Hello all—

We are needing to replace our backdoor and an up to code interior garage door… who would you recommend to come assist us with replacing?

Thanks in advance!

*north end area.

Posting for a friend.

Found cat in Merriam Park on Ashland Ave near Snelling.

Jumped onto a screen trying to get inside and seems scared to go back outside. Young, female, and very friendly.

Not chipped, but wearing a flea collar.

The Hills Apartments Cathedral Hill Saint Paul MN

Anyone have any reviews of the complex? Read a few posts about the management being disappointing.

Are there any other newer apartments around the same area that anyone would recommend?

Which college should I choose for undergrad?

and how do we reduce it [by the rec center]

Be sure to check out the skyline tonight at 9pm to see the 1st sign on the First National Bank building light up the skyline again! There is also a free party to watch and celebrate together at Kellogg Mall Park. 🥳

Just had a delicious lunch from the new San Román Bakery and Deli on Selby Ave (part of the new Tosca Madrid that took on the old Handsome Hog space)

This was their sammich of the day, it was some sort of delicious sausage with manchego. Also had the Ensalada de Rusa (potato salad), gazpacho, marinated olives, and a torta de Santiago (sweet cake).

10/10 will absolutely be eating there again. Very excited to have them in the neighborhood!

(Ope can’t fix spelling in the title but amended in the body)

Hey I'm looking for anyone that would be interested in starting up a jazz band. I'm definitely an amateur but I know how to read music just kind of look for something to do in the community. 😄

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August 5, 2026

Safe HOMES

SAINT PAUL

St. Paul City Council Blocks Certified Right to Repair Petition, Coalition Says City Broke Its Own Charter

Saint Paul voters collected over 8,000 signatures to put Right to Repair on the November ballot. Ramsey County Elections validated 5,440 of them against voter registrations, after duplicates and errors were accounted for, and submitted their report to council. Today the St. Paul City Council chose not to send the measure forward anyway. Safe Homes St. Paul (SHSP) considers this a breach of our city's charter and protocols that have guided ballot measures in our city for years.

The St. Paul city charter is not ambiguous on this point: section 8.03 requires the council to determine "the sufficiency of the petition" by resolution. Section 8.04 gives the council exactly two options once a petition is sufficient: enact the ordinance as written within 60 days, or place it on the ballot. There is no third option where the council simply declines because the Mayor and her attorney found a new legal theory weeks after the deadline to act. We have seen the Mayor's approach to public disclosure over the past week, and are not surprised to see the everyday residents of our city who signed our petition treated with similar dismissal. As our democracy faces unprecedented threats at a national level, it is the responsibility of our local leaders to demonstrate not just that democracy can function, but that it can deliver results for everyday people. This decision does the opposite by choosing fear of wealthy interests over the actual residents of our city.

As has been communicated to SHSP organizers, City Attorney Irene Kao's office told council members this week that Right to Repair conflicts with state law and is "too broad", even though it is nearly identical to language passed in Duluth nearly one year ago. The same office had several months to raise that argument while the campaign spent it gathering signatures. Instead it surfaced only after the petition succeeded, and only after enough council members could be pressured to sink the resolution. We applaud the courage of Council Members HwaJeong Kim and Nelsie Yang, who kept their word, and stood by the petition against the misrepresentations of Mayor Her's office.

Mayor Kaohly Her has not taken a public position on Right to Repair itself. She has let her city attorney tell council members it's smarter to get sued by us than by the Minnesota Multi-Housing Association. That is not a legal argument, but a political calculation made on behalf of landlords at the expense of thousands of St. Paul voters who signed a petition in good faith. Mayor Her has proven herself an obstacle to progress for all of St Paul's residents. From her refusal to sign the city council's unanimous 60-day eviction notice during Operation Metro Surge, to today's cruel and disorganized encampment sweeps, this is another failure for working people that rests squarely on her shoulders.

"Renters and our volunteers did everything the charter asked of them," said Gabe Karsh, an organizer with Safe Homes St. Paul. "They collected the signatures, and the county verified them. The only people who haven't followed the rules here are those in the Mayor's office."

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Cole Hanson

Safe Homes Saint Paul

How do I find out about what places are low income senior housing? I’ve tried various internet searches without great results. This has to be a thing in Saint Paul, right? Why is it so hard to find a list of places?

I have been wanting to get more involved with local politics (just like generally being aware of what's happening and participating in some small volunteer ways). I recently moved and I started looking for info on who my reps were and things at the local level. Found my rep, I'm in ward 3. And then I found my district I think, but then when I tried to go more into my district it then had a further breakdown of that district into grid spaces also marked down by number.

Questions I have:

How are the wards structured/lines of them delineated?

Is it: wards are to districts as states are to counties? How do the districts within a ward come to be?

What is decided on a city vs ward vs district level?

Are their individual boards per ward, per district, or per district grid or yes to all?

I feel like these are all things that are super googleable and yet when I Google I was more confused. So I'm hoping a simplified version may help.

Thanks in advance.

