{"id":86615,"date":"2023-12-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86615"},"modified":"2023-12-10T08:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T14:36:29","slug":"saint-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86615","title":{"rendered":"Saint Small"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SCENE.  Mitch BERG is leaving a small cafe.   Avery LIBRELLE is walking in.  BERG is too tired to care and doesn&#8217;t try to evade or escape the encounter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  Mer&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Cut to the f***ing chase, Avery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  In &#8220;One MInnesota! (TM) &#8220;, we are all prospering in a future where we boldly stride forward together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Can I have some blue cheese dressing for that word salad?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  You just hate progress.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Nah. I hate decay and decline.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/twincities\/news\/2023\/12\/05\/pottery-barn.html?csrc=6398&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthemTrendingContent&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3uvHYDhXLiitk9FiVyE3fHlKmJFlCcGGHJQAm_MyfkWZgPZN-qZRlphDI\">Here&#8217;s an example<\/a>.  The entire Grand Palace center, which used to be the heart of a vibrant neighborhood back <em>before <\/em>&#8220;vibrant&#8221; meant &#8220;graffiti and panhandlers&#8221;, is empty with demise of the Pottery barn.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  And you&#8217;re blaming the DFL?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Who else has defined the business climate in Saint Paul?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  The wider state economy, duh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Which, according to Governors Flanagan and Klinki, is&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  Going gangbusters for One MInnesota! (TM) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  So Saint Paul&#8217;s main commercial strip is languishing because the state&#8217;s economy is&#8230;<em>too <\/em>good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  Yes.  It&#8217;s the GOP&#8217;s fault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  A party that has no power in Saint Paul is responsible for a business climate that isn&#8217;t really failing&#8230;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:   Yes.  That&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Huh.  Maybe if Saint Paul were to <em>identify <\/em>as a prosperous city, that&#8217;ll help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIBRELLE:  Oh!  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2023\/08\/10\/st-paul-mayor-medical-debt-forgiveness-pay-off\">The city <em>does <\/em>identify as a prosperous city<\/a>!   And if. you disagree, you&#8217;re a MAGA white supremacist1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERG:  Oh, clearly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And SCENE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCENE. Mitch BERG is leaving a small cafe. Avery LIBRELLE is walking in. BERG is too tired to care and doesn&#8217;t try to evade or escape the encounter. LIBRELLE: Mer&#8230; BERG: Cut to the f***ing chase, Avery. LIBRELLE: In &#8220;One MInnesota! (TM) &#8220;, we are all prospering in a future where we boldly stride forward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-and-the-market","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86615","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=86615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86633,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86615\/revisions\/86633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}