St. Paul makes history with all-female city council

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1:11p, 1/12/24
I am sure nothing will go wrong here.

A nice DEI paradise.

https://apnews.com/article/all-female-city-council-st-paul-minnesota-63e1ae6fbe281d0965e3fcd15723b6cd
St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large US cities


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By TRISHA AHMED and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Updated 2:04 PM CST, January 11, 2024

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) When St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali looked out at her fellow council members at their initial meeting this week, she saw all the members' seats were occupied by women a first for Minnesota's capital city.
Experts who track women in politics said St. Paul, with a population of about 300,000 people, is the first large U.S. city they know of with an all-female city council. But even as the council members celebrate the milestone, they are expressing more excitement about what the all-female council can accomplish in the coming year.
"We're a multifaith, multicultural group of women. Our professional experiences are what people trusted as much as our personal ones. … And we have a clear policy vision that we got elected on," Jalali said in an interview.
All seven women are under 40 years old, and six out of the seven are women of color. From civil engineering to nonprofit directing, they have a wide range of professional experiences, which Jalali said helps capture the city's diversity.


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1:12p, 1/12/24
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This will not go well.
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1:15p, 1/12/24
Minnesota is a dumpster fire and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
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In reply to Tramp96 • 1:17p, 1/12/24
Tramp96 said:
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Oh looks like you have a thing for Indian women
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1:18p, 1/12/24
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Four years ago My second home city of Palm Springs Ca celebrated the first all LGBTQXYZ city council in the country.

PS has turned into little SF since then. We moved.
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Going to be a rough meeting night when their cycles all synch up.
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1:27p, 1/12/24
That purple hat is pretty sweet.
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Nightmarish scenario.
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1:37p, 1/12/24
I wonder if they will sync up?

Can you imagine the Council meetings when that happens? Holy cow.

ETA: I missed tamc93's post. My bad.
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Youths will oppress my people and women will rule over them. Isaiah 3:12.
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1:41p, 1/12/24
Is a Gaza ceasefire the first item on their agenda?
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I have spent almost quarter of a century working in environments that were 80% female

Now I'm with mostly men

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Poor Minneapolis...those are some ass ugly women.
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1:45p, 1/12/24
I would say they had the chance to rebrand as "Sandwich Capitol of the World", but then I saw the ladies and realized that ain't happening.
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In reply to 93MarineHorn • 1:47p, 1/12/24
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93MarineHorn said:
Is a Gaza ceasefire the first item on their agenda?
that or disarming and defunding the police department.
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1:56p, 1/12/24
Good luck with all that Minnesota. Not sure why you guys are hell bent on voting this way, but you do you.
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Only one white girl (I think). You almost have to manufacture this outcome.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:01p, 1/12/24
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aggiehawg said:
This will not go well.
Star Wars franchise says hello...
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In reply to YouBet • 2:02p, 1/12/24
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YouBet said:
Only one white girl (I think). You almost have to manufacture this outcome.
Or live in an area full of non-serious people.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:02p, 1/12/24
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This will not go well.
As has been said, once they sync their periods it should be ok. At least 3 weeks per month.
Sorry I know this offends some...

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Cool! Clint Eastwood's neighbor from Gran Torino is on the council!
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In reply to tamc93 • 2:15p, 1/12/24
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tamc93 said:
Going to be a rough meeting night when their cycles all synch up.
Bears. They need to look out for bears.
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2:19p, 1/12/24


Progressives rarely rate in the looks department.




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Seems so non-diverse
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2:33p, 1/12/24
If the Vikings somehow get forced into re-branding with some girly sheet, I'm going to LMAO.
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Anyone else get these vibes from their photo?

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Can you short sell a city?
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In reply to Tramp96 • 3:01p, 1/12/24
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Tramp96 said:
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That's racist.
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tamc93 said:
Going to be a rough meeting night when their cycles all synch up.
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When asked what they wanted to do to make St. Paul a better city, the council responded "I don't know, what do you want to do?"
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Infrastructure funds reallocating to services in 3… 2… 1…
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WhereItsWarm said:
When asked what they wanted to do to make St. Paul a better city, the council responded "I don't know, what do you want to do?"


And when answered "let's work on blah, blah, blah", you get, "well I didn't really feel like doing that".

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WhereItsWarm said:
When asked what they wanted to do to make St. Paul a better city, the council responded "I don't know, what do you want to do?"
Well if you don't know what needs to get done, then we're not going to tell you.
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