82547 - Mon Dec 28 14:27:54 2009 - [Another fine DFL Duluth hypocrite] By: Pro-DFD |
DFL Crime Watch, your a complete Jerk. Jay Sparks is one of the most intelligent persons I've ever known. He knows our fire service like no one else. We would have preferred him to be our Chief rather than Strongitharm because of his progressive thinking.
His personal finances have nothing to do with the task force. The task force shall remain seperate and the discussion should remain focused on how the Duluth Fire Department will make money providing Ambulance service to our citizens. End of Story |
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82546 - Mon Dec 28 10:59:33 2009 - [Not reported by the media. Why?] By: DFL Crime Watch |
Jay Sparks who is on the DFD Ambulance Task Force made the December 25, 2009 St. Louis County Financial Record. A State of Minnesota tax lien in the amount of $2,274.52 has been filed by the state against Sparks.
Sparks, a DFD insider, is on a task force to advise the City of Duluth on how to spend money but didn’t pay his taxes and obviously can’t manage his own affairs.
Further investigation on the state website, http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/default.aspx
Choose: JUDGEMENT SEARCH
Last name: SPARKS
First name: JAY
You will see that there are three judgments totaling $209,743.36 against Sparks.
How embarrassing for DFL Duluth!
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82545 - Sun Dec 27 21:01:21 2009 - [Obsolete, burdensome & the economy] By: JBBP |
Fair wages and benefits for union workers would/should amount to the average pay earned by workers in the private sector who are performing comparable tasks.
If not for the fact that union workers need to pay union dues in order to belong to a union, their wages and benefits wouldn't need to be higher than those offered/earned in the private sector...if the union wasn't there.
Also...can union workers choose their own health insurance companies and still be covered by the union, or do union workers need to all be on the same plan, same network, etc.?
If workers must adhere to the insurance companies being brokered by the unions, that does indeed smell of collusion between the insurance industry and the unions, one would think. It may in part explain the rocketing costs of health insurance premiums...the government is paying for alot of them through negotiations with unions on behalf of their government-employed members...who in turn pay for their dues/insurance from the extra the union has managed to coerce from too many elected officials, who view the unions as another political tool that will help them(the elected officials) to stay in power, through campaigning/money/influence.
It may appaear that the average Joe taxpayers are the pawns in this situation, but really, it's the union members, who have been psyched into thinking that their jobs are being secured by the very unions who are always fighting for their turn to suck on the tax base. The unions aren't really fighting for their members. They're fighting for their own survival, trying to justify their obsolete and burdensome role in labor and the economy in general.
Thank you. |
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82544 - Sun Dec 27 08:52:17 2009 - [Get with the times] By: jthyme |
Typical of a union thug. "Respect us or we'll kick your ass". HA HA HA
I'll respect you idiots more when you stop raping the citizens of this town.
Hey ass wipe *sniff sniff*, you may have shaved off your goatee but you certainly didn't deny the earring or backwards cap. Get with the times, this isn't the 90s anymore. |
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82543 - Sun Dec 27 06:25:29 2009 - [Look at the infrastructure of Duluth ] By: Cynic |
Yep and so do millions of other people who do not belong to some under worked over paid union. One needs only to look at the infrastructure of Duluth and see how "union" workers have all but destroyed this city. If they had been doing their job this city would not be falling apart and bankrupt. Now you want to bankrupt every last citizen of Duluth to pay for your lazy ass. Enjoy those half hour to one hour coffee breaks and getting started one half hour after punching in to work. It shows. Proud? Proud of what? You should be ashamed.
Randy L said: "We work when others sleep. We work when others have holidays." |
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82542 - Sun Dec 27 00:47:49 2009 - [Valedictorian of DFL Duluth says........] By: Randy L |
| I don't know who is more an asshole, Ben dover or jthyme. You both can take your bullshit and shove it. I will not back down. I come from a proud union family. We make this city work. With out fair pay for fair days work this would be nothing more than a city of wealthy haves and those without. People like us make this city work! We contribute our fair share and even more. You hate fairness, you hate having to pay your fair share to make this a better city to live. all you care about is yourselves. Privatize is that your real agenda. You want to profit off public services. Let me tell you something,that will never happen, we will stand up to greed and your "pro business" anti labor agenda. Your jealous of us, because we have good jobs that pay a living wage. We work when others sleep. We work when others have holidays. Without our services this city would not work. Ben Dover you can come down to the Reef anytime with your boyfriend jthyme. After we kick you asses it will be *sniff sniff* for you two. *sniff sniff* after you pick your scab ass off the floor. *sniff sniff* when jthyme get a plastic shovel shoved up his ass, *sniff sniff* you pricks. Sorry jthyme I dont have a goate beard, just ask for me you'll find me if you dare punk. |
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82541 - Sun Dec 27 00:22:06 2009 - [Obama backer loves the change already] By: Big Iron |
| "Real change is yet to come." Been hearing that for 26 months, Bend Over. How much longer? A ballpark estimate will do. |
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82540 - Sat Dec 26 23:56:36 2009 - [Real change is on the way] By: Ben Dover |
jthyme: Quit talking like that. You make too much sense. Common sense in DFL Duluth has been replaced by this mafia union thug mentality that is raping this city from the top DFLer, Donny Boy Ness down to the ass clowns running around on city graders at triple time.
Common sense would suggest that the whole public works be privatized and put the snow plowing into the hands of a private contractor with low bid. Then the taxpayers would not have to pay the AFSCME extortion wage thus saving millions of dollars and the employees of the private contractor would be working, tax paying folks who would CONTRIBUTE to building a tax base, not more DFL Duluth government waste that is currently bankrupting the city. At 1 billion in debt right now, how long will it take for the city formerly known as Duluth to go bust? It will happen, it is just a matter of time.
How to explain this kind of common sense of privatizing public works to a DFL Duluth assclown is the difficult part. All they know is while almost 50% of the population in DFL Duluth earns less than $10 an hour, they expect 3 to 4 times that plus all the benefits because they think they have this right after all the ass they sucked to get in in the first place.
Sorry assclowns, giving helmet shiners to attain employment within the DFL Duluth mafia is not something to be proud of.
Don't believe me, look at what Ireland, Greece, and Hungary have finally decided to do to save their countries. Although very unpopular, they have decided to make deep cuts to government salaries and benefits to save their respective countries. Problem is in the US, nobody has the balls to do it. They just keep making hard choices like DFL Donny and raising taxes. Problem is Donny Boy, when almost half the polulation already earns less than $10 and hour, how much more taxing can you do? One day it will become a necessity to do the same cutting here in the US as others have learned and then listen to the crying from the DFL assclowns! It will make our local DFL Duluth whiner, Milosevich seem like a team player.
People have to learn to toughen up, the fun is just starting. Real change is yet to come. |
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82539 - Sat Dec 26 21:03:04 2009 - [DFL Duluth core deserves more attention] By: Big Iron |
| When jthyme says he's plowed, he usually is. Sorry man, Morgan Park isn't a priority, especially when everyone parks on both sides of the streets. |
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82538 - Sat Dec 26 19:51:14 2009 - [*sniff sniff*] By: jthyme |
Reading Randy's post again........I think I can actually hear him sniffling and crying as he typed that up!!
QUIT PICKING ON UNION WORKERS, JTHYME! *sniff sniff*
WE WORK HARD! *sniff sniff*
YOU'RE LUCKY WE EVEN WORK FOR YOU BASTARDS! *sniff sniff*
LEAVE UNION WORKERS ALONE!! *sniff sniff* |
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82537 - Sat Dec 26 19:34:35 2009 - [Deserve better plowing for dollars paid] By: jthyme |
| Wow, you hit the nail on the head, Randall. I'm a country club guy! How did you know? I go to the Reef quite often, big mouth. Are you the pussy looking guy with the faggy looking goatee and earring? Backwards baseball cap? Loud and obnoxious and get's louder with each sip of light beer you take? I know exactly who you are, then, Mr. Douche Bag. But then again, all you union ass-wipes look and act the same, like we "owe" you. What I'm sayin' is for the amount of money the city morons made these past couple of days, the citizens of this town deserve better plowing than what we got. My kid did a better job with a plastic shovel. |
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82536 - Sat Dec 26 18:32:49 2009 - [DFL Evacuation Nation Wide] By: Dolla Bill |
Just like people have been moving out of DFL Duluth for decades, population drop from 106,000 to 84,000, you can see how the DFL DEMs are doing elsewhere around the country. The top five get of Dodge areas are all strong DFL socialist strongholds. So strong they choke the life out of an area.
http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/108478/biggest-losers-where-americans-are-not-moving |
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82535 - Sat Dec 26 17:41:26 2009 - [Plow drivers work hard ] By: Randy L |
| jthyme quit your bitching. The plow drivers work hard to keep the roads clear for you and your country club buddies. It's no secret that you right wingers hate unions and how they support working families. Many were away from their families during Christmas to keep your street plowed so you can take your DELETED DELETED. I'm union proud and I don't back down. Come down to the Reef sometime asshole. I'd like to have a talk with you. |
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82534 - Sat Dec 26 16:32:30 2009 - [Plowing quite a challenge ] By: Me Again |
| I was on one street today in Duluth Heights that had not been plowed by a big rig...otherwise I think they did a fantastic job. It is quite a challenge when you think about it. |
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82533 - Sat Dec 26 13:14:17 2009 - [Thanks for nuttin' city employees!] By: jthyme |
| I'm plowed here (finally) but I must say, the city did a very sloppy job in plowing the streets. Took the neighbors and their plows to clean it up. Thanks for nuttin', city workers! |
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82532 - Sat Dec 26 09:45:17 2009 - [Very Sobering - Listen and Think] By: Keith T |
Very Sobering - Listen and Think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtjfMjjce2Y |
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82531 - Sat Dec 26 08:20:43 2009 - [Waiting for a city snow plow? ] By: Can't you see the light |
So how many are still waiting for a city snow plow? They've never been here once. If they would've been here after the first snow on thursday, it wouldn't be so bad now. It's going to take them a long time now after it has been packed and tracked and plowed by homeowners.
