All residents of St. Paul will be asked to decide on the new mayor of St. Paul. St. Paul uses Ranked Choice Voting to decide.
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St. Paul Mayoral Candidates
Melvin Carter III (Incumbent)
Public Health: co-create a $3 million research-based public safety initiative centered around jobs & resources for youth, housing & mental health supports, and a public health approach to violence prevention (involves implementing restorative justice circles as an alternative to criminal prosecution for non-violent offenders and embedding social workers with police officers to co-respond to persons in crisis.)
Housing: reestablished an Affordable Housing Trust Fund
Youth Development: start every child born in the city with a $50 College Savings Account, starting January 1, 2020.
Jobs & Economy: launched the People’s Prosperity Guaranteed Income Pilot Program to provide up to 150 low-income families with $500 for 18 month; raised the city’s minimum wage to $15/hour
Public Safety: worked with Saint Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell and department leadership to revise the Saint Paul Police Department’s use of force policy
Immigration: expanded immigrant & refugee support resources
Miki Frost
Public Health: Not Addressed.
Housing: Not Addressed.
Youth Development: leverage community partnerships to empower all youth in our community to make positive life choices that will foster personal development into productive and contributing members of society.
Jobs & Economy: expand our tax base and increase jobs with everyone’s input.
Public Safety: support both the Saint Paul Police Department and the reforms necessary to improve criminal justice outcomes. This includes increasing training for police officers and expanding community outreach.
Bill Hosko
Public Health: more equitable city-trash-collection fee structure; opt-out/share trash program offered; end individual assessments for public works projects.
Housing: Not Addressed.
Youth Development: restore St. Paul’s July 4th Fireworks, a ‘Taste of Minnesota’ style festival on our Capitol Mall, and reinvigorate Winter Carnival, Art Crawl, and more.
Ethnic Studies: Not Addressed.
Jobs & Economy: Not Addressed.Public Safety: law enforcement restored; patrols in high-crime areas increased; downtown skyway system-wide camera-audio security system installed; city-wide crime-map created.
Dora Jones-Robinson
Public Health: Not Addressed.
Housing: More help to the homeless and hopeless to encourage them to go on in life in spite of the situation they find themselves in, through one on one placement programs, individually tailored to them.
Youth Development: Youth intervention and prevention programs to ensure our youth can be the best citizens in a society that they can be.
Ethnic Studies: Not Addressed.
Jobs & Economy: Reinvest in the small businessman/woman help them to thrive not just survive; reinvest in downtown St. Paul give businesses an incentive to move back to downtown St. Paul, which will help to generate revenue back into our city.
Public Safety: Reinvest in our police department, not defund them, further training tools are needed, personal assessments and a new police academy.
Paul Langenfeld
Public Health: Not Addressed.
Housing: Not Addressed.
Youth Development: education is the best solution to poverty.
Ethnic Studies: Not Addressed.
Jobs & Economy: wants to bring more Fortune 500 companies to st. Paul to generate jobs and higher pay. Supports small businesses.
Public Safety: restoring respect for peace officers, parents, and other authority figures.
Abu Nayeem
Public Health: Not Addressed.
Housing: Not Addressed.
College Tuition: Not Addressed.
Ethnic Studies: Not Addressed.
Jobs & Economy: Envisions a participatory budget where taxpayers allocate a portion of their tax money to specific programs.
Public Safety: Aims for citizens and law enforcement to come together to improve integrity of policing. Bridge empathy gap through conversations.
Scott Evans Wergin
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St. Paul City Ballot Question
All residents of St. Paul will also be asked the following ballot question in regards to rent stabilization. The ballot question will be formatted as:
Whether to adopt a Residential Rent Stabilization Ordinance
Should the City adopt the proposed Ordinance limiting rent increases? The Ordinance limits residential rent increases to no more than 3% in a 12-month period, regardless of whether there is a change of occupancy. The Ordinance also directs the City to create a process for landlords to request an exception to the 3% limit based on the right to a reasonable return on investment. A “yes” vote is a vote in favor of limiting rent increases. A “no” vote is a vote against limiting rent increases.
AAOP’s Stance
YES
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