Secrets of the City

That’s interesting. But why is this front page news? News of Weird caption more like it.

sounds like he’s being kind of a p*ssy about it.

question to self: other side talks to reporters…we have “spokesperson” read a “statement.” so why do we look like douchebags?

ahh, f*** it. let’s go make another million.

I hate people who sue other people. Just generally.

Nice use of the Rex meme there, ZenRhino: “Garrison’s lawsuits were better when Rex was here.”

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.

Is this the best we can do? What is Paris Hilton up to? Give me a real celeb.

My question is why wasn’t there any information on the zoning variance process in the article?

I know when the Church in our neighborhood wanted to split off one of the rectories to sell as a single family house they needed a variance because of a driveway clearance issue. There were postings of the meeting and letters send to every house within a certain number of feet. That was your opprotunity to voice an opinion or, as they say, forever hold your peace.

Did Keillor get such a notice and ignore it? Is the process for putting a two story addition on a house in a historical district more lax than a slight zoning variance in Northeast Minneapolis? Come I thought these people were paid to report.

Nice use of the Rex meme there, ZenRhino: “Garrison’s lawsuits were better when Rex was here.”

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.

No. That’s a gross misuse of the joke. -5 points for you.

Seems kinda silly to me for someone with a 5,000 square foot house shoehorned onto his own lot to be suing his neighbors over something like this. Wonder what the neighbors on the other side of Keillor think of his monster house.

Also, don’t you talk to the neighbors before suing? And I thought I was passive-aggressive!

Yes, why can’t we follow and write about celebrities that matter? I want the inside tabloid dope from CJ on Bruce Schneier.

I got one of those town hall letters when a business in my neighborhood wanted to get zoning to build a hotel.

That would be totally bitching! I love Whittier.

Wonder what the neighbors on the other side of Keillor think of his monster house.

ding ding ding!

also can I sue him for being so damned creepy that he gives me nightmares? invading my sleep is even worse than invading his backyard!

Mpls Simpleton is right. If the Star Trib is going to put a story about a lawsuit on the front page, they should at least report what laws the suit says weren’t followed.

My favorite part:

“Olson said when he and Anderson decided to marry, they realized their one-car garage wasn’t big enough…They planned to build three stalls”

Come on, people. When are we going to stop this nonsense?

Kevin: “No. That’s a gross misuse of the joke. -5 points for you.”

Oops!

Boy, is my face red.

What, only 14 comments so far? DeRusha and I have money on this thread.

Boy, is my face red.

That’s what she said…

Boy, is my face red.

That’s what she said…

+5. Nice work.

I’ve had enough of the pity squabbles of over-the-hill baby boomers!

That article is really a piece of work.

That would be totally bitching! I love Whittier.

They got their variance.

Now let’s see if they (well, Huy Fong) can get the necessary money. You’ll notice that Sinbad left in November (perhaps bankrupt, sadly) and the weird jewelry store moved across the street.

As a St. Paul guy and longtime observer of Summit/Ramsey Hill douchebaggery, I am not surprised to see this rear its head.

If Gary & his trophy wife feel entitled to the space in their neighbor’s yard, they should make an offer on the property. If they are afraid of structure density, they picked the wrong neighborhood in the first place. A garage blocks you “access to air?” Jeez, get over yourself.

Anderson and Olson received a zoning variance for a 23-foot rear-yard setback rather than the standard 25 feet and conditional approval from the Heritage Preservation Commission, pending final approval of the plans.

Looks like Anderson/Olson are going throught the proper channels and Mr. Mansion is pitching his fit late in the game. How typical of the precious, wealthy, Minnesota lefty – “I got mine; the rest of you can go screw yourself.”

How typical of the precious, wealthy, Minnesota lefty – “I got mine; the rest of you can go screw yourself.”

You could truncate that to just the wealthy, as I like a little class war now and again. But really that attitude is a pretty typical boomer attitude, look at their track record for stewardship.

Looks like they’re going to mediation. Goodness, the neighbors sure come across as reasonable people.

from what I can see, the addition would block Keillor’s view of a 4-story apartment building on Arundel and Holly.

Well, it’s been a less-than-quiet week in Lake Woebegone. It started with the usual seasonal whimsy which had settled on the neighborhood with the snow  stories about a Godly woman who found herself compelled to wolf-whistle loudly whenever she saw a grain elevator, or a melancholic Lutheran who took mercy on the Christmas turkey and trained it instead to fetch his slippers, or a fruity actor who had been given a big golden award for playing to stereotypes.

But a cold front had moved in, like unwelcome occupants in a next-door house. Worse than that, the sound of construction tore holes in the quiet meditations of the goodly citizens of the lake, like the headaches induced by electric tools that Lars had once bought in Norway as an experiment.

And what was being built on the lakeside, you ask? It was a hideous and self-indulgent mess, sprawling and pointless like some horrible digression in a story that lasted for paragraphs, meandering on and on without ever getting to the conclusion, only to stress and re-stress the same point in slightly different ways, punctuated by smug little homilies and asides.

Inga was reminded of her sainted grandmother, who once observed that bad neighbors were much like the smell of newly harvested lutefisk, pervasive and almost impossible to get rid of.

Looks like poor Gary used up his whole lot for his house and now feels the need to make sure the neighbor doesnt do the same.

Ooops

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In Keillor’s defense, I doubt used up his whole lot at all. It likely happened before he was born. Unlike the garage in progress.

Still, he should lighten up.

Considering I know a little more about the deal than some (just so happens my uncle is the contractor on this job) th neighbor is more than willing to work with Keillor, but he is being the normal liberal wank he always is. He’s a talented writter, I’ll give him that, BUT, seriously, he is being like a 4yr old that had his toy taken away or somthing. The deal is, his lawyer was notified about the addition, but dropped the ball, and Keillor found out about it to late. I guess he is too good to read his own mail and that any legal stuff goes through his lawyer. Still, its his own fault! The neighbors did all that they should have had to do to do what they want on THIER OWN land! I guess Keillor wouldnt even talk to or look at his neighbor through the meeting with the Judge.