Mayor (at the time) Chris Coleman is all tangled up in this interview, which he'd probably love to see disappear if his run for the state's governor gets any traction. "[Mayor Coleman] will be playing at the release show... So I've been giving the guy lessons for five or six years, and I thought he would kind of peter off, because he's a busy guy, but no! He comes in for his lessons week after week, and he's practiced! I don't know where he finds the time." He's probably not playing or practicing so much these days, since it's a lot of work to cover your tracks in today's well-documented on-line world.
The ending repartee is pretty hilarious, in light of the last few months:
February 15 has just been proclaimed Jack McNally Day. So now you've got your own holiday. How does that make you feel?
What? Are you serious?
Um... yes. Mayor Coleman and Mayor Rybak both declared February 15 Jack McNally Day.
You're not serious. You're pulling my leg. This is a cruel joke.
....No sir. Would you like me to forward you the press release?
Yes! [Laughs] I'll be darned. I'm speechless. What do you say to that? Holy smokes.
There are more than a few interesting MSCM interviews from those years, including this bit of braggadocio from Doug: "Orchestrating Growth." A big part of the drama the owners generated about the school's closing was the big drop in income in the last years. which is contradicted by Doug's statement, "And today accredited private college McNally Smith serves about 600 students from across the globe, offering 100 faculty members, bachelor’s degrees in 11 subjects and master’s degrees in five. The school’s $3.5 million in 2001 revenues grew to nearly $19 million in 2013, marking 18 percent growth each of those years." Enough to buy a music composition "cabin" on a lake in Maine, at least.
Seriously harsh, dude. But that is one awful song.
ReplyDelete"Harsh" it may be, but the long, sad history of this school's demise is part of my past and I left a lot of friends and regrets there when I retired in 2013.
ReplyDeleteMcNally seems to have flown the country. I heard the lawsuit investigators haven't been able to interview him. Smith disappeared before the school announced it was closing.
ReplyDeleteI am disappointed with what passes for journalists in MN. Somebody should be looking at the fraud committed on students who prepaid for spring 2018. If this is just a game played to make selling the building easy, how isn't that a crime?
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