Minneapolis Videos

Mayor RT Rybak's Victory Night Speech. At the end, he quotes Reinhold Niebuhr :

Mayor Rybak's Victory Speech.

Right before his Victory Speech, Mayor Rybak answers questions about job creation, and whether he'll run for Governor.

On election day, I run into City Council Incumbent Ward 6, Robert Lilligren's Campaign Director, and we talk about the election and instant runoff voting.

Mayor Rt Rybak, gives his Victory Party speech to a room of supporters at the Graves 601 Hotel, in Downtown Minneapolis.

Pat O Conner, Minneapolis's Director of Elections, explains Ranked Choice Voting, and what triggered the hand count in Minneapolis. With light voting, and veteran counters, it should go quickly. Machines in the future, will do the count, but none are currently certified for use here. Light turn-out, and inexperience mean that it may not have really been exploited by the voters this year.

Rainforest Action Network activists, dressed as Orangutans pressure Cargill to stop wiping out Orangutan habitat in favor of Palm Oil.

Leslie Parks, at 38 th and Park Ave South, fights to keep control of her home after a Sherif's auction with it going for a fraction of its value.

Hiroshima Day Memorial, Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis 8/6/09 Directed by Bart Buch Music by Brian Eno :