No thanks
In response to the article Aug. 1 on where did all the Kiwanis Park ducks go, I want you to know this is common all over Minnesota. If you spend any time in western Minnesota you’ll notice truckloads of drain tile as plentiful as ducks once were. In a nutshell, regulations requiring ethanol as fuel has driven up corn prices and virtually all wetlands have nearly been drained. The machinery to do it is as fast as a bulldozer crashing through the Amazon. The damage to our wildlife, water and atmosphere are equally horrific. Beef, ethanol, dairy? No thanks.
Neglected to mention
Former school administrator Hunt left out the fact that seasonal property owners the district wants to start taxing will not have the right to vote on any levies in the district. Rising tax rates on seasonal property with no right to vote led to removal from school tax rolls 10 years ago. He also neglected to mention that such properties are taxed — at a high rate — already. Also, not all seasonal owners are wealthy. Many people of modest means are struggling to hang onto multiple generations of tradition as assessed values have increased, including school employees I know.
Animals have no control
I am always willing to help any organization that protects dogs and cats. They have no control over their situation. However, I have difficulty helping organizations such as the soup kitchen when I see the people smoking and using cellphones. If they have money for cigarettes, they can buy their own food.
Another Minnesota nice
I lost my watch at the Crow Wing County Fair. A woman saw me looking and said she turned a watch into the lost and found. Upon checking, it was my watch. Thanks again to a Minnesota-nice person.
Pupil/teacher ratio
For anybody who might get worked up over the pupil/teacher ratio in the fine article entitled “State budget problems squeezed schools’ teachers,” the pupil/teacher ratio is the number of students in a school or district compared to the total number of teaching professionals which includes more than classroom teachers.
Highrise smoking
Kudos to whoever wrote the piece on the highrise. First they slap a 10 p.m. cutoff from any activities outside of the apartment (the activity floor). They kicked us to the curb to smoke. There are rumors of benches and ashtrays across the street. However this will cause the disabled people to have to cross the street to smoke. I myself have no problem but there are those who use walkers and/or chairs to get around and crossing the road in winter will be almost unbearable.
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Comments (6)
Add commentSoup kitchens, cell phones, and smoking
That's why we need to tax the rich, don't ya know! And as for the disabled, you don't get a hall pass to free smoking when the rest of the state has to do the same thing. Stop taking it personally or stop smoking. The choice is yours!
Smokin' Oldies
So if they are planning to make them go across the street to smoke wouldn't they be on school property? I thought it was illegal to smoke on school grounds?
Highrise smoking
"Kudos" to HRA omitting the smoking in the highrise in Brainerd! All the non smokers, which is the majority of the residents, are thanking them too! No more second hand smoke drifting into the lungs of all the innocent residents that live there day after day, year after year. My mom lived there for almost 11 years, and I fought this battle for her and all the other residents that lived there. I just wished my mom would have lived to see this day, she died June 18th 2011. There is no more smoking, and I say, "Well done HRA"
Meeting with Delta
I see that that both Senators Franken and Klobuchar thought the meeting with Delta officials was important enough to attend.
Where was Rep. Chip Craavak? Maybe helping his family move to New Hampshire?
Delta
Which has nothing do to with this vox-pop. But thank you tommy for adding nothing.
Smoking
terrymccollough Okay so what do you suggest for people in that building that have been smoking almost all their life? Oh sorry go to the curb or quit. It's not EASY to quit when they give you such a small amount of time to do so. Expect miracles ?? Rent is paid and they should be able to do what they want in their own homes. The non smoking people that live there knew BEFORE they moved in that it was a smoking apartment. So what's next... They will have to give up their pets because to many people are allergic???