- Metro area’s big mismatch: home, job now farther apart as the center of new housing shifts toward the eastern suburbs (Woodbury used to be big–now it’s western Wisconsin that’s growing fastest), and the center of employment is moving from Minneapolis toward Eden Prairie. [strib]
- Who gets the blame for the library fiasco? Remember how I took pictures of the old library coming down ? Well, now it looks like the city won’t be able to afford to run the replacement they’ve been planning to build. All fingers are pointing to Gov. Pawlenty for slashing the LGA money Minneapolis was dpeending on. The big question is why someone hadn’t noticed that earlier. [strib]
- Minneapolis police chief says cuts may be ugly. Again, the LGA cuts made by Gov. Pawlenty are being blamed, this time for cuts of 150 Minneapolis Police Department employees. [strib]
- Stepping back to look at the big picture, The Pentagon’s New Map does a good job of explaining where (and why) the conflicts of the next few decades will probably be.
- Official Hired to Improve U.S. Image Resigns. So that’s why things look so bleak lately!