Dumb place for building
Well, I’m happy we’re going to have a curling club building, but why? It’s such a stupid place they’re building it. We probably lost some parking (at the county fairgrounds). We lost some pretty trees. Why didn’t they just build it right out on the road while they were at? It’s dumb.
(Editor’s note: The Vox Pop Department of Innovation appreciates the idea. Maybe we could start the sport of car curling. And have a nice day.)
Waste of money
This is unbelievable. The school district sends out a notice with a typo on it so they have to send one out again. What a waste of our money and you want us to give them more money? I don’t think so.
(Editor’s note: Superintendent Steve Razidlo said the Brainerd School District did have an important error in its required mass mailing to all voters in the district and a corrected mailing was sent out late last week after the error was discovered. “Unfortunately, we didn’t catch the proofreading error and when it was pointed out to us, we initiated the correction,” said Razidlo. The first mailing incorrectly stated that the second levy question was a 10-year levy when it is actually a 5-year levy. The first levy question is a 10-year levy.)
Junk mail idea
To cut down on junk mail, whenever you receive an ad with a postage paid envelope, just seal the envelope and mail it back to them. They will then have to pay the postage.
Student assembly at Pillager
The Seven Project is coming to Pillager High School. This group is an evangelical group with a stated purpose of saving today’s youth through Jesus Christ. Check out the following website: www.youthalive.ag.org. How can the Pillager administration invite this group to hold an assembly during the student school day?
Where are the cops?
Watch for pedestrians who are going across the crosswalks because I was nearly hit by the Family Dollar intersection on Washington Street by a woman driving a white SUV. I had the walk signal and I still had time to get across. It was just plain rude and obnoxious of her to think she had the right-of-way when I had the right-of-way. Where are the cops when you need them?
Where’s What’s Doing?
What happened to the What’s Doing section of Sunday’s paper? Didn’t somebody get their report together on time?
(Editor’s note: Sorry. But you don’t have to look very hard to find it in today’s edition.)
Hide the money
Do you think these teachers think the taxpayers of this district are so dumb we can’t figure out the game plan, that they’re laying in the weeds, hoping they hold out long enough to grab a portion of this referendum money if it passes? Good luck. If they had any conscience at all, they’d forego any wage increase. I lost my job 10 years ago and I’m working for a lower wage now. Guess what? I haven’t had a raise in 10 years so give me a break.
No downside to this idea
Here’s an idea. Instead of voting yes on the referendum this time, why not take that last one we didn’t get to vote on, the 13 years at 15 percent, and just apply that to the school. There is no downside here. Yeah, it’ll require the employees to put a little more in their retirement but then our taxes wouldn’t change.
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Comments (7)
Add commentHide the money
Nice call...ironic how this vox pop is in the paper the same day the front page is the teachers and district settling the contract.
Trust me when I say this people, "The teachers are not out to get you, they are our neighbors and many are our friends, they are not evil, greedy people who plot against the community to try and make your lives miserable!"
Sign of the times
unfortunately....the bitterness toward those who have jobs and God forbid, jobs with benefits in these tough times.
The rage should not be directed at those with jobs but the system that created this mess - building up for years and hitting us hard sometime in 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-2000s_financial_crisis
more sign of times
you should put all your rage towards people with money and providing jobs and tax base to pay the teachers
Seven Project What scares you so much.
The Seven Project
Connecting your community to share Jesus
The Seven Project Key Components:
•School assemblies deal with real life and character issues faced by students. These programs include video segments that deal with anti-violence, scholastic achievement, peer pressure, integrity, substance abuse, abstinence, or others.
Pillager Assembly
If you are concerned, call the school and ask for the agenda and ask if anyone has seen it in other schools. And perhaps attend if you wish. Some schools do not allow outside religious groups to make presentations.
don't worry
I've attended some of these "evangelical" sessions during school times -- -don't worry. The daytime programs are secular presentations as mentioned above. There is little threat here.... No one will be harmed any more than singing SILENT NIGHT at a Christmas program will warp our kids.
Really??? You're worried
Really??? You're worried about a positive assembly coming to the school? Instead on complaining about it and trying to get everybody worked up, why don't you attend....might be a positive step for you!!! You don't hear anyone complaining about the fun fest, where kids get to come dressed in their Halloween costumes and go through a "haunted house"....Relax, there are way bigger problems to be concerned about!