If I lived out in the sticks, I would expect to have to own a plow truck, but it tells me something when everyone around this neighborhood has one.
It's a good thing I can at least read the LIB READER ONLINE as they can't get here to deliver it. |
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82531 - Sat Dec 26 08:20:43 2009 - [Read the LIB READER ONLINE for free] By: Can't you see the light |
So how many are still waiting for a city snow plow? They've never been here once. If they would've been here after the first snow on thursday, it wouldn't be so bad now. It's going to take them a long time now after it has been packed and tracked and plowed by homeowners.
If I lived out in the sticks, I would expect to have to own a plow truck, but it tells me something when everyone around this neighborhood has one.
It's a good thing I can at least read the LIB READER ONLINE as they can't get here to deliver it. |
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82530 - Fri Dec 25 20:50:44 2009 - [Might show up at CHUM] By: kbabe |
| Judge and You will be judged. How would U like it if U were mobbed out of Ur job? I might show up at CHUM any day now, and where will BIG AL and BIG IRON |
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82529 - Fri Dec 25 14:50:22 2009 - [Ho ho ho! This is DFL Duluth!] By: Locals Gone Wild |
DATE: 12/25/2009
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Home Burglary
CASE NO.: 09420892
INCIDENT DATE :12/24/2009
INCIDENT TIME: 10:57 PM
INCIDENT LOCATION: 1031 West Fourth Street
SUBJECT: Police Arrest two in Christmas Eve Home Burglary
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Information Coordinator
Police Arrest Two for Christmas Eve Home Burglary
On Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 23:17 hours, Duluth Police responded to 1031 West Fourth Street on the report that the owner had just returned home and found the back door open. When officers arrived, it was determined that the home had been burglarized and several items were missing.
Officers found tracks leading from the rear of the home to the alley where they found some of the items taken in the burglary. While officers were in the alley, they observed a vehicle pull into the alley with three male occupants. The vehicle left quickly after seeing the officers. Officers stopped the vehicle and the three males fled from it on foot. Two males were located within a short time and taken into custody while the third male was not located. Officers determined all three were involved in the home burglary and returning to the alley to pick up the stolen property.
The first suspect, Michael Scott Sampson, age 18 of Duluth, has been lodged at the St. Louis County Jail pending formal charges for Burglary in the Third Degree, Fleeing Police on Foot, and Giving a False Name to Police. The second suspect in custody, a 17 year old Duluth male, has been lodged at the Arrowhead Juvenile Center pending formal charges for Burglary in the Third Degree and Fleeing Police on Foot. A third male suspect is not yet in custody.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing and no further information is available at. The Duluth Police Department would like to the thank the following agencies who assisted in this incident: the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office; the Minnesota State Patrol; the University of Minnesota-Duluth Police; and the United States Border Patrol. |
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82528 - Fri Dec 25 10:58:25 2009 - [Wrong Day ! ] By: RJ E |
Totally irresponsible to rebroadcast Brad Bennett's
thursday show on Christmas Day. I hope people don't risk their neck to get down to the VFW to "carve turkeys" again or drive around during the lull in the storm. Wrong Day ! |
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82527 - Thu Dec 24 23:40:16 2009 - [Fo dollas fo Bentlavil fo u] By: d |
| They said the train cars have been moved--now the people driving along can look at the lake, vs watching the road! I'm so glad. Let's find something else to complain about. Hopefully the complainers about paying $4.00 to go to Bentleyville don't want to park at the DECC, oh, wait, that's for something you pay to go, that's way more important than something free and your kids will like. |
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82526 - Thu Dec 24 15:37:03 2009 - [Self governence] By: jthyme |
| I'm already plowed where I live and it certainly wasn't because of lazy ass city plows! |
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82525 - Thu Dec 24 15:09:32 2009 - [Thank you CHUM keep bringing them in] By: Slippery Slope |
| Check out Duluth news trib site and latest bust in front of CHUM. Thank you CHUM keep bringing them in. |
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82524 - Thu Dec 24 13:55:56 2009 - [AFSCME digs deeper into your pockets] By: Slippery slope |
| karnac......is it time and a half, double time or double time and a half for today and tomorrows plowing? |
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82523 - Thu Dec 24 11:35:42 2009 - [Promoter pleads guilty ] By: What about Raymond |
Duluth concert promoter pleads guilty to prescription drug charge
A Duluth entertainment and concert promoter accused of using the profiles of two associates to illegally obtain prescription medication over the Internet admitted to the crime Wednesday in St. Louis County District Court.
By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/155602/ |
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82522 - Thu Dec 24 11:28:51 2009 - [How blatant need the lesson be?] By: Business in the Briefs |
What does "Obama Care" and a colonoscopy have in common? Both are all about WASTE!!!
God and history teaches us, those who live in a glass house should not throw stones! Reform, Change, and any of the other lies coming from 30 years of failure that The DFL Duluth City Hall has nurtured and for too long has come from the Nations Capitol, ring a ridiculously unworkable tone as our law making processes have degraded to publicly recognized, out and out, debauchery. At least the corruption claims against the Bush GOP had attempts to be hidden by the supposed age old earmark games that tried to conceal unmorale behavior. There is no way this Health Reform Act will benefit anyone except the Big Money Mongers who now, supposedly, are paying back their billons so they can get back to "business as usual?" There is no "Obama Change!" The DFL are shamelessly worse than their whipping post Bush! It's business as usual with little or no shame as they insure against any hope of needed moral acts that could produce nation saving change.
Who is behind this society's destructive motive? Had the common citizen acted so corruptly and carlessly as the country's current DFL, it's fiscal leaders, and Duluth politicians, they would be in jail or sleeping in the streets! As a matter of fact, it's exactly what awaits non-government working middle class America. As Rome burns, "The Obamaination" takes control of every moveable fiscal part and freedom of our counrty. This is identical to what has transpired in The Record Holding Low Income Duluth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How blatant need the lesson be??????? How do we demand Donny Ness pay back Duluth from his personal resources for Aircraft Maintenance Facilities, Parking Ramps without contracts, Fish Tanks and the horrible business atmostphere that Duluth lays claim too!!!!!!!!!! We can't, he is only a brainlessly selfish puppet for those who think they are "GREATER" and would use their corrupt money for corrupt gain while they abuse their neighbors rights and possesions.
DEMOCRACY IS NOT A PERMANENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT, IT WILL ONLY EXIST UNTIL IT'S PEOPLE LEARN THEY CAN VOTE THEMSELVES LARGENESS FROM THE PUBLIC TREASURY!!!!!!!!!! This, not Health Care Reform, is the historic presidence of today!!!!!!! |
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82521 - Thu Dec 24 10:25:12 2009 - [Annual AFSCME PR stunt ahead] By: Karnac |
| Get ready to the annual “praising of the plow drivers”, an AFSCME public relations stunt. Does anyone ever ask what the plow drivers do the other 350 days a year? |
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82520 - Thu Dec 24 00:01:07 2009 - [Can't be me] By: Big Iron |
| Can't be me. I'm not 4'-10", 150 lbs. and I don't have dyed black rats nest hair. |
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82519 - Wed Dec 23 23:01:04 2009 - [America's Most Wanted ] By: Danny |
Starfire the gig almost over.
http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=30829 |
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82518 - Wed Dec 23 22:30:00 2009 - [How do you know?] By: Me Again |
Starfire, you are looking in the wrong book. When I started visiting this blog, I was respectful but learned quickly that respect is not in the lexicon here. Maybe your contributors can explain why CK is so disliked. You mention tone and attitude, how would you describe the general tone and attitude of most of your contributors? Certainly not congenial or respectful. Despite your sarcastic tone, I agree it would be nice to get along. Maybe I could present a couple of questions and some of your readers could respond. Would it be OK to do that?
-How do you know Cornholio is not CK just goofing with you?
-How do you know Ben Dover is not CK?
-How do you know Big Iron is not CK? Big Iron, that's funny.
-How does anyone know CK uses all those pseudonyms on that list that keeps popping up?
-Why does anyone care?
MODERATOR: Starfire cut out early tonight Me Again. |
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82517 - Wed Dec 23 21:51:00 2009 - [The long and growing list] By: Cyberslut Watch |
Thanks Big Iron.
One more handle added to the long and growing list. 34 and growing.
How many handles does "C" use. I encourage everyone to add to this list.
Thanks!
34) Ernest Simpson
33)It's Me
32)Vested Duluthian (vested in lies and smears)
31)2nd district voter (hey thats near UMD)
30)Claire (*duh*!)
29)EMCR Damn It (Saul Alisky tactic)
28)Claire Queen of the Blogosphere (if this in not proof of narccisstic personality disorder, I dont know what is)
27)Dulusion (Delusion + Claire in Duluth = Dulusion)
26)Subdude (subliminal submarine sexual pseudonym)
25)Marie K (another female handle)
24)CK (Claire DELETED)
23)Carrboro Claire (Carrboro: city infiltrated, infected and damaged beyond repair by "C". Duluth is now on the *progressives* take over agenda)
22)Caulk (sounds like cock LOL!)
