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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Doh! Wisconsin state website features Minneapolis skyline
2008-12-31

Wisconsin claims many beautiful cities as its own, and in what may be considered a somewhat brazen move, the state is adding Minneapolis to the list.

Yes, Minneapolis ... in Minnesota.

The Web site, at cfis.wi.gov, is being developed by a Connecticut firm for $1 million.
Visit Wisconsin's new site for campaign finance data, and there is Minneapolis' skyline next to the Capitol in Madison, which, last we checked, actually is in Wisconsin. "Minneapolis and Madison have always been close; now they are even closer," Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said.

The Web site, at cfis.wi.gov, is being developed by a Connecticut firm for $1 million.
I'll do it for half that, and throw in the pictures of Baltimore for free.
"Maybe in Connecticut they think Minneapolis is in Wisconsin," Minneapolis City Council Member Cam Gordon said. "We better do a better job of informing the world we're in Minnesota."

Wisconsin officials will ask that the photo be changed.
Posted by:Fred

#12  "seething that wisconsin is considered fly over country"

Wisconsin (and most of the country in between the coasts) will forever be a 'fly over' if this gets passed.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2008-12-31 18:20  

#11   seething that wisconsin is considered fly over country. I'll second that. It is a term used IMO but coastal elitists who consider the Midwest and other areas of the country as little more than tax plantations. While Madison is actually quite picturesque from a distance the East Side is a dump. I suppose thats what you get with student rental housing and being the older more cramped area of town. Especially on the isthmus.
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2008-12-31 14:24  

#10  seething that wisconsin is considered fly over country.
Posted by: bman   2008-12-31 12:33  

#9  They shoulda used Lambeau Field.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2008-12-31 12:09  

#8  Not unreasonable to honor Mpls in the image, considering as how a goodly number of the voters visit from there each year.
Posted by: KBK   2008-12-31 09:39  

#7  Madison has a beautiful skyline, especially looking across Lake Monona toward the capitol.

The people in Connecticut don't know their Flyover Country geography very well.

Why was this job done in Connecticut when we have plenty of website creators here in the state? A question for my state legislator--right after I suggest that he follow two other state reps' lead and refuse the pay raise the state legislature voted itself.
Posted by: mom   2008-12-31 09:25  

#6  Why "Photoshop" when you already have a skyline like this or this or this.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2008-12-31 08:57  

#5  Maybe it's some cautionary subliminal thingy about the Coleman-Franken race?

(Ok, I'm stretching here.)
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2008-12-31 08:03  

#4  Good enough for government work.
Posted by: newc   2008-12-31 06:41  

#3  Wisconsin officials will ask that the photo be changed.

To what? Seattle?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-12-31 01:17  

#2  "Wisconsin officials will ask that the photo be changed."

Guess it never occurred to them to ask for their taxpayers' MONEY BACK. :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-12-31 00:36  

#1  US$1.0Milyuhn to relive the days of the IRON BRIGADE???

Gut Nuthin.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-12-31 00:29  

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