EDA President Rick Estenson lent me his copy of the August Money magazine. The cover story is titled the “100 Best Places to Live in America“.
Number one is Louisville, Co, number two is Chanhassan, MN, number three is Papillion, NE, number four is Middleton, WI, and number five is Milton, MA. (Hmmm, I used to wrestle against Milton in high school; we called them the rich kids.) There’s several Minnesota towns in the top 100. In fact, the upper Midwest is very well represented in the list.
The Fbo Daily News has a story about horse-pulling at this week’s Rice County Fair. From the photo included with the story, there’s apparently more to preparation for this competition…
Griff asked me to blog about this after reading the article in the Northfield News. At the risk of continuing to stir up a tempest in a teapot, I’m willing to take a stab at it, although I’m writing in rather a hurry, which will probably get me in trouble.
I have to start with the disclaimer that in writing this, I am not speaking for any other member of the ZBA.
Tuesday’s public hearing and discussion of this agenda item took something over an hour. Three people were present at the meeting: Applicant Jerry Anderson, City Councillor Jon Denison, and Jim Gleason. City Planner Dan Olson prepared the staff report, Jerry Anderson made his appeal, Jon Denison spoke in favor of staff’s interpretation.
As I drove by KYMN’s studios on Division St. this morning, I noticed that they have a new neon sign in the window. Station manager Jeff Johnson says some people…
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A month ago I posted an update on the Natalie Smead story. Earlier this week, Natalie’s father, Pete Smead, let me know that the lawsuit had been settled earlier (see this Newsday article). And then he forwarded this letter (PDF) from the family’s attorney, Robert G. Sullivan to Mark Rosenker, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The letter addresses the question: Why would Long Island Railroad (LIRR) spend millions of dollars on gap repairs if Natalie was at fault in her own death? (continued)
Some of you may have seen Maureen Dowd’s op-ed about Twitter in Tuesday’s New York Times. Geoff Manaugh makes an excellent case for the other side of the story, In…