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From YouTube: July 18, 2022 City Council Listening Session
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A
I
don't
know
one
candidate
who
says
well,
if
I'm
not
your
number.
One
choice,
pick
me
for
number.
Two,
a
candidate
runs
to
win
number
one,
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
confusing
process
and
I
think
it
leads
to
mistakes
and
spoiled
ballots,
which
I
know
happened
here
in
bloomington.
I
think
ranked
choice.
Voting
is
an
unfair
process.
A
When
each
person
gets
one
vote,
our
voice
is
heard,
but
when
a
ballot
is
counted
over
and
over
and
over
again,
we
had
a
few
races
where
they
were
counted
three
times
their
ballot
is
more
weighted
because
they've
gotten
their
vote
counted
three
times.
That's
not
fair.
Never
before
has
a
city
candidate
been
required
to
get
51
percent
to
be
declared
a
winner.
A
A
I
also
know
that
city
positions
are
not
supposed
to
be
partisan
positions.
This
last
election
cycle,
we
saw
a
lot
of
partisan
things
happen
and
ranked
choice.
Voting
results
showed
that,
like
choice,
voting
in
my
opinion
is
an
unfair
process.
A
A
I
respect
christina.
I
was
an
election
judge,
did
an
amazing
job.
She
did
a
great
job,
counting
all
those
ballots.
It's
not
her.
It's
the
process
of
making
them
count
over
and
over
again,
we
didn't
have
winners
announced
immediately
because
we
had
to
count
and
over
and
over
again
that's
just
a
bunch
of
monkey
business.
A
The
cost
and
dollars
to
the
bloomington
residents
through
salaries
and
equipment
is
unnecessary
because
we're
running
these
ballots
over
and
over
again
we're
relying
on
computer
systems,
and
we
all
know
we
love
our
computers
when
they
work
and
then
for
some
reason.
We
got
to
reboot
them
because
they're
not
working
and
we
got
to
click
them
in.
It's
frustrating
it's
expensive
and
it's
unnecessary
and.
B
If
I
could
just
throw
in
here
linda
the
the
expense
with
the
old
way
of
doing
it,
with
the
primary,
I
think,
was
a
greater
expense
than
the
ranked
choice
voting
expense.
I
agree
there
was
an
expense
to
it,
because
it
was
the
first
time
and
there
was
a
lot
of
education
and
so
on.
D
D
A
Like
to
finish,
if
that's
all
right,
okay,
that's
fine!
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
think
it's
it's
unnecessarily
complicated
voting
should
be
easy.
I
think
it
added
another
layer
of
complication
and
stress
to
the
taxpayers
we're
all
so
busy.
A
We
are
looking
to
come
out
of
this
pandemic
and
find
something
normal,
and
I
don't
think
it's
a
necessary
thing
that
we
have
strapped
on
this
paradigm
to
our
elections.
Fair
vote
was
allowed
to
come
in
to
our
city
in
2020.
During
a
pandemic,
we
had
lockdowns
in
our
schools.
A
We
had
lockdowns
in
the
parks
and
even
in
this
building,
and
yet
we
invited
in
a
special
interest
group
and
allowed
them
to
run
this.
It
felt
sneaky
and
it
felt
unfair
at
a
time
when
everything
that
was
normal
was
turned
upside
down.
This
very
crucial
decision
was
thrust
upon
the
voters,
no
real
time
to
think
and
discuss
with
other
people.
We
were
all
locked
away.
A
A
Their
2020
accounting,
they
spent
more
than
195
94
000
of
their
own
money.
To
get
this
passed
in
bloomington,
there
were
a
mere
13
bloomington
residents
listed
as
donors.
In
that
tonight,
the
petition
is
signed
by
3321
certified
bloomington
registered
voters
all
interested
in
getting
and
working
towards
repealing
ranked
choice.
Voting.
A
We
are
a
group
of
people
neighbors
talking
to
neighbors,
because
we've
had
an
election
cycle
and
because
we've
all
seen
how
it
works.
We
are
not
happy
with
it,
and
so
we
have
brought
that
before
the
city,
and
I
so
respectfully
ask
you
to
consider
this
petition.
It
was
brought
with
all
parameters
of
the
law
to
be
heard
before
the
council
tonight
very.
