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1997 Stories by City Pages Staff

• Stark Reality

  published November 19, 1997

  THE MINNESOTA CIVIL Liberties Union went ahead with its annual meeting and board election November 15, ignoring a request from... More >>

• Martydom

  published November 19, 1997

  "WHAT IS HE thinking?" about summed up the response from political insiders after state Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville)... More >>

• Suicide Squeeze

  published November 12, 1997

  Your money or your team. Minnesotans tell us what they think as they watch professional sports play out the money game. More >>

• Board Games

  published November 12, 1997

  The MCLU appears poised to flOut findings by its parent organization charging the chapter with electoral impropriety. More >>

• Three Strikes

  published November 12, 1997

  In the waning hours of the stadium debate, a new political action committee hopes to remind politicians that someone's keeping score. More >>

• Pixies: Death to the Pixies

  published November 12, 1997

  Pixies Death to the Pixies Elektra I WASN'T THERE. When the Pixies released Come On... More >>

• Tutus: Take Two

  published November 5, 1997

  THE NAMES BILL T. Jones, Susan Marshall, and Stephen Petronio don't exactly conjure up images of tutus... More >>

• Timing is Everything

  published November 5, 1997

  At the 11th hour, candidates learn to love shrink-wrap, use the city postage meter, and broadcast platitudes to no one. More >>

• Last One to Leave, Turn Out the Lights

  published November 5, 1997

  CITING HER "INEVITABLE departure," Kristin Henning last week announced that her final day as publisher of City Pages and its... More >>

• And Naming Rights?

  published November 5, 1997

  ADD MINNEAPOLIS'S Frank Theatre to the ranks of franchises in search of a public teat: "Frank's only chance of breaking even... More >>

• From the Head Down

  published November 5, 1997

  CALL IT BEATING government with bureaucracy. A citizen's group trying to stop the poisoning of two north metro lakes has... More >>

• The Moon Also Rises

  published October 29, 1997

  Now that Jim Moon's waterlogged body has floated from the bottom of Lake Calhoun, insurance investigators may finally admit he's dead. More >>

• Slow Burn

  published October 29, 1997

  IF YOU THOUGHT the situation at the Minneapolis Fire Department couldn't get any worse for Chief Tom Dickinson and Mayor... More >>

• End of Entrepreneur's Era

  published October 29, 1997

  IT TOOK SEVEN months for City Pages founder Tom Bartel to grow tired of taking direction. Bartel left his position as the... More >>

• Oak Huggers

  published October 22, 1997

  CRITICS OF THE proposed widening of Hiawatha Avenue may have just found another ally: the people in 30 countries who are... More >>

• Web Wallowing at 'CCO

  published October 22, 1997

  AFTER MONTHS OF dragging their feet, execs at CBS recently announced that the network itself would stay out of the national... More >>

• No Satisfaction

  published October 22, 1997

  AVOID USING THE "S" word around Rolling Stones fans. That word, Sprint, is a source of anger for many people who bought into... More >>

• None of the Above

  published October 22, 1997

  Slouching Toward the Ballot Box. It gets harder and harder each year to argue that voting matters.An introduction to our 1997 Election... More >>

• Doing Their Homework

  published October 15, 1997

  LOOKS AS IF Minneapolis officials may be wavering a bit in their resolve to crack down on people who operate businesses at... More >>

• Marlboro Man

  published October 15, 1997

  Arne Carlson's sudden announcement of support for the proposed U.S. settlement with cigarette manufacturers raises new questions about a vacation... More >>

• If a Red Pine Falls

  published October 8, 1997

  MORE WINTER CAMPING seems to be in store for Twin Cities-based enviros determined to preserve the Little Alfie tract of... More >>

• Take It To The Bank

  published October 8, 1997

  MUCH-MALIGNED Minneapolis Police Officer Alisa Clemons should soon be $400,000 richer, thanks to the city. In 1992, Clemons... More >>

• And Furthermore

  published October 8, 1997

  FROM A POSTING by radio talk host David Brauer to the online forum MN-POLITICS: "I was approached this Wednesday to... More >>

• North Carolina Triplets?

  published October 8, 1997

  Columnists at the Twin Cities' newspaper of record just can't seem to ask tough questions about Twins owner Carl Pohlad's plans to sell. More >>

• Liberty Hell

  published October 1, 1997

  HIGH NOON IS fast approaching in the ongoing face-off between the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union and its parent, the American... More >>