Layoffs at The Star

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Shenanigans. It's going to suck to agree with both Tony and Hearne for the next week.
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pash wrote:It's shit like this that makes me fine with Jim Glover's ouster from the council.
If you read my post in the municipal election thread this race was the #1 race in the City. He was the least liked candidate by a large margin and the mayor had a "don't vote for anyone" campaign going against him!

You'll always find something to dislike about someone so it's not worth dwelling on negatives over positive but he's someone I have trouble finding more things to like than dislike.
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Much as I hate to say it, the Star printing pavilion might not sell for more than $10 million today.

Though that is a very different proposition from 'they forgot to ask'.
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So I guess they're going to leverage this into....more available public parking? Better than nothing, I suppose. The only reason it may be undervalued is it's association with the dead tree media meme. Can you imagine that structure, divested of printing equipment, as an event space/boutique hotel?
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grovester wrote:Can you imagine that structure, divested of printing equipment, as an event space/boutique hotel?
Screw that, I want to live there! Turn it into condos, stat! :D
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Meijer, Shopko, or Stein Mart?

Heck, I'd take the world's biggest White Castle. Imagine how good downtown would smell!
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pash wrote:Aquarium.
God that would be awesome.

Edit: Let me check with shinatoo to see if it's also "practical".
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And you shall receive yours, Master Shit-anew!

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Eon Blue wrote:Meijer, Shopko, or Stein Mart?

Heck, I'd take the world's biggest White Castle. Imagine how good downtown would smell!
Oh, yes. I like the way you think.
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Turn it into a brewery..
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im2kull wrote:Turn it into a brewery..
Our future aquarium.
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I picked up a book about the Star's 125th anniversary or something when they were having their fire sale last fall. The book's from 2006 and has a picture of the whole staff at the front. Probably a couple hundred people. They filled the entire camera shot. I'll find the book later and post that.
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continuing it's decline the Star actually had what many would call soft core porn in an ad.
https://twitter.com/flyingember/status/ ... 7169327104

They've hit a new low if they don't filter out this kind of ad.
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They've been missing deliveries to my parents' house, have accidentally delivered to my house, and recently delivered the Sunday funnies in the Saturday paper, complete with the Sunday date.
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