Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

Together we are bigger than the sum of our parts.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

Donald Trump is out to destroy people's lives, and he's trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we've got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

We can only have true public safety with public trust.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

What does it mean to have a mayor who has an organizing background? It means I have allies and partners on whom I can call for advice - and that are also holding my feet to the fire already.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

As we are pursuing economic growth and economic development, we have to make sure it happens with and by and for everyone. That everyone gets opportunity.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

A tailor is a person's best friend as far as I'm concerned, because you can take things that fit OK or look OK, and if you get them tailored, they can be fabulous.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

Politics is challenging for everyone's integrity... I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with the person I wake up with. If I string together too many days of waking up with a person I'm not happy to be, I have a lot bigger things at stake in my life than an election or a job.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I find that if I don't have enough physical activity in life, I don't do as well with anything else in my life. It's stress relief; it's good health. It's fun. It's alone time, for the most part.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

My first and foremost consideration is the safety of the people of the city of Minneapolis. And my first and foremost consideration is making sure that people can also express their constitutional rights peaceably.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

We need to be able to live in the city without a car; we need to be able to get around. The transit system has to be strong and work for everyone.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I pray and meditate first thing in the morning.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I think our cities' deteriorating infrastructure is a silent crisis.

Betsy Hodges
Betsy Hodges

I'm a Democrat.