Article: Airports Commission allows Zeno to shine on; Board also votes to examine bidding practices.(NEWS)

About two weeks after Royal Zeno's airport shoeshine shop appeared destined for oblivion, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) reversed its course. The board voted unanimously Monday to give the 80-year-old St. Paul man virtually everything he wanted.

The commission also voted 10-5 to appoint an outside committee to reexamine its bidding procedures, which almost led to the demise of Zeno's business, 36 years after he began shining shoes at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Zeno has run the shop for the past 28 years.

"I think it's very nice," said Zeno, of the decision. He was smiling broadly for the first time since the controversy ...

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