Mayor Lee Lansing has called a special council meeting for Thursday night, 7 pm at City Hall. Agenda items: Discussion of city leadership issues based on the current lawsuit whereby…
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Council Member Scott Davis’ comments on the Locally Grown Radio Show were thought-provoking, at least for me. In particular, his discussion of the 14 issues, the Select 6 and Leftover…
I took the left photo at the James Gang HideAway this morning of three guys who’ve been among the many citizens involved in the drug abuse-related discussions here on Locally…
Northfield Police Chief Gary Smith has posted a detailed response on his blog to all the recent discussion about the community drug problem, as well as information about his medical leave.
The photo is cropped from a 2004 National Night Out photo I took of him.
[Full disclosure: He contracted with me to help him get his blog started back in the summer of 2004.]
I’ve included the text of his post here to make it easier to facilitate discussion about it since he does not have comments enabled on his blog. If anyone does want to contact him directly, use his Contact form.
Echoing Ross’ and Tracy’s call for ‘more light, less heat,’ I’d really like to have any discussion on this thread be A) extremely civil; and B) inquiry-based in tone — which means, instead of exchanging charges and countercharges, we all try to make our comments with a genuine desire to understand and explain.
Ross was asked to give an update to the Northfield Chamber of Commerce board regarding the status of the Comprehensive Plan revision process. The Chamber, as you might expect, seemed most concerned with the Economic Development and Transportation chapters of the Comp Plan. Since I was fresh off the previous day’s meeting with the Land Development Code advisory group, I offered to tag along and report on that as well.
It came as a surprise to me to learn that the Chamber is proposing a 320-acre business park rather than the 120 acres recommended by TIP Strategies in the Economic Development Plan.
As an EDA member during the process, I was able to watch TIP Strategies in action, and they did an excellent job of viewing our economic development situation in both a regional and global context. I believe their recommendations are solid. From the Plan:
Local attorneys Mary Hahn and Dave Hvistendahl were on KYMN this morning with Jeff Johnson. They discussed Mayor Lee Lansing’s lawsuit against the city, city administrator, and three councilors. Click…
City of Northfield’s Ward 2 Councilor Scott Davis was our guest today, talking all-things council related. And coincidentally (or maybe not), he launched his blog today as well: ward2.net Click…
Stephanie Hendrickson sent me this photo (click to enlarge) and accompanying text of she and her colleagues… …conducting our Rice County Farmers Union Convention dinner meeting at Perkins in Faribault…