December 7, 2004 – 7:43 pm
Happy Jan Mosman Day!
At tonight’s City Council meeting, the Council approved a proclamation declaring December 8, 2004 to be Jan Mosman Day in Eden Prairie to honor Councilmember Jan Mosman for her service on the City Council.
Councilmember Mosman was elected during the November 2000 elections. She will complete her term on December 31, 2004. [...]
December 6, 2004 – 8:54 am
This is from CNN.com:
TOP 10 WORDS OF 2004
The top 10 words of the year based on searches of Merriam-Webster Web sites.
1. blog
2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. hurricane
6. cicada
7. peloton
8. partisan
9. sovereignty
10. defenestration
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) — A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year’s presidential [...]
December 3, 2004 – 10:04 pm
My wife Deedee and I had a wonderful time last night at the annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival. If you ever have the opportunity to go, I recommend it.
We were also invited this year to take part in the annual Leadership Dinner prior to the concert. The Leadership Dinner honors local [...]
December 2, 2004 – 2:30 pm
I serve as a member of the National League of Cities’ FAIR Committee. FAIR is an acronym for “Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations”. There are 60 or so members on the committee. I am one of four members on the FAIR Committee from Minnesota.
I attended the annual meeting of the FAIR Committee [...]
December 1, 2004 – 8:19 pm
I did an interview last month with a reporter named Christopher Swope from Governing magazine. He was working on a story about government weblogs. He had several examples of where blogs are used for questionable public purposes. He wanted to also list an example of where they are used for a public purpose. [...]