Bob Sullentrop

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Sullentrop earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota.[2]

At the time of his 2017 run for office, Sullentrop was the vice president of ITCO Allied Engineering Co. His experience also includes work for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and service in the U.S. Marine Corps and as the treasurer of his local Senate District Republicans, the 8th Ward Republican chair, a member of the Minneapolis Republican Committee, and a Republican State, Congressional District 5, and State Central Committee delegate.[2]

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Campaign website

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Sullentrop's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

The Minneapolis park system is a real gem that is the envy of much larger cities throughout the country. If elected to the Park Board my focus would be to manage the parks so that the allotted funds would be spent wisely in order to both maintain our current facilities, but also to add new facilities when necessary in order to keep the park system current. My civil engineering and management experience directly relate to the infrastructure priorities that policymakers should consider for Minneapolis Parks.

Some new facilities that I favor would be more dog parks. If elected, though, I wouldn’t actually support more dog parks until I studied the issue more thoroughly in order to determine if there is an actual need for more dog parks, or just the perception that more are needed. I would do the same for any other proposed new facilities such as those for skate boards.

The parks should be for everyone. No group should be favored over another.

The Park Board just voted to come up with a plan on what to do once the amount of water they can pump from the Hiawatha golf course into Lake Hiawatha becomes limited by the DNR. The water is causing nuisance problems on the golf course and this has resulted in less usage of the facility. Closing the golf course is being considered. A consultant has prepared a plan that entails spending $28 million to turn the golf course into a park and build a new building. I do not favor closing the golf course and some other solution for dealing with the water would likely not cost anywhere near $28 million. There already is a park building at Lake Nokomis, just across the road from Lake Hiawatha.

According to a recent newspaper article, the Park Board will spend $8 million to build a park by the Viking’s new stadium. The article didn’t mention if the Vikings are paying anything. I am an avid Vikings fan and have attended a game in the new stadium. I don’t see the need, however, to spend $8 million on a park that includes a building which likely won’t be used much and the park will most likely be used mainly for tailgating before and after games. If the Vikings are paying a substantial portion of the cost, though, I wouldn’t object.

As a general comment on local politics in Minneapolis, our taxes are way too high. One party has dominated the local scene for as long as I can remember. When one party dominates, this can lead to abuses, high taxes, and result in a bloated government run by people whose main concern appears to be getting re-elected.[5]

—Bob Sullentrop's campaign website, (2017)[6]