Aswar Rahman

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Rahman earned a B.A. in history from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. His experience includes work in the office of then-Mayor R.T. Rybak and as a filmmaker, the director of web services for Triangle Park Creative, and the founder of the user experience and web development company Eloquent Design.[3][4]

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Rahman's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Coming from a family of small business owners, Aswar knows this fundamental fact: there is no excuse for not being ready. Even though things rarely go exactly as planned, having an intelligent, realistic plan is crucial to progress.

Minneapolis’ needs are primarily in three departments.

PART ONE: ECONOMY

Aswar’s economic plan is the first step in building Minneapolis into a robust, equitable city. The biggest obstacle is our staggering poverty rate. Aswar’s plan:

Free up $70m per year in city budget.

Reserve 25% of that new fund.

Invest $10m per year in MCTC low-income enrollment

Invest $20m per year in universal pre-school enrollment

Invest $10m per year in small business job grants

Invest $5m per year in year-round youth employment

Invest $5m per year in Empty Storefronts Grant

Create annual assessment for minimum wage implementation

READ THE FULL ECONOMIC PLAN

PART TWO: SAFETY

Aswar’s innovations in public safety revolve around a smart reform of our policing methods.

Create Civilian Majority on Review Panels

Excercise Mayoral Authority to discipline or dismiss consistently unprofessional officers.

Mandate Mayoral advocacy for civilian complaints.

Partner with academic institution for data transparency and accessibility.

Maintain direct whistleblower route to Mayor’s Office.

Form a Non-Lethal Branch (NLB) to address low risk calls.

Train supervisors to detect mental health issues in officers.

Establish rotating 'light work' positions.

Establish a doctrine of Constant Training.

End self-insurance, require third-party professional liability insurance.

Create residency incentive.

Create youth employment positions within MPD.

Launch career awareness campaign in public city school.

Establish Mayoral responsibility for entirety of department.

READ THE FULL SAFETY PLAN

PART THREE: ENERGY

Aswar’s innovative Hundred Rooftops plan will transform Minneapolis into a clean energy leader.

100 rooftops.

288,304 solar panels.

10 Megawatts of power.

$8,661,798 of clean solar energy generated each year.

A system that pays for itself in under five years, generates civic revenue for decades, and most importantly, makes Minneapolis ten megawatts greener.

READ THE FULL ENERGY PLAN[6]

—Aswar Rahman's campaign website, (2017)[7]