Erik van Mechelen

Erik van Mechelen

13
Feb
Project Minnesota's Mission to Empower Minnesotans

Project Minnesota's Mission to Empower Minnesotans

Remember Rick Weible's words: "Elections are the portal to understanding how well our government is run, and where it is headed."
7 min read
10
Jan
How to Open the Door to Dialogue

How to Open the Door to Dialogue

An anecdote from Anoka County
2 min read
06
Jan

Do you have a story to tell?

Talk to me to see if I can serve you this spring
3 min read
05
Jan

A Long Trail Run to Love the Enemy in My Own Heart

A lesson learned unexpectedly on the Voyageur 50
4 min read
30
Dec
Be the Change You Seek

Be the Change You Seek

Preface to the new version of [S]elections in Minnesota and an invitation to share your story
9 min read
17
Dec

There is greatness inside all of us

It is a choice to constrain it or to let it unfold
2 min read
16
Dec

Project Apario Fights to Reveal the Truth of JFK's Assassination

Be among the first in this generation to learn the circumstances leading up to 11/22/1963 and what happened afterward by discovering and reading key documents on Project Apario
2 min read
14
Dec

How to Use Public Data Requests to Access Public Records for Better Decision Making (And to Help Government Where Current Processes Do Not Account for Fundamental Weaknesses in Overall Transparency)

1) A step-by-step to using public data requests, 2) An introductory case study on the City of Minneapolis's Konnech Inc. Contract, 3) Ideas on holding local government accountable in 2023
13 min read
11
Dec

If you are still in the game

Gathering intelligence for all 3,143 county equivalents
1 min read
07
Dec

[Live Podcast] MNGOP State Central Committee Recap Discussion

Tonight: 7:30pm
1 min read