E
D
So
I
thought
that
the
listening
session
was
intended
for
things
that
weren't
on
tonight's
agenda
so
I'll,
throw
that
out
there
as
a
thing.
51
is
not
a
threshold
for
ranked
choice.
Voting
it's
50
plus
one
vote,
so
I
just
wanted
to
correct
the
record
there
because
I
think
it.
I
think
it's
important
to
that's
a
very
big
difference
and
in
particular,
as
an
example
of
that
right
choice.
Voting
was
passed
by
more
than
1
000
people
on
the
ballot
meeting,
the
51
threshold
by
state
constitutional
law
by
96
votes.
D
So
in
fact
the
difference
between
50
plus
one
and
fifty
one
percent
is
evident
in
that
number
itself.
So
I
I
I'm
not
disputing
your
comments.
We
absolutely
are
considering
the
petition
tonight
exactly
as
you
mentioned
it.
We
know
that
the
the
information
is
there,
but
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
have
the
facts
as
well
and
I'm
very
happy
to
sit
down
and
talk
to
you
about
that.
I
actually
ran
my
campaign
during
my
choice.
Voting.
I
think
I'm
the
first
one
to
run
as
a
first-time
candidate
doing
that.
D
So
I
would
love
to
share
my
experience
with
you.
If
you
want
to
know
what
I
had
to
say
in
front
of
voters
who
asked
me,
if
I
would,
you
know,
if
I'm
not
their
first
choice,
what
I
would
say
and
everything
I'd
be
very
happy
to
sit
down
and
talk
with
you
about
that.
B
C
So
all
right
so
so
farewell
minnesota
is
a
statewide
advocacy
organization.
We
I
mean
we
didn't.
I
don't
would.
Would
your
I'm
I'm
not
that's
the
part
I'm
confused
by
is
they
I
mean
they.
They
act,
they
work
statewide.
They
are
free
to
come
and
go
and
speak
to
bloomington
residents
and
and
mount
a
campaign
and
do
all
of
that.
Just
as
anybody
else
is
just
as
statewide
candidates
and
all
kinds
of
other
organizations
have
done
and
continue
to
do.
We
didn't
invite
them
in
specifically
they
and.
B
G
Morning
last
week,
the
second
question
I
asked
was
originally
asked
on
may
9th
and
it
was
yes
or
no
to
the
question.
H
G
Can
you
assign
a
staff
member
to
look
at
it
and
give
council
the
answer
to
that?
So
the
council
has
the
answer.
They
don't
have
me
giving
you
the
answer,
because
the
answer
is
that
no
the
hours
were
the
hours
of
operation
were
listed
as
7
am
to
10
pm,
and
for
me
to
tell
you
that
you
know
you
rely
on
staff.
So
could
you
get
some
staff
member?
G
So
there
was
the
development
review
committee
and
then
the
staff
report
is
constructed
and
then
there's
the
hearing
and
through
all
of
that
there
was
never
a
mention
of
a
use
after
10
pm.
So
I'm
asking
the
city
to
confirm
that
so
that
council
here
knows
what
had
happened
back
then
that
the
hours
indicated
what
council
was
voting
on.
What
everyone
was
hearing.
What
residents
were
hearing
was
a
proposed
use
from
7
am
to
10
pm.
So
I'm
telling
you
that's
it,
but
again
it
has
to
come
from
staff.
B
G
G
B
I
will
say
in
the
report:
they
they
talked
about:
7
a.m,
to
10
p.m.
Okay,
that
was,
it
wasn't
part
of
the
conditions
that
wasn't
part
of
officially
what
that
council
voted
on
to
hold
them
to
that
it
was
part
of
a
report.
This
is
what
we're
going
to
do
and,
as
councilmember
nelson
noted
last
week,
businesses
sometimes
change
their
hours
of
operation.
It
happens
sometimes
right.
G
And
then
there's
a
site
development
agreement
that
everyone
signs
that
says
if
there
are
changes
you
come
back
to
staff
and
you
discuss
that
and
so
to
clarify.
You
know
for
council
understand
that
a
group
came
in
again.
There
was
a
development
review
committee.
The
police
asked
about
the
hours
operation
and
everything
was
it
was
ending
at
10.