21)Me Again (yes we know)
20)It is I (yes we know)
190Suzanne (one of her "feminist" handles)
18)Shakespeare (must read alot to come up with a handle like this)
17)IKMN (I know my name. Yes "C" , we also KYRN)
16)Exercising my constitutional rights
15)Tony R
14)Anthony
13)Duluth Voter (UMD neighborhood)
12)Tony Ramone Sr. (yup, penis envy)
11)Carmody Fan ( "C" has a big time hard-on for Danny. She's obsessed with his pod casts)
10)Stalker Watcher
9)A Friend
8)Sherlock Holmes (no shit Sherlock, this handle is used by "C")
7)Moron Watcher (must have lingered in front of the bathroom mirror to come up with this one)
6)Danny Sucks (like Danny has never heard this before)
5)Danny is Stupid (envious of his creative podcast)
4)FaceBooker (many friends including numerous east coast elitists)
3)Psychiatrist (should consult with one ASAP, narrcistic personality disorder is getting out of hand)
2)Just Saying (and saying, and saying...)
1)Fireman |
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82516 - Wed Dec 23 21:29:05 2009 - [Another one for the list] By: Big Iron |
| Cyberslut...Ernest Simpson. |
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82515 - Wed Dec 23 20:16:55 2009 - [Request to be de-listed or black listed] By: Me Again |
Take "Me Again" off the list...and grow up.
STARFIRE: Me Again, If I didn't know any better, I would swear that you were the Beast from the East. Same tone, same attitude, same me, me, me. Perfect name. Very C-esque. That's fine. Let's all just get along, huh? BTW, Is that your real name? Is Me Again in the phone book in the A listings under Again? I can't find it. |
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82514 - Wed Dec 23 18:52:29 2009 - [Time for the Trust Funder to give it up] By: Cyberslut Watch |
Thanks Cornholio. BTW, I love that name. LOL!
One more handle added to the long and growing list. 33 and growing.
How many handles does "C" use. I encourage everyone to add to this list.
Thanks!
33)It's Me
32)Vested Duluthian (vested in lies and smears)
31)2nd district voter (hey thats near UMD)
30)Claire (*duh*!)
29)EMCR Damn It (Saul Alisky tactic)
28)Claire Queen of the Blogosphere (if this in not proof of narccisstic personality disorder, I dont know what is)
27)Dulusion (Delusion + Claire in Duluth = Dulusion)
26)Subdude (subliminal submarine sexual pseudonym)
25)Marie K (another female handle)
24)CK (Claire DELETED)
23)Carrboro Claire (Carrboro: city infiltrated, infected and damaged beyond repair by "C". Duluth is now on the *progressives* take over agenda)
22)Caulk (sounds like cock LOL!)
21)Me Again (yes we know)
20)It is I (yes we know)
190Suzanne (one of her "feminist" handles)
18)Shakespeare (must read alot to come up with a handle like this)
17)IKMN (I know my name. Yes "C" , we also KYRN)
16)Exercising my constitutional rights
15)Tony R
14)Anthony
13)Duluth Voter (UMD neighborhood)
12)Tony Ramone Sr. (yup, penis envy)
11)Carmody Fan ( "C" has a big time hard-on for Danny. She's obsessed with his pod casts)
10)Stalker Watcher
9)A Friend
8)Sherlock Holmes (no shit Sherlock, this handle is used by "C")
7)Moron Watcher (must have lingered in front of the bathroom mirror to come up with this one)
6)Danny Sucks (like Danny has never heard this before)
5)Danny is Stupid (envious of his creative podcast)
4)FaceBooker (many friends including numerous east coast elitists)
3)Psychiatrist (should consult with one ASAP, narrcistic personality disorder is getting out of hand)
2)Just Saying (and saying, and saying...)
1)Fireman
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82513 - Wed Dec 23 14:57:02 2009 - [Many good school choices] By: Common Sns |
Read an article about a great alternative to the public schools we have here in Duluth: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/155504/
Good article!!
Also, St. John's, St. Michael's, Holy Rosary are top notch private schools too!
We have a friend who's a Duluth public school teacher who is always claiming the the Duluth and Minnesota public schools are way superior to Duluth's private schools. However, when the yearly headline in the News Tribune habitualy reads something about "low test scores for Minnesota's public school students" our teacher friend is nowhere to be found! |
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82512 - Wed Dec 23 13:21:18 2009 - [Why DFD is most expensive FD in USA] By: Darlene |
Duluth Mn. cannot be compared to any other city because most other cities are not 68 sq. miles and have only 84,000 people. This always has and will be the demise of duluth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota |
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82511 - Wed Dec 23 12:59:30 2009 - [What does "train" mean in DFD PAC terms?] By: jthyme |
pro-dfd says:
We train daily to be prepared to save your life if needed.
HOW? Driving to Subway every day? Napping? Playing on the computer all day and night? Entertaining pole dancers? WE WANT TO KNOW! |
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82510 - Wed Dec 23 12:05:25 2009 - [Sorry for your loss Sharla] By: Cynic |
| Sorry for your loss Sharla. I remember pouring concrete the day my father died. Stripped forms the next day. Best to stay busy anyway. |
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82509 - Wed Dec 23 11:30:23 2009 - [DPD arrest murder suspect in DFL Duluth] By: Locals Gone Wild |
Duluth Police arrest Suspect in Virginia homicide
An arrest warrant was issued for Robert Jacob Russell III on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 for second degree murder. Later at 9:41 PM, Duluth Police located and arrested Robert Jacob Russell III, age 38. Russell is a suspect in last weekends stabbing in Virginia that took the life of a 33 year old Virginia man.
At 9:37 PM, a male matching Russell’s description was spotted being dropped off in the area of Lake Avenue and Superior Street by a Duluth officer. When officers went to identify the male they found he had jumped over a concrete wall to the parking lot below. Other officers located the male on Michigan Street below Lake Avenue. The male was identified as Russell and taken into custody without incident.
Russell was taken to the St. Louis County Jail where he is being held for Murder in the Second Degree.
Assisting in the apprehension of Russell were the Duluth Police Department, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, The St. Louis County Sheriffs Department, and Eveleth Police Department. |
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82508 - Wed Dec 23 11:08:48 2009 - [Condolences to Gardner family] By: Juwanna Know |
| mesostormspotter: Sharla Gardner was absent from the council meeting because her father died the night before. |
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82507 - Wed Dec 23 10:45:28 2009 - [Franken's sharp tongue ] By: Dave |
After quiet first months, Franken's sharp tongue emerges in Senate. More DFL embarrassment.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/73417-franken-shows-glimpses-of-sharp-tongue-behind-the-scenes |
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82506 - Wed Dec 23 10:32:09 2009 - ["NO CHANGE" another DFD LIE] By: Donyano |
Pro DFD keep telling us like it is at the expensive DFD. Especially the "NO CHANGE" part. It reminds me of the alcoholics that go to treament but never 'get it.' Like the guy who had been in treatment 14 times and was still insisting ... 'NO CHANGE!!'
Others that might abstain from alcohol but they are drunk on their power and position.
There are good things that firefighters might have in common but it's not fair to say 'we' and assume all want only to serve the public.
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82505 - Wed Dec 23 10:01:42 2009 - [Sad when government plays with our lives] By: Michael |
Kathy S. I am very sorry about the loss of your son. I believe we the people will be experiencing more of this preventable loss of life of our loved ones as government gets more involved in our health care.
For example, every time the government doesn’t have enough money they threaten our government public safety, police and fire. It makes no sense to have the DFD or any other government entity threatening us in an effort to extort more money from us to pad there much higher than the private sector wages and benefits. If a private entity did this, they would be out of business. Private firms have motivation and the government sector does not.
As far as first responders go, it is my opinion that they do all they can until the patient is at the hospital. A doctor should be the only one to make a decision that is so difficult for all involved. This is the framework that should be mandated by the government, from the bottom up. Unfortunately, the more government gets involved in our heath care, the more rationing will occur because of political and cost reasons.
Again, I am very sorry about the loss of your son. God bless.
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82504 - Wed Dec 23 09:44:24 2009 - [Great alternative to the public schools ] By: Erik H |
| Read an article about a great alternative to the public schools we have here in Duluth: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/155504/ |
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82503 - Wed Dec 23 09:20:39 2009 - [Keep the DFD most expensive in USA!] By: Pro-DFD |
Just returned home from shift. East House watcher just a word of advice, we don't dictate the number of fire or medical calls coming in. We are equipped to handle many calls or as few as 2 calls per day. The bottom line is we're at the ready when the taxpayers need us.
We train daily to be prepared to save your life if needed. We risk our life on every call to server the public. You probably should get your calls for service numbers correct because those numbers are not accurate. I will defend the men and women in our fire department every time someone like yourself attempts to take a shot at us. DFD is here to stay with a full compliment of staff 24/7. "NO Change" |
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82502 - Wed Dec 23 07:41:12 2009 - [Eliminate DFD waste, save $2,000,000] By: House Watcher East |
Woodland firehall calls in last 9 days. A total of 2 calls and both were minor medical calls. 9 days to pay for 2 full time firefighters to handle 2 calls cost the taxpayers a total of $14,480 in wages and this does not include the benefits package.
As stated earlier we will be updating you on this blog reference the Woodland firehall and the calls for service.
There are 3 firehalls in our city which should be closed for lack of calls and they are Gary, Woodland and Park Point. For the calls these stations go on it doesn't make financial sense to staff these.
If this were to happen, closing of Woodland, Gary and Park Point halls it would eliminate the need for 15 full-time firefighters which would then put our city in line with other cities our size and we would not be the most expensive fire department in the state per citizen.
This can be done through attrition and not layoffs.
