After 30 years of piling rocks and other decorations into creative formations on her front yard and boulevard, Iris Logan has scaled things back, under pressure from City Hall. Logan, who lives on Sherburne Avenue in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood, came afoul this fall of a city inspector from the St. Paul Department of Safety and […]
After 30 years of piling rocks and other decorations into creative formations on her front yard and boulevard, Iris Logan has scaled things back, under pressure from City Hall. Logan, who lives on Sherburne Avenue in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood, came afoul this fall of a city inspector from the St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections, who had ordered her to clear her boulevard of all .
Records and interviews with key City Hall officials show the hiring imbroglio dates back to January, five months before the make-up of the commission itself was announced.
Why St Paul s rent-control ordinance couldn t save Selby Ave renters from 8% rent hikes – Twin Cities twincities.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from twincities.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When residents of Selby Avenue’s stylish Blair Boutique Apartments were hit with rent increases of up to $158 per month, they appealed to the city of St. Paul. How could their rents be rising as much as 8% when the city’s voter-approved rent-control ordinance generally caps annual increases at 3%? But when a city hearing officer crunched the numbers provided by the property owner, she found .