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Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Watchdog

Watchdog — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:08:56 +0000

So only now does the Spirit Mtn. Board decide to follow open meeting laws (!) A copy of what the board has been given as a “meeting packet” has to be in the room for public inspection. The best way to get a copy for yourself (and at no cost) is to have a laptop and scanner with you and scan away. For more information on these laws, see the state’s IPAD web site. If you request copies of documents from government, you can be charged up to 25c a page. You cannot be charged for LOOKING at documents. If you take any home with you, you can be charged. This is why a laptop and scanner are your best friends. I have also seen people bring in a full-size copy machine if they had a huge job to copy, that is not unusual.

Also make sure you have 2 batteries for your laptop in case you can’t use electricity.

Also watch out for the old trick of “staff” or others handing out documents AT the meeting to the public body. A set of everything handed out is supposed to be made available in the room for public inspection. Same should apply to the public: if a citizen wants to hand out something to the public body, the citizen should make extra copies for the public – however the citizen by law is not required to do so.

It’s shocking to see that the Duluth City Council meeting packets have never been online. When is someone going to ask? Even the News-Tribune has to pay $ for a packet (!)

I was pleased to see in the March 26 2010 edition of SESSION WEEKLY (page 12) that Rep. Mark Buesgens of Jordan tried to amend HF 2786 to require that Spirit Mountain be sold to private interests. The magazine can be downloaded as a PDF via the House web site.

Comment on Runners by Bob Loblaw

Bob Loblaw — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:09:24 +0000

How about letting gas stations and taxi cab drivers decide for themselves whether they want you to pre-pay or not?

I know which gas station I will avoid in the middle of winter with 4 kids in the car. Likewise I can choose which taxi company to avoid based on their distrust of my ability to pay.

Comment on Runners by bella

bella — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:12:31 +0000

How about making ALL gasoline stations a pre-pay station? Don’t dispense gasoline without prepaying!!!

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Claire

Claire — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:14:42 +0000

I am just bummed I bought a season pass to Spirit and used it only 3 times. I don’t think I’ll buy a season pass next year just in case this weird-ass weather trend continues.

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Numbers/SMRA

Numbers/SMRA — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:50:12 +0000

Still waiting. I will give it aother hour.

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Numbers/SMRA

Numbers/SMRA — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:27:22 +0000

Guess what, I walk away after my last post and there were people in Ms. Miller’s yard walking up from the creek and her dog was barking at them. Then they saw me looking out the window and run to the computer to write to you again. Funny that I should look outside and see people walking in her yard after I wrote about it. I’m guessing that is an ironic post. I’ll be checking in about people walking from the creek.

**FYI** It was two women in their 40s and a little boy. Maybe he was 7.

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Numbers/SMRA

Numbers/SMRA — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:23:28 +0000

They don’t know they can step over the fence. Now they walk in Ms. Miller’s yard. We live 20 blocks from SMRA.

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Numbers/SMRA

Numbers/SMRA — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:19:50 +0000

Can you fix the sixth word in paragraff 3 Mr. Ramous. It should be books, not boorks. I almost wrote brook, like the creek out my window. Sometime people are lost and they walk in my yard. I put up a one foot high fence and that keeps them out.

So if you could fix that word that would be great.

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Numbers/SMRA

Numbers/SMRA — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:14:47 +0000

I think people that come to Duluth get lost when in our city. I think when they are lost we should help them find what they are looking for or what road they are looking for. I sometimes have people stop me and ask how to get some place. Sometimes they ask where is UMD, Spur, and the water filtration plant. I think many of these people are not from around here and could be sleeper agents. So we should not help them what so ever. But, for the most part, we should help the people that need help.

I don’t anyone can disagree we me for the fact people need help. I should get a blog and help people find things. There are a lot of lost things out there. If there is a church for lost souls, then there should be a web site for lost things. Like I can find the road to Shabala. Maybe I can’t spell that place and a search engine is not going to help.

I wonder if there are boorks about lost things in general. If one thinks about, lost things happen and perhaps some famous crap was lost. My dad told me that the Lord Stanley Cup was lost and had flowers in it. I once lost a quarter and was mad because I had to walk home.

Comment on Bring Your Own Copying Machine by Cheering Fan

Cheering Fan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:20:34 +0000

HAHAAAHAHAHA Those all came from the same IP Address!

That is without a doubt the best laugh I’ve had today. Kudos on another wonderful article.