G
So
there
was
no
discussion
about
what
happens
if
it's
later
so
council
was
listening
to
people
talk
about
a
7
a.m,
to
10
p.m,
use
they
weren't
listening
to
anyone
mentioning
anything
after
10
and
very
specific
about
it,
ending
at
10,
and
so
you
know
bringing
up.
Yes,
there
were
no
conditions
in
place
because
nobody
on
the
council
thought
to
say:
oh,
are
you
using
it
after
10.?
It
wasn't
a
question
brought
up,
nobody
brought
up,
you
know
no,
but
nobody.
B
As
we
continue
to
have
this
discussion-
and
we
will
continue
to
ask
this
question
yes
to
what
end
here-
sally-
what
what
are
we
getting
at
instead
of
tap
dancing
around?
All
of
this
questions
asked
questions
answered.
What
what
are
you
hoping
to?
What
are
we
hoping
to
get
to
here
and
where
are
where
are
we
going
with
all
this
and
because
we
we
keep
going
round
and
round
on
this?
You
ask
the
question:
we
give
you
an
answer.
I
like
the
answer.
You
ask
the
question
again,
so
I
mean
how
does
it.
G
D
G
D
G
That's
some,
you
know,
that's
so
like
no,
like
I'm
gonna
finish
that
test
the
use
right
away.
It's
not
sure
they,
the
sun
ups
and
down
that
changes,
but
they
still
use
it
through
the
night
regardless,
and
so
when
somebody
writes
9
p.m,
to
10
p.m.
Specifically
they
don't
mention.
It's
gonna
be
used
through
the
night
and
again
they
said
up
to
200.
G
B
C
C
C
C
B
I
All
right,
yes,
hi,
I'm
paul
cote,
I'm
14
year
now
14.
you're
resident
of
bloomington.
It
goes
by
fast.
I
am
to
correct
the
the
record.
I
am
just
kathleen's
husband.
I
You
missed
the
joke
and
I'll
tell
you
that,
okay,
so
before
I
quickly
share
my
prepared
remarks
to
you,
I
do
want
to
just
acknowledge
that
some
of
what
I'm
going
to
say
may
be
triggering
and
difficult
and
there's
a
level
of
emotional
labor
that
may
be
involved
in
hearing
what
I'm
saying,
and
so
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
to
everyone
in
the
room,
not
knowing
everyone's
background
and
personal
feelings
and
experience.
I
So
you
will
continue
to
hear
from
people
opposed
to
bloomington
pride
that
they
are
concerned
about
the
safety
of
children
and
any
decent
person
will
think.
That's
the
best
reason
to
engage
in
any
kind
of
advocacy
the
protection
of
children,
but
what
they
say
they
are
worried
about
is
that
kids
are
being
quote
groomed
or
quote
recruited
into
the
lgbtq
ranks
were
quote
exposed
to
explicit
sexual
activity
perversion
and
profanity.
I
At
the
pride
event
now,
when
my
family
attended
pride
last
year,
my
wife
and
my
two
children,
we
attended
a
very
safe
and
family
friendly
community
gathering,
and
the
only
perversion
and
profanity
that
I
observed
was
from
a
street
preacher
among
the
protesters
across
98th
street.
Shouting
vile
obscenities
through
a
bullhorn,
baseless
accusations
of
grooming,
explicit
sexual
activity,
pedophilia
sexual
abuse
of
children-
these
are
very
old,
very
often
used
harmful,
tropes
and
stereotypes.
I
A
demonizing
toxic,
false
narrative
to
groom
impressionable
people
into
fearing
and
hating
the
lgbtq
community
and
my
wife
and
I
have
taken
our
kids
to
pride
events
for
years
and
for
very
personal
reasons.
We
have
family
members
in
the
community
that
pride
celebrates
my
sibling,
my
godmother.
We
have
friends
and
neighbors
in
the
community,
I'm
a
high
school
arts
teacher
and
I
have
trans
kids
and
gay
kids
in
my
classroom
and
in
my
care,
so
we
see
the
trauma
that
they
endure
from
demonization
and
bullying.
I
I
But
when
my
godmother
came
out
as
a
lesbian
in
1990
or
a
family
friend
came
out
as
transgender
or
my
sibling
came
out,
I
watched
how
horribly
my
parents
treated
them
and
saw
and
felt
how
abusive
and
traumatic
that
treatment
was,
and
I
saw
the
destructive
power
of
hate.
