By John Ramos
“The fucking publisher of the Duluth News Tribune has a conflict of interest with the aquarium,” Peter Rebhahn told me on November 2, 2005, “and the editors are bowing to either an explicit expressed wish or an implied wish. Somebody’s got to tell the people, and I’m just enough of a Boy Scout [...]
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A Chip in Their Head
A Certain Personality Trait
By John Ramos
“Now that this resolution has passed,” Cindy Hayden informed the board of the Great Lakes Aquarium on December 8, 2008, “that signals the end of my twenty-year career on the board. This’ll be my last meeting.”
“Twenty years already?” said City Councilor Greg Gilbert. “That’s very impressive, Cindy.”
“It’s terrifying, Greg,” replied Hayden. “You think [...]
Late-Breaking Bulletin from the Aquarium
By John Ramos
Benny Gunderson, News Anchor: All right, thank you for that weather update, Leroy. With road conditions worsening, we hope everyone exercises caution and allows a little extra time to get where they’re going this holiday season.
After the break, How safe are you? We pass along verbatim a press release put out by the [...]
The Case of the Rubber Stamp: A Thriller
By John Ramos
The night of December 1, 2008 was cold. Real cold. Dead leaves rasped about my ankles as I hurried up the wide stone steps of City Hall. I pulled open the heavy glass doors and entered the shadowy vault of the commons area. My footsteps echoed overhead. Former mayors stared down at me, [...]