With benefits added this would be just under a 2 million dollar savings. As our president says, "Yes we Can" |
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82501 - Tue Dec 22 23:03:53 2009 - [#1 cause of death in this country] By: Kathy S. |
| Refusing to help goes against human dignity. Yes they refuse to help even when 911 is called. My son was refused all life saving measures and transport by GCA in Duluth. EMT-P are not Doctors or Nurses yet they decide who lives or dies. The uniformed Fire-EMT in New York intensionally did nothing to help this poor pregnant lady, because she was just not that important. Do you see the attitude of these people. Health care and emergency care in this country is the number one cause of death. h malice of for thou |
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82500 - Tue Dec 22 22:14:45 2009 - [Sharla Gardner-Get her off!] By: mesostormspotter G |
| Sharla Gardner must go all the way to Koo A Moo! NOT THERE! When was she ever there! Little Susie social worker AFLCIO, Russ Stewart endorsed this person. HELP! I have called her on many occasions and guess what! She does not feel well. Call me back later. Well I did that and guess what, same thing. Hermaphrodite people should not be on the DCC. What is a citizen to do. Get her off! |
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82499 - Tue Dec 22 18:31:54 2009 - [CHUM to hold Christmas Eve vigil] By: Web Hound |
Duluth News Tribune
Published December 22 2009
CHUM to hold Christmas Eve vigil
Churches United in Ministry will hold a Christmas Eve vigil on the steps of City Hall to honor people who died in the last year due to homelessness.
“Through this special time together, every Christmas Eve, we are reminded not only of the hardships of the year passed but also of the hope of a new year,” CHUM said in a news release.
The vigil will be held at noon. For more information, call Elizabeth Olson at (218) 740-2496.
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82498 - Tue Dec 22 16:31:49 2009 - [An example of DFD PAC run ambulance?] By: paper boy |
Here is what we will get when the DFD takes over Gold Cross,
NO THANKS....
Mother Calls EMTs Who Ignored Her Dying Pregnant Daughter 'Inhuman'
Tuesday , December 22, 2009
ADVERTISEMENTThe Brooklyn District Attorney's office is looking into the actions of two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a pregnant woman who collapsed in the coffee shop where they were taking a break.
A spokesman for the office said it was investigating to see if any laws were broken.
The two were suspended from their jobs Monday,and Mayor Michael Bloomberg called their behavior inexcusable.
The Fire Department of New York suspended Jason Green, a six-year veteran, and Melissa Jackson, a four-year veteran, without pay while the Dec. 9 incident is investigated, spokesman Steve Ritea said.
The mother of a pregnant woman says the emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help her are "inhuman."
Cynthia Rennix told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she could never have imagined an EMT refusing to aid someone. She says they shouldn't have those jobs if they aren't willing to get involved.
Witnesses, first speaking to The New York Post, said the EMTs told employees at the eatery in downtown Brooklyn to call 911 and then left when they were asked to help Eutisha Revee Rennix, an employee who had collapsed.
An ambulance was called, and Rennix, 25, was taken to Long Island College Hospital, where she died a short time later. Her baby girl was too premature to survive. A message left for Rennix's mother Monday wasn't immediately returned.
Home telephone listings for Jackson and Green weren't unavailable. A call Monday evening to the EMT's union office wasn't immediately returned.
Ritea said that all FDNY members "take an oath to assist others whenever they're in need of emergency medical care. It's their sworn duty."
A union spokesman said Monday that EMTs generally consider their jobs to be a 24-hour kind of thing.
"Our people tend to spring into action whether they're on duty, off duty, whatever they're doing," said Robert Ungar, spokesman for the Uniformed EMTS and Paramedics, FDNY.
The city's EMTs have a "very strong bond with the people of New York City that they serve," he said. "They view themselves as always being on duty."
He said the union was waiting to see what the results of the Fire Department's investigation would be.
"If there was unprofessional conduct by these EMTs, the union does not condone any type of conduct which in any way can harm members of the public," he said.
On Monday, Bloomberg repeated comments he made over the weekend criticizing the EMTs, saying refusing to help goes against human decency.
"There's no excuse whatsoever," he said.
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82497 - Tue Dec 22 11:19:28 2009 - [Send email to validate your claim] By: Me Again |
TONY: Me Again, drop me an email from a non-internet based email address to validate your claim. Your aol.com address is OK. Otherwise, we can only assume you’re the progressive pudknocker princess.
Ciao!
Tony
ramoneanthony@gmail.com |
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82496 - Tue Dec 22 10:07:11 2009 - [Happy holidays to all] By: Me Again |
Despite all the things posted here I do not agree with...happy holidays to all, especially Merry Christmas. May we be blessed at some point with common sense, peace in the world and respect for others.
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82495 - Tue Dec 22 09:51:49 2009 - [Wonder why no tort reform?] By: Truthism |
You won't see this in the Duluth News Tribune.
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/12/19/top-nine-health-care-charts-youve-never-seen-before/ |
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82494 - Tue Dec 22 09:37:54 2009 - [How can you get city council emails?] By: Cynic |
| Does anyone know where people go to get the notes/letters that are sent to the city council through e-mails? I have seen them show up on the net. Can you access them online or do you have to go down to city hall? It would possibly be a place to find people of like minds on certain matters and if we/they could ever get together as a group perhaps some "change" could occur. Thanks |
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82493 - Tue Dec 22 09:31:30 2009 - [City council does know what tough is] By: Cynic |
Questions, I quit watching city council meetings as it was not good for my blood pressure. Did you ever see that comic where the guy had his foot stuck in the picture tube of his TV. I think he was watching a Duluth city council meeting. You need to put any effort you have to try and change things in before the meeting and then skip watching the meeting.
I did catch part of a city council meeting on the radio a while back and could hear things have not changed much. In the end they always go alone with the tax, spend and higher fees. Even if they blow off or vote down a tax, spending or fee the same issue will arise again later and they will eventually go after the taxpayer in one way or another. Never any "tough" decision. |
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82492 - Tue Dec 22 07:46:38 2009 - [I DON'T GET IT] By: Questions |
| I tuned into the last council meeting of the year and was surprised our esteemed trip taker Sharla was not present to vote on the 2010 budget, but she did ask Cuneo to put her name in for vp of the council, HMMMMM ?then I saw Gilbert rip into MR. MONTGOMERY and the administration for street improvement micromanaging. Gilbert telling the admin. get used to it because streets are important to citizens and councilors. Mr. Montgomery appeared to start loosing his cool. I do believe the current administration cries when the local media/citizens uncovers their little plans of shoving another tax, fee or idiotic plan down our throats.They love to call those who disagree with them naa-sayers and people who don't get it. Well guess what folks I DON'T GET IT. |
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82491 - Mon Dec 21 19:05:15 2009 - [You won't find C in these pics] By: Chester Park Watch |
You won't find C in these pics.
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/fashion/best_lingerie_images_8NWXo9SLeErbyN7JtbFqOL?photo_num=1 |
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82490 - Mon Dec 21 18:13:40 2009 - [Little Hope and Change for the Left] By: Dr. Evil |
STATE CONTROLLED HOPE AND CHANGE
The left, middle and right seem to have something in common with the Obama administration.
Listen to both of the clips here and the left is figuring out that there's little hope and change.
http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2009/12/msnbc-libtalker-morning-joe-team-takes.html |
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82489 - Mon Dec 21 14:43:02 2009 - [Could DFL Duluth be over assessing you? ] By: Cynic |
A couple from the Monday rag:
2030 Adirondack St. purchased for $100,100 Assessed $149,600
1924 W 3rd St. purchased for $52,450 Assessed $88,500 |
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82488 - Mon Dec 21 11:20:14 2009 - [More DFL Duluth tough choices w/your $] By: DFL Crime Watch |
Russ Stewart is at it again exposing the city giving $20,000 to a freaking cookie making company...But who cares as it is only your money, not mine. Read Curmudgeon's Cornor on the last page at-
http://transistormag.com/ |
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82487 - Mon Dec 21 10:59:50 2009 - [Robbery ] By: Locals Gone Wild |
DATE: 12/21/2009
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Robbery
CASE NO.: 09418642
INCIDENT DATE :12/20/2009
INCIDENT TIME: 1728 hours
INCIDENT LOCATION: 3200 Block of Restormel Street
SUBJECT: K9 Tracks two suspects in Cab Robbery
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Duluth Police Department
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On Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Duluth Police responded to the 3200 Block of Restormel Street to investigate the report that a Yellow Cab driver had just been robbed by two juvenile males. The suspects fled the cab on foot with the cab keys and a small amount of cash.
Upon arriving in the area, officers set up a perimeter and a Canine Unit from the Hermantown Police Department was requested to assist. Hermantown Officer Tom Wick and his canine partner Nero began tracking the two suspects which led them to a home in the 3100 Block of Vernon Street. At this address, officers located two juvenile males who matched the description of the suspects. These two juveniles were later identified by the victim cab driver as the suspects in the robbery.
The two juvenile suspects, ages 14 and 15 and both from Duluth, were transported to the Arrowhead Juvenile Center where they are being held pending formal charges for Simple Robbery, a felony.
The investigation into this robbery has been turned over to the Duluth Police Department Violent Crimes Unit; no further information is available at this time.
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82486 - Sun Dec 20 21:00:00 2009 - [Spending millions in dying DFL Duluth] By: Helen AHB |
jthyme, I'm with Cynic on this one. It's a government job! They've been installing the 'sally port,' which cost millions, to safeguard the transport of prisoners from the public. They feel that these prisoners might get away from the guards and be a threat to society when being transported into courthouse.
It's just too bad the DCB only celebrates 'Festivus.' I was hoping to give one of the DCB'rs, namely Cynic, a BIG Christmas present.
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82485 - Sun Dec 20 17:34:45 2009 - [What grows faster, the list or the load?] By: The Great Cornholio |
Hey Cyberslut watch. I found another one.
"It's Me" |
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82484 - Sun Dec 20 10:22:25 2009 - [Stahlalinski missing big picture again] By: Pitt Street Panther |
I see that Stahlalinski is picking on the little guy Howie Hanson for getting $19,000 for a contract promoting the district. Never mind the big picture that the average DFL Duluth union teacher gets $80,000 in salary and benefits, plus a solid retirement, for working less that 8 months. So much for the big picture, but then again Stahlalinski is 100% union.