So
I
chose
to
change
and
I
chose
to
love
pride
exists
precisely
because
there
are
bullies
out
there
who
don't
want
people
to
celebrate,
who
are
celebrated
by
pride
to
exist.
I
I
One
of
those
out-of-town
street
preachers
I
mentioned
is
a
guy
named
rich
pankowski,
a
pastor
of
some
out-of-town
church
called
warriors
for
christ,
who
was
publicly
invited
last
friday
on
a
thread
on
the
official
city
of
bloomington
facebook,
page
by
a
protest
organizer
to
come
to
town
to
do
his
boldhorn
routine
again
this
year,
which
he
likewise
publicly
accepted
on
that
thread,
his
very
public
header
on
his
personal
facebook,
page
states,
a
quote,
and
this
is
going
to
be
disturbing,
perhaps
sodomites-
are
worthy
of
death.
Is
the
quote
on
his
page.
I
I
Well,
if
you
walk
around
a
very
harsh
world
as
a
young
person-
and
you
hear
so
many
people
in
the
home
and
in
the
community
and
in
the
school
call
your
very
existence,
a
sinful
abomination,
worthy
of
death,
you
might
start
to
believe
it
and
they
want
these
kids
to
believe
it.
Of
course,
they
do
that's
why
they
say
it.
I
You-
and
I
know
that
you
are
hosting
this
event,
precisely
because
the
people
across
the
street,
who
openly
state
on
the
city's
own
social
media
page
on
friday
that
they
want
us
us
dead,
are
out
there
peddling
that
harm,
and
you
are
right
and
courageous
to
counter
that
harm
with
your
good
work.
And
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
courage,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
good
work
and
I'm
going
to
ask
you
please
never
back
down
from
these
bullies,
because
lives
depend
on
you.
I
I
would
also
ask
the
city
do
its
part
to
publicize
the
new
suicide
prevention
hotline.
The
federal
line
people
in
distress
can
now
call
the
suicide
and
crisis
lifeline
by
dialing
988,
and
I
really
hope
that
the
people
who
fall
for
the
into
believing
these
harmful
stereotypes
do
what
I
did
when
I
was
young
and
choose
to
change
their
horrible
attitude
about
this
beautiful
segment
of
our
diverse
society.
I
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
B
And
I
will
say
that
we
will
go
forward
with
pride
this
year
and
I
will
also
say
that
understanding
that
sometimes
words
translate
into
actions
in
a
bad
way.
I
I
know
that
chief
hodges
is
well
aware
of
these
threats
and
there
is
a
plan
in
place
just
to
let
you
know
thank.
J
My
name
is
hassan
gulat.
I
have
been
residence
of
bloomington
for
last
seven
years.
I'm
not
sure
the
the
article
item
I
have
is
about
the
city-wide
organic
recycling
program.
Okay,
that's
what
that
is.
So
what
I
feel
personally
as
a
resident
is
that
I'm
paying
surface
that
I'm
not
using
so
number
one
number
two.
I
think
it's
unfair,
also
that
I'm
paying
something
something
that
I'm
not
using.
I'm
gonna
be
very
cool
actually,
but
the
thing
is
I'm
against
it.
I
I
feel
unfair,
it's
not
because
I
don't.
J
I
cannot
pay
afford
to
pay
the
few
dollars.
It's
not
that's
the
case,
but
I
think
it's
not
it's
unfair
to
just
generalize
and
pass
it.
So
one
thing
is
that
I
don't
think
it's
effective.
I
think
if
the
goal
was
created
to
so
that
the
program
will
have
a
positive
impact
in
the
in
the
on
the
environment,
it's
not
doing
that.
J
The
reason
it's
not
doing,
that
is
because
I
would
say,
90
of
the
residents
are
not
either
aware
or
are
not
using,
and
I
will
tell
you
why
I
look
at
around
last
year,
our
garbage
collected
on
only
on
tuesdays
every
tuesday
for
garbage
every
other.
You
know
for
the
recycle.
I
went
around
in
my
neighborhood,
the
streets,
84
properties.
I
observed.
