A cikin Afrilu na 2020, tashar mu, mai jajayen fuska Aw, shuki gwamna, Tim Walz, shine gwarzo na.
Ya rufe makarantun gwamnati a jihar mu a ranar 15 ga Maris, amma ya yi magana - wannan tsohon malami kuma kocin - da alheri. "Ina so in bayyana sarai game da wannan: Matakin rufe makaranta yana da babban sakamako," in ji shi ya ce. "Wannan zai canza rayuwa a Minnesota."
Jiharmu ta kasance a hannun mai kyau, ga alama, tare da shugaban da ke tunanin duk sakamakon. Sannan shi kadai a cikin gwamnonin Democrat ya yi aiki tare da gwamnatin Trump don yin shiri. Yayin da Cuomo da Whitmer da Pritzker ke zawarcin shugaban, Tim Walz ya kasance yin kira na gari ga Donald, yin aikin samar da kayan aiki ga masu ba da iska don an gaya mana marasa lafiya na Covid suna matukar buƙata.
Shugaba Trump - sannan a cikin rufewar sa aika-kowa-duka-duka yanayin cutar - a zahiri ya yaba wa Gov. Walz kuma ya fitar da wani sako mara kyau na tweet.
Ban sani ba tukuna, amma waɗannan ranaku ne na mutuwa na kyakkyawan fata na. Ina koyar da yaran unguwa, daga nesa mai nisa da ƙafa shida, saboda an rufe makarantunsu na ɗan lokaci. Wani kyakkyawan marmaro ne. Gwamna Walz ya yi alkawarin cewa - bayan rufewar makonni biyu na farko a cikin Maris, sannan rufewar makonni biyu na biyu a farkon Afrilu, sannan shigar da shi cewa tabbas za mu rayu ta wannan hanyar har zuwa tsakiyar watan Mayu - ƙarshen yana kan gani.
Na yi wa wani abokina wasiƙa da ke zaune a birnin New York, inda ake yawan kamuwa da cutar. Mun yarda lamarinta ya ban tsoro kuma gwamnanta ya baci. Amma nawa!
"Minnesota na iya zama wuri mafi kyau a ƙasar a yanzu," na rubuta. "A karshe yana da dumi, Gwamna mutum ne mai runguma irin shugaba wanda ya lura da wannan al'amari. Yawancin mutane suna cikin koshin lafiya."
Bayan 'yan kwanaki, CNN ta gudu labarin game da tsarin Tim Walz game da cutar kuma na buga wannan tweet:
A ranar 25 ga Mayu, komai ya canza.
A cikin Twin Cities, mun ji labarin George Floyd sa'o'i kadan bayan an kashe shi. Mun ga hotunan a gidajen labarai na cikin gida. Ni da mijina mun firgita, amma ban yi mamaki ba; 'Yan sandan Minneapolis sun dade suna cin zarafi da tashin hankali. Mun ga wannan a matsayin wata babbar matsala ta yanki. Amma a cikin sa’o’i 30, garinmu— unguwarmu—ta ci wuta a zahiri.
Mun zauna a St. Paul, ƙetare kogin daga inda aka kashe Floyd, amma biranen suna da alaƙa da juna. Tashin hankali daga Minneapolis ya yi tafiya gabas da wani shimfiɗa na Jami'ar Avenue, kasa da mil mil daga gare mu, ya tashi da wuta. A kusa da mu, duk shagunan da muke jiran layi don shigowa tun lokacin da Covid ya fara an hau kuma an rufe su. Target, Walgreens, Dukan Abinci.
Mun jira Walz yayi magana. Ina sa ran zai fito ya shiga cikin masu zanga-zangar da ke karaya a zuciya - wadanda na tausaya wa dalilinsu - amma ka tsaya kyam ka kori na waje da ke cikin garinmu suna jefa bama-bamai da kwasar ganima. Muna bukatar shugaba; mun cancanci daya. ’Yan sanda sun ci amanar mu (sake). Unguwanninmu sun ji kamshin kona motoci da rugujewa. Ba mu iya siyan kayan abinci ko karban magunguna ba.
