I don't subscribe to a local newspaper. Once in awhile I will pick up the Pioneer Press if I'm walking around downtown. I guess I don't get my news from any one source any more. Sometimes I'll get my news from the local TV broadcast but that can be frustrating because I can't sit through all of the advertising and most of the news shows advertise during the show about what they will tell you later. Yesterday in one advertisement for the news at 10pm with Frank Vascellero (on WCCO) they announced that he will talk about how he lost 20lbs in a month. Although I applaud him for his diet, that's not really news...should news people show news stories about themselves? I think we all know how to diet even though we may not do it....eat less, eat better, exercise more. This morning I went to the Internet version of the Pioneer Press. I learned that there was a gas leak several blocks from where I live but it has been fixed. Good to know. Also they found the guy that stabbed someone over at the Cherokee Tavern. Good news. That's just over the high bridge and up the hill a 1/2 mile. They should also have mentioned that this is a nice place and don't be afraid to go. They make a nice chicken pot pie and have a great happy hour. But skip the chicken pot pie unless you plan on walking there and back because it is definitely not on your diet. I also read about the 3 million dollars that the city council found laying around under the so-called sofa cushions. The funds came from from unused Star grant funds promised for development projects that never got off the ground. So really its not missing cash but rather checks that were never sent out because the folks who wanted the money decided that they didn't need it after all. That's simplifying the thing of course and the city should review the status of grant funds annually. Now they just need to make an accounting adjustment and open up those funds to other groups that can use them. What is interesting to me in this story is the negative viewer comments shouting out fraud and mismanagement. At least with a story on the Internet we get to find out what other readers think.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Downtown News
I don't subscribe to a local newspaper. Once in awhile I will pick up the Pioneer Press if I'm walking around downtown. I guess I don't get my news from any one source any more. Sometimes I'll get my news from the local TV broadcast but that can be frustrating because I can't sit through all of the advertising and most of the news shows advertise during the show about what they will tell you later. Yesterday in one advertisement for the news at 10pm with Frank Vascellero (on WCCO) they announced that he will talk about how he lost 20lbs in a month. Although I applaud him for his diet, that's not really news...should news people show news stories about themselves? I think we all know how to diet even though we may not do it....eat less, eat better, exercise more. This morning I went to the Internet version of the Pioneer Press. I learned that there was a gas leak several blocks from where I live but it has been fixed. Good to know. Also they found the guy that stabbed someone over at the Cherokee Tavern. Good news. That's just over the high bridge and up the hill a 1/2 mile. They should also have mentioned that this is a nice place and don't be afraid to go. They make a nice chicken pot pie and have a great happy hour. But skip the chicken pot pie unless you plan on walking there and back because it is definitely not on your diet. I also read about the 3 million dollars that the city council found laying around under the so-called sofa cushions. The funds came from from unused Star grant funds promised for development projects that never got off the ground. So really its not missing cash but rather checks that were never sent out because the folks who wanted the money decided that they didn't need it after all. That's simplifying the thing of course and the city should review the status of grant funds annually. Now they just need to make an accounting adjustment and open up those funds to other groups that can use them. What is interesting to me in this story is the negative viewer comments shouting out fraud and mismanagement. At least with a story on the Internet we get to find out what other readers think.
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