A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

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We won't interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to ask you to donate — just as we won't run intrusive ads that block your view or video ads that play without your permission. But for MinnPost to succeed, we do need your financial support. Please take this message seriously and make a contribution now. Thanks very much for your support.

-- Joel Kramer, editor and CEO

P.S. Everyone who becomes a member between now and Aug. 31 will be entered in a drawing for a pair of tickets to "Il Trovatore" at the Minnesota Opera in late September. Winner will be announced Sept. 2.