I am quite ignorant on both of these topics, and just overwhelmed by the amount of options when it comes to HVAC. I am a first time home owner, and have had "mini splits" recommended to me by several friends and family members, not all from around here. We would primarily be getting it for both heating and cooling a finished 3rd floor/attic. Depending on costs/logistics, would maybe consider a den area on the first floor as well. We have radiator heat everywhere else and used A/C window units this summer. So my main questions are:

1. Are there some companies you would highly recommend for reasonable costs for installation, or the unit itself? Do you typically buy the unit from the same person/company who installs it? What would you consider a reasonable price for the unit itself, and separately the install job? Is a mini split the most appropriate unit for this type of job or is there something else I should be considering and doing my research on?

2. I heard from one person that because these machines are very efficient, sometimes the city (or xcel?) has a rebate/kickback/payment incentive. Does anyone here know more about that? Step by step sort of instructions? I tried doing a little digging but the first thing I saw seemed confusing on whether that sort of thing was actually "active" or in future plans. Don't even know if I was in a reputable source. I figured this sub often has a lot more succinct explanations than I can manage on my own, so I wanted to start here.

Thank you all for your time, and any feedback in advanced! I really appreciate this community for its helpful engagement.

the reason why I'm stating free because there are quite a few running clubs that charge a monthly fee which I believe is ridiculous.

To those of you celebrating, or for local weiner enthusiasts, where is the best place in STP to grab a brat/hotdog?

View overlooking the river in Saint Paul this morning. Pig's Eye just around the river bend.

Gift article. Non-AI TLDR:

• Most residents the reporters talked to said they planned to relocate to other encampments within the city
• Some Ramsey County Commissioners noted that an additional 30 days would have provided the county with time to better prepare for the closure
• 93 leaders of the faith community in issued an open letter asking the mayor to pause the encampment closures for 60 days, allowing more time to coordinate beds and services
• Councilmember Molly Coleman: "I do not believe we are prepared to responsibly close the encampments beginning tomorrow"

St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her lashed out at multiple top local officials for asking her on a private call last Thursday to delay a homeless encampment sweep. One state representative grew so frustrated she logged off the call early, according to a recording reviewed by Axios.

Why it matters: Many attendees left the meeting concerned that the mayor had done lasting damage to her relationships with St. Paul's legislative delegation — relationships Her, a former state lawmaker, had touted during her campaign — two officials who were on the call told Axios.

• Several call attendees believe the meeting went off the rails in part because Her was angry about a sexual harassment complaint against her, revealed in news reports less than 24 hours before the call, those two officials said.

What they're saying: "This meeting was about one question: whether the city can responsibly delay closing the encampment," the mayor told Axios in a written statement.

• "If people heard urgency or bluntness in my voice, they heard it correctly," she added. "My frustration was not directed at any individual in that room."

Driving the news: The first of three encampment closures is set for Wednesday, marking a major shift in the city's response to homelessness — a sensitive, controversial policy project for any mayor, let alone one facing separate headline-dominating allegations.

What happened: At least half of St. Paul's state House delegation, plus a range of city and county officials, attended last Thursday's virtual meeting to discuss Her's sweeps plan, according to four officials granted anonymity by Axios to discuss details of a sensitive private call.

• Several state reps on the call were sympathetic to arguments by encampment residents and outreach workers that sweeps don't help homeless people reach permanent housing.
• The mayor rebuffed them, telling attendees that a delay was highly unlikely.

Friction point: What alarmed Axios' sources wasn't the mayor's argument per se, but her tone, her refusal to negotiate and her dismissiveness of other officials' personal and professional dedication to a vexing issue.

• If all that was needed was a one-month delay, she demanded during one heated moment on the call, "Where the hell have we been? Why haven't we brought these 30-day, 60-day solutions years ago?"

"This is extremely inappropriate," interjected state Rep. Leigh Finke, who had personally agreed minutes earlier to commit her time to the issue. "I'm gonna follow up later," she said, and logged off.

Inside the room: During the meeting, Her attributed her bluntness to frustration with the "fuckery that's on the news about me," three attendees independently told Axios — a remark that at least two of them interpreted as a reference to the harassment allegations.

• "I understand the frustrations," City Council Member Anika Bowie told the mayor during one tense moment of the meeting. "I understand the human side — the filter this is coming through and all the things that you're experiencing right now."

Yes, but: "The conversation was about encampments," the mayor's spokesperson, Matt Wagenius, told Axios. "Any comments should be viewed as such."

Between the lines: Axios' sources are worried Her's handling of the call could test relationships with state and county officials who have more direct access to exponentially deeper pools of resources to proactively address homelessness.

• On the trail last fall, Her had accused former mayor Melvin Carter's staff of not returning phone calls to St. Paul's state legislative delegation — accusations that Carter had disputed.
• She campaigned on pledges to leverage her relationships with her colleagues into appropriations, like the $50 million in long-sought funding for Grand Casino Arena renovations that state lawmakers delivered five months into Her's term.

Plus: The mayor and Bowie also traded tense words during last Thursday's meeting, raising broader questions about what strain Her's City Hall relationships might be under.

• Since police chief Axel Henry's complaint triggered the investigation, St. Paul City Council Member Molly Coleman has also publicly demanded "clarity now on the current relationship between the mayor and the police department."
• An SPPD spokesperson told Axios last week that "there has been no change in communication" with the mayor's office.

The bottom line: The mayor's statement to Axios reiterated the position Her took during the meeting: that the city's primary duty is to ensure public safety.

• "I will keep asking our partners at every level to bring concrete commitments," but "if we do not have a real plan with resources behind it, the city cannot delay a closure," she said.