Saint Paul 2008

A sword-wielding man was shot by police here in Saint Paul yesterday. I suspect - okay, I hope - few will argue that officers were justified in their use of force in this instance. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that this incident is going to end with lawsuits - lawsuits which could […]

For the last week or so, there has been all kinds of hysteria over the City’s plans to acquire tasers for every officer in the SPPD. There’s a small but vocal crowd who are opposed to tasers on philosophical grounds, calling them instruments of “torture”, and who apparently think that the British model of […]

Earlier this morning it was reported that a couple of the elitist kidddies from the RNC ‘Welcoming Committee’ have - OMG, OMG - been barred from entering Canada. There’s no official word on their website yet (it’ll probably be a couple days before the “Committee” agrees on the wording of their statement), but I […]

While millions of dollars are being spent to protect delegates, the media, and other potential victims from terrorism during the 2008 RNC convention - be it the ever-present fear of al Qaeda, or more local, domestic terror organizations - you have to wonder if some of that money might be better spent elsewhere.
Scratch that, there’s […]

Protestors at the 2008 RNC Convention in Saint Paul want to march around the Xcel Energy Center. They are in for a bit of a disappointment, unfortunately.

The FBI is watching people involved with the 2008 RNC convention protests, however peripherally.

In which I blatantly beg the City for money and power, bwa ha ha ha ha ha…

I’m not sure when it was announced, but the Family Motor Coach Association - i.e. the RV owners who aren’t social misfits - is having their 80th annual international convention in St. Paul, from 14-17 July, 2008. Understandably, these fine folks and their expensive gas-guzzling behemoths will be at the fairgrounds, not the Xcel […]

Even if they never have to pony up a penny, someone’s going to have to guarantee operating expenses for the RNC convention in St. Paul in 2008 - up to 39 million dollars. It could be the state; it could be the Metropolitan Council; it could be some other body. Nobody’s quite sure […]

Though the RNC Convention gets the majority of the attention of the three major conventions taking place in St. Paul in 2008, there’s some exciting news for the cleaner, better-dressed visitors to our town - NBC will be televising the Figure Skating Championships, which take place in January. Not just token coverage, either, but […]