I always wanted my name painted on the office door.
Local weekly newspaper City Pages has an article about the Maplewood City Council happenings. It’s a nice summary of the view of some. It’s not terribly balanced, but that doesn’t make for as easily interesting writing. It’s good to have the topic brought up, though. And I hope concerned Maplewood citizens study up on what’s [...]
A while back I commented on a story by Katy Zillmer concerning the Maplewood City Council and the Sherrie Le lawsuit. I noted what I consider to be pretty crafty bit of innuendo in the way Zillmer left out a relevant portion of the credentials of a lawyer the city had hired. Inspired by a related [...]
As much as I post about Maplewood, MN, I don’t live there. I just got caught up in the interesting whirlwind of local politics and personalities. I live nearby on Saint Paul’s luxurious East Side. Today, the oft-berated East Side Review landed on my step. And I congratulate them on a really nice set of [...]
savemaplewood.com, though biased, is the go-to place for Maplewood new items concerning the contentious situation surrounding the Maplewood City Council and city administration. Of course, I’m the go-to guy if you want to add in a little fairness to the mix. :) A bit ago, they posted KSTP-TVs response to Maplewood City Council member Erik Hjelle’s [...]
That’s the question Stephen Filister and Judith Johannessen address in their editorial on their website for the “nonpartisan” Maplewood Citizen’s League (MCL). They seem to be bothered that City Councilmember Erik Hjelle had an article in the Maplewood City News which suggested that the city council is not as divided as one might understand based on [...]
Back about the time when the KSTP-TV story which concerning the Maplewood City Council aired, I became more and more curious about the way TV news is done. I sent the following note to the reporter of that story (after having exchanged emails once before on the topic). It went unanswered. But given that the Minnesota [...]
In one of her comments here on my site, Maplewood Mayor Diana Longrie noted that the fact the her husband had a restraining order issued against him was something that had been picked up on in various news stories in the past. Here’s an example mention from the Pioneer Press [by Steve Smith, posted on [...]
Yet more about the Maplewood City Council I’ve been blissfully unaware of the local happenings concerning the whole silliness over there, but I did peruse the neighborhood paper today which carried a Katy Zillmer story - Once a city grievance, now a federal lawsuit. As I understand the story, primarily from East Side Review coverage - [...]
I’d wanted to comment on some of the Aug. 7th articles concerning the Maplewood City Council in the East Side Review. Since then two weeks have past, and some of my interest has waned, or at least been swallowed up in busy-ness. Nevertheless, the Mayor’s comments today renewed my interest a little, so I’ll briefly [...]
Sorry, it’s all I have to offer right now. Argh! I have so much on my mind and no time to formulate it into recognizable English prose. Thyroid cancer tests: great! As good as they could be. God is good to me. :) Just back from Arkansas. Great trip. Rebuilt my PowerBook. Zippier. Text-based todo lists working pretty well. [...]