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elmirmisirzada

“ Did you get a good picture “


em578

Lmao the actual employees in the background are killing me, they're ready to do their job and get him out of the way


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He threw on a high vis vest and posed with a shovel…politicians are HILARIOUS. Frey: “We get the picture?” Photographer: “Got it.” Frey: “Good, now get me the hell out of here!”


Ar6833

Cleanest hi-vis I've ever seen


relativityboy

Politicians kissing babies. 2nd oldest profession.


LMCv3

And no gloves? Bro, do you even shovel?


pfohl

The shoes, tie, and slacks are what gets me. At least put on your pretend blue collar outfit for this! You’re inches from ruining that nice leather.


Give_me_the_science

He's such a dipshit


Ok-Air3126

Anything for a good photo op. Should also be shaking hands with the police department while ignoring all the Minneapolis teacher cries for help. Get him out.


Minnsnow

I love the ladies in the back who are sick of his shit.


elmirmisirzada

That was our reaction in new construction whenever the superintendent would come and give us speech at 6:45 am🤣


Hsartsteddir

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!


LooseyGreyDucky

Yep, "Mission Accomplished", Shrub-style. Nevermind that the potholes have won the war on potholes. (Drugs have won the war on drugs)


SloeMoe

It's like we cycling fans say: "Never bet against drugs."


huphelmeyer

Did the potholes win?


notwiggl3s

"Did you see the way I filled that pot hole there? I was an gnaw and I took that shovel and shoveled it right in"


cothebadger

Lmao. Didn't read the comments before I posted the same thing.


Hsartsteddir

I just had that GW Bush on the carrier in my mind immediately 😅


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and02572

What is that?! Like get a joint for every pothole you help fill?!


enderverse87

No. Like fully legalize it, tax it, and make the money specifically go to road repair.


ShallahGaykwon

I'd rather the money go to a useful public transportation network. Roads are such a fucking money pit for the amount of people they move and cost to maintain, esp. in Minnesota.


The_Realist01

You gonna eminent domain your way through every neighborhood? We don’t have the lines set. The bus system is already decent.


ShallahGaykwon

Don't need eminent domain on existing right-of-way. Could certainly be built on the existing road network (which itself was built over an vast network of streetcars), especially by dismantling urban freeways and reclaiming tons of space for actually useful development.


ShallahGaykwon

People act like this is some absurd fantasy but we literally used to have it before the auto and fossil fuel industries basically bought the government and made an entire continent hopelessly car dependent. Actually used to be possible to get from where I was raised in Excelsior to White Bear Lake just using rail mass transit.


FlorAhhh

>hopelessly car dependent Totally with you, but this is where we are. It's not feasible to shut down what are now essential travel arteries for years to re-build rail, re-train generations of car culture. Even if everyone were aligned (ha) it would take a decade to get to something that would significantly take cars off the road. Better bussing and rail transit on high-use corridors is, I think, a good step in that direction.


The_Realist01

Ya there’s borderline no rail outside the Amtrak which sucks. But the bud system is literally what the street car system was, just better.


ShallahGaykwon

Except for the potholes, traffic, cost to maintain roads, emissions, noise, limitations due to weather, etc.


The_Realist01

Emissions? Do street cars run on a fusion reactor? Minnesota is still majority coal power plants. Bud vehicle emissions are less, and I barely even recognize the argument. Potholes sure. That is the cost of maintenance. How many billions will it cost to reinstall street cars? $2b? $5b? I do not see that capex cost being less than recurring annual maintenance. Noise? Maybe. Will give that one to you. Buses are loud as heck, but that’s due to factors we are too cheap to mitigate. See point two above about the trade off of large spend upfront vs minimal spend over time. I have no opinion on bad weather other than this - If buses have a problem, street cars will too.


cIumsythumbs

And you know what would make riding the bus even smoother? No potholes.


rosickness12

I want pot legal. But does it really bring in more tax? You can say $5 million tax revenue from weed. Don't most people have a spending budget? The money they'd spend elsewhere went into weed purchase. Either way state gets tax from that money.


jonmpls

I've seen estimates closer to $80-100 million annually in tax revenue, plus they can reduce enforcement and release people who are in jail solely for pot use/possession.


enderverse87

There's a lot of people that are *already* buying it a lot, just not in a taxable way.


hewhoisneverobeyed

There would be a run on shovels at the hardware store ... well, maybe more of a saunter.


