[Winona Online Democracy]
So from the evidence submitted, I see that the school board did open the
bidding, but no other bids came through until AFTER the WSU bid had already
been accepted. It seems that opening the bidding on the Ridgeway school is
consistent with the way the Lincoln building was handled.
I think it is fine to scrutinize a public body, but let's accept the facts
once they are offerred. The actions of the board are, indeed, ethical in
this case. The facts provided (thank you Blandine and Jim) support this.
I believe that the Ridgeway building will continue to be dealt with in an
ethical manner as well. Let's not make WOD a medium for spreading conspiracy
propaganda, but let's examine the facts and draw logical conclusions,
please! I think that this exchange is an example of the power of this forum
to do just that.
Kathy Seifert
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From: "Jim Galewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LindaF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Winona] Answers needed
[Winona Online Democracy]
The bid was from Community Bible Church.
Here's part of the WDN story from 1/4/04
The Winona school board is sticking with Winona State University, despite an
$800,000 offer from a local church to buy the Lincoln building.
That's $100,000 more than Winona State offered for the property at the
corner of Huff and Sarnia streets.
Board members say, however, that it would be "unethical" to back out of the
WSU deal, and Todd Rasmussen added that the board would be "errant in
allowing additional negotiations to continue at this time."
Board members originally rejected WSU's $700,000 offer because it was far
less than the $1.75 million assessed value of the land and building. When an
official bid process yielded no new offers, however, the board reconsidered.
Last month, board members accepted WSU's offer if it was still on the table
< with the understanding that, in voting to accept the offer, they were
committing themselves to the deal.
"The board in receiving no bids moved to the next stage," Rasmussen said,
and it would "unethical" to back out now.
Steve James from Community Bible Church said he was sorry that he had not
approached the board earlier about purchasing the property. But the church's
facilities committee first needed to assess the church's needs and just
recently filed its report.
From: "LindaF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: LindaF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:21:52 -0600
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Winona] Answers needed
[Winona Online Democracy]
thank you Tania, that is exactly what I meant. I do not recall the name
of
the party that submitted the higher bid for Lincoln either. I suppose it
should be in the board minutes?
Linda Fort
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Winona] Answers needed
I may be wrong on this, but here is how I see Linda's logic with her
statement:
If I recall the papers, I believe there was a higher bid on the Lincoln
building. I do not know specifics as to how or why it was declined or
did not go through, but none the less--a lower bid of $700,000 was
accepted.
I believe Linda is wondering if a lower bid can be accepted at Lincoln,
why then can't the bid for Ridgeway from a friendly party be seriously
considered?
I am interested in watching how this all pans out. Sale of Ridgeway to
Ridgeway Assoc. closes all doors to reacquiring a school that is now
filled to the brim.
I have found that sometimes there is reasoning to decisions, but the
reasoning is so poorly explained that it leads to public confusion and
misinterpretation. This is not the public's fault though, especially in
today's information age.
Tania M. Schmidt
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Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:57 AM
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