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MPR Financing of WCAL/KMSE Purchase (2002-05)
- April 24, 2002: MPR and the Saint Paul HRA conduit revenue bonds
- May 8, 2002: Saint Paul HRA Bonds approved for MPR project
- Article in MSP Business Journal: MPR sells WMNN, MN News Network for $10 million, Donor disappointed
- September 24, 2004: MPR submits bid on Lanesboro, MN station
- October 27, 2004: Saint Paul HRA initially approves MPR conduit bond application
- November 12, 2004: SaveWCAL discovers MPR's attempt to use conduit bonds for WCAL/KMSE purchase
- December 21, 2004: Bill Kling asks MPR members to lobby for MPR bond request to Saint Paul HRA
- December 6, 2004: MPR issues email blast re Saint Paul HRA funding / SaveWCAL rebuts MPR "talking points"
- December 17, 2004: MPR's Bill Kling sends email re Saint Paul HRA decision to reject MPR's request to use public bonds to finance WCAL/KMSE purchase
- December 8, 2004: MPR sends email blast re Saint Paul HRA rejection
- December 9, 2004: Saint Paul HRA reconsiders MPR bond request, denies WCAL/KMSE portion
- SaveWCAL's Presentation to the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Agency (HRA) against MPR's request to use conduit revenue bonds to finance the purchase of WCAL/KMSE
- December 9, 2004: Saint Paul HRA rejects WCAL/KMSE portion of MPR's bond request
- December 22, 2004: Saint Paul HRA chooses not to reconsider MPR conduit bond application
- December 24, 2004: SaveWCAL to MPR members re HRA funding
- Spring 2005: Stanford SI Review publishes breathtaking MPR case study
- September 27, 2005: SaveWCAL letter to Saint Paul Port Authority
- September 27, 2005: Saint Paul Port Authority approves MPR's bond request for WCAL/KMSE purchase refinancing
- October 18, 2005: Saint Paul Port Authority issues bonds to MPR
- Article in Minnesota Monitor: 'Screwed' again: Piper Jaffray fined for violating ban after improper T-Paw donations
