On June 13, The Minnesota Independent published an article by reporter Chris Stellar titled ""Donors' group demands AG act to void deal that created MPR's The Current." The article also ran in the Twin Cities Daily Planet.
Among the interesting items:
St. Olaf spokesman [Director of Marketing and Communications] Steve Blodgett had no comment on SaveWCAL's letter, but said the school was satisfied that Judge Gerald J. Wolf left restrictions in place for only two of six categories of contested station funds that the college controls. He said St. Olaf would not appeal the ruling.
While it appears that St. Olaf has gotten "what it wants", this is not quite true — and we will be commenting on this soon. One of the reasons that St. Olaf will not appeal the ruling is that any further litigation will cause more information to come out about the trust, the sale and other information that would likely not be beneficial to St. Olaf College.
The article also reported this interesting fact:
The attorney general's office did not return calls for this story. Deputy Attorney General Ann Biemdick Kinsella, who oversaw the office's charitable trust responsibilities, is no longer employed there, a staffperson said.
SaveWCAL was unaware of Kinsella's departure from the AG's office, which may be a recent development.
We encourage readers to take a look at the comments that have been appearing on Stellar's article. Many online newspapers and blogs, including ours, allow readers to submit comments and responses. Some of them, including ours, allow readers to do this anonymously. SaveWCAL reminds readers that while we acknowledge that people have strong opinions and express them in different ways, we prefer that all engage in respectful and constructive dialog, whether on the SaveWCAL blog or in other forums.,