On a side note, it looks like C uses at least 4 different identities in the thread on the Buzz.
http://areavoices.com/buzz/ |
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82483 - Sun Dec 20 09:57:02 2009 - [More waste ahead for the DFD] By: Cynic |
| jthyme, It is a government fed job and they will milk it, milk it, milk it some more and then stand by the tit till it fills with milk and milk it again. Been there done that. The only trouble is it gets so damned boring after a while. If we loose Gold Cross you will see this kind of waste ooze deep into the taxpayers pockets again. |
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82482 - Sun Dec 20 09:51:06 2009 - [Never enough for the DFD] By: Cynic |
SMDC is a non profit maybe the city should take over there too. There are dozens of non profits in Duluth. Perhaps the city should take over all of them. Get real blah blah blah. Gold Cross employees and SMDC employees pay real taxes and pay real unions dues. I am also sure employees of both places take "public safety" very seriously. Gold Cross employees have families to feed and are not a burden on the taxpayers as they have paying jobs.
DFD sure screams when you mention volunteers even if you say there will be no DFD lay offs with the training and implementation of volunteers to help out.
me-blah-blah-blah said: "Now regarding GCA they are a non profit therefore they do not pay any taxes at all. All they do is profit." |
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82481 - Sat Dec 19 23:41:34 2009 - [Progress in DFL Duluth] By: jthyme |
| Speaking of the courthouse. What is it exactly that is being built on the side of it? I've seen hotels in Las Vegas go up in faster time than this. |
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82480 - Sat Dec 19 23:12:52 2009 - [The goat story was really bad] By: maxey m |
| The goat story was really bad. KBJR was worse than the newspaper, saying what will happen. WDIO simply said that the goat was safe and returned to its owner. Thats all we needed to know. Jesus was born in a manger at Christmas time with many goats, sheep, cattle, camels. The man bought the beautiful red goat off of craigslist, it was probably a pet that someone had to sell? It was reported that it was being kept in a garage in Superior. Did it have food and water, was it cold in the garage, is that why it escaped? The city of Superior spent a lot of time and resources to safely capture the poor thing and they should go and get it, and place it in a place that will not harm it. Is it legal to to do this in Superior Keep a goat in your garage until you are going to kill it? What would Jesus do. Our children should not be exposed to this at Christmas time. I think the goat was being abused. The owner is not in Nigeria last time I checked. Being a UWS professor does not give him the right to have the goat back. |
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82479 - Sat Dec 19 21:44:34 2009 - [Starfire moonlighting on AMW?] By: Big Iron |
| Starfire, you were on America's Most Wanted tonight! |
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82478 - Sat Dec 19 21:15:40 2009 - [DFD wants to steal more of your money] By: mesostormspottertter g |
I need to tell the person whos garage did burn down. So sorry. Last year in February an alarm went out from the Duluth court house as a fire alarm. You can see the firestation downtown from a court house window. Everyone in the court house gathered their coats shut all the doors and went into the halls to wait for the DFD to respond. It took 15 minutes. Now a firealarm system that goes off is not necessarily 911, bear with me, the alarm goes to some private alarm company and the they call 911. This takes too much time. You say it took 15 minutes for DFD to get there. From when they actually got the call it may have been only 5 minutes. You are right, Their is something wrong with the communication. We should be looking into how 911 actually works and not blaming the DFD. I know for a fact that where live they are always here within minutes of when I call. Now regarding GCA they are a non profit therefore they do not pay any taxes at all. All they do is profit. GCA is first a business, it is not here for pubic safety. Health care is the third leading cause of death in this country. Henipen, county has mobile ambulance postings but they only work 8 hour shifts. Hermantowns mayor wants their own ambulance and Superior does not need to change a law to get rid of Gold cross.
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82477 - Sat Dec 19 20:38:50 2009 - [Cut us some slack...K?] By: Big Iron |
| The girls had to get dressed and out the door, jthyme. Cut us some slack...K? |
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82476 - Sat Dec 19 12:04:18 2009 - [Look at it as a plus] By: Cynic |
| I was reading about another ambulance company on the internet and they like Gold Cross didn't have a permanent station for their ambulances. They seemed to look at it as a plus because they were able to move ambulances around at will and place them in different places at different times for different situations that they face daily. |
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82475 - Sat Dec 19 10:23:36 2009 - [15 minutes - 6 blocks ] By: jthyme |
We live roughly 6 blocks from the Gary fire hall. Several years back, we had a garage fire. Guess how long it took them to make it to our fire after our call? 15 MINUTES (no, they were not on another call either)!
Of course by then the garage was a total loss. Good thing there were no vehicles inside that morning.
Is it any wonder why I flip off the firemen any time I see them? |
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82474 - Sat Dec 19 01:25:30 2009 - [Info regarding DFD waste in fire halls] By: House Watcher |
Just for your information DCB bloggers. In the last 11 days the Gary firehall has been called out just once. In the meantime the taxpayers have been paying for 2 firefighters the last 11 days to staff that hall to the tune of over $16,000 dollars.
I can just hear the fire union now saying, "yes but we need those 2 fire fighters there because of public safety and IAFF and NFPA guidelines say we need to keep things as they are because if we shut that hall down the citizens are not going to be safe anymore", I mean you get the point.
We have been watching several halls and will be reporting back on this blog. It's unreal the waste of money we're seeing.
Woodland fire hall is not far behind. We'll tell you later because there is some developing news coming forward we think. |
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82473 - Sat Dec 19 01:14:44 2009 - [Franken is an absolute embarrassment] By: OOPS |
Can I take back my vote for Al Franken. What an embarassment we sent to Washington.
First he asks during the confirmation hearing to a prospective Supreme Court Justice, "what episode of Perry Mason was your favorite"
Then tells a senior senator, Joe Lieberman, after Lieberman requests a few more seconds on the floor of the senate, "as the senator from Minnesota, I object" Who the hell is Al Franken. I have to admit I voted for him. Sorry Just by opening his mouth, Franken is making Bush look intelligent, and that is very hard to do! |
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82472 - Fri Dec 18 20:46:34 2009 - ["Get 'er done."] By: Cynic |
"People have told me they didn’t care what it costs,” said Christianson, who oversees all state rail projects.
Despite a deep recession and a state deficit, Christianson said, “...when I went to Cambridge, the day after the newspaper article in which I said it could cost $1 billion, people shook my hand and said, ‘Get’er done.”
"09-0721R - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO CONTRACT WITH CUSTOM FIRE APPARATUS, INC., FOR THE TAX EXEMPT PURCHASE OF A TRIPLE COMBINATION FIRE PUMPER TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $446,707." |
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82471 - Fri Dec 18 20:34:35 2009 - [Read the Little Redd Book] By: mp |
Read the Little Redd Book,(Yes it is actually called that).
unfccc.int/files/methods_science/redd/application/pdf/the_little_redd_book_dec_08.pdf
The UN Copenhagen climate change plan to charge you for cutting down trees. Shame on you!!!
"A second way to redistribute revenues uses a withholding
mechanism in the form of a levy or tax on emissions reductions, as proposed by WHRC and TNC. Under these mechanisms a proportion of revenues is withheld in a fund and then paid out to REDD countries in the form of
stock payments. The key to both of these approaches is that the revenue required to support HFLD countries is generated from the mechanism itself. Potential disadvantages of these approaches are the distorting effect that redistribution could have on incentives to reduce emissions in countries with high rates of deforestation. The alternative to a redistribution mechanism is to use an additional
financial mechanism. Many proposals suggest a “stabilisation fund” that would use additional funding to address leakage and equity concerns in HFLD countries. The revenue for a stabilisation fund could come through a variety of sources including voluntary funds or innovative finance mechanisms such as the auctioning of allowances or levies on shipping or aviation." |
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82470 - Fri Dec 18 18:09:35 2009 - [A village in Cali is missing its idiot] By: Cyberslut Watch |
Good job Big Iron. 2 more handles added to the long and growing list.
How many handles does "C" use. I encourage everyone to add to this list.
Thanks!
32)Vested Duluthian (vested in lies and smears)
31)2nd district voter (hey thats near UMD)
30)Claire (*duh*!)
29)EMCR Damn It (Saul Alisky tactic)
28)Claire Queen of the Blogosphere (if this in not proof of narccisstic personality disorder, I dont know what is)
27)Dulusion (Delusion + Claire in Duluth = Dulusion)
26)Subdude (subliminal submarine sexual pseudonym)
25)Marie K (another female handle)
24)CK (Claire DELETED)
23)Carrboro Claire (Carrboro: city infiltrated, infected and damaged beyond repair by "C". Duluth is now on the *progressives* take over agenda)
22)Caulk (sounds like cock LOL!)
21)Me Again (yes we know)
20)It is I (yes we know)
190Suzanne (one of her "feminist" handles)
18)Shakespeare (must read alot to come up with a handle like this)
17)IKMN (I know my name. Yes "C" , we also KYRN)
16)Exercising my constitutional rights
15)Tony R
14)Anthony
13)Duluth Voter (UMD neighborhood)
12)Tony Ramone Sr. (yup, penis envy)
11)Carmody Fan ( "C" has a big time hard-on for Danny. She's obsessed with his pod casts)
10)Stalker Watcher
9)A Friend
8)Sherlock Holmes (no shit Sherlock, this handle is used by "C")
7)Moron Watcher (must have lingered in front of the bathroom mirror to come up with this one)
6)Danny Sucks (like Danny has never heard this before)
5)Danny is Stupid (envious of his creative podcast)
4)FaceBooker (many friends including numerous east coast elitists)
3)Psychiatrist (should consult with one ASAP, narrcistic personality disorder is getting out of hand)
2)Just Saying (and saying, and saying...)
