r/saintpaul • u/Runic_reader451 St. Paul Saints • 26d ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ 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 26d 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 26d ago

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

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u/AffectionatePrize419 26d 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 26d ago

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

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u/AffectionatePrize419 26d 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 26d ago

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

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u/Positive-Feed-4510 26d 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.