I am doing a series of interviews with the Ward 4 candidates for the August 14
special election. My interest has been in how the candidates plan to encourage
development around the soccer stadium at Snelling Midway. The first candidate
that I interviewed is Amy Ireland. I will post more of the interviews with
others as they are published.

http://streets.mn/2018/02/28/candidates-for-saint-paul-ward-4-amy-ireland-on-development-surrounding-the-soccer-stadium/

Looking forward to the next one in this series. Also interested in what people
are hearing about the candidates, who seems to be strongest, what will likely
happen at the endorsing convention, etc.?

Part 2 is now up. Part 2 features Mitra Jalali Nelson.
http://streets.mn/2018/03/13/candidates-for-saint-paul-ward-4-mitra-jalali-nelson-on-developing-ward-4s-vacant-areas/

Glad to see it! Mitra is the candidate I find (by a good margin) the most
exciting and energizing. I hope others come to feel the same way (since I
don't live in W4).

Part 3 is up. Part 3 features Shirley Erstad.

http://streets.mn/2018/03/26/candidates-for-ward-4-shirley-erstad-on-development-in-ward-4-and-community-engagement/

Thank you. I want to point out that in both the 2015 City Council and the 2017
Mayoral races, everyone who was elected in Saint Paul provided a response to
questions composed and presented by Saint Paul Smart Trips in 2015 and Streets
MN in 2017. Candidates who *did not* submit responses were not elected.

The following are the links to the questionnaires and responses:

2015 https://www.smart-trips.org/2015-smart-trips-voter-guide/

2017 https://streets.mn/category/2017-voter-guide/ by Dana Demaster

Also take a look at the questions provided to Ramsey County Commissioner
District 3 Questionnaire: Trista MatasCastillo:

https://streets.mn/2018/03/19/ramsey-county-commissioner-district-3-questionnaire-trista-matascastillo/

Is there any possibility we can have the questionnaires above provided to the
Ward 4 candidates?

Development is an important issue, but so too is transportation and the
knowledge base sources of these questionnaires is very much grass roots and
community based.

Paul Nelson
Ward 4, D-11

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