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Editor's column for March 13

March 13, 2010

By stepping into my new position at the Independent a month ago, I have learned a number of things, most of which are productive and will serve me well as I continue to try to improve as an editor and journalist. But there’s one thing I didn’t need to learn, something that I actually learned about 15 years ago, something that hasn’t and never will change — the general public, and please take no offense to this, can be downright nasty. In the past week alone I had a personal F-bomb dropped on my head (again, not a first), and have been called a sexist and a “right-wing SOB.” Welcome to my world. People will attack my character for the rest of my career, I’m sure, and I won’t make a habit of writing/complaining about what people think of me; I just wanted to seize this moment to clear the air on some things. I must preface this by saying my feelings have not been hurt and I’m not about to crawl into a hole because of what a few fine people think of me. Editors can’t do that.

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Short takes for March 12

March 12, 2010

G-M-T makes deadline



THUMBS UP: Good news for the Ghent-Minneota-Taunton Women of Today chapter, which recently signed up five new members and avoided being shut down.

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Editorial for March 10: Take a lesson from an 8th-grader

March 9, 2010

This e-mail was sent to the editor of the Independent on Monday:



I’m an 8th grade student at Lynd Public School and I am in Basketball. I would like to thank the coaches for a really fun eighth grade season.

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Editorial for March 9: Pawlenty playing with fire

March 9, 2010

If Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants to save some cash, and we all know he does and should make every effort to do so in these tough economic times, he needs to look somewhere other than our state’s fire departments.

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Editor's column for March 6

March 6, 2010

Which job would you rather have: Head coach of the Detroit Lions, CEO of Toyota, or governor of Minnesota?

All three I’m sure offer a nice benefits package and come with plenty of perks.

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Short takes for March 5

March 5, 2010

Working together



THUMBS UP: This isn’t the first time Marshall Mayor Bob Byrnes and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak have worked together in the name of improving things in Minnesota, and hopefully won’t be the last.

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