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Up at the lake
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Mom and dad loved us kids, if not their summers at the lake

It’s what many Minnesotans yearn for every summer—a week’s vacation up at the lake. For my parents, native Chicagoans, it wasn’t their dream. But we, their seven children, wanted to go and so we went. As we loaded our four-door…

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May 30, 2023
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Light rail’s success may depend on secure platforms

Honor system for fares may no longer be workable.In the past year, Saint Louis’ MetroLink has developed a Secure Platform Plan for its 38 light-rail stations in response to the same concerns about crime, fear of crime and stagnant ridership…

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May 16, 2023
Read more about the article Slow the process, broaden the debate over Summit Ave. trails
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Slow the process, broaden the debate over Summit Ave. trails

Changes to historic avenue deserve broader hearing, more intelligent study. The debate over the construction of new bike trails along Summit Avenue has engendered considerable angst on both sides. On one side are the bike supporters headed by the Saint…

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April 26, 2023
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Existing taxes should be enough for city’s streets, parks

Once in office, few politicians can avoid the powerful urge to spend massive amounts of money. In Saint Paul, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent by the city annually. Saint Paul’s city budget was about $500 million in 2013.…

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April 18, 2023
Careys
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St. Paul: One big family on the Feast of St. Patrick

Joe and Jessica Carey continued their tradition of giving a Saint Patrick’s Day concert at their Highland Park home last month. Since then, I’ve been trying to articulate why this means so much. I guess when friends and neighbors gather…

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April 4, 2023
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City, it’s time we got back to the basics of life

I read with interest your article, “Public Works takes the heat for condition of Saint Paul’s streets” (MyVillager, February 22). There can be no disagreement that the quality of life has declined in Saint Paul over the last several years,…

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April 4, 2023
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After STAR, can we trust city leaders on local sales tax?

St. Paul's original sales tax has had life of its own for 30 years. Saint Paul city leaders concocted a simple plan 30 years ago: Collect a half-cent on every $1 in sales in Saint Paul, use the tax revenue…

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March 21, 2023
summit and lexington
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Summit is sacrificing too much for regional trail

City needs to slow the process and consider other options for improving bicycle safety.  I participated on the Design Advisory Committee for the proposed Summit Avenue Regional Trail and have spent countless hours reading all of the iterations of the…

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March 7, 2023
Read more about the article Midway deserves a better plan for beloved library
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Midway deserves a better plan for beloved library

Historic building should either be renovated or repurposed with new library built nearby. The Hamline Midway Library has been a neighborhood treasure at 1558 Minnehaha Ave. for over 90 years. In early February, it received a last-minute reprieve from demolition…

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March 7, 2023
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Off the rails: The state of transportation after COVID-19

Minnesota’s public transportation systems need to reevaluate and reinvent themselves if they are going to survive. Data from the U.S. Department of Transportation reveal that the Twin Cities’ light-rail system sees more crimes per billion passenger miles than any other…

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February 21, 2023
midway superblock
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City continues to delude itself with master plan for Midway superblock

The recent news from the city of Saint Paul that the anticipated development around Allianz Field has been significantly scaled back from the lofty vision first rolled out by Minnesota United principal owner Bill McGuire in 2015 (MyVillager, January 11)…

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February 7, 2023
Pete Lopresti
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Star-kissed: A treasured memory is best kept locked away

My Uncle Bill had a job at the old Met Center in Bloomington, and when he was working a Minnesota North Stars game, he often took my cousin Natalie and me along. The North Stars were Minnesota’s first National Hockey…

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January 24, 2023
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