[Winona Online Democracy]
Greetings,
I'd like to explore this issue of the old middle school a bit more -- in
particular the development today of the county considering the use of
eminent domain to take the building away from the school district and use it
for county offices until they work out their space issues.
You can read more about that issue at:
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/1eminent.php3
As you may be aware, the School Board, County and City held a "summit
meeting" on Monday to discuss how to work together to help the county while
still being able to work towards development of the old middle school into
something that will benefit the county.
You can read more about that at:
http://www.winonapost.com/011701/2news011701.html
I think the meeting was a good example of local governmental units working
together in a constructive way. The meeting demonstrated a genuine spirit
of cooperation and the discussion seemed productive. I'm not sure that the
county's considering the use of eminent domain is in keeping with that
spirit of cooperation.
So here's my questions . . .
1. Do you think the county's considering the use of eminent domain against
another local governmental body has any implications beyond the current
issue?
2. What do you think the county should do to solve its space/courthouse
problem?
3. Are you concerned with what happens to the old middle school (how it is
developed) or do you think the school board should just pass the building on
to someone else (the county or another developer) and let the development
discussion begin again?
4. Do you think Winona has an affordable housing problem that needs to be
addressed and, if so, who should address it?
Feel free to address any or all of these questions.
If you haven't posted to the list before, this would be a great opportunity
to join the discussion!
-Steve Kranz
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