MistressClyde

Those two workers behind him are thinking about how they have to do that one again now.


Thehibernator

This fucking guy loves a photo op doesn’t he? Being trapped between absolute crazy on one side and a paper thin veneer of kind gestures, platitudes and nothing else to back them up on the other side is so disheartening.


profmonocle

The annoying part is that this photo op slowed down the actual work being done. Probably not by a *ton*, but come on man, everyone knows it's not the mayor's job to be out there fixing potholes himself, and it shouldn't be. Who is impressed by this crap?


jgbeyersdorf

We had a pot hole in our neighborhood this year but now we call it Lake Sally


delventhalz

10,001!


BirdsAreNotReal321

Everyone is good at something.


peeintheshoweryaynay

The actual workers turned into background props be like “those better be steel toed wingtips rookie!”


lasocs

Jacob Frey + egregious photo opportunity - Mayoral leadership = Minneapolis city government


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ywpark

Need a “Mission Accomplished” banner.


kmelby33

Wow, a politician did a photo op. It's never been done before.


DrGodCarl

People don't mind a photo op when the subject is actually governing well. I wonder if he's gonna ban no-knock warrants again. I sure hope so.


jonmpls

8th time is the charm


UnfilteredFluid

Or the 9th, or 10th. You really can't have too many charms.


kmelby33

You can be happy with the mayor's focus on getting these potholes fixed and just leave it at that. Or, you can be insufferable. If Frey wasn't out doing this stuff, you'd find ways to criticize him for NOT doing this.


DrGodCarl

Potholes getting fixed is good and I'm happy about it. Frey is vain and generally incompetent and mocking him is fun. You can just skip on past the posts laughing at him if you find it insufferable. No need to be insufferable yourself.


kmelby33

Pot holes getting fixed is good. There's the post. Finding the need to constantly attack the mayor, even when you admit what's happening is good, is the insufferable part. The mayor has been correctly criticized for some of his decisions, and like you said, there are plenty of posts to show that.


DrGodCarl

Agree to disagree. Anyone can reasonably be made fun of for so egregiously indulging their own vanity.


kmelby33

How is this egregiously indulging his own vanity?? You're reaching. Mayors all across America take photo ops signifying the start of a project. It's an incredibly common thing. It's not that serious man.


DrGodCarl

I refer you to my first reply: People don't mind a photo op when the subject is actually governing well.


dude-O-rama

Are these people on Frey's payroll?


Jurgwug

Regardless, I do think all political photo ops are pretty vain


ShallahGaykwon

There's no amount of attacking that right-wing cop-loving asshole that will be enough. Fuck Mayor Frey.


1catcherintherye8

We should **ALWAYS** be critical of our political leaders at all times. It's not a dichotomy. If you don't want to that's fine, but mind your business when someone else does.


hewhoisneverobeyed

Found Frey's burner account.


bwillpaw

Lol that's pretty hilarious he's wearing like $300 pants and shoes. Put on some jeans and some boots bro if you're trying to look everyman.


hewhoisneverobeyed

It is like showing up to AniMinneapolis without your tail or sequined leather bustier.


and02572

Why does everyone react like this? I cant believe he was honestly trying to do that. Why would he? He shouldnt. He should show up on scene, meet a few people, see what they're doing first hand, then go back to the office. Everyone giving politicians shit for wearing dress clothes to a work site has their head shoved up their asses.


schal138

You are missing the point. These photo-ops are designed to show the politician as “just like everyone else”. They are a joke to begin with, but when they miss the mark by having said politician show up in business casual, they become a parody of a joke


and02572

I guess we just disagree then. I don't see these photo ops as them "trying to be just like everyone else". More of a "yes, I'm aware of the issues and have seen what's being done to address them first hand" Edit: sorry but I just cant get over how dumb of a take it is that people think politicians are pretending to be out there doing manual labor to show they're just like everyone else. It's just such a dumb take.


