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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:06
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Subject: [Winona] Court House issue
I doubt that anyone will dispute the fact that
the county court house is going to have to be gutted. A building, no
matter how new or old can sustain the intense water damage and not need to be
totally rebuilt.
The issue is going to be, in rebuilding in the
current structure and building a new structure. It will be interesting
to see architectual ideas about what is possible.
What has amazed me so far, is the lack of
hysteria when the head lines and editorials so far have rasied the question of
the viability of rebuilding and maintaining the old court
house.
I don't know if we have anyone from the County
Board following discussions on this forum but hopefully we can assist them in
measuring the attitude of the general public about this issue as they explore
their options as they move towards a final decision.
At this point I can only say that I have not
heard any hard core protests against going onward to a new building. One
that would perhaps pull the various aspects of county government together for
more ease of access to all the various components.
What is your take as you move around the
community?
