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Article: Ellingers leaving for bright lights; Donna and Maurice weary from fighting the good fight.(NEWS)(Doug Grow)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 12, 2003
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Byline: Doug Grow; Staff Writer
They made a lot of noise in their eight years in Minneapolis. But did Maurice and Donna Ellringer make a difference?
The Ellringers are leaving after years of fighting crime and City Hall and rehabbing a tired old mansion on the 1800 block of Park Avenue S.
Tired of cold winters, crackheads and dust from the unending reconstruction project on the house they had rescued from the wrecking ball, the Ellringers are moving to Las Vegas. They expect to be gone by the end of the month.
They've been talking about such a move for months. But the fact that they're actually going is stunning. You learn to believe ...