AM.MN: Not the ‘gearin’ up’ Pawlenty had in mind

“Gearin’ up for the new year” was Gov. Pawlenty’s self-described status on talk radio. Then Wednesday a different Gearin — Judge Kathleen — threw a wrench in his unallotment plans, prompting DFLers’ own status updates, declaring “victory for all Minnesotans” and an end to “hatchet tactics.”

Elsewhere in Minnesota news this morning …

STATEWIDE: Candidates beg for year-end donations. Most, like R.T. Rybak, also bleg. [Associated Press; Twitter; Wiktionary]

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Fox news of a different sort. [Minnesota Public Radio]

MONTEVIDEO: Government workers stave off cuts by shaving raises. Cities are trying all kinds of tricks to accomodate reductions in Local Government Aid. [West Central Tribune]

MINNEAPOLIS: First razed, now praised. The Heritage Preservation Commission orders the remaining rubble from a historic house protected. [Twin Cities Daily Planet]

ST. CLOUD: Blades come out after library’s demise. The city puts a skating rink on the site of the old library. [St. Cloud Times]

WASECA: Tweets bite GOP state senate candidate. Mike Parry once termed Obama a “Power Hungry Arrogant Black Man” on Twitter. [Blog of the Moderate Left]