Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis

i really should have bumped this up in my reading queue a lot sooner. As an unabashed fan of minneapolis there’s a lot to love in the book. for folks that remember the stage diving antics and the better parts of the RT twitter feed, this provides an interesting complement to your personal recollection of what was going on during the events he covers.

this is not a warm, fuzzy memoir replete with sculpted vignettes of a politician’s brilliance. this is a remarkably candid perspective on things that went well, things that really didn’t and a surprisingly frank level of introspection from a mayor who waded through some tough times. we’re still grappling with the SWLRT, the US Bank stadium just opened, the bike scene’s better than ever and north minneapolis still, unfortunately, grapples with violence and poverty. if you’re a citizen of minneapolis you owe it to yourself to give this a read and get a flavor of what was going on behind the scenes at city hall.

pour yourself one of those local brews that we love so much, kick back and read this and ponder why there are so many motivational quotes in mayor hodges twitter feed. what else are you going to do, move to st. paul? right.