It sends a message to cities that, if they want to expand, they're going to have to show their work. Urban growth areas cannot be expanded unless that use is justified, and natural resource lands should be the absolute last to go.

We build our computer (systems) the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins

The pressure on other cities to use the money to help nonprofits has become pretty strong, so we're fairly sure the decrease is permanent.

I haven't heard from Louisville, ... Lots of cities have made contact through the league. I know we're taking a look and listening to a few. But we're trying to get something close to Louisiana.

Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in cities. But the girls stay home, become leaders in the community and pass on what they've learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.

He loves playing for the Vikings and living in the Twin Cities. He's hopeful we can work out a long-term deal to keep him there.