One of the things that you are likely to hear during the campaign for New Brighton municipal offices is that New Brighton ought to do more to partner with other local communities. What that really means is this -- the goal is to get New Brighton to rejoin the various lobbying groups that it abandoned in 2009 when Dave Jacobsen became mayor. I wrote about this back in 2011 and the arguments haven't changed. Nor has the obvious beneficiary of a change, former mayor Bob Benke, who ran unsuccessfully to unseat Jacobsen in 2011. In fact, Benke is still a registered lobbyist for such organizations.
If one of the challengers knocks on your door in the next month, ask him or her whether they support having New Brighton rejoin the North Metro Mayors Association. Then ask them why.
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