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the fact of the matter is that I would be just as pissed in reverse if my tax dollars from the "north side" were spent on your little street project on the "south side".

So its OK for me to pay a portion of your debt and services as long as I stay in my place? This is a purely moronic way to think...

Reminds me of how Al "Minnow" Brooks would think while he's getting a few extra dollars under the table to remain a quiet slouch that doesn't bring up projects in his Ward for the City Council to vote on..

Its time for Up or Down votes on everything, not just the projects that are going to Pass. I want to know what the other councilmen think about projects in other Wards..

Personally I would demand an up or down vote for everything over time in my Ward if I was a City Councilman..

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I think Al Brooks is one of our best Councilmen!  There must be some reason he keeps getting reelected!
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I think Al Brooks is one of our best Councilmen!  There must be some reason he keeps getting reelected!

What street do you live on?

Assessments for neighborhood improvements always stir a hornets nest among those that have to pay for the improvements on their street no matter what part of the City you live in.. If you don't piss the people off with an assessment, you don't get bad publicity.. He has proved that doing nothing is better than doing what is right.. Mainly for himself..

He is positioned perfectly to sell his vote on the City Council to the highest bidder for projects that others want done and get re-elected at the same time.. All the while his Ward is allowed to deteriorate and homeowners with depressed home values..
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This newsletter from the City of Albert Lea doesn't say the sewer has to be repaired a year before the reconstruction can move forward.. A reconstruction involves replacing everything with NEW Sewer Pipes and a NEW Water Main just like they did on Broadway..
The entire project was to be completed by October 31st last year.. Nothing I hate worse than being lied to..  :angry:  

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Can anyone tell me how many of these street repair projects are located in Al "Minnow" Brooks Ward 6? The list goes back to 2012..

I found only 2 out of the 70 streets funded are from Ward 6..

Link to Street Projects 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
http://www.cityofalbertlea.org/?s=projects

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A good council will try to find a way of getting things done. I don't mean hiring out for opinion, either. Research into grants and available funds for projects. It's out there, you just have to look beyond the door of city hall. :thumbsup: We had a council that would kick the can down the road and eventually just take out a bond. That changed with new leadership.

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A good council will try to find a way of getting things done. I don't mean hiring out for opinion, either. Research into grants and available funds for projects. It's out there, you just have to look beyond the door of city hall. :thumbsup: We had a council that would kick the can down the road and eventually just take out a bond. That changed with new leadership.

Sure, grants and other available funds, other people's money :(

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The money is already there, someone just needs to apply. I can't think of a better use than making a community better. Maybe it should build a stadium instead? Good streets are a necessity. I pay for schools, for your children and grand children, WE DON'T HAVE KIDS.

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The numbers simply don't support it because there aren't enough assessable properties on Virginia Place, let alone do the remaining properties have enough of a tax base to assess a project of that size to.  So they would be left bonding for it or spending a huge chunk of the street budget with no return from the tax base for the repair/replacement.

That reason alone is why you keep hearing that there is no money in the budget for the project.

My kid is a grown adult on her own and I still pay property taxes for School District 241 along with many others in Freeborn County.. I don't have a problem paying my share to help educate your kids or a portion of your City debt.. Just don't turn your back on me when its my turn..

The assessment that I will have to pay for over the years for a little street that I can be proud of and utilities that will function properly into the future will be well worth it..

The City of Albert Lea has turned their back on Virginia Place for far too long..
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Bids being accepted for everything in the list below and the video except: 5th Street & Virginia Place

January 13, 2015 City Council

• Ordered the preparation of feasibility reports for road projects slated to be completed this summer.

Included in the neighborhood improvement overlay project for this year are portions of Plaza Street, Ekko Avenue, Sykes Street, Hi Tech Avenue, Westron Street, Airport Road, Troy Road, College Street, Court Street, Mill Street, Washington Avenue, Jefferson Avenue, Oline Drive, Bel Aire Drive and the wastewater treatment plant access and service roads.

The state aid street project covers Clark Street from West Avenue to about 165 feet west of Washington Avenue and Vine Avenue from Fountain Street to Abbott Street.

Also slated is the reconstruction of Fifth Street from Virginia Place from Fourth Street to Seventh Street.

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2015...l-taxes

Road Construction Looms Large For Albert Lea

Have been informed by the City Engineer that a Feasibility Report for 5th Street and Virginia Place will go before the Albert Lea City council at the end of April..
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