1)Fireman |
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82469 - Fri Dec 18 13:31:01 2009 - [Look at her, anything but happy] By: slim |
| Muffin Top how can you say "sorry Claire"? Look at her. C's anything but happy. Mad at the world might be more appropriate. |
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82468 - Fri Dec 18 13:28:45 2009 - [Will Franken embarrass us worse than PW?] By: DFL Crime Watch |
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's Remarks Cut Off On Senate Floor By Sen. Al Franken
http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2009/12/us-sen-joe-liebermans-remarks.html |
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82467 - Fri Dec 18 11:15:21 2009 - [Union insurance co. follows DFL Duluth ] By: Mad K |
| Health care cost, I got a stament from my union insurance company today, says i had a flue shot at my work place, IFCC in Carlton. the charge was $50.00. Can you belive they charge $50.00. But i never did get the shot, and to top it off our Admin is on the board of out health care. How can the union insurance co. let them charge that much, when you can get them for $20 0R $25 OTHER PLACES. I can only img what they charged the residents at the nursing home, no wonder health care is so costly. |
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82466 - Fri Dec 18 10:56:36 2009 - [DFL MN & Duluth in an unhappy state] By: Muffin Top |
DFL Duluth nor DFL MN made the top 10 Happiest States Revealed by New Research. No surprise there.
Americans grow happier as they age, surveys find. And a new Pew Research Center survey shows the tendency is holding up as the economy tanks.
Happiness is a complex thing. Past studies have found that happiness is partly inherited, that Republicans are happier than Democrats, and that old men tend to be happier than old women. Sorry Claire.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091217/sc_livescience/happieststatesrevealedbynewresearch |
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82465 - Fri Dec 18 09:08:09 2009 - [Gold Cross is here to stay] By: County S |
| DFD vs Gold Cross. LOL. To bad the county departments don't want DFD to take over the ambulance. Gold Cross is here to stay!!! |
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82464 - Fri Dec 18 08:54:50 2009 - [Apology for Democratic civility] By: DFL Crime Watch |
Sen. Chuck Schumer apologizes to female flight attendant after referring to her with B-word
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/12/16/2009-12-16_schumer_regrets_b_slap_on_plane.html#ixzz0a339KSFr
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82463 - Fri Dec 18 07:38:42 2009 - [Community organizer made right decision] By: 60's Warrior |
The surge in Afghanistan has started. In about 30 days you'll be seeing on TV and hearing on the radio waves that the United States Military is kicking ass as they did in Iraq after getting the amount of troops which were asked for.
I'm comfortable with our community organizing president make the right decision for once.
I feel like I want to put on the old uniform and defend her again. Corporal, are you out there my friend. Lets do it again and fight for freedom. What do you say?
Of course we know Draft Dodger Larry won't be anywhere near us as he ran once before and he'll run again. |
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82462 - Thu Dec 17 23:57:22 2009 - [More handles for the cyberslut watch] By: Big Iron |
| Two more for the cyberslut watch. 2nd district voter and Vested Duluthian. I think that's about 40 now. |
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82461 - Thu Dec 17 22:49:18 2009 - [Festivus for the rest of us] By: Positivi Tee |
Do You DCB'ers have a Christmas party or anything? Don't ua think it'd be fun to see the faces behind the screennames. Maybe share some information, whadda ya think?
STARFIRE: Positivi Tee, every year, but it is by invite only and we don't call it a Christmas party. We don't want to offend anybody in this hyper sensitive city formerly known as Duluth. The DFL Kooks might bring in the ACLU. Can't be too careful with the large influx of Kooks who have come to the area spreading their hate and spreading the DFL Duluth agenda of devasting the entire area. The message of "Exercising Free Speech" will hang on the banners on the walls at the party as usual. For more on what a Kook is, there seems to be a discussion about one of the most notorious transient Kooks below. Pretty sad that Duluth has to deal with these kinds of Kooks. |
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82460 - Thu Dec 17 19:56:41 2009 - [It takes one to know one] By: Claire Queen of the Blogoshpere |
| So what, I am C and CK and a number of other handles in the local blogoshpere. I still think some of you people are whacked even worse than my Toyota. |
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82459 - Thu Dec 17 18:35:32 2009 - [Claire=narcisstic personality disorder] By: Cyberslut Watch |
Here's another one for the "C" handle list.
Claire Queen of the Blogosphere
(if this is not proof of narccisstic personality disorder, I dont know what is)
Here are some that were found by Inspector Clouseau! Good work! Commentary has been added as per your request Inspector.
Claire (*duh*!)
EMCR Damn It (Saul Alisky tactic)
Claire Queen of the Blogosphere (if this in not proof of narccisstic personality disorder, I dont know what is)
Dulusion (Delusion + Claire in Duluth = Dulusion)
Subdude (subliminal submarine sexual pseudonym)
Marie K (another female handle)
CK (Claire DELETED)
Carrboro Claire (Carrboro: city infiltrated, infected and damaged beyond repair by "C". Duluth is now on the *progressives* take over agenda)
Caulk (sounds like cock LOL!)
Me Again (yes we know)
How many handles does "C" use. I encourage everyone to add to this list.
Thanks again. |
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82458 - Thu Dec 17 18:01:13 2009 - [Slippery slope eh?] By: pro-union |
| Ok dauber thanks.......add to the list of costs if the city of Duluth takes over Gold Cross the cost of trying to collect from deadbeats. Boy is this ever going to get expensive for the taxpayers of "Duluth". Slippery slope eh? |
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82457 - Thu Dec 17 17:59:36 2009 - [DFL+DFD+AFSCME=ASSCLOWNS] By: Tom A |
Dauber
Start with the your DFL, DFD, AFSCME and other DFL assclown maggots that have imported these people into Duluth should pay. Take your union dues and pay with those or better yet stick it up you greedy ass. Stop ripping us off with your gonna save the world bullshit making money off of the poor from who knows where. You people are some real gems creating your taxpayer rip off system of DFL crap.
And while your at it, put my old flame the WIDELOAD on a damn diet. Of course you DFL idiots will want the taxpayer to pay for drying her out and getting a total makeover because she is the victim of some more of your crap.
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82456 - Thu Dec 17 17:24:42 2009 - [Who pays for products of DFL Duluth? ] By: dauber |
| pro-union you say the taxpayer doesn't pay gold cross, then who foot the bill when winston paintsniffer needs a ride 3 blocks to the hospital and has no insurance and only enough money to buy the next can of paint to eat.... |
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82455 - Thu Dec 17 15:53:09 2009 - [It doesn't get much cheaper than free] By: Inside Look |
| I'm with you Pro-union...it doesn't get much cheaper than free...haha |
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82454 - Thu Dec 17 15:13:04 2009 - [Rod's a hottie!] By: Rod Fan |
Rod's not a lecher. Rod's a hottie!
http://www.facebook.com/rod.raymond2
http://www.myspace.com/rodraymond
http://twitter.com/rodraymond |
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82453 - Thu Dec 17 13:37:28 2009 - [DFD gets out of the rack & to the rescue] By: Kathy S |
| Must be EMT-P to work for GCA.I said they need to take Firefighting 1&2 at LSC to be fire-paramedics. I get my information from Duluth News Tribune, Fox 21, EMS specialists-trainers,from present and past GCA employees. Many have been fired for reporting abuses and documenting them. Their are many law suits pending against GCA. You implyed that Goldcross staff to stupid to get hired by the city, as would not pass a civil service test, or interview- not trainable So many lies and immature comments from Godless Creeps and perverts. Thank you for calling 911, your call is very important to us. The DFD is on the scene---please wait for the next availabe ambulance. Kathy OUT |
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82452 - Thu Dec 17 13:27:29 2009 - [Gold Crs paid by consumer not taxpayers ] By: pro-union |
| What a laugh when pro-dfd/scabs says they will provide a lower cost ambulance service for the taxpayers. The taxpayers don't pay for Gold Cross you idiot. |
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82451 - Thu Dec 17 10:21:06 2009 - [DFD pom poms and a cheerleader outfit] By: Charlene |
| One more thing...I just read DLF09's post. HEEHEE, the only thing he is missing is a set of pom poms!!! You go little cheerleader! |
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82450 - Thu Dec 17 10:16:06 2009 - [What is becoming of America? ] By: Charlene |
| Good Morning!! One good thing about the DNT (and there's not much) when they report who AFSCME is endorsing, you know who NOT to vote for. Now the bad. The story about the goat who is now dinner. Go back to Nigeria and keep your sick traditions in your own country!! Children in this area are very upset about the outcome of this story. However, Mr. Famule could give two craps about that. What is becoming of America? I am sure libs out there will jump on this saying "What about the Christmas turkey or goose?" Some of us are vegeterians!! Sick, sick story! |
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82449 - Thu Dec 17 09:45:12 2009 - [What happened to the love of diversity?] By: Baaaaaaa |
I just read the article in the DNT about the captured goat in Superior and it's fate..seems a Nigerian instructor at U.W.S. bought it on Craigslist and is going to butcher it and eat it for Christmas dinner. Some people are really upset over there. What happened to the love of diversity? Of this great melting pot we worship? This is just what is done in his home country. And if they alter his Daughter's genitals because of the religion of diversity, why that's great too right?
I also love the D.N.T. doesn't have a comment threat for this story. Guess why.
Merry Christmas! |
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82448 - Thu Dec 17 08:57:04 2009 - [DFD wants you to pay for everyone] By: Pro-DFD |
The Duluth Fire Department wants what is best for the community and first class ambulance service is what we believe is needed. There are many things wrong with the way Gold Cross provides the service and their rates are out of this world.
