We talk history and challenges around zero waste, and about the classic dynamic of activist - elected - staff. We also get into a couple fun Cam stories, like his visits to a garbage dump 🗑️💩

NEW EPISODE: can we close the HERC? or will we burn trash for another decade?

On Dec 18 the Zero Burn Coalition is hosting a town hall at the Urban League. They are building a new consensus, but staff have pushed back and government bodies are pointing fingers.

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NEW EPISODE TODAY! The last two mayoral elections have featured remarkably high voter turnout. Any plan moving forward must reckon with this unique environment of highly motivated voter behavior. We discussed what that means re: strategy millcityhall.com/episodes/202...

Cam answered that question by emphasizing that we need to be out there making our argument to people across the city

NEW EPISODE: Did Fateh max out the strategy this year? and other key questions and takeaways.

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One of the not-infrequent moments when I wish I could launch you into a sports podcast that I’m listening to

As Robin says, what a missed opportunity! I am grateful for city staff who weathered the disfavor and kept pushing. But it should not have been like that. This had broad support. So when Frey says “city over ideology” or whatever, he’s full of shit.

If you don’t believe me or Robin, look back again to the testimony from Elliot Payne, Gina Obiri, or Brian K Smith.

On election eve, I want to share a thread from the last podcast on Behavioral Crisis Response, a non-police response to appropriate 911 calls. It’s personal to me because I have family who have experienced crisis. That Frey worked to sabotage, rather than accelerate, BCR - and then claims credit - 🤬

One of the key points in Jacob Frey’s politics is when he picked the pro-police side in 2020 and crystallized it as a citywide system of attack/funding PACs and an organized slate of candidates across the city. We talked about it last episode.

Finally, I quoted from some of the damning findings by the official After Action Report. Frey should not have survived this politically.

Robin recounted a press conference where Frey appeared flat footed in the midst of the uprising

It was a crisis that was predicted to city government, openly and loudly

We started our last episode with the crisis begun by Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd. Here’s Cam’s perspective on Jacob Frey’s handling of the crisis: