Hate the sight of wind turbines? If you live in one of 12 Minnesota cities, including Anoka and North Saint Paul, you are out of luck, because municipal wind turbines are going up, reports the PiPress. As the article notes, there is already a wind turbine in Maple Grove that is half as tall as the Statue of Liberty, according to this article in Architecture Week. So, what do you think about urban wind turbines, MNspeakers? Are they powerful symbols of green energy, or eyesores that mar the view?
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Suburbs on Twitter.
Apr 3 2009 — 7:50pm
The cities of Falcon Heights, Edina and Minnetonka are using Twitter to notify their residents of snow emergencies, sewer backups and other important information. Although, most of the time they will be letting residents know what they had for lunch or complaining about neighboring cities, hoping that those cities aren’t on Twitter. Strib via Fark
Real Edina could not care less about Bloomington, Mtka, et al. Fake Edina or New Edina might care, but they should be disregarded as utterly as Rea...
Latest comment — justpbob: I can never hear the term "great asset" without thinking of Jennifer Lopez...and Sir Mix-a-Lot.