Amma bayan fitar da wata ‘yar gajeriyar sanarwa ta talabijin da ke yin tir da kisan Floyd, Gwamna Walz ya kasance a kulle a cikin gidansa. Dare bayan dare, 'yan jarida sun yi bara shi don kwantar da hankalin jama'a da kokarin tabbatar da tsari. Bai yi komai ba, sai dai ya sanya mu ’yan kasa masu bin doka da oda a karkashin tsauraran dokar hana fita da ‘yan sanda suka yi harbin fenti a wajen mutanen da suka taka wajen kofarsu.
Ka tuna da wannan yanayin a The Texa matsayin Kisan Kisa na Chainsaw Inda budurwar ke gudu daga mutumin da ke da sarƙoƙin, ta buga tuta a mota kuma ta shiga cikin kwanciyar hankali… kawai ta fahimci direban yana aiki tare da wanda ya kashe? Wannan florid ne amma ba daidaitaccen analog ba don yadda na ji. Gwamnan da na aminta da shi ya “tsare mu” ya ɓoye yayin da birnin ya yi ta zafi kuma ya kone. Gudunmawarsa ita ce ta yi mana barazana da kuma zarge mu lokacin da muka fito waje don tafiya karenmu.
Ban sani ba ko Tim Walz ya canza wancan makon, ko na yi, ko duka biyun. Amma abin da na gani a matsayin tsoro da rashin jagoranci ya ci gaba. Lokacin da magajin garin Minneapolis Jacob Frey ya kira Walz don neman taimako, ba gwamnan kadai ba bangon dutse, ya zagi Frey, ya ce, "Ba na jin mai gari ya san abin da yake nema-da kuma wulakanta sojojin National Guard a cikin wannan hira mai ban tsoro, suna kiran su "'yan shekara 19 masu dafa abinci."
Duk gidan wasan kwaikwayo ne, babban girman kai yana wasa akan matakin watsa labarai. A halin yanzu, mu a Minnesota mun yi asarar rayuwarmu ta zamantakewa, ayyukanmu, abubuwan shaƙatawa, da ƴancin yin motsi yadda muke so. Komai ya ji haɗari da ma'ana. Har yanzu muna ƙarƙashin umarnin Covid; a yanzu an yi jerin gwano na birgima a saman. Amma dokokin sun kasance masu ban sha'awa da son zuciya. Wanene ya damu. Da yawa.
Jana'izar, ta umarnin zartarwa na Walz, an iyakance ga mutane 10, waɗanda ba a yarda su runguma, taɓawa, ko waƙa ba. Yaron abokin aikina ya mutu saboda yawan shan miyagun ƙwayoyi a wannan lokacin kuma ba su gudanar da jana'izar ba domin shi da matarsa ba za su iya ba—a cikin baƙin ciki—su fahimci ƙa’idodin da ke saɓani da juna ko zaɓi dangin da za su gayyata. Duk da haka, Walz ya halarci wani gagarumin jana'izar cikin gida ga George Floyd - tare da duk wasu manyan mutane na cikin gida waɗanda ke murna da ƙa'idodin Covid, ciki har da wanda ba a rufe ba zai iya lalata gashi Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
Babu wani gamsasshen bayani, kawai magana mai ban sha'awa game da "mafi girma" da "yancin jama'a" da kuma magana ta biyu daga Dr. Anthony Fauci - wanda ba na hukuma ba - wanda ya ce ya damu matuka game da yaduwar Covid-19 a zanga-zangar da bukukuwan rayuwar George Floyd amma "Abin da kawai za mu iya yi a matsayin jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a shine ci gaba da gargadin mutane su yi hankali."
