I got an email this week from Brad Behrens, Environmental Technologist with Rice County Environmental Services (Planning and Zoning Dept), about their current Rice County Parks, Recreation & Open Space…
Category: <span>Gov’t & Policy</span>
Last June, I was pleased that the Northfield City Council voted 4-2 to have the citizens vote in November on whether or not the city should issue bonds to pay…
Bridgewater Township supervisor Bruce Morlan has a column in this week’s Northfield News titled Turbulance over wind turbines. Bridgewater will be holding public hearings about changes in the wind turbine…
Northfield Patch: Northfield City Council Votes to Remove Liaisons from Advisory Boards Councilors Patrick Ganey and Suzie Nakasian, new to the council in 2011, last week advocated for a policy…
I’ve been asked to combine my seven posts on the so-called “North Business Park” into a single post. Apparently, it is believed that this reorganization will stimulate comments.
It has been a great winter for snowshoeing, cross country skiing, and sledding (recent blog posts with photos). But it’s also been terrific for outdoor skating, as we’ve only had…
The three best opinion pieces about the killings in Tucson that I’ve read thus far are: James Fallows, The Cloudy Logic of ‘Political’ Shootings Ross Douthat, United in Horror David…
The StarTribune’s Erik Wieffering had a column on Sunday titled Cheap talk won’t solve crisis over pensions Local and state governments across the country face potentially ruinous pension and benefit…
On Sunday night, two snowmobiles went through Hidden Valley Park where it abuts the back yards of the Valley Pond townhouses on the south edge of the pond. …