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Local Blogging 07.20.08

by Max Sparber   ::   posted on Jun. 20, 2008 - 2:00am

Overheard in Mpls: What the hell is wrong with this town

Bill Roehl: Apple Valley Cedar Ave Bus Rapid Transit Display

DeBlog: Jason? Not the most popular?

The Deets: 56% Higher Arsenic Levels are OK for South Minneapolis Residents

5 Reader Comments

sandburg  url01:55am
Jun 20

I speculated over on Ed's blog that poor people aren't such a huge priority.

Bill Roehl (not verified)08:28am
Jun 20

The OIM URL is broken.

kevin (not verified)09:10am
Jun 20

I'm not one of those people compelled to put "Thanks!" at the end of every email.

miller09:25am
Jun 20

Re: Jason and the Diamond Awards

Carla Beaurline is the TV Personality of the Year, the TV Sales Person of the Year, hosted the awards show and is a member of the Diamond Award committee. WTF? Does anyone actually take the awards seriously?

mb (not verified)09:35am
Jun 20

I've watched that show on channel 6 and I think she comes off as a stuck-up snob. I don't get the personality of the year thing.

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