Wannan, duk da cewa Gwamna Walz ya kafa a Covid "Layin Snitch"-Nan da nan da rubuta odar zama-a-gida a cikin Maris-don haka 'yan Minnesota za su iya ba da rahoton juna game da 'cin zarafi' kuma 'yan sanda na iya shiga tsakani. Mazaunan da aka nemi da su yi kira da kuma yi wa maƙwabtansu liyafar cin abincin dare suka kalli gwamnan yana tafawa, goge kafaɗa, da raira waƙoƙin yabo ga George Floyd, mutumin da 'yan sanda suka kashe wanda aka ba shi ikon shiga kowane gida na Minneapolis, kowane lokaci, saboda wani mai kira da ba a san sunansa ba ya zarge su da wani laifi mai alaƙa da Covid.
Ni dai butulci ne? Wataƙila. Amma wannan shine lokacin da na tsorata da gaske ga mutumin da zai jagoranci jihara-da rayuwata. Kwana goma sha biyu kafin Godiya, kamar yadda Walz's makulli na biyu ya fara aiki (layin snitch ba kawai yana aiki ba, amma ambaliya tare da kira), taron manema labarai ya mamaye abin da ya ji kamar cabaret Orwellian na dare.
Lokacin hunturu yana farawa. Samarun Minnesota sun yi launin toka mai ƙarfe; dararen sanyi da duhu. An hana mu ganin danginmu a lokacin hutu. Kwanaki na ƙasa kuma Tim Walz yayi kama da mutumin da ya bugu akan sabon iko. Ya bayyana a talabijin akai-akai, yana magana game da yadda ya kamata ya "buga" hakkinmu; Wagging fuskarsa a cikin rashin yarda kamar wani irin Frank Capra villain; suna ihun lambobin Covid tare da tsawatar mana akan adadin gadajen asibiti da ake amfani da su.
Ya saya a Dala miliyan 6.9 ga duka gawarwakin (daga baya ya zama babu gawarwakin da aka taɓa ajiye a wurin; an yi amfani da shi azaman sito don kayan kariya na sirri). Shafin sa na Twitter ya kasance jerin gwano na "labari mai dadi" game da menene abinci da barasa za mu iya yin oda akan layi. Lokacin da malamai suka ƙi komawa cikin aji ya wanke hannunsa da batun makaranta- a watan Janairu 2021, mashaya da gidajen cin abinci sun sake yin aiki da rabi amma manyan gundumominmu guda biyu waɗanda ke da mafi ƙarancin ɗalibai har yanzu suna nesa.
Yayin da shekara ta ci gaba na kasance ina ƙara yin magana, yawancin magana game da makarantu, ɗaukar gwamna. Yana shirin sake yin kamfen na sake tsayawa takara kuma saboda ina yin tambayoyi, mutane da ke aiki a gidan gwamnati sun fara kai wa ga jita-jita game da wani mammoth na zamba. Ya ƙunshi ɗaruruwan miliyoyin dalolin tarayya da aka ware don ciyar da yara da ake rabawa ga ƙungiyoyin sa-kai da masu ba da tallafi na jam'iyyar Democrat da abokai ke gudanarwa.
Matsalar ita ce, babu ɗaya daga cikin amintattun majiyoyin labarai da za su ba da rahoto game da shirin. Kawai Jaridar Sahan, wani 'dakin labarai na sa-kai da aka sadaukar don ba da labarai game da baƙi na Minnesota da kuma al'ummomin launin fata,' ya kasance mai ƙarfin hali don fitar da gwamna da sashen ilimi tare da labarin Yuli 2021 mai taken "Alkali ya sami Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta Minnesota a cikin raini ga tsarin abinci mai sannu a hankali. "
Mawallafin kafa kuma Shugaba na Jaridar Sahan, Mukhtar M. Ibrahim—shi kansa dan gudun hijira daga Somaliya—ya ba da rahoton gaskiya da kudi mai yawa da kuma lalacewar alakarsa a cikin al’umma masu ci gaba. A cikin bayanin editan nasa, “Me yasa Sahan Journal ke ba da rahoto game da zamba a cikin shirin abinci na tarayya,” Ibrahim ya bayyana dalilinsa tare da kara maida hankali kan jajircewarsa kan aikin jarida.
