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usmcr 
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2013,9:28 am |
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Lea collage, new hospital, new high school, new court house & now a new look downtown. all of these were billed as an attraction to new businesses & ultimately more population. i got news for you it did not happen! in fact our population has decreased starting in 1970 & the trend is continuing! what this equates to is simply less population & higher taxes as the goverment continues to spend more money! a good example of this is the city becoming involved with real estate. i refer to the ongoing sink hole of the bank building on broadway, 2 million bucks & counting with nothing to show for the effort! this is being billed as the cornerstone for downtown! another example is tiger hills! take off the rose colored glasses & really look at the downtown area. imho it is a disaster & no so called facelift is going to change the old buildings into new! how many businesses are going to pull out because of the higher taxes or rent? sterling drug to the north side, is this just the beginning?. to say the least the downtown is minimal at it's present state. stadium seating for the park, for what usage - 4th of july & then what? we even have a concrete road to no where, nw of loves truck stop. it is supposed to connect to I-90 with an interchange in the long range future! these are some random thoughts, perhaps someone could expand on them or offer thoughts pro or con. build it & they will come, well where are they?
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Memento homo quia pulvis es, et in pulverem veverteris
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SlapMyMonkey
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2013,9:38 am |
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reason why we need a like button 
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This is my real name
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2013,9:39 am |
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Well, you see, you're just part of the problem. That's what happens when we're negative. The invisible boogeyman spies come here and read that or hear us complain in the coffee shop and they decide not to bring big industry here.
It can't possibly be the fault of our elected and appointed leaders. It's negativity that's keeping Albert Lea down, and shame on anyone who who says otherwise. 
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pepi la pew
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2013,10:46 am |
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well THIS IS MY REAL NAME you must be blind, dumb and stupid! The only reason industry wont come here is OUR CITY FATHERS? They don't want big industry to come, because that brings crime & gangs here. The problem is we have both here now. And they don't to pay good wages, If they did most of the city fathers on the city council best buds that own buss. in town would have to start paying a good wage to there employees. and you know that will not happen.
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twingroves
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2013,11:17 am |
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this is what happens when you got dumb ass people running the town the town is dying like it or not thats the way it is
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Expatriate
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Posted on: Apr. 24 2013,4:10 pm |
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There are several Minnesota communities that have thriving downtown business districts.
But once again we put the cart before the horse, a thriving downtown business needs cash carrying customers.
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History is no more than the lies agreed upon by the victors.
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SlapMyMonkey
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Posted on: Apr. 25 2013,12:35 pm |
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the problem is not the City Fathers....it's the idiots that keep voting them in.
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twingroves
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Posted on: Apr. 25 2013,1:57 pm |
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anybody with any smarts does not want the thankless job
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