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Things People Say

How will you explain it?

By Iola Kostrzewski

Thanksgiving... a day to reflect and give thanks for what one has. A day in which you have no room for greed. Wait I take that back Thanksgiving this year wasn't even allowed a day in for which "Black Frday" shoppers were in line hours before Walmart opened at 10 pm Thanksgiving day.MORE »

Recent comments

The wise transit choice may not be the popular one...yet - Paul Nelson: Rail transit has a much greater leeway of operation and reliability over rubber tire travel in winter. This is the problem that our auto/car system suffers from. The expense to maintain roads in winter is enormous, and the accident rates in winter are high.MORE »

We get comments

The 13-year-old who made his plea for "More soccer fields, please" continues to get comments:
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We get comments!

On Minneapolis Park Board has pattern of problems with free speech, Meadowlark Lemon writes: Every couple of years the city council wags the dog, shakes down or shuts down viable, sustainable job growth to take the preassure of the issues they want to seeMORE »

The power of speaking out

This week on a 6 a.m. public radio station news I heard the broadcaster say that President Obama "and his wife" are in Europe.

They are on Official Government Business.

I wrote an email to the station's news manager; he blamed AP "who should have known [her official title] better," and apologized he hadn't caught it.
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We get comments!

If you think outdoor couches are a hot topic in Minneapolis, take a look at Pittsburgh, writes one reader:
They won the Superbowl then took my couch away!!!MORE »

Baseball ties that bind

Jean Gabler writes: "I think it is always good to have a little baseball connection to the big events in life.MORE »

Figuring out DC

"A Nobel scientist is more likely to figure out Washington than a career politician is to figure out how to deal with carbon sequestration."

-- Dan Leistikow, the Energy Department's director of public affairs, on Steven Chu's adjustment to his new job as energy secretary, quoted in the New York Times.MORE »

Housing prices: Stabilize the market or let them fall?

By staff, TC Daily Planet
Stopping the free-fall: Stabilizing Minnesota's housing market, with its proposal for the Minnesota Home Values Guarantee Program sparked comments from readers who disagreed with the proposed solutions. What do you think?MORE »

Your Turn: Talk back on the state of the city in Minneapolis

By staff, TC Daily Planet
Mayor Rybak gave the state of the city speech March 25, Scott Russell wrote about it in the TC Daily Planet, and now it's your turn to have your say. Tell us what you think -- as a comment, as an op/ed article, in an email or in a video.
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E-DEMOCRACY | Minneapolis Redistricting
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