrant workforce. I've also been a give-time Mpls. election judge.

Minneapolis needs to greatly streamline its missions and endeavors and prioritize methodically. We can't do much of anything if we try to do everything. There is growing agreement Minneapolis needs much better program evaluation. Minneapolis government has grown so quickly in the past decade that we need a reset.

Also a trained lawyer, formerly having worked in county attorney's office and Minneapolis city. She is now on staff of St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III. She also has a prestigious role on Minneapolis Charter Commission. I actually supported her early in the campaign, but decided to jump in late myself.