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hairhertz 
Group: Members
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Posted on: Aug. 31 2010,5:54 pm |
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Ms. Moen & Mr. Moen need to come clean about Tiger Hills. Why isn't this an issue with the council?
CH is probably right, imho.
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| Post Number: 52
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gijoeman
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Group: Members
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Posted on: Aug. 31 2010,6:05 pm |
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Because it's the council that's allowing them to essentially steal. We chose to go into business with the Moens and when things went bad we picked up the whole tab. When and if things get better, the Moens can pay us back at their leisure without penalty and interest and they can keep any and all profit. As long as we're covring and funding Tiger Hills, I see no reason why the Moens should be funding anything themeselves. That wouldn't be very smart.
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| Post Number: 53
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Liberal
Group: Moderator
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Posted on: Sep. 01 2010,1:41 pm |
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Pretty good editorial, but I don't know if I agree with summarily firing him if he refuses to resign.
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Albert Lea City Manager Jim Norman should resign.
Immediately.
If he doesn’t, the Albert Lea City Council should fire him.
He faces felony and gross misdemeanor charges related to misuse of public funds. He allegedly used the city credit card for personal use on items ranging from a refrigerator to women’s shoes and later claimed they were moving expenses, despite explanations from city staff on how to use the credit card properly.
Even if Norman is exonerated from these allegations, there is no way the man can lead the city government following such a divide between Norman and the department heads who discovered the discrepancies. There is no way the people of Albert Lea could ever fully trust him with their tax dollars ever again. There is no way the Albert Lea City Council could look Norman straight in the eye for an honest answer after the upcoming court fight.
Norman presently is on suspension with pay pending the outcome of a City Council special meeting on Thursday.
Norman might decide to hold out for a severance package or some kind of deal, instead of merely stepping down.
But we suggest this to our city leaders: The people of Albert Lea do not feel that Norman deserves one thin dime in severance. He does not deserve one red cent in pay, either.
If at some future date it turns out the allegations are untrue, that is was all some big mistake, then and only then give him the necessary back pay.
On Thursday, the City Council should ask Norman for his immediate resignation. If he does not give it, then the council should summarily terminate his employment.
True, people are innocent until proven guilty. But for employment purposes, city managers are held to a higher standard than most workers. City managers should not and cannot find themselves facing felony charges in the first place. City managers should not and cannot get mired in legal trouble, in particular when it comes to the spending of the public funds.
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The people are masters of both Congress and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it!
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Whiskero
Group: Members
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Posted on: Sep. 01 2010,2:35 pm |
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I don't know if I care for the statement: The people of Albert Lea do not feel... I wasn't asked my opinion on this matter.
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MADDOG
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Posted on: Sep. 01 2010,2:41 pm |
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Nice, forceful editorial. That's true and perhaps a little too opinionated in basically calling for his head.
One question.
Who wrote that? Was it the publisher, editor or a staff writer?
Why didn't they sign it? Were they afraid to publish their name?
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Archie
Group: Members
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Posted on: Sep. 03 2010,12:35 am |
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Just for the record, Gene Smith was not recruited by the Brimeyer Group. He was recruited by the law
firm of Barna Guzy And Steffan which represents this County in matters of labor law to this day.
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| Post Number: 57
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grassman
Group: Members
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Posted on: Sep. 03 2010,6:49 am |
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I think if everything that goes on in Albert Lea was reported to the FEDS, you would need a bigger jail. 
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Bluehosta
Group: Members
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Posted on: Sep. 03 2010,8:54 am |
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Norman has been caught. I'm concerned to see who steps up and says they made a mistake, not everone saying no mistakes were made. "GRIP" Get Ride of Incumbant Politicians.
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ICU812
Group: Super Administrators
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Posted on: Sep. 03 2010,9:28 am |
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Through all of this fiasco I have one thought that keeps coming to my small mind.
Why did/does he or any city employee for that matter have a city issued credit card?
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bulldog
Group: Members
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Posted on: Sep. 03 2010,9:46 am |
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Just call him tricky Dick
Im NOT A CROOK
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