Blois Olson
Suit calls North Minneapolis blog a ‘defamation zone’
The former head of a Minneapolis neighborhood group is suing a local blogger over online words he says cost him a job. Jerry Moore, who used to run the Jordan Area Community Council (JACC), contends that he lost employment with the University of Minnesota because John Hoff and six others defamed him via slanted posts [...]
Shake-Up at Politics in Minnesota: Two Publishers Depart
Two publishers of the influential political e-newsletter Politics in Minnesota abruptly left the publication on Friday, according to its remaining publisher, Sarah Janecek. Blois Olson and David Erickson left “to pursue other endeavors,” according to a June 18 note on the site. Reached Tuesday afternoon, Janecek confirmed the departures, but wouldn’t say what led to [...]