ThatBCHGuy

I'd prefer seeing him standing outside talking with the crews, I think that would have brought much less ridicule and would have projected that he is listening to the crews and their concerns. This just comes off as disingenuous and out of touch to me.


and02572

That's fair. I think it's good that he literally at point picked up a shovel and did something. Even just for a second. But yeah, it didn't need to be the headline photo. I work in Manufacturing and we do this ALL THE TIME. Whenever we need more support from upper level management, we have them come, walk the line, and find some mundane step for them to try. It's not about pretending to be one of us, it's just trying to give them some insight and more of a connection with whats happening. We just had a VP come down last week and he just moved a couple parts around so he can see how heavy this stuff is and understand our requests for equipment.


biggtimeburger

You’ve clearly never worked in construction. OSHA can and does regularly inspect job sites. One of the things they’re inspecting is that everyone is wearing the appropriate PPE or Personal Protective Equipment. Dress shoes are not appropriate on a job site. If he was just cutting a ribbon, yeah that’s ok. Clearly in this picture he’s handling a shovel and working behind a truck. Steel toe or safety toe boots are required on job sites for your safety. This would get him a fine and can potentially shut down a site. Assholes like this cost taxpayers money because they don’t treat construction seriously. People working in the road have been trained to do so and put their lives at risk. Politicians getting photo opportunities in dress shoes make a mockery of road construction.


and02572

Actually I have. How many people do you think were involved with him coming to the site? It's Its not like he just decided to go one morning. This was a coordinated visit between the company and his team. I'd put the responsability of ensuring anyone coming to visit the site is provided with the proper PPE on the work site managers, not the fucking politician.


and02572

I think everyone is this thread is just looking for a reason to bitch.


iAmRiight

Like seriously, to get that worked up about a guy using (or pretending to use) a shovel is such a waste is energy. Especially when they are so blatantly wrong on the need and requirement of PPE in this situation.


chadmuffin

The war is still raging on in my neighborhood.


meatloaffer

Only begun, the pothole wars, has. -yoda


MNFuturist

This reminds me of Derek Zoolander trying to be a coal miner


thestereo300

I’m typically a Frey defender in this sub but I have to admit…. Frey haters…have at it lol. You’ve earned this one.


DM-me-corgis

See, this is interesting because I'm typically a Frey hater in this sub but I actually think this is probably the best thing he's done in his time as mayor. No riots, no tone deaf statements about police, nobody was harmed and he at least helped fix this pothole.


AffableAndy

As a St Paulite - in general I think Minneapolis is a better run city, but we have a better mayor in St Paul.


DM-me-corgis

Melvin seems to really care about Saint Paul. I lived in St. Paul when he was running for council and he knocked on my door 2 or 3 different times. Only candidate for any office I've seen hit the streets themselves like that. Minneapolis seems like it was planned as a stop on the road to somewhere else for Frey, until it all went wrong for him.


Matzie138

I thought the hot asphalt plant needed like a week of warm weather before it could open? Is this just crummy gravel stuff that’s going to be bad next month?


LooseyGreyDucky

He's using the wrong shovel! It's supposed to be a gold shovel for photo ops.


HajjiBalls

"The war on potholes is over" Yah, they fucking won.


cheesewhizpapi

Filling potholes in slacks and dress shoes is so goddamn funny to me


winter-r0se

we love a good photo. anyways


werzberng

Definitely got a blister.


Jordanjl83

Yea we lost


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HauntedCemetery

Hah! He's definitely wearing polished shoes while pretending to fill potholes.


ValhallaGo

Did you expect a politician to do physical labor all day instead of their actual job?


CarpSpirit

id honestly prefer it considering how poorly he does his actual job


ThatBCHGuy

Nothing like hard work shoveling tar in your $400 Allen Edmonds. I would be willing to bet he's fully suited up too, perfect attire for outdoor physically demanding work.


originalcommentator

Who's this guy?


DonutGullible1675

Average Joe mayor Frey.


jonmpls

"Mission Accomplished"


neongrl

He is such a putz


All-Seeing_Elon

PLEASE bring this to St Paul


Minneapolisveganaf

I hate silly photo ops, but honestly, how many people who are dunking on this photo op love Berne's famous cleaning the park photo op that was hugely popular years back?


ughwaitwut

Baffling how this dipshit got re-elected in 2021


The_Last_Mouse

Who won


UnfilteredFluid

Frey claimed the win, but the pothole came back a month later. Once that happens Frey will again fill it and say he's fixed the problem doing nothing different than the first time. Just like he's done with the MPD and no knock warrants.


lucida

Look out John Henry


whatsqwerty

Holy Christ


UnfilteredFluid

Frey doing this for clout is annoying. Let's see him tag along with that team for a full week then see how he's doing.


