Feature: SaveWCAL to file Petition for Review with Minnesota Supreme Court

This past weekend, the board of SaveWCAL met to review and discuss the recent decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals regarding SaveWCAL's Petition To Redress Breach Of Trust.
The board has decided to file a Petition to Review with the Minnesota Supreme Court.Related Posts:Minnesota Court of Appeals issues WCAL decisionMN Court of Appeals changes venue [...]

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Seen on Twitter

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It's been five years since St. Olaf College announced the sale of WCAL Charitable Trust assets to Minnesota Public Radio. Do former listeners and donors still feel the pain? Apparently so. Today the following appeared on Twitter:
"The Current played entire Abbey Rd side B medley, corresponded perfectly with my drive to work. Maybe I'll [...]

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A question of St. Olaf College's credibility

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Let's review St. Olaf College's credibility in light of its recent actions with the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
December 18, 2008: The hearing was held in Rice County District Court regarding SaveWCAL's Petition to Redress Breach of Trust. The hearing was limited to oral arguments by the attorneys on legal issues, no evidentiary hearings were held [...]

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Has the WCAL issue been used to create a culture of fear?

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After SaveWCAL joined Facebook and created our Facebook Profile page, Fan page and Causes page, a St. Olaf alum contacted us and asked:
How are the privacy settings [for SaveWCAL's Facebook page]? [Meaning: Can people who have not "friended" SaveWCAL see who has "friended" SaveWCAL?] I recently got a [Facebook] invitation for a St. Olaf event [...]

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Did St. Olaf really have an obligation to stop donating to local non-profits?

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The short answer? No, not really.
You may recall that St. Olaf College announced their decision to cease donations to local non-profits last fall. The decision was reported on by Northfield's Locally Grown blog, the Northfield News as well as by SaveWCAL here and here.
Recently, a SaveWCAL supporter made us aware of the following:
St. Olaf College  [...]

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A Modest Proposal for MPR

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Recently, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) CEO Bill Kling published an op/ed piece in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press titled "For LRT, but doubtful about Cedar St. route".
In his op/ed Kling writes:
"[MPR's objections to the LRT project] are not issues of inconvenience; they go to the heart of the services we provide, and the commitment we [...]

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"The Verdict" as it relates to WCAL

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On October 28, 2008 a SaveWCAL reader posted a comment to our report of the October 24 Rice County District Court Hearing re SaveWCAL's Petition To Redress Breach Of Trust.
The initial hearing for the SaveWCAL petition has two stong parallels to the Paul Newman film "The Verdict": Cadillac lawyers powered with 8 cylinder engines and [...]

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In which SaveWCAL deconstructs St. Olaf's official statement about the Christmas Festival ticket decision

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St. Olaf College's official statement regarding President David Anderson's '74 decision to deny Christmas Festival tickets to members of the SaveWCAL board and available from Director of Marketing and Communications Steve Blodgett, contains a number of misleading statements and outright falsehoods. . .
Let's look at some of the highlights. St. Olaf College says:
"SaveWCAL isn't simply [...]

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About comments on SaveWCAL's site and why we rickroll trolls…

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On October 24, 2008 a SaveWCAL reader posted a comment to "SaveWCAL Petition To Redress Breach Of Trust Court Hearing Session No. 1":
"There are 10 comments showing here, but the top of the comment bar indicates 12 comments on the posting. Why is that?"
The question reminded us that on February 28, 2008 an individual posted a [...]

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St. Olaf's double standards regarding the law

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On Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 9:41 a.m. CST Phil Busse, an instructor at St. Olaf College,  posted an entry to the Huffington Post political blog titled "Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer". In the post, Busse admitted to stealing political campaign signs from private properties along Highway 19 west of Northfield. Calling his [...]

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Article on Mississippifarian: What? Does ONLY Brian Lambert Get It?

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On June 25, the Mississippifarian blog featured an entry titled "What? Does ONLY Brian Lambert Get It?".
The title refers to a 19 June 2008 blog entry by Brian Lambert titled "MPR Uber Alles" about MPR's recent purchase agreement signed with Horizon Christian Fellowship for the purchase of at least eleven translator stations, including two that [...]

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Article on Lambert To The Slaughter: MPR Uber Alles

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On 19 June 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul Magazine columnist and blogger Brian Lambert published a blog entry titled "MPR Uber Alles" about MPR's recent purchase agreement signed with Horizon Christian Fellowship for the purchase of at least eleven translator stations, including two that are not in Minnesota.
Lambert's blog entry includes reports a conversation with MPR [...]

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