Archive: July 2011

That’s a good photo of a bad situation.  The intense rainfall that we received last Friday caused substantial run-off into metro creeks and streams.  The run-off increased the volume and flow speed of those creeks and streams, and that caused …
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I got the following message from the League of Minnesota Cities about the apparent end of the State government shutdown.  I’ve included it today as blog post to give readers a chance to see what a city government advocacy group …
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There was a story in yesterday’s Star Tribune written by Mary Jane Smetanka called “No mowing at Edina city building draws complaints” that’s worth reading.  The story is about the look of the landscape in front of the City’s spanking …
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There was (another) story in today’s Star Tribune about the localized ill economic impacts of a public employee pension system.  This one was about Central Falls, Rhode Island.  Read it, but then please read on. I’ve read too many of …
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This is a good story about two young City staffers that are working for us this summer at Centennial Lakes Park:  Jon Fossey and Elsa Goldman. For days, a young, healthy duck with the top ring of a Gatorade bottle stuck …
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