J
I
think
I
observed
only
one
house
that
had
the
organic
recycling
now
so
because-
and
one
thing
I
asked
you,
they
said
they
are
not
aware
or
they
say
even
they
don't
know
that
that
you
know
the
increase
was
added
to
their
utility
bills.
That's
one
thing
and
they
don't
have
the
card.
That's
one
thing,
the
other
thing
it's
not
it's
not
effective,
I
think
is
because
it
the
city
made
it
optional,
but
paying
is
it's
a
must.
J
So
I
think
it's
unfair,
so
yard
waste
is
optional,
but
organic
cycle.
The
other
thing
I
will
look
at
what
I
use
in
my
house.
What
is
the
percentage
that
I
look
at
and
can
go
into
organic
cycle?
It's
it's
a
little
tiny
like
that
or
even
doesn't
exist.
The
items
I
have
so
the
other
thing.
What
I
see
is
that
the
cards
that
the
okay,
who
is
this
is
going
to
help
is
it
helping
for
recycling,
solid
waste
companies
or
it's
directly
right
away
quickly
in
impact.
You
know
helping
the
informed.
J
I
don't
see
that
I
would.
This
would
have
been
a
pilot
program.
Maybe
so
the
only
thing
that
is
benefiting
is
right.
Now,
that's
why
it's
garbage
companies
a
recycling
yard
waste.
J
I
mean
solid
waste
companies
and
remember
that
we
had
voted
whether
we're
gonna
keep
the
garbage
collection
program
thus
far
by
living
in
the
company,
so
that
we
don't
have
trucks
hauling
around
in
the
streets
too
many
tracks,
that's
also
contribute
to
the
environment,
but
right
now
we
added
one
more
company
that
most
likely
most
of
the
time,
had
even
nothing
to
collect
because
there
are
no
cards.
Thank
you.
B
Well,
thank
you
I
I
will
say
just
in
response.
I
think
our
our
city
participation
rate
is
in
the
low
20.
I
think
it's
23
or
20
23
or
24.
So
it's
it's
yeah,
it's
75
are
not,
but
25
are,
and
I
know
we
are
as
well.
The
decision
was
made.
This
was
a
mandate
from
hennepin
county.
We
had
to
offer
organics
recycling
to
our
community
by
the
the
first
of
this
past
year,
and
so
what
we
made
the
decision
was
to
to
charge
everyone
because
to
not
to
only
charge.
B
Users
would
have
pushed
the
cost
so
high
that
it
would
have
reduced
the
number
of
users,
and
so
once
we
dove
into
this
program
and
decided,
we
were
going
to
do
this.
We
wanted
to
do
it
in
a
way
that
it
would
be
successful.
We
wanted
to
spread
the
cost
across
the
entire
community
to
a
keep
the
cost
down
and
encourage
people
to
participate
and
then
b
ultimately
see
more
and
more
participation
throughout
our
community,
and
so
that's
that
that's
the
goal
of
it.
This
notion
of
you
don't
use
it.
B
So
it's
unfair
to
pay
for
it.
I
don't
have
kids
in
the
school
district
and
still
I'm
paying
school
district
taxes
and
have
been
all
20
years
that
I've
been
in
bloomington.
So
I
mean
it's
government
spending
is
not
a
la
carte.
You
don't
get
to
pick
and
choose
what
you
you
choose.
It's
it.
That's
not
the
way
it
works,
and
so
that's
the
way
it
is
here
as
well
quickly
we're
behind
we're
ahead.
It's
we're
good.
F
Maybe
you
could
also
clarify
in
our
studies
how
much
of
the
waste
stream
could
be
diverted
and
organic,
because
it
was
significant.
I
believe
it
was
over.
30
percent
of
those
that
could
be
done
and
a
lot
of
people,
including
my
family,
have
been
able
to
downsize
their
garbage
cart
to
offset
the
majority
of
the
costs
there
getting
that
organics
and
but
I
think
you
know
to
your
point-
every
neighborhood
is
going
to
be
different
in
terms
of.
J
D
D
H
H
So
that's
that's
good
and
if
you
would
be
willing
to
sign
your
name
and
your
address
on
the
forum
too,
because
if
there's
only
one
in
84
neighbors
in
your
neighborhood,
we
really
want.