MNstories: One little vote.
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Rake’s Progress: Hans on being a bike commuter.
Strib: I dare you to ignore this smoking ban story.
Strib Video: Eugene McCarthy interview from 1988.
PiPress: New book stirs Kensington runstone debate.
Duluth News Tribune: Mayor blows a .16 after accident.
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MusicPhotography: First Ave & Entry photos, 1989-2005.
Biz Journal: McDonald’s names Cargill ’supplier of the year’.
Today’s Miscellaneous Local Links
Dec 13 2005 — 2:00am
9 Reader Comments
2:48 am
The Strib article I’m trying to ignore has a photo from the future:
I guess the smoking ban is still in effect a year from now.
7:59 am
My parents used to own the K-Town Bowl in Kensington. A six lane bowling alley with spiffy above-ground ball returns. I spent a fair amount of my youth there until a volunteer firefighter set the place on fire and it burnt to the ground. Go K-Town!
11:15 am
“Our customers are crossing the bridge and going to Anoka, where they can smoke,” he said.
And I’m crossing from Dakota into Hennepin County more and more often to enjoy an evening out without having to leave my jacket in the garage overnight to try and eliminate some of the smell.
11:58 am
Today’s real smoking ban story is in the Pi Press. Bar owners and ban opponents are talking about getting the smoking ban issue on the ballot, as a referendum, and also recalling a council memnber who favors the ban (no names were named).
It’s about to get nasty…
12:25 pm
“about to get nasty?” Some people in this debate drove past nasty some time ago. A few examples from local pro-smoke blogs to prove my point:
The Fraters blog, Oct. 6, 2005
Clearing the air blog (Mark Wernimont), August 11, 2005
Anti-Strib blog, August 8, 2005.
Oh well. Such is the life of a blogger for the American Lung Association. As the cartoon character Super Chicken used to say, “I knew the job was dangerous when I took it…”
1:30 pm
here is the link to this PI Press article in question
2:26 pm
Okay, now this is getting a little strange….
Someone (Jim from Stillwater) has written a poem about yours truely and posted on the corn fritters blog.
It’s based on Poe’s “The Raven.” It’s spooky — not only did they spoof one of my favorite poems, the even picked my cheep beer of choice as a “perch.”
4:06 pm
Kewl First Avenue photos. I think I was at half of those. Looking forward to tomorrow’s show more than ever now.
4:52 pm
Looks like Hennepin County has partially rolled back the smoking ban.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5780454.html
Let the sparks fly!