St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time in its history — and experts say it may be the largest U.S. city to ever have an all-woman council.
Ironic seeing as Paul the apostle didn’t think much of women.
Do you mean the actual Paul or the writings forged in his name which may or may not have been based on real things he said?
Well, they are going to have to do everything perfectly. One screw up of any kind and for the next ten years every discussion of diversity or women in leadership positions is going to include a Republican saying, “Yeah, well just look at what they did to St. Paul.”
They will say that while ignoring all the screw ups that councils made up entirely of men have made over the years.
I’ll be interested to see what they do. That place definitely needs a little help.
My guess is that they will what any other city council would do. I don’t think being all-female will suddenly change their politics. While it’s an interesting fact I would say that expecting all-female council to govern differently than other councils is a little bit sexist.
I don’t think it’s sexist to think that people from a different background and life experience may have a different take on policies. At least, I hope they do! It could be a nice change for the city.
Sure, women can have different life experience regarding crime or healthcare but city council can focus on those issues when it’s majority female or simply has female mayor, right? The sexist part is focusing on ‘all-female’ part and thinking that they will somehow behave differently now that there’s no men around.
You’re the one that chose to interpret what I said as sexist, that’s on you.
Are you familiar with the phrase, “strike while the iron is hot”? But have you ever read of any other news articles from AP regarding the election of city-council from any neighboring city to St. Paul? This would be the best time to capitalize on the extra attention. And given the quotes in the article, any Republican looking for election is going to be looking for any reason to use against them.
“Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick” -Kevin Malone
It’ll be interesting to see what they change… and the city could use some change.
i feel like the only things they really have going for them are the Saints (More fun to watch than the Twins, at least. Just saying), Can Can Wonderland, and Cossetta’s and some good botique/craft coffee shop. (Nina’s off cathedral hill is the GF’s favorite,)
Day by Day Cafe in downtown St Paul is lovely. They have a nice library room to sit in during the winter and a patio with a koi pond out back for summer. They have some of the best breakfast food I’ve ever had and their early bird special is a really good deal (especially when I’m on nights).
