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Grow up and play nice!!!

kay — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:21:46 -0600

Grow up and play nice!!! With the economy like it is everyone needs to work together. I do not want to pay an attorney to fight the county board. It is a stupid childish fight that needs to end. This darn road has been a ridiculous fight that makes no since and now is getting way out of hand. I think the county is right in letting someone else make the final decision. If the city and county were to do it we would still be fighting about it next year and the year after. I would think both parties have much more important items to discuss and more important decisions to make.

I have lived in 5 different

paradox — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:52:23 -0600

I have lived in 5 different counties in my life and have been a seasonal resident of this county since I was born. Furthermore, I have been active in civic affairs as both an observer and/or participant in all of those counties.

I have to say, never in any of those counties have I witnessed a county board that is as unprofessional and unpolished as the current members of the Koochiching County board. Most specifically: Mr. Lepper, Mr. Pavleck, and Ms. Briggs.

Given the fact that these people are the 'leaders', I think it is safe to say that Koochiching county is officially circling the drain...

After reading a facsimile of

Delta Blue — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:53:12 -0500

After reading a facsimile of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on appeal from the District of Minnesota, Hennepin County it sort of looks like...Ms Hervey needs to move on...

See Report:

http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=06-3891&s=MN&d=36406

Ya just gotta love the

Icesicle — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:18:25 -0500

Ya just gotta love the Beuridiocracy in this area.

Why in the world would we

kay — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:17:47 -0500

Why in the world would we want more jobs, more people, more businesses, more students at the college, and the list goes on and on. It is so stupid to even say it would be competition for jobs. There are students that have completed the nursing course at the college that can't find jobs here now. Maybe some would have lower paying jobs but who cares. A job is a job and any of them would be better than no job at all. This will disappear like everything else that comes along. This town wants to be a ghost town on the road to Canada. Why would we want something we would'nt have to pay for? The city and county only look for things the taxpayers can be taxed for. Heaven forbid we should be able to use federal money for something that could and would be a bonus for everyone in the community.

Here we go again with the

six-shooter — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:10:23 -0500

Here we go again with the competition thing. I just can't believe how narrow minded people can be. Lets be as negativee as we can and not look for more revenue coming into town with having Va drs. and nurses here. Or is this something that the local nursing home honchos will have the final say on? This would be funded by the federal government not us. The consruction alone would bring in money. Where are these people coming from? Man I'm just not getting this at all.

VSO's office -- 218-283-1179

lesleyk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:47:21 -0500

VSO's office -- 218-283-1179

Allen, How about a ph# for

roj2000 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:33:05 -0500

Allen,

How about a ph# for us to contact your Office, in case we want to donate some money for the project?

Thanks

If the Journal is interested

allen_kruse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:37:23 -0500

If the Journal is interested - I am more than willing to supply them with a full size copy of the final design for them to reformat to be able to publish online or in the paper.

Someone just needs to contact me at the office.

~ Allen Kruse
Koochiching County Veteran's Service Officer

Exactly. And all of these

Joespoon04 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:52:47 -0500

Exactly.

And all of these posts regarding the misunderstandings of this thing merely serve to underscore and italicize the fact that it's not meant for comprehension by the layman and the college-educated alike. I speak a fair shade better than pidgin-legalese, and this thing was so far beyond me it's as though I've been grunting and using hand motions in contracts for half my life.

I mean, hello?

The correction in today's

fb56 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:28:13 -0500

The correction in today's Daily Journal is incorrect. AF-01 current MINIMUM LOT SIZE is 2.5 acres. The proposed minimum lot size is 20 acres. I guess this change is necessary to controll overdevelopment of rural areas. Is there really a problem here in Koochiching County?

It would have been...or

Delta Blue — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:41:52 -0500

It would have been...or would be nice if the Journal would post a picture of the final design that was selected in this story. Maybe it is in the newspaper addition and I just cant see it online.

Lisa, before you issue a

fb56 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:23:52 -0500

Lisa, before you issue a correction to the story, maybe you had better investigate a little further. The old ordinance called for a 10 acre minimum but it was later amended to allow 2.5 acre minimum lot sizes.

The current minimum lot size

fb56 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:16:15 -0500

The current minimum lot size is 2.5 acres but the proposed change is to a minimum of 20 acres, not 10 unless it has been amended.

The minimum lot area per

Lisa Kaczke — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:35:34 -0500

The minimum lot area per unit is currently 2.5 acres and is expected to be changed to 10 acres in the proposed development ordinance. A correction will be in Thursday's Daily Journal. To clarify, the numbers were taken from the current and proposed ordinances, and were not stated by Environmental Services Director Richard Lehtinen.