Slowly, a pop culture phenomenon has been making its way across America. Someone, somewhere came up with the idea of a “lost” poster with singer Lionel Richie. The tear-off sheets at the bottom, which normally might have a phone number, has lyrics of a song (The picture above is from Brooklyn, we believe. It appeared in March.).
Today, it was spotted in West Duluth.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins