The 2008 Minneapolis/St. Paul Republican National Convention Host Committee will soon disband and hand over close to $7 million in leftover funds to three local foundations: the Minneapolis Foundation, the St. Paul Foundation, and the Minnesota Community Foundation (the last two being under one umbrella).
Clearly, the money will come in handy, but how do we feel about this … uh… controversial convention being the source of so much community funding?
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Sorry Hector.
Unless the weather is bad, I walk to and from my office, so I don't have to make a connection that often.
@Kwatt Missed connections? Every day?
Well I don't know how well a drunken "You have purtty eyes" would work on Cutest Girl Ever, and no amount of Maker's Mark could get me to try it on...
No, the one next to the psychics.
Kwatt, I used to live across from the Green Mill. Did you live in that building on the triangle??
Ahem. I am a drunken skeezy guy in a filthy tank top. Get it right.
I have bus nicknames too! My favorite is "Meredith" b/c this woman looks like Meredith from The Office. Like she's lived hard and is currently hung...
I'm with you there Bix! After all, isn't she really a 64 year old man named Hector or some such...
Maybe that's the problem.
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12:36 pm
Where else would money go? Back into the pockets of the contributors on a proportional basis? IMHO, I would rather see unspent funds like these go into doing some public good … since the GOP seems incapable of doing so on the legislative level. At least it’s not going toward paying Norm Coleman’s court costs. lol
12:41 pm
I’m suprised they didn’t spend it on 5mil worth of tasers and keep another 2mil in reserves for the lawsuits.
2:36 pm
Great idea, if you ask me, and I guess you did.
10:25 pm
Enh, at least some good came out of it. Eventually.