Inside the Daily Planet, 8/8/07

Fred Phelps is coming by Eric Black, Minnesota Monitor Rev. Phelps says God hates Minnesota, the “land of the sodomite damned” Former Strib Publisher Picks Up Staff, but Not a Name, for New Site by Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Monitor Former Strib publisher Joel Kramer is moving ahead with plans for an online news site. Road trip? Small towns, BIG opportunities by Kelly Westhoff, Minnesota Women’s Press Women in business find room to grow in Ely and Owatonna. NEW IN VOICES The I-35W Bridge: A Casualty of Pennies and Priorities by Richard Lee Dechert, Special to the TC Daily Planet A perfect example of those pennies and priorities is the $687.6-million Iraq War cost for the City of Minneapolis, and $11 billion for the State of Minnesota.(1) It’s the journey, not the destination. by Dave Healy, Park Bugle NEW IN BLOGS The Bridge and Minnesota responses to tragedy by Eleanor Arnason, Facts and Fictions / 3-2-1 blastoff! The return of the Brackett Park rocket by Todd Melby, Building Minnesota Infrastructure funding: abridged too far by James Clay Fuller, Rants & Ruminations