Duluth Fire will provide the best amublance service to our citizens at a much lower cost to the taxpayers. I can't even respond to Dodge st.'s post because of the lack of truth. We will provide the best ALS service this REGION will ever see. You'll soon see us on the ambulance. |
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82447 - Thu Dec 17 08:41:33 2009 - [Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Survives] By: DFL Pride |
Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Survives
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/frankens-anti-rape-amendm_n_394171.html |
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82446 - Thu Dec 17 06:22:06 2009 - [Taxes up 43% in Cloquet by adding ALS] By: Dodge St |
Just up from the secretary's house. I see that the residents in and near Cloquet who are being served by the Cloquet area ambulance are up in arms because the city of Cloquet will be charging them more on their taxes to have Cloquet Fire provide the ALS ambulance service. Some parts of rural cloquet will see their taxes go up 43 percent to have the Government run (city of Cloquet Fire) provide ALS ambulance service to residents of Cloquet.
Can you say Gold Cross Ambulance Service, private corporation!! What's your thoughts on this Simonson. Forget your Chief's aspiration fella. Your move to Duluth won't be worth it. You should have stayed in the Cloquet Fire District and paid the additional taxes.
I'm actually kinda liking this "hopey and changy thing". |
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82445 - Wed Dec 16 23:30:22 2009 - [Somebody doesn't have the holiday spirit] By: Claire Queen of the Blogosphere |
Why don't you people grow up and stop the attack on this person you call CK. You didn't get to bully people in junior high so you're doing it now? Anonymously? What a bunch of candy ass bullshit. I'll bet your parents are proud. I sure hope you don't teach your kids this type of behavior, if you are lucky enough to be blessed with children. Change your byline to "Exercising juvenile spew." What bullshit! I am amazed that this Tony Ramone person would allow his name to be associated with such nonsense.
MODERATOR: Claire, Queen of the Blogosphere, I suggest you clean up your potty mouth and find yourself a new attitude. Continued profanities on your part will undoubtedly lead to your posts being denied in the future. Thanks and keep on blogging! DCB, where he action is! |
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82444 - Wed Dec 16 23:09:45 2009 - [DFD ambulance is a losing battle] By: Inside Look |
Kathy S,
You need to stop talking....you make comments like "Duluth is a training ground for new paramedics to move on," yet comment on the 30 year veterans that are here in Duluth. Tell me, if DFD started running ambulance calls...would they be new paramedics?....How about every last one of them!
EMT-P is also a 2 year program, not a 3 month program. It is actually an Associates degree.
By the way, who is going to cover Rice Lake, Normana, Proctor, Hermantown, Solway, Clifton, Canosia, etc, etc....? DFD ambulance is a losing battle, and if Cuneo and Anderson would put as much effort into things that could actually make a difference in this city, we might just get somewhere.
Get out of your little dream world and stop making stuff up. |
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82443 - Wed Dec 16 22:06:53 2009 - [Spend your money anywhere but DFL Duluth] By: Ben Dover |
These DFDers getting paid $72,000 plus benefits for 66 days of work defies all common sense. But, then again, we are in DFL Duluth. Donny Boy Ness will do nothing about this kind of criminal activity as he is lining his own pockets the same as these clowns. All I can suggest is spend your money anywhere but DFL Duluth and help put this city out of its current DFL misery.
As far as the "C" Beast, as some call it, I have a few other possible handles that could be used that are much more fitting.
1) Life under a Rock
2) Hit by the Ugly Stick
3) Sore on the eyes is an understatement
4) If you looked like me, you'd be bitter too
5) Big Trust Fund, Bigger Ass |
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82442 - Wed Dec 16 20:35:03 2009 - [A few more for the list] By: Inspector Clouseau |
Cyberslut Watch,
Here's a few more for the list that I'm aware of for the list. Please add your commentary.
Claire
EMCR Damn It
Claire Queen of the Blogosphere
Dulusion
Subdude
Marie K
CK
Carrboro Claire
Caulk
Me Again |
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82440 - Wed Dec 16 19:35:00 2009 - [The many sock puppets of "C"] By: Cyberslut Watch |
How many handles does "C" use. I encourage everyone to add to this list.
Here's a new one I found on Areavoices Buzz.
Disgusted (at herself and her husband I assume)
Ernest Simpson. (Thanks for spotting that one Big Iron)
It is I
Suzanne (one of her "feminist" handles)
Shakespeare (must read alot to come up with a handle like this)
IKMN (I know my name. Yes "C" , we also KYRN)
Exercising my constitutional rights
Tony R
Anthony
Duluth Voter (UMD neighborhood)
Tony Ramone Sr. (yup, penis envy)
Carmody Fan ( "C" has a big time hard-on for Danny. She's obsessed with his pod casts)
Stalker Watcher
A Friend
Sherlock Holmes (no shit Sherlock, this handle is used by "C")
Moron Watcher (must have lingered in front of the bathroom mirror to come up with this one)
Danny Sucks (like Danny has never heard this before)
Danny is Stupid (envious of his creative podcast)
FaceBooker (many friends including numerous east coast elitists)
Psychiatrist (should consult with one ASAP, narrcistic personality disorder is getting out of hand)
Just Saying (and saying, and saying...)
Fireman
STARFIRE: Cyberslut Watch, I am sure that "C" meant to call herself Disgusting, not Disgusted. My guess is that all it took was a look by the Snagglepuss in the mirror one morning and the name came like that. |
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82439 - Wed Dec 16 18:25:38 2009 - [GCA goes, DFD would turn the pillow over] By: Rich T. |
Kathy S, in saying that the 75 year old with a wax clogged ear is not an emergency you have validated my point entirely. GCA goes. DFD does not in the current system. GCA is paid for in-part by lots of calls like that. I don't know the exact number, but my guess on the transport calls are about 1:1 per every emergency, possibly higher. A Duluth Fire Ambulance (probably set up like LA or NY) would not transport that individual. This would be due to concerns over not having a rig back at the hall to respond to "real" medicals in their district, the time delay of an actual transport (try upper-Woodland or Gary to St. Mary's), and the more-than-likely astronomical fees upfront that the patient wouldn't be able to pay.
City-run ambulance services rarely do routine (non-lights and sirens) transports. You'd be adding costs to hospital stays, medical insurance, and worst of all many people who call 911 for medial help now would no longer receive any help at all because they'd be told "the ambulance is not coming for you."
Don't believe me? Go to New York and get a cold or a bloody nose and call 911 for help. They'll hangup laughing. |
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82438 - Wed Dec 16 18:05:29 2009 - [Can no longer sustain DFD costs ] By: Cynic |
I posted the identity and experience in the field of the person making this quote before and it was substantial.
Quote: "It would appear that we can no longer sustain the costs of maintaining expensive, inefficient, all-ALS EMS systems that fail to produce data showing improved patient outcomes. Throwing money and resources at systems that are designed around the dubious response time criteria of a singular event, accounting for a low percentage of our total responses, is no longer an option in this economic climate.
In most communities, response time standards are based on data that is only relevant to cardiac arrest survival, despite the fact that cardiac arrest comprises of less than 2-4 percent of calls in virtually all EMS systems. This decision is extremely costly, offers dubious benefit to patients, and subjects EMS personnel and the public to unwarranted risk due to excessive use of emergent response for calls that are almost certainly non-emergent." |
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82437 - Wed Dec 16 17:39:00 2009 - [DFD is pie in the sky thinking ] By: Cynic |
| DFL 09, I guess you missed that post a while back that pretty much showed this so called quicker response you may or may not get from DFD is pie in the sky thinking that really has little to nothing to do with actual outcome of medical emergency calls. It's a farce and meaningless time frame put out by people like you to make the public think they need more not less fire department personnel. |
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82436 - Wed Dec 16 17:31:31 2009 - [DFD should take over SMDC ] By: Cynic |
I'm pretty sure SMDC(a large employer in Duluth) along with most other employers only pay overtime after 40 hours. Perhaps the City of Duluth should take over SMDC. Are you telling me Kathy S that people actually get overtime without having 40 hours in? Now that must be a "gold" contract. Either way it has absolutely nothing to do with whether the DFD takes over Gold Cross jobs. Gold Cross is a private business and as long as they are going by "state law" as you stated who gives a shit. I'm not paying their wages as I will be if DFD takes over.
Kathy S. said: "Yes GCA employees have health care benifits, yes they are paid overtime-only after 40 hours, state law." |
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82435 - Wed Dec 16 17:12:22 2009 - [No one to respond, no one?] By: Cynic |
No one to respond? What exactly do you mean by this Kathy S.? No one? Doesn't the DFD respond to emergencies? Exactly what are you talking about responding to? You sound as if there are no standards whatsoever that Gold Cross Ambulance has to live by. I am sure there are many rules and regulations they must follow.
Kathy S said: "Also since paramedics are now on the streetin their Rigs employees turn their pagers off. No longer want the overtime. Leaving no one to respond." |
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82434 - Wed Dec 16 16:52:17 2009 - [Get a firm grip on your ankles] By: DFL09 |
| Cynic you don’t get it you ignoranus. We will be handling the entire PSA very shortly. We can respond from any fire hall to serve the entire area quicker than Gold Cross. In looking at the “golden hour”, minutes save lives. The taxpayers deserve the best and that is the DFD. |
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82433 - Wed Dec 16 15:14:14 2009 - [Let the Lecher Go - Fire Him!] By: Tara |
| Lecher Rod is so appropriate. How I’m not surprised. I'm puzzled that he is still working at UMD. The lecher needs to be let go immediately. Fire him! |
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82432 - Wed Dec 16 14:59:10 2009 - [DFD hearsay scam spotted] By: Cynic |
and what study did you see that shows this animosity by GCA, Kathy S? Sounds like hearsay to me. Also spare me the public safety issue that is always used to scam the taxpayers. Stand by people the lies and make believe are going to come in like a stinky tide.