Zai ɗauki watanni shida don mu jarida mai rikodin don kawo labarin sannan, labarunsu sun kasance mai ban sha'awa game da yadda sauran jihohin ya ba da izinin zamba a cikin shirye-shiryen abinci, ko yadda jami'ai ke aiki da an dakatar da biyan. Zaben ya zo ya tafi kuma Tim Walz ya yi nasara cikin sauki. Zai kasance kusan shekara guda na jayayya kafin a fara shari'ar da ainihin rahoto.
Kimanin mutane 47— galibinsu Somaliya da Gabashin Afirka; abokai da masu ba da agaji na Minnesota DFL—sun shiga cikin wani shiri na satar aƙalla dala miliyan 250 (wasu asusun sun nuna adadin a $450 miliyan) daga shirin ciyar da yara da gwamnatin tarayya ke bayarwa wanda Sashen Ilimi na MN ke gudanarwa. Ciyar da makomarmu ta kasance daya daga cikin mafi girma cin nasara Covid zamba a Amurka. Kuma duk ya faru, bayan gargaɗi da yawa, daidai a ƙarƙashin yatsan Tim Walz.
Ya zuwa lokacin da wani bincike na watan Yuni 2024 da ofishin mai binciken kudi na majalisa ya gano cewa gwamnatin Walz tana da "ya haifar da damar yin zamba"Ban sake tsammanin shugabanci ko alhaki ba. Na tafi daga sanin ainihin kiran wayar da Donald Trump ya yi a 2020 - ina sha'awar gwamnanmu don samun damar yin aiki tare da shugabanmu mai dabara, mai girman kai, mai mugun nufi - don yarda da cewa Tim Walz ya kasance mafi rashin gaskiya, rashin kulawa, da kuma tallata kan su biyun.
Walz, da gaske ya fito, ya kawar da ɗimbin sharar gida da gazawa, yana gaya nasa abokai a cikin star Tribune, "Kullum muna iya yin mafi kyau,"amma kin amincewa da alhakin. Bayan makonni shida, Kamala Harris ta zaɓe shi ya zama mataimakin shugabanta.
Tim Walz ya yi wasu abubuwa masu kyau a matsayin gwamna. Shi kawar da bukatu na son rai na digiri na kwaleji na shekaru hudu don ayyukan jihohi, ya zartar da ingantaccen aikin samar da insulin, kuma ya sanya hannu kan wata doka ta tilasta "abinci kyauta na duniya"A makarantun jama'a na Minnesota. Amma na ƙarshe ya zama kamar abin rufe fuska ga miliyoyin yara waɗanda ba su ciyar da zamba na Ciyar da Mu gaba ba.
Tun lokacin da ya zama dan takarar VP mai zato, labarai sun fito waɗanda ban taɓa sani ba-saboda kafofin watsa labarai a cikin jihata suna ɗaukar murfin Tim Walz tsawon shekaru. Ban taba jin labarin sa ba cajin tuki na maye, gudun 96 mph a cikin yankin kilomita 55 a cikin sa'a, lokacin yana malamin makarantar sakandare mai shekaru 31 - ko kuma nasa. karyar yakin neman zabe game da kama a lokacin da yake takarar Majalisa a 2006. Ban san yana da shi ba ya yi karin gishiri a matsayin soja ko kuma akai-akai da'awar cewa an yi yaƙi a lokacin bai yi ba.
Amma bayan shekaru hudu da suka wuce na rayuwa a karkashin sha'awar Tim Walz da yanke shawara na son kai, babu wani abu da ya bani mamaki. Haƙiƙa shi ɗan Trump ne mai barin gado, kawai tare da Hollywood da kafofin watsa labarai a gefensa.
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Ann Bauer ta rubuta litattafai guda uku, A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards, The Har abada Aure da Gafara 4 Kai, da Damn Good Food, memoir da littafin girke-girke tare da marubucin Hells Kitchen, Chef Mitch Omer. Rubuce-rubucenta, labarun balaguro da bita sun bayyana a cikin ELLE, Salon, Slate, Redbook, DAME, The Sun, The Washington Post, Star Tribune da The New York Times.
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