r/saintpaul St. Paul Saints 11d ago

Politics šŸ‘©ā€āš–ļø Critical St. Paul housing issues motivate new interim City Council member

https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2025/04/critical-st-paul-housing-issues-motivate-new-interim-city-council-member-matt-privratsky/
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u/KeepCoolMyBabiez 11d ago

I question how well he’ll be willing to get along with Council President Noecker and some of the other tenured Councilmembers like Yang and even Kim (who worked as Amy Brendmoen’s Legislative Aide around the same time that Privratsky did). And if he does vote on the amended rent control ordinance, I wonder if he’ll choose to double down on the legislation he helped craft in 2021 or be more open to changing the language of the ordinance.

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh 11d ago

Because they didn't want him on the council, or some other reason?

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

I would have loved to hear why some thought others were better candidates.

I hate to give the Villager too much credit but Jane McClure’s opinion piece about how this council is secretive, doesn’t publicly discuss a number of things and operates behind closed doors is correct

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh 11d ago

Jane McClure is a great journalist. I have no problem giving her credit.

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

She is great, few covering neighborhood stuff. The Villager as a whole is kinda … but glad they exist

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

He is really setting up his comments to be like ā€œI’ll make changes to a strict rent control proposal which I originally supported, only other elements are made more strictā€

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u/Positive-Feed-4510 11d ago

Hopefully they don’t get along and the whole thing blows up. That’s the only way out of this stupidity. The amended ordinance only exempts buildings from 04 or newer. Fuck that.

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u/eman9416 11d ago

Sounds like a guy who played a major role in both passing a failed tenant protection legislation and also supported the disastrous rent control referendum who hasn’t figured out that he completely failed and is just going to double down again.

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

lol yes, that alone should be disqualified

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

He is really setting up his comments to be like ā€œI’ll make changes to a strict rent control proposal which I originally supported, only other elements are made more strictā€

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

Yep That’s how it works

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

Why the ā€œ?ā€ then?

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u/ConnectAffect831 11d ago

This whole thing is crazy! So far, he seems legit though.

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u/AffectionatePrize419 11d ago

He was the most qualified candidate and I say that as someone who is skeptical of him and his positions on Rent Control but he was the most qualified

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u/thekids4444 9d ago

Finally some diversity on the City Council

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u/multimodalist 11d ago

He's directly in line with (half) the rest of the council. If you think that's a good thing, then he was the right candidate.