RE: [Winona] Courthouse

[stafford @ vax2]

From: Bill Heitman > [...] I say let's not make the > same mistake again. It is the job of County Govt. to deliver services in > an efficient manner, not to operate in a building which is inefficient and > has been nothing but amoney pit, just because it is a beautiful old > building. [...] Which begs the question: Why does the County need so much more space than it did, for example, in the Sixties? Is it a problem caused by a growing bureaucracy, the result of adding services, or something else? To address the issue of efficiency,  and to avoid making another mistake we must consider a view beyond the traditional Old Building / New Building dilemma to include contemporary options, for example the application of computer networking to obviate some physical space requirements. To not consider some technological solutions would be a grave error. It is not just about so-called bricks and mortar anymore - old or new!