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		<title>Retirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have nothing left to say to Duluth. Browse the archives if you wish.
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		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=522</link>
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		<title>Runners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper pinned to the bulletin board in the Allied Taxi dispatch office says “Press Release,” but I have not seen coverage of this in the press.

Press Release
Duluth Police Department
Date:   March 2, 2010
Contact:  Jim Rodman, Duluth Police Department Investigator, (218) 730-5671
Duluth Police and Taxi Owners Join Forces;
Create New Rule Aimed to Reduce “Free Rides”
Duluth, Minn. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=453</link>
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		<title>Bring Your Own Copying Machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I entered the lobby of the Holiday Inn on February 18, 2010, en route to the monthly Spirit Mountain board meeting, I had a bit of trouble negotiating the doors, encumbered as I was with a Fujifilm FinePix S5100 digital camera, a Marantz PMD 201 portable cassette recorder with plug-in Radio Shack unidirectional dynamic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=434</link>
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		<title>Spirit Mountain&#8217;s Secret Contracts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I entered the national headquarters of the Zenith Management Company on January 21, 2010, the portraits of company founders Manley Goldfine, Erwin Goldfine and Fannie Goldfine Benton beamed at me from a nearby wall, liking what they saw: An enterprising young man, moving with purpose. Perhaps I reminded them a little of themselves.
Located on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=423</link>
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		<title>Spirit Mountain Has New Chairs</title>
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Early in the afternoon of October 26, 2009, fifteen or twenty people milled about in the mud at the top of Spirit Mountain, waiting for the mayor to arrive. Spirit Mountain employees and board members made up two-thirds of the gathering; the rest were from the media. We were there to watch the mayor cut [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=360</link>
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		<title>How to Control the Media: A Rant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 8, 2009, the Duluth News Tribune ran a front-page story entitled “Wild ride coming to Duluth.” Written by veteran reporter John Myers, the story was about the Alpine Coaster, a new ride being planned for Spirit Mountain.
“It’s the coolest thing ever,” Renee Mattson, executive director of Spirit Mountain, is quoted as saying. “This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=347</link>
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		<title>Canal Park West?</title>
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On July 16, 2009, the Spirit Mountain board of directors heard the first public presentation of a potential development to the south and west of Spirit Mountain that would be known as River Walk West. Encompassing 91 acres on both sides of Grand Avenue, River Walk West could potentially include single-family housing, apartments, villas, condominiums, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=320</link>
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		<title>Break Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although the job of Duluth&#8217;s premier citizen journalist doesn&#8217;t provide me with a salary, benefits, perks or any possibility of advancement, at least I can take a vacation whenever I want to. 
So long, everybody!
—JR
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		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=317</link>
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		<title>How Things Work: Dissecting a Resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By John Ramos
On Wednesday, April 8, 2009, Resolution 224 quietly appeared on the consent agenda for the Duluth city council. The consent agenda is for uncontroversial items that the council expects to approve unanimously.
Resolution 224 is a short piece of legislation, only two pages in length. The title reads thus: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=304</link>
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		<title>Spirit Mountain’s Secret Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By John Ramos
On October 16, 2008, as a natural outgrowth of my research on the Great Lakes Aquarium, I began attending board meetings of the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority.
Spirit Mountain and the aquarium have much in common. Both are large tourist attractions. Both are state authorities. Both are subsidized by Duluth’s tourism tax. Both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shiningreputation.com/blog/?p=302</link>
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