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Not-so-scrappy Rybak delivers recycled State of the City speech

By Chris Steller | 03.26.09 | 3:51 pm

Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak set a green example yesterday by recycling much of his annual State of the City address from last year’s speech. He used “depression” instead of “recession” — that’s how you knew it was 2009 and not 2008.

Good to the last drip: Minneapolis to spend $180,000 to market its (wait for this) tap water

By Chris Steller | 05.21.08 | 12:25 pm

Never mind the bottles: It’s the tap water. You can forget whatever you’ve heard about the coming water wars — the water marketing wars are already here.

The Minneapolis City Council’s Transportation and Public Works…