Vice President Joe Biden is coming to St. Cloud this Thursday. The agenda: a town hall meeting about how to strengthen the middle class. What better place to explore middle class issues than a town known for its all-you-can-eat buffets!
St. Cloud is called the Granite City. I know this because one time I was in Iowa and told a guy I was from the Iron Range northern Minnesota.
He says , “Don’t they have a town up there that they call ‘the Granite City?'”
And I say, “I don’t think so.”
And he says, “They mine granite.”
And I say, “Uh, no, we mine iron. It’s the Iron Range.”
And he says, “I’m pretty sure I saw something about it on TV.”
And how could I argue with that. Anyway, I looked it up and the “Granite City is St. Cloud, which is in central Minnesota (though it is north of the Twin Cities) and will be hosting the Vice President this week. More details to come.
They even have a restaurant called Granite City.