State Rep. Tom Rukavina (DFL-Virgina), the sentimental icon of the Iron Range legislative delegation, has turned down an invitation to debate former State Rep. and Taxpayers’ League conservative Phil Krinkie on KSTP, the station that aired last month’s ridiculously unfair story about Ironworld. Rukavina said his beef is with KSTP, not Krinkie. This story tells us what I’ve suspected. KSTP enjoys this story solely as an opportunity to pick a fight with the Iron Range, knowing that A) KSTP’s base audience would enjoy the attack, and B) Iron Rangers would fight back, providing “news.”