• Challenging RT: Rev. Jerry McAfee tells Strib readers why he contronted R.T. Rybak. The gist: "[T]he mayor came to our community without any prior discussion of the "sweep" strategy. Yet when he took similar action in Uptown or Block E, he called in various representatives of those areas, outlined the plan and asked for input. Instead of working with us in the same way, he handpicks a few people who will rubber-stamp his plan and then anoints those people as "new and emerging leaders."
• Making a difference: In conveying the challenges of moving Asian Media Access to Willard-Hay, Ange Hwang employs the "Starfish Story."
• Ellison party Friday night: Join Ford Bell, Phil Willkie, Ron DeHarpporte, Ed Felien, and Tom Taylor at Spot Art in Northeast Minneapolis Friday night, August 25, for a party in honor of Congressional candidate and northsider Keith Ellison.
• Two from Eyeteeth: What's the downside of Minnesota's recently announced switch to touch-screen voting? And how is Norm Coleman cherrypicking poverty stats when he hails the tenth anniversary of Clinton's welfare reform law?
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