[Winona Online Democracy]
I agree that Eric asks really
good questions about the county's past actions. I am interested in those
answers as well, but I was concerned about his characterizing Dwayne as "simply
paranoid about the fact that not everyone sees it
your [his] way?" and I ask Eric and
all of our members to remember to refrain from making things personal. It
is fine to question each other and our public officials and employees in a
respectful manner, but I thought this phrase violated the spirit of civil
discourse.
Kathy Seifert
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Nelson
To: WOD
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:24 PM
Subject: [Winona] WDN Annexation
Article
I think that Eric has made some good points and asked good
questions. A long time ago I asked if the county was going to become this
intimately involved in all annexations in the county. The question was
never answered. There has been a lot of annexation of farm land around St.
Charles and Goodview and no county involvement what-so-ever. Not only has
there been bluff housing that the county has approved, (there are some new homes
that have scared the bluffs heading toward LaCrosse that I've noticed over the
past year or so) but there have been new homes built along the river
banks.
Would this entire annexation debate be a debate if every piece of
residential property in the county was taxed at the same rate? If the
township residents had to pay as much as the city residents would this even be
an issue?
I would like to see the county government focus more on COUNTY
problems that only the county can solve. A big problem is the jail issue
that still hasn't been resolved. Yesterday there were 17 inmates housed in
Goodhue County's jail from Winona. I think that Goodhue charges between 50
and 60 dollars a day per inmate per day. It is nice to see us paying off
their jail with my tax dollars. There have been at least 2 studies that
have said to build a new jail over the past 30 years. Why hasn't anything
been done? This should be a bigger focus of our county board.
Chris Nelson
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