St. Paul Pioneer Press Offers Star Treatment To Clay

In thanking Clay for his recent comments on how 'nice' St. Paul, MN was, the St. Paul Pioneer Press published this tongue-firmy-in-cheek article about star treatment for Clay:

The news that a Relatively Famous Person, singer Clay Aiken of North Carolina, said dear old St. Paul is one of his favorite places has been taken as evidence that the city has finally overcome the psychic damage caused by Boring Morley. CBS newsguy Morley Safer called St. Paul "one of the most boring cities in the United States." City leaders sent him a care package containing theater and dinner tickets.

The dinner tickets were to a restaurant that has since moved to Minneapolis.

Mr. Aiken has appeared in St. Paul in the spring and summer. He may not have experienced the defining St. Paul moment — what we call winter — before he said, "It's, like, one of the nicest cities I've been to.''

We happen to feel that way too. But fair is, like, fair.

So our care package to Clay Aiken will contain:

• An autographed, illustrated copy of St. Paul and Minneapolis snow-emergency parking regulations.
• Free rustproofing for his vehicle.
• Honorary membership in the Vulcans, complete with his own red suit and smudging paint.
• Free dinner and movie at the Bridges of St. Paul along the Mississippi River (subject to approval by city and construction of project.)
  

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