You'd think that five years of a steady stream of Burrito Union complaints on PDD would get them to examine their program and perhaps exercise some improvements, like offering lettuce or cilantro in their burritos. Alas, as there are surely more prescient issues available than burritos, I've also wished PDD would exercise more actual journalism as it pertains to Duluth and focus less on music videos, Parr, Low, etc... yet five years of protests toward those ends have also amounted to wishing in one hand and pissing in the other. 

 BU's lazy hippy program is beyond old/reproachable.  Its like burritos from a can. I'm glad they're finally getting the competition they deserve,  but regardless what Biff said is true and Sweeto'll be out of biz in no time. Its almost as though in a strange twist of fate, businesses read the cry-out for Burritos on PDD and everyone is flocking to town to fill the orders with some random garbage wrap.  WTF?   

And seriously PDD, maybe think about exploring exciting, relevant, actual Duluth issues.  Perhaps you feel MPR/DNT has the market cornered on traditional reportage, but it would be nice to see some new angle rather than being merely an outlet for every teen's music video in town. Perhaps an article on the progress of the Norshore?  Polls on best burritos and bands are spreadin'  thin.  Just sayin'...

Thank you. Big points for effort.  We/BU can choose not to suck. And it's never too late. What would happen if they actually started throwing cilantro in as an option that didn't send their shit-wraps into the $15 range?  It would be revelatory. Folks might start to line up like Chipotle.  Ruts kill though, and they're not easy to avoid because as humans, our default is greed and laze. Just look at Vice's season premier in Kabul to illustrate. Its a full time job avoiding the downward slide toward mediocrity and gluttony, the local burrito as prime symbological example. 
 Aside, change of subject and giving credit where due,  enjoyed the owl post and your other nature/oddity threads. I mean, PDD's obviously had 100's of good topics, but to me, finding the weird shit is what's fun. And there's a lot of weird shit around here. You guys have talent, and local knowledge.  PDD is a tool you oughtn't be afraid to use. 
Tomorrow I'll be walking to the end of park point because of the minus 30 wind chill. This will keep stragglers away and allow for special time between me, a few weasels, and maybe a pigeon while enjoying the rainbows coming over the breakwater.
Btw the longboarding clip won PDD video 2014.  File under shit-that-can-kill-you.