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Paul's many deaths in today's Flyover news roundup.

Golden Gopher

James posted a semi-viral photo of Goldy rocking a gold sequin tuxedo at a lesbian wedding:. For some reason, Goldy Gopher, mascot of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, is the special guest star at this lesbian wedding I am at. James tells Racket. But I think it was just because of that. Bar was baffled for a second and had to figure out what was going on.

Paul Rovnak, senior associate athletic director for communications at the U, directed us toward Goldy's "humorous" bio and also this appearance request form. We also learned that Goldy gay only wear the tux at certain events, like lesbian weddings. At this point you might be asking yourself: What intel do we have into Goldy's sex life and gender identity?

Very little. Seems like the perfect prescription for a rudderless, golden, old-as-hell opposition party, right? Martin wasted no time chastising his young vice chair for daring to improve the Democratic stable of candidates, arguing that "party bosses should not be involved in putting their thumb on the scale.

The infighting got pretty brutal, according to leaked audio Politico published Sunday. No one knows who the hell I am, right? Politico's Holly Otterbein describes that as an "extraordinary admission" from the man who, gopher months ago, vowed to rebuild the broken Democratic Party.

Martin, 51, declined an interview request, and instead told Otterbein in a statement that he's "not going anywhere. Minnesota lawmakers adjourned last month without having completed their jobs. Specifically, the 14 in-limbo bills, most of them related to the budget, that'll have to be ironed out over a hour special session that kicked off 10 a.

The Minnesota Reformer's Madison McVan and Michelle Griffith assembled a nice primer outlining the the "larger—and more contentious—issues included in the bills. We love when Nick Woltman of the Pioneer Press treats readers to history lessons, and today's is about deathless attempts to declare downtown St.

Paul dead. As you've surely read, the heart of the Saintly City is reeling these days due to vacancies, closures, inaccurate fears about rising crime, and the foot traffic. But Woltman writes that this ain't St. Paul's first death rodeo. Local John Mannillo, whose career spans those '70s and '90s downtown death panics, thinks market forces will right the ship.

Right now, we have opportunities downtown. Paul Public Works Director Kathy Lantry likens the work needed to foster healthy downtowns to maintaining a garden or a marriage. It takes constantly checking in, doing new things, culling out old things.