Tidbits

* Star Tribune Letters from readers Saturday, December 31st:

A COUNCIL PAY RAISE

Bad timing

I wish to thank the Minneapolis City Council for voting itself a pay raise (Star Tribune, Dec. 24) while -- through its smoking ban -- turning my business from profitable to unprofitable and eliminating paychecks for four former employees.

TERRY KEEGAN, MINNEAPOLIS

** 2006 predictions for the local airwaves at freedomdogs.com:

Bob Davis will be offered anything he wants and move to 7-11 am since he is the only listenable and marketable talent left on the station. Jason Lewis will move back and take the evening drive slot back on 1500. In an effort to be "fair (mushy) and balanced (liberal)," KSTP will give the noontime slot to "centrist" Al Franken who will use his show as a vehicle to launch his Senate campaign against the dark lord Coleman. On Saturdays, Strom will purchase a full 9 hours and read from the classics, smoking the finest cigars in his pajamas.

*** Via e-mail news comes that ConservaTV is on the air:

I've recently launched a website, ConservaTV, which is a C-SPAN for conservatives. The site contains links to speeches by Republican presidents, interviews with conservative authors, and rants from a few loony leftists. The site will continue to grow as I find more audio and video links of interest to conservatives.