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Josh Mandelbaum

Council Member, City Council · 12 remarks on the record · Last spoke Aug 3, 2026

Des Moines, IA

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From 12 remarks on the record: the newest that say more than procedure, each playing at its second in the meeting.

  • “I've got some comments and I will say this is something that I struggle with, but I am prepared to support. so long as it is not precedent setting.”

    City Council · Aug 3, 2026

  • “The challenge is that the next one of these is not potentially that far away from us since we have a proposal. We have a proposal for that Dutch Brothers that is also downtown in a lot where I think we could do better.”

    City Council · Aug 3, 2026

  • “I have some comments and maybe start with a question for our attorney to see if I can understand a piece of this, because I know this was bid with one bridge is kind of a, that could be separated out.”

    City Council · Aug 3, 2026

  • “Because I have some level of concern with this particular bridge because there's some redundancy there and I think there's an opportunity for some efficiency if we worked with the property owners.”

    City Council · Aug 3, 2026

  • “Yeah. You know, if we were to take this down, there would have to be some private sector investment, right?”

    City Council · Aug 3, 2026

  • “How long has it been sitting this way? You know, I'm not sure I can answer, but you know that, I mean, it's been sitting this way for years.”

    City Council · Aug 3, 2026

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Sources: dsm.city · records through Aug 3, 2026

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