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Jeff Strate

Eden Prairie, MN
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4 years 34 weeks

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Posted on 01/28/13 at 12:59 pm in response to Wolves suffering from the absence of Adelman the taskmaster

I can not recall any professional sports team that I've held interest in that has been crippled by such misfortune. I will remember fondly this team arcing to the top of its game earlier this season. It was a dance of great, competitive beauty.

Posted on 01/14/13 at 03:58 pm in response to 125 years ago, deadly 'Children’s Blizzard' blasted Minnesota

you have provided a superbly written account of this horrific blizzard and in the process filled in some blanks. Thank you.

Posted on 12/18/12 at 01:24 pm in response to 9 worst urban planning moves in Twin Cities history

about Block E, post parking lot era. When complex was hopping with venues and business, I very much appreciated the place. But, as pointed out in comment, it did have critical, unexpected, deflating tenants. With a more appealing handle than the unfortunate "Block E" and with a re-think of how the interior, public spaces can be more appealing I think it can have a great future. Regarding the Hiawatha LRT, I do not recall its route as ever having been thought of as a pedestrian corridor...

Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:09 am in response to Minneapolis committee rejects demolition request for 1903 Gluek saloon

This saloon is of historic importance only to those who are susceptible to nostalgia fever. In this case nostalgia has been sparked by an architecturally undistinguished and wholly unremarkable saloon building. This structure, contrary to what Council Member Schiff claims, is not part of our brewing heritage, but is a very minor part of our beer hoisting and guzzling heritage - one that led to an inebriated nation, prohibition and a return to saner drinking habits. The knowledgable...

Posted on 11/29/12 at 03:06 pm in response to Women poised to change politics, policy of next legislative session

Thanks for the piece and its perspectives Cyndy. Much appreciated. When the gender balance tilts towards the center in the legislature, we all benefit. I here note that only one of the eight reader comments was not submitted by hissy fitting guy.

Posted on 11/23/12 at 12:20 pm in response to Montana ads add a genuine regional flavor to the urban landscape

I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy reading Mt. Sturdevant's walks for MinnPost. Agreed, Montana has a fine campaign, however, I react with irritation when ever I see Hiawatha LRT cars and transit bus exteriors repainted with large ads of any kind.

The graphics blemish and corrupt the functional and often pleasing lines and shape of the trains and do not fit well in the areas through which they are routed.

Posted on 05/07/12 at 08:58 pm in response to Letter from Skunk Hollow: Bear on the deck and turkeys at the window

"But the stories Sallie and I construct around these encounters are not meant as scientific observation. We aren’t making a record of sightings or specimens. We think of these creatures as something more like neighbors – not family, not friends, certainly not pets – and we learn about their habits and habitats in an effort to hold up our end of good-neighbor relationships."

Would that more us exercise the perspective you and Sallie follow. My family lives in Eden Prairie. Excepting...

Posted on 04/09/12 at 05:35 pm in response to Twin Cities’ exurban housing boom stalls — perhaps for good

I very much share your sentiment. In the southwest suburbs, especially Eden Prairie, I have been amused by city council members and planning commissioners who have obsessed during public hearing phases on most of our large subdivisions about the look of a development's new houses, paint color, architectural style and street names. They have been enablers of kitsch. They have cooed like love birds when a developer agrees to name a subdivision's cul-de-sacs and after a retired farmer (as if...

Posted on 04/07/12 at 01:11 am in response to Does an Eden Prairie resident serve on the Emily City Council?

Jan Mosman served on the Eden Prairie City Council about 12 years ago; demonstrated herself to be an environmentally alert community leader and savvy about the relationship between humans and their environs in large and small municipalities. Mrs. Mosman very much appreciates Emily and Lake Roosevelt and the smaller sheets of water in the area. Emily's gain, has been Eden Prairie's loss. Mrs. Mosman supported a number of Eden Prairie open space conservation initiatives with which I was...

Posted on 03/27/12 at 03:31 pm in response to Reflections on my reporting about the environment and global warming

Don Shelby, I look forward to reading and/or watching your future reportage on environmental issues. We face most serious challenges. I have very much appreciated your MinnPost columns.