The System - Here in

The System - Here in St. Paul: A local businesswoman with deep ties to the DFL, the Hamline/Midway Community Coalition, and DFL councilman Jay Benanav is buying a piece of city-owned property at 60% under market value - under the rubric of "Neighborhood Revitalization". This transfer is the subject of a St. Paul Housing Redevelopment Authority hearing today.

I wrote a long post on the subject for the St. Paul Politics discussion list. I was going to post it under my "Articles" section - but later yesterday afternoon, it got more interesting. I'm going to rewrite it, and post it under "Articles", later today or early tomorrow.

Is it a great smoking gun of urban corruption? Perhaps not. Is it a piece of the system that allows patronage perks to local politicians? I'll post the article, and let you be the judge.