As an answer in this article in The Minnesota Daily and to again block public housing residents from the right to purchase their homes through TOPA, Council Member Cam Gordon has the audacity to say he wants to “Keep Public Housing Public” which is the name of our city-wide coalition. This article exposes how the City of Minneapolis continues to ignore and marginalize public housing residents. It also exposes Cam Gordon’s lies and contradictions. He never fought for public housing residents at City Hall. Here is a glimpse of his anti-Black, anti-poor, and anti-public housing record as the Council Member of Ward 2. As the chair of the housing committee, Cam Gordon voted and led the campaign to privatize public housing where now MPHA is selling the single-family homes to a nonprofit for $1 through Section 18 Demolition & Disposition which blocked public housing residents from buying the homes. He voted for RAD which allowed the Royal Bank of Canada to buy Elliot Twins, lease the land through tax credits for 99 years, and have access to the city’s affordable housing funds. Since the birth of DG&PHC and before, he never cared about the public housing residents in his ward especially Glendale Townhomes. In 2015, he did not want to stop the RAD vote that would have demolished Glendale Townhomes, instead, Glendale public housing residents stopped the vote, and this is why we are still standing and organizing citywide to keep public housing public and build more. He fought us for 5 1/2 years to block Glendale’s historical designation at City Hall, and now he is facing re-election, he still hasn’t passed it. His own policy aid sent us a hate letter in 2017 to intimidate residents and to try to stop us from organizing. We have experienced years of neglect and horrible treatment from Cam Gordon. He never defended public housing residents in Ward 2 who complained to him about MPHA’s abuse of power, bullying, and intimidation. Cam Gordon is evil, menace, & a liar. He is a white supremacist, a misogynoir who has been undermining & attacking our movement since the birth of our campaign in 2014 in GlendaleTownhomes. Now, he has the nerve to try to co-opt our name & work for his re-election. #StopCam
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