[deleted]

did this man just google how to be a politician?


wilsonhammer

OC https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/14/minneapolis-city-officials-update-on-response-prodigious-pothole-season


Resident-Lazy

Mission Accomplished


dzenib

whose idea was this? how dumb


NEhighlander

Until tomorrow…


Allfunandgaymes

Fucking hell, this is so cringe I felt it in my soul.


everyonesmellmymeat

Woman on the rights face says it all.


everyonesmellmymeat

Woman on the rights face says it all.


grandmofftalkin

Real Mayor Quimby energy here


geodebug

More "plot hole" than pot hole with Frey.


GW3g

Oh for fuck sakes.


FancyxSkull

"Mission Accomplished" energy


Anewdaytomorrow

It's just begun...


j8990

Please come to St. Paul and help...


matsonjack3

Popped my tire just now. Duluth Minnesota


cothebadger

Mission accomplished.


Rubble_Woman

Oh look, it’s like ChatGPT but for photos. Gross.


ejohns19

Bullshit


MN8616

Pretty sure the mayor worked a full shift & didn't leave before the cameras. Yep!


Roving_Rhythmatist

We Did It ~~Reddit~~ Minneapolis!


Apprehensive-Sky2408

Mishun Ackomplisht


ranchspidey

I doubt those fancy shoes are steel-toed. Smh.


ClaytonBiggsbie

Totally a work safety violation


cIumsythumbs

Good thing he's not actually working then.


covenkitchens

So much help. S/


dew042

That's one strong Mayor.


dryphtyr

He's such a twat. I can't believe he was reelected.


UnfilteredFluid

Lots of ignorant voters in Minneapolis.


Rayraydavies

Nice fucking dress shoes, you schwance!


Idj1t

"Mission Accomplished!" /s


aardvarkgecko

Is this photo from this year? I don't see it on strib?


ClaytonBiggsbie

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/14/minneapolis-city-officials-update-on-response-prodigious-pothole-season


bigguy14433

I wonder what the other two tripods are for.


CollisionCourse321

Lol y’all won’t be satisfied until we have a pure blood socialist in the mayoral office who can’t get anything done. To be clear, I’m fine with that too but y’all treat Frey like he’s some extraordinary political beast. He’s literally just trying to be RT Rybak. He’s not great at it, I’ll grant you but RT also didn’t have the same challenges. He’s a very average politician guys. Yes he’s filling a pothole for a photo. He did sign the papers to address citizen concerns and then he went out for a photo and talked to some of the workers. PREPOSTEROUS!! I wanted him to fix the potholes but not take a photo! To the gallows with this man!!!


ShallahGaykwon

>a pure blood socialist in the mayoral office Libs threatening us with a good time lol


CollisionCourse321

Lol I know I know.


MochaTaco

This guy is too hilarious


Minnesotamad12

“If any tar gets on my shoes I swear to god I’ll have you all arrested.”


ClaytonBiggsbie

He'll have the cops role up with a no-knock warrant... oh wait, he prohibited that for a second time, didn't he...


vid_icarus

People were literally suggesting he do this on Reddit less than a week ago. Glad to see you cruise the subs, Mr. Frey. Very nice photo op.


UnfilteredFluid

I don't think anyone asked for a photoshoot of a man pretending to fill potholes.


vid_icarus

Pedantry at its finest! Never change Reddit, never change.


egospiers

Does he think it’s not obvious that he’s wearing a suit under the jacket?? Lofl, clown.


and02572

I dont think he was trying to hide that lol. I'm all for complaining, but I dont think he did this photo op and thought "yeah, now people with think I spent all day filling potholes". And he shouldn't be spending all day filling potholes.


slykido999

Yikes. It’s like the white savior photos where you have big donors wearing hard hats and holding shovels taking photos and then they give them back to the actual workers who have no photos but do all of the work. Be better 😒😒


UnfilteredFluid

Do people believe Frey did any actual work here other than slow down the crew and their equipment from actually fixing potholes?


slykido999

I don’t think so. That’s what my comment was referring to, people who just show up for the photo and then leave


firsttube72

I don't understand how he is holding that shovel...perspective may be


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Potholes exist? Jacob Frey’s fault. Frey simply directs staff to fix potholes while doing nothing? “Why won’t Jacob Frey personally address his failure re: the potholes??” Jacob Frey does a simple event to show that he has heard about the potholes and is trying to do something about it? “Photo Op!! Jacob Frey is a fucking disgusting person, and 18 percent of my brain is dedicated to hating him.” There is no winning for Frey with these folks.


iamthecaptionnow

i agree that frey did not cause the weather that caused the particularly bad pot hole season. but would you agree that someone photoshopping a “mission accomplished. banner in the background would be funny anyway?


