Saint Paul 2008

The Saint Paul Pioneer Press is not known for it’s liberal viewpoint the way the Minneapolis “Red Star Tribune” is, so it’s not unexpected that they’d be displaying unbridled enthusiasm for the RNC convention here in September 2008, in an editorial opinion piece published today.
Overall, we’ve little to disagree with them about, except the supposition […]

Politically, Minnesota can be baffling to outsiders, as it flip-flops from Republican to Democratic control, elects unusual characters into office, and generally fails to behave in a conventional political fashion. A quote in a recent (Saint Paul) Pioneer Press article on area history provides as good an insight as any into Minnesota:
Ron Cockriel, of […]

Minnesota Public Radio reports on the less mediapathic side of the 2008 RNC convention in St. Paul, Minnesota - the negative effect the convention’s presence and security measures will have on area businesses.
The problem is that security - the Secret Service, mainly - will establish a perimiter around RiverCentre and the Xcel Energy Center, inside […]

if St Paul really does get the State of Minnesota to forgive around one-hundred million in outstanding debt, ahead of the conventions, that could turn out to be the single largest benefit to the city.

The City of Saint Paul would like a hundred-million dollars of debt owed to the State of Minnesota forgiven, for somewhat disingenious reasons.

Good news for Minnesota taxpayers - we won’t be footing the bills for the ridiculously large police presence necessitated by the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Well, won’t be footing the majority of the bills, anyway; I expect the city’s planning and preparations can blow thru the agreed-upon $300,000 pretty quickly. It’ll be interesting to see […]

Our fine friends at City Hall Scoop have detailed some of the infighting that’s already taking place, two years ahead of the RNC convention.

One of the commitments the cities, the local host committee and Meet Minneapolis made as part of our bid was there will be no price gouging and all area businesses will be […]