Aaron Landry

As published by Minnesota Monitor, after Par Ridder was ordered out as the Star Tribune publisher, he was quickly offered an internship by former City Pages editor Steve Perry to work on his new local media startup, The Daily Mole:

Dear Par,

We at the Daily Mole were saddened to hear of your abrupt exit from the Newspaper of the Twin Cities this morning. We can only hope it spells an end to the scorn and mockery you have endured in your time of trial. People can be so judgmental. Especially judges.

As your friends have no doubt pointed out, sometimes the best thing one can do with such adversity is to turn the page. In that spirit, we want to be the first to offer you a chance at clearing the slate and earning back your good name. (And make no mistake: Ridder, under normal circumstances, is a very good name.)

We’re talking work. A job. And by “job,” I mean unpaid internship. If you will agree to sell advertising for the Daily Mole for a period of six months, gratis, we will pledge to consider hiring you full-time.

As a Daily Mole intern, your perks would include a desk (with chair), access to a telephone, and a whole box of business cards. You would need a laptop computer of your own, but we assume that’s not an issue.

Courage!

Best wishes,

The Mole People

Considering he’s on a year long vacation from the Star Tribune publisher position I think he should take it.