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	<description>In the words of the people who live and work here.</description>
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		<title>Applebee&#8217;s in Hastings:  Mission Accomplished?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, Hastings.  You finally got your Applebee's.  But remember the inimitable GW on the deck of the aircraft carrier proudly declaring "Mission Accomplished."   We all know how that turned out.]]></description>
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		<title>We Are the Masters of Our Own Destiny</title>
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		<comments>http://thehword.com/feature/we-are-the-masters-of-our-own-destiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would another restaurant want to open in Hastings if a large number of Hastings residents go out of town to eat? We need to prove to existing restaurant owners and potential owners that there is a market for more restaurants here.]]></description>
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		<title>A Rambling Rant on the Occasion of Nearly Being Flattened by a Cell Phone-Distracted Driver</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If TMB had been a distracted four-year-old, you’d be reading a tragic story in the Tribune…and some heart-broken family would own a Lexus.]]></description>
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		<title>Why aren&#8217;t we going to bat for the State Softball Tournament?</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/feature/why-arent-we-going-to-bat-for-the-state-softball-tournament/</link>
		<comments>http://thehword.com/feature/why-arent-we-going-to-bat-for-the-state-softball-tournament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a "Hastings official", we're considering not rebidding the State Softball Tournament because it's too hard to get volunteer help.  So we're thinking about walking away from a major business-building event because it's "inconvenient"? ]]></description>
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		<title>Of Sales Tax and Street Closings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[City Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duncan Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hastings college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street resurfacing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thehword.com/?p=3579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Masked Blogger has been silent for some time, but there are some issues arising that demand attention from TMB. And from the people of Hastings.]]></description>
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		<title>So you want an Applebee’s.  Got two million bucks?</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/opinions/so-you-want-an-applebee%e2%80%99s-got-two-million-bucks/</link>
		<comments>http://thehword.com/opinions/so-you-want-an-applebee%e2%80%99s-got-two-million-bucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dining in Hastings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So why don’t we have more national chain restaurants in Hastings?  Some have said it’s all about the money.  And they’re right.  But not in the way they may have imagined.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to throw back the curtain?</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/opinions/time-to-throw-back-the-curtain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Hastings natives bemoan the lack of choice, absolutely convinced that somewhere, someone is putting an economic stranglehold on the growth of the community. So let’s get this out in the open. Let’s throw back the curtain and expose these situations to full daylight.]]></description>
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		<title>The myth of conspiracy in Hastings.</title>
		<link>http://thehword.com/opinions/the-myth-of-conspiracy-in-hastings/</link>
		<comments>http://thehword.com/opinions/the-myth-of-conspiracy-in-hastings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Masked Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hastings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thehword.com/?p=391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey of Hastings area consumers asked a number of questions about the retail environment in our town.  How often they shop in Hastings.  What they buy in Hastings.  And the types of stores they’d like to see in Hastings. But perhaps the most intriguing question was this one: Do you agree or disagree with this statement:  “Growth in Hastings is controlled by a select group of people.”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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