{"id":28054,"date":"2012-05-22T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=28054"},"modified":"2012-05-22T07:11:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T12:11:50","slug":"28054","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=28054","title":{"rendered":"Just So We’re Clear On Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Doakes from Como Park – who has been getting used to driving down Como and Hoyt rather than University, just like the rest of us lately – writes:<\/p>\n

A federal court judge has ordered the light rail agencies to do this study \u2013 twice \u2013 and two years later they\u2019re finally going to START it?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/stpaul\/ci_20648864\/central-corridor-constructions-impact-businesses-be-studied<\/p>\n

At this rate, the study ought to be done about the same time as the construction.<\/p>\n

Near the end of the article:<\/p>\n

\u201cMany businesses have reported losing months of revenue, and some have relocated from University Avenue or closed their doors. The 2011 assessment stated it was impossible to separate the impact of construction from “external factors\u201d such as the economy and \u201cworld events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dude, let me help you out here. This is \u201cthe economy\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy the Instapundit archives: http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/category\/photos\/<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a \u201cworld event\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy US Navy: http:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/photos\/events\/wwii-eur\/normandy\/normandy.htm<\/p><\/div>\n

This is the \u201cimpact of construction\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Photo courtest Minnesota Public Radio: http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2011\/05\/13\/central-corridor-university\/<\/p><\/div>\n

Are we clear? ARE WE CLEAR???<\/p>\n

Joe Doakes, Como Park<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, Joe. \u00a0If people were clear, we would not \u00a0be in this mess.<\/p>\n

It just occurred to me – the great Saint Paul tradition of cruising the hot rods down University Avnenue – is now, forever, completely dead. \u00a0A hundred shrieking DFL-supporting biddies in Merriam Park can now rest easy; one more bit of fun in Saint Paul has been extinguished.<\/p>\n

By world events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joe Doakes from Como Park – who has been getting used to driving down Como and Hoyt rather than University, just like the rest of us lately – writes: A federal court judge has ordered the light rail agencies to do this study \u2013 twice \u2013 and two years later they\u2019re finally going to START […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trains-and-automobiles","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28054"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28060,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054\/revisions\/28060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}