David Therkelsen has been a homeowner in Minneapolis for 50 years, and attentive to city and school affairs for all of that time. Professionally, he headed two American Red Cross field units, and at one time was co-chief of staff to the President of American Red Cross in Washington, DC. Later he was executive director of Crisis Connection, a state-wide mental health counseling agency. Dave held faculty appointments at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and recently co-authored a book about the history of transfusion medicine and blood banking.
Seattle, Portland and San Francisco have taken different paths through many of the same challenges Minneapolis faces. Some worked. Some didn’t. All are worth...
Still no news about getting Third Precinct brought back to the Third Precinct.
Just about monthly for a while I’ve written about Minneapolis’ utter failure...
Political scientists who study local government and politics sometimes write about the Curley Effect.
Part 1 of 6 of the Tale of Four Cities series
By Terry...
Dr. Schultz’s recent article gave much valuable history and analysis about the Metropolitan Council. I don't conclude, as he did, that the Metro Council...
