The Courant manages to run two articles that are completely related yet strangely don’t mention each other. The first, The Wheat Factor; Agricultural, Financial And Energy Issues Have Sent Prices Soaring is about the rising prices of wheat. Granted its an AP “filler” story in the business section, but wouldn’t someone over at the business desk have asked the obvious question in, Area Restaurant Closings Are Called Signs Of The Times, when they feature the closing of Macaroni Grill?

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When we last looked in on the BOE and the amazing out of control constructions costs, there was rumbling in the BOE that $6 million wasn’t just going to be transferred, without explantion or detail, as per Opdahl’s request, and that the planning commission wasn’t buying the cpatial requests put forward. The latter is a good thing, since the BOE was split on the cpaital request budget. So, we get this report from The Hour:

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