Climate action group schedules first Ward 4 candidate forum for Tuesday

Voters in St Paul s Ward neighborhoods will choose a new city council member in a special polling this August and the first candidate forum of the campaign season will be held from p m to p m on Tuesday at Hamline Methodist Church The forum organized by the St Paul chapter of Unidos Minnesota a situation action and economic and social justice organization has invited the three declared candidates to participate They are nonprofit founder Molly Coleman former Hamline-Midway Coalition president Cole Hanson and school board member Chauntyll Allen Candidates will be given the opportunity to respond to five questions prepared in advance on conditions resilience This year the city council will make big decisions about funding for home upgrades that lower ability bills negotiating a new contract with our utility company and revising St Paul s Circumstances Action and Resilience Plan reads a announcement from Unidos St Paul which raises concern about rising vigor costs unaffordable homeowner s insurance and unhealthy air quality Hamline Methodist Church is located at Englewood Ave in St Paul Attendees are required to RSVP in advance at tinyurl com UnidosForum Ward has five neighborhoods Hamline-Midway Merriam Park St Anthony Park and parts of Macalester-Groveland and Como Former Ward Council Member Mitra Jalali stepped down from office in February citing vitality concerns and interim Council Member Matt Privratsky was in recent days appointed by the mayor s office to fill her role until voters elect a new member to complete the four-year term which ends in The Ward filing period opened Tuesday and runs through June The special poll which will be decided by ranked choice is Aug Related Articles Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary likely to be renamed Wakan Tipi Letters Preventing landlords from screening tenants is a one-sided view of our housing difficulty Ben Shardlow The soon-to-close recycling plant and environs are places we should love or learn to St Paul At Highland Bridge Weidner Homes Ryan Cos win concessions St Paul Breakaway Music Festival approved for gradual volume increase