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He was really pushing the new conference angle. What that means who knows.

Did you notice the alignment that had both Vig and Rucker on the same side with Vig at tackle on a number

Hey have a great time at the game, I couldn't make it to the game. So, I made a costco run and I got two pork butts, 3 racks of baby backs and 2 sets of dyno ribs rolling in the smoker right now. As a fellow old school Lakes Conference fan - Cheers and anyone other than EP - go Sioux!!

I would say that they rely on weather more than anything - but thats just me.

Good morning, great post. You’re absolutely right—there are many excellent public schools in the metro. What you described above sounds a lot like Wayzata, Chan, or Tonka. Overall, we were satisfied with our children’s education until we started running into safety and harassment issues. Things escalated to the point where we had to leave; one incident even involved a school lockdown, among other concerns. We ended up moving our kids to Beacon Prep, and both my wife and I were stunned by the difference in academic performance—it was truly night and day. The biggest contrast I’ve observed between our local public schools and a high-performing charter like Beacon is expectations. In public schools, our children were tracked into standard-level classes, while at Beacon the baseline expectation was that every student would work at IB, AP, or honors levels. Later, when our children transitioned back to public high school, they were placed into AP and honors courses without issue. They have since graduated college and they are working in STEM career paths.

Oh, I like to mix up my sources to try eliminate bias. I get caught sometimes but most of the time it works. I used a State of Min resource. It was a study completed in April 2024. I tried to copy and paste Figure 3 on page 7 - Annual Net Migration (International, Domestic, and Total), Minnesota, 2010-2023 https://mn.gov/admin/assets/Migration Report_FINAL_tcm36-620018.pdf It shows a net negative from 2020 to 2022. Typically, international migration adds a net positive of about 10,000 to 12,000 people on average. You can see this in the chart yourself. Overall, it’s a reasonable read, but it doesn’t dig very deeply into the real question: what’s the balance of people coming in versus going out, and what are the economic impacts? That’s the critical part of the equation. I understand your point about the Metro being more than just MSP, but the two are tightly linked through fiscal equity programs and other policies from the Met Council. The bigger issues facing the Metro are failing schools and public safety, and there’s little appetite to address them. I eventually had to pull my children out of public schools because of harassment and violence. Once we moved them to a charter school with strong academic rigor, they thrived.

Oh, I agree. The State of MN demographer has been raising the alarm for over a decade now about net domestic migrations. NOTE: In talking with my local State Rep, he has said that the MN policy is focused on International migration to create positive growth. As an example: 2022: Domestic - 29,000 International +12,000 with a net of - 17,000 2023: Domestic - 4,000 International + 12,000 with a net of 8,000 So, I believe any positive growth is going to be based on international migration going forward. Of course, it is all dependant on policy choices so subject to change.

This is net -$5B over the last 3 yrs. Another example: External companies expanding into MN over the last 3 yrs: $4.0B value Internal companies expanding outside of MN over the last 3 yrs: $10.6B value This is a net -$6.6B value investment over the last 3 yrs. One of Minnesota's claim to fame has been, "Most Fortune 500 Companies per capita in the US". This is no longer true. As the professor from the UofM said, "We used to be the center of the universe for main frames computers, then medical devices and now, WE ARE NOT the center of the universe for anything".

I would take a close look at the math behind the rating system to really understand it. One strong indicator of how things are going is out-migration patterns, though even those can mask the full picture. For example, my neighbors—a lawyer and a developer, as liberal as they come but a very nice family—finally left last year due to safety concerns in their schools and neighborhood. Because they could both work remotely, they took their jobs with them. My own company has gone fully remote as well; we sold our building, which means no more local property taxes. About half of the developers I know have also left the area, all continuing their work remotely. It’s hard to measure the full impact, but the outflow of people is very real in the metro area where I live, and it’s a real shame.

It discusses the lack of MSP police, continued decreased funding, right now the County has taken a greater role in policing in the City. IMO, I see political opportunism as being a much larger issue.

I live in the metro area. It will be intersting to see this tonight and how people react. FYI - the people in Fargo, Sioux Falls and Grand Forks should be watching very carefully. There is a reason many kids are leaving the metro to go to school in these communities.

Homecoming for UNI, so it should be a good environment.

The note that caught my eye was about SCSU: St. Cloud State .... overall, SCSU’s class sits near the bottom of the NCHC. And it’ll be interesting to see what their upcoming classes hold. As the university itself continues to struggle, some wonder what the future looks like in St. Cloud.

I love the direction of the NCHC, new first class buildings at: CC, WMU, ASU and St. Thomas. Plus, nice facilities at Miami, DU, UNO, UMD and UND. Now, if we could just dump SCSU.