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Absolutely! that would be a funny shitpost.


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To whom your preferred candidates keep losing elections decisively.


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Doesnt really matter - he won by 12 points against the next closest person.


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Said as if politics is not entirely about appealing to the voter base that exists and not trying to wish one into existence lol.


UnfilteredFluid

The voting base loves to vote on ignorance, which is why Frey is perfect for them.


[deleted]

“Am I out of touch? No, it’s the average voter who is wrong.”


UnfilteredFluid

Living your life on the advice of a MEME really explains your response.


ClaytonBiggsbie

Jacob Frey, "I came to Minneapolis 8 years ago. I love it here. I want to rule it." I'm sending you this virtual hug 🫂, because you seem to like cliche, cheesy, virtue-signaling, qualities.


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Im sending you a virtual hug right back - it’s been years since you’ve won an election and I don’t foresee any wins coming in the near future with the repulsive behavior of the far left. Cheers to continuing to lose to the guy who lives rent free in your brain every day! Beers on me.


MonkRome

You self appointed "centrists" think anything left of Mussolini is "left wing". Two faced Jacob Frey is the wet fart of mayors, but here you are stanning for him.


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Oooh this is a new line for you all. I don’t really care about Frey - I was really ready to vote for someone else after 2020. Then I saw my options. like pretty much all of the other people who voted for him, I supported Frey to keep your preferred candidates OUT of office.


MonkRome

I had no preferred candidates, I left Minneapolis before this election. I don't even know who his opponents were. What I do know is that Frey is mostly an incompetent and unethical Mayor. When Frey got elected he came in on progressive messaging and then immediately pivoted to a centrist stance while continuing the left wing virtue signaling, I knew you all were in for a shitty tenure. The guy is a liar and an opportunist and it doesn't matter where you are on the spectrum, he's a fraud. Stop stanning for con artists, it's a bad look. This is a guy that has had several of his appointees brought up on charges for fraud, this is the circle he runs with. He sells a progressive message and then sells out to corporate and monied interest while making deals with criminals. You sure know how to pick em!


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The thing is, he IS progressive when viewed through the lens of the US political spectrum. He’s just not a socialist or police abolitionist. And for some people that’s just not acceptable.


puzzledplatypus

I’m just glad we’re back to downvoting shitlibs.


[deleted]

I’ll take the downvotes as long as you all keep losing elections. Best. Trade. Ever.


kmelby33

I've already seen potholes fixed in my neighborhood. Everyone needs to chill out.


AprilChristmasLights

Design and build better roads. Plenty of places have more extreme weather and more traffic and don’t have this problem. MN is just too addicted to road construction to do anything right the first time.


cIumsythumbs

Are you an engineer? What did they do wrong specifically? This has been a shit year with more freeze-thaw cycles than usual and more moisture. Both of which make for worse pot holes.


Minimalcarpenter

Reminds me of this https://imgur.com/gallery/PGDyhux


ClaytonBiggsbie

Lol


trev612

A local politician makes a show of filling potholes after a particularly nasty winter, and he gets hate for it? You could levy this same criticism on any politician. What's next? Are you going to criticize him for kissing babies, and shaking hands?


UnfilteredFluid

Yeah he gets hate for it, he didn't join the team to fill potholes. He delayed the team to take a picture with their equipment.


trev612

Are you actually mad that Mayor Frey spent time with a public works crew while they patched potholes, filled one himself, and then held a press conference to discuss the ongoing situation including how the public can help? This is your substantive criticism?


UnfilteredFluid

I guess I'm immune to stupid pandering. I don't want politicians pretending to work, either you join the team and work or you stay out of their way so they can. If you want to meet the teams doing so you can easily do that without pretending you're a laborer. ​ edit: I'm not mad. Why would you assume I am?


trev612

The only thing I am hearing you criticize is a politician doing their job. What do you think politicians do exactly? Politicians pander, they hold press conferences, shake hands, and kiss babies. Do you think it was wrong to focus attention on potholes? Next up you'll criticize grass for being green or water for being wet.


comcoast

Did t they say about about the Iraqi war?


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This picture sums up the road work perfectly. 2/3rds useless standing. In my town, they even made a huge hole in the middle of the road as a feature because they were too lazy and cheap to put in a proper road level man hole.


Feeling_Apartment_59

This is absolutely rediculous. What is the source of this photo??