How do you get the label?
Live around or with several kids I care about. Problem is that you can be labeled as a sex offender for urinating in your back yard at 2 a.m., if someone is paying attention to your business. When do we call something a sex crime? And when does someone get that label?
How long will it take?
So here we are in the last week of September and they are still working on Seventh Avenue in the southeast side of town. How long does it take to do a little bit of road? I’ve seen people build entire highways in my time as long as it takes to build one small road area.
What about mortgage trades?
To help the housing crisis, banks should consider mortgage trades. If you can no longer afford the home you’re in, maybe you can afford another home the bank is sitting on. This way it saves consumer’s credit and helps to not have all these bank-owned homes sitting around deteriorating.
School referendum
I recently took a class at Forestview School in Baxter. What a waste of taxpayers’ money to build a school that looks like a castle. Brainerd should have had classes in Washington School and Franklin School with a little renovation. Now everybody meets in these buildings. The state hospital could easily be renovated to hold classes for school. No, the school system would rather have taxpayers pay big money to build more very expensive buildings for schools. A building never taught one kid anything. Say no to new buildings. For schools, use the state hospital buildings.
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Add commentThe banks are sitting on tons
The banks are sitting on tons of cash and in some cases taxpayers gave it to them at rock bottom interest rates.
Why not convert some of the bad mortgages into 30 yr fixed at todays rates? The banks would still make money (thanks to taxpayers generosity) and it would help some people keep their homes.
Forestview a Castle?
Maybe. But then, was Washington school and the present high school considered a castle when they were new?
And then, maybe people back then thought that it was a GOOD IDEA that our kids get educated in good buildings, instead of recycled, out-of-date, buildings as suggested above.
you dont need $500,000 in windows to teach school
what a waste of tax payers money. Go to that school and tell me the windows in front of that building is not a waste.
tell me the sky lights are not a waste.
I am pretty sure you can take a computer class without having a 3 story set of windows in the front of your school building or eat your lunch without a $50,000 skylight window.
It is a complete waste of my money.
I definitely agree with you
I definitely agree with you Eyolf regarding the road.
If they go ahead with the roundabouts, you will find me sitting in the middle of one of them, relaxing in a lawn chair with a 6 pack of beer on opening day. Ought to be good for a few chuckles.
wolf
That would be worth a trip to Brainerd to see you sitting there.
Lake, You're welcome to join
Lake,
You're welcome to join me. I'll treat you to a soda or a beer.
will do, wolf
Hope it is safe there while people are learning to drive those buggers.
"they are still working on Seventh Avenue in the southeast side"
Wait until they start working on College Drive, you won't see another project happening in Brainerd, but hey at least Brainerd will have a new "$9.5 million mile!!
Lifelong
Did you know the retaining wall below the high school was mandated by MN/DOT to have cement footings?
The wall will be constructed of a terrace type design and have 3 levels.
After the first bid came in over $600K higher than engineer's estimates, MN/DOT waived the cement footing requirements.
Wouldn't you think the first question to ask of MN/DOT would be something like:
"If cement footings were a requirement, how is it you are able to waive them for this project?"
Jeff
eyolf
Notice I used the the word "maybe" in my statement. There are expenses in that school that I question as well; but that doesn't make the whole project a waste. Nonetheless, it doesn't change my statement: Washington school in its day was state of the art, I'm sure. I would prefer to see our kids enjoying the same benefit as those who went to Washington in its first few decades.
Gold star for Scary! LOL!
Gold star for Scary! LOL!
Jeff, you would think that but
there are so many strange things about the College Drive project that nothing surprises me anymore.