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Stone-Magnon 
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Posted on: May 14 2011,12:22 am |
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OK, get out yer wallets, here it comes...another $8 million to dredge Fountain Lake. We ONLY have to pay half of $16 million. Our state taxes will pay the other half so it's really only costing is $8 million in real pain like property tax increases. The other $8 million comes from the Gods who dwell in the North I guess.
Let's see, what else would you folks like to see $8 million spent on if you had a choice?
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Alfy Packer
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Posted on: May 14 2011,10:29 am |
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State is in the hole to the tune of $5,000,000,000.00, and the two representatives from this area want to give us $8,000,000 of more State debt for Fountain Lake. Didn't we pass a sales tax to take care of the Lake? So why do we need this additional candy when we have such a debt problem? Here is my recommendation to the "Family Man", take your right hand and grab your left ear; then take your left hand and grab your right ear and pull with all of your might! Maybe you can get your head out your A$$.
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Rosalind_Swenson
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Posted on: May 14 2011,10:45 am |
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Too much phosphorous has accumulated in the lake and that's the reason it needs to be dredged? Has anything been done to find out how it got there in the first place? Will something be done to ensure it doesn't happen again?
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Rosalind_Swenson
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Posted on: May 14 2011,11:06 am |
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Oops, I can see how you took that statement the way you did! Sorry, actually it was actually a question. Is phosphorous the reason they are dredging the lake? I have been looking for information on this subject but can't find much at all. Sorry, I have a big problem with being misunderstood. I know what I am meaning to say, and don't realize sometimes how it might sound to others.'
I agree, we need to stop throwing money away, and I"m guessing they've known about the phosphorous problem for a longggg time, why they feel the need to do something about it now, I have no idea. I hope whatever is causing this problem in the lake gets figured out and taken care of. If they do go ahead and spend all that money on it, what would be the point if they don't take care of the cause in the first place. We tend to spend way too much money, time and effort in fixing problems, instead of trying to prevent them in the first place.
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: May 14 2011,7:16 pm |
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Get the money from the water & sewer fund. That seems to be a good cookie jar to raid when you need a few extra bucks.
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MADDOG
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Posted on: May 14 2011,7:40 pm |
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Dredging Fountain has been on the agenda in the long term plan of the watershed. It's not something they just thought up. The SRRWD had been taxing us for roughly seven years now to the tune of $250,000 per year. They have to be banking some of that money for these big projects. Back in '09 they submitted a bonding request of $7.5M for this. Four Senators toured the lake. Albert Lea Lake will come after that and will probably be an even bigger project.
Since the original self-seekers left the board, the SRRWD has been working to clean the watershed from the beginning to the end at the Shell Rock. They are nearing the end of some of their projects leading to Fountain. It takes a long time to further their projects. If the County Board and the local landowner at the mouth of the river quit messing it up any more, they can hopfully get this job done. Remember, it will take years to complete.
Madd Max follows the watershed board better than I. Maybe he can lend a little knowledge here?
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: May 14 2011,8:00 pm |
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I see the storks took a shine to the upper lake today. They were fishing just above the damn by Katherine Island and down below in the channel.
I suppose the rain gives them the opportunity to dominate the fishing there on days like today.
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Stone-Magnon
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Posted on: May 14 2011,8:03 pm |
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Is it OK if I hand them my checkbook and they can just give me back what they don't need?
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