Bob Collins
Some of us are still shocked enough by the recent announcement that MPR News’ legend Gary Eichten is retiring at the end of the year, that we’re not quite prepared for the series of “lasts” that are about to follow.
I guess that started today because Eichten made his last appearance at the MPR booth at the State Fair.
And as I looked at this photo (from colleague Valerie Arganbright), it dawned on me that Eichten has already anchored his last election night in Minnesota, and he’s also moderated his last Sunday-before-Election-Day, top-of-the-ticket debate at the Fitzgerald Theater.
We didn’t need more reasons to be depressed about the state of politics, but we’re not better off not having this guy guide us through.
