[Winona Online Democracy]
I just want to express my appreciation for Keith
Nelson's input into this discussion. Taking the time
to provide detailed reasoning and examples from the
City perspective is helpful.
Below I think he states two basic things I know I felt
were at the core of the Winona
[Winona Online Democracy]
Just a quick note about orderly annexation. We in the City of Rollingstone
have looked at orderly annexation several times. There is, I believe, some
state law that organizes the process. Any annexation we have considered has
been at the request of the land owner.
[Winona Online Democracy]
The population of the City of Winona and Winona County is basically flat.
We've had very little or no increases in population over the last 25 years.
Some would say that is a bad thing. Is it?
The issue of developing hundreds of acres in Wilson Township is then a
want
[Winona Online Democracy]
I apologize for responding to the McDonald's Coffee Case analogy. The facts
of that case are that McDonald's had had over 700 instances of people
suffering more minor burns from its hot coffee. The problem seemed to stem
from combining a drive thru window and serving