Kathy S said: ". At this time ther is much animosity by GCA employees toward the DFD. Not good for public safety." |
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82431 - Wed Dec 16 14:50:05 2009 - [Decisions made only by DFD Chief?] By: Cynic |
and how do you know who the City of Duluth would hire? There are certain testing procedures to get on with the city. Any present GCA employee would have to meet city requirements/testing/etc to get hired by the city.
Kathy S said: "The city would hire GCA paramedics and EMT, train them as fire-paramedics." |
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82430 - Wed Dec 16 14:41:22 2009 - [Can you smell the stench in DFL country?] By: Ratfile |
I need some clarification about Lecher Rod. I'm hearing that at least 40 women are standing in line for a potential class action law suit. I wonder how many more victims there are at the Brewhouse and Buritto Union. Forty might only be the starting number for career lecher.
Next, I hear Sister Kate has moved up her UMD evacuation date to January 1st. |
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82429 - Wed Dec 16 13:45:09 2009 - [Holding hands] By: Dennis Miller |
Kathy S,
Do 10 of 11 shifts holding hands with Big Iron in the bunk count?
When can I verify this? |
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82428 - Wed Dec 16 13:42:05 2009 - [A rocky Christmas?] By: Inspector Clouseau |
| Did Me Again crawl back under her rock for Christmas? |
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82427 - Wed Dec 16 12:53:20 2009 - [$30/hour is chump change for DFD PAC] By: Kathy S |
| Firemen in Duluth work 10-11 shifts per month all 3 shifts. As far as 75 year old person with ears clogged-ear wax at 3 am is not an emergency. Yes GCA will transport for money and ER will also see for money. Yes GCA employees have health care benifits, yes they are paid overtime-only after 40 hours, state law. Many work full time but even more work part time. Thank you for pointing this out to me. Feel free to discuss anything else you would like. 28/30 year vetran paramedics GCA earning 17-18 dollars per hour. Standard pay across the state is 30+ dollars per hour GCA uses Duluth as a training ground new direct out of school paramedics, low low pay. No experience equals potential harm. Obama philosophy is using the Mayo Clinic as a new health care directive. I guess they charge less for services. The city would hire GCA paramedics and EMT, train them as fire-paramedics. Three months of class at LSC and they offer day and night classes. At this time ther is much animosity by GCA employees toward the DFD. Not good for public safety. My personal experience calling 911 is the firemen arrive in about 3 minutes, but then everyone is forced to wait for GCA. GCA call volume has increased for many many years now. Yet their staffing remains the same. Freguently GCA runs out of ambulance crews and may have emergency calls pending, with no avaiable crew to send. Also since paramedics are now on the streetin their Rigs employees turn their pagers off. No longer want the overtime. Leaving no one to respond. Please go to Craigslist, Duluth MN, local news and read letter. Thank you all for getting this important discussion going again. Lets do what is best for the innocent public. Duplication of services puts everyone at risk. Christmas blessings to you all. |
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82426 - Wed Dec 16 09:14:48 2009 - [Council leave important issues to mayor] By: Wm W |
Just because there has been a task force formed does not mean anything. City Councilors like to create task forces to make the councilors feel important and give an impression that they are worth something to the tax payers.
The amateurs on the City Council should stick to the fluff like "Sister Cities" and "Bentlyville" and leave the important stuff to the Mayor and his staff. |
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82425 - Wed Dec 16 08:21:28 2009 - [DFD Scabbing Gold Cross Jobs] By: Union Label |
| DFD = SCABS is what people are called that come in and take union jobs away from the rightful people who work them. |
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82424 - Wed Dec 16 08:13:36 2009 - [Retired DFDer "if the public knew" ] By: Tourv |
My facts are correct DFL09. The Duluth fire members know what they cost the city and understand exactly how many days per year they work. Duluth isn't big enough to have the additional firefighters sitting around and "waiting" for a fire call. A now retired firefighter once said these words, "if the public knew how little we did they'd be outraged". DFL09, my assumption is your a fire union board member with little common sense and knows even less about city finances. It's union members such as yourself that have given other union employees a bad reputation. I've gotten to know a little bit about the fire department and how they operate over the years, in fact, I'm betting you and I have sat across the table discussing these very issues. DFL09, I'll beat you in any discussion reference finances and your fire department. Going several years back your fire department has lacked leadership and still does.
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82423 - Wed Dec 16 07:37:11 2009 - [Reducing Christmas lights by 11.3%] By: Juice |
I have decided to reduce my CHRISTMAS lights by 11.3% thanks MN Power.
MODERATOR: Juice, Someone has to pay for the fraud known as global warming, I mean climate change as they call it today after they learned that global warming doesn't exist. Should Minnesota Power run itself into the ground to meet the environmental standards set forth by these loons? Nope, they will just hand the bill to the customers. Guess what, a lot more rate increases will be on the way due due to Crap and Trade. Better get used to it. |
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82422 - Wed Dec 16 07:35:38 2009 - [GCA, the right people for the right job] By: Jim J |
| Gold cross serves a purpose in this town. DfD first responders are great at what they do but if I'm down and out on the floor give me the guys in white if you please. My family has had to call 911 on a few occasions for medical emergencies and the boys/gals in white were on the ball and got the job done in a professional manner.Yes the DFD responded but it is Gold Cross that gets the job done.If my house is on fire I want the Boys/gals in blue not the white.My point is that all the emergency responders are needed to serve our community not just one. Thanks for all your hard work COPS,FIRE and GOLD CROSS. Jim |
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82421 - Tue Dec 15 21:40:32 2009 - [A little for money for a lot more DFD] By: DFL09 |
| There you go again Tourv without any facts, just more lies. We work for you everyday of the year, 24 x 7, to provide the best first responder and fire department in the nation, not the most expensive. There's no need for dual first responders as we can do what needs to be done sooner and at much less cost. Gold Cross is yesterday's way and Duluth deserves more of the best. The DFD is simply the best, better than all the rest. |
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82420 - Tue Dec 15 14:00:51 2009 - [DFD-most expensive in USA per capita] By: Dave |
Tourv,
If the DFDers only work 66 days a year and are not efficient, why doesn't the media do some real reporting. With retiree health care added in there, they are the most expensive fire department in the USA per capita according to a friend of mine. This is sickening. |
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82419 - Tue Dec 15 07:58:49 2009 - [DFD-$72,000 salary for 66 days of work] By: Tourv |
Once the numbers are given out you'll soon see that the option of having the fire department take over the ambulance service will break the bank. If you think your fire department is the most expensive in the state of Minnesota, just wait and crunch the numbers if they provide the ambulance service. Several years ago there was an inside study done in finding a way for the fire department to become more efficient. Manpower reduction gave way to any other option and was shown to be viable.
The fire union went bonkers over the suggestion and Doty backed down. To the Duluth Tax payers, ask yourselves this question. "Why is it that the Duluth Fire deparment is so heavily involved in city politics?" Answer: Because they need to be to keep their jobs. Do you realize that Duluth Fire members work 66 days per year(this takes into account their vacation and kelly days off), sleep one-third the time on duty(total of 22 days sleeping per year) and make on average $72,000 per year.
At the time of the study, 31 Duluth fire members had other part-time jobs or owned other businesses. Are you getting the picture Duluthians.
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82418 - Mon Dec 14 23:30:10 2009 - [GC employees live in cities they serve] By: Inside Look |
Kathy S.
You really have no clue... Please dont post things that you dont know about as fact. Yes, Gold Cross Paramedics are underpaid, however, they do get full health insurance, education benefits, company matched 401K, and overtime....sometimes too much overtime. Yes, some of the profits go to Rochester, but look at the amount of money that the 45 FULL TIME (not part time as YOU stated) paramedics spend in this city. A larger percentage of Gold Cross's workforce actually lives in the city and pays taxes HERE... IN THE CITY OF DULUTH! You cant say that about DFD. Yes, I admit that there are some medics that live in Douglas County, but Gold Cross provides service over there too. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT! |
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82417 - Mon Dec 14 22:37:46 2009 - [The sign on the door says it all] By: Muffin Top |
| CW the sign on the door says NO FAT CHICKS! |
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82416 - Mon Dec 14 21:20:51 2009 - [DFD doesn't need more sleeping time] By: Slippery Slope |
| While Duluth Fire slept in the bunks with GC jobs former GC employees would be sleeping in their cars with their families because they no longer had jobs. |
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82415 - Mon Dec 14 19:31:20 2009 - [No fear of falling asleep] By: Cynic |
Oh I see if Gold Cross Ambulance was taken over by DFD there would be no fear of falling asleep. In fact they would be given their own bunk to fall asleep in while working overtime on the taxpayers dime. Gottcha!
Kathy S. said: "GCA employees afraid of falling asleep while working..." |
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82414 - Mon Dec 14 18:26:09 2009 - [Duluth Fire Ambulance won't fly] By: Rich T. |
Kathy S, you present these "facts" as if they were in fact, fact; they are not. You're argument seems to revolve around the fact that Gold Cross is a poor company with poor employees - I don't see many volunteers jumping to get up at 3 a.m. and rush out in the cold for a 75 year old with a wax clogged ear who refuses to take a taxi to the hospital. And you're right Kathy public safety is about helping the public - but the last time I checked, there are still human beings and members of the "public" who live outside of Duluth. If GCA dropped service here and Duluth Fire picked it up you would create a huge service gap all over southern St. Louis County, putting those people at risk.
I am disappointed I have to continually explain this, but Duluth Fire Ambulance won't happen now, and isn't a viable option for at least quite some time or another population boom. When it does become a service many will be disappointed in the lack of service it will provide - considering cities like Los Angeles and New York refuse patient transport or patient care in certain conditions that GCA now cares for (see the ear example above). It's fine to ask questions and push for better care, but the way it has been suggested is not only illegal, it won't fly with the public. Take it from someone who knows. |
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82413 - Mon Dec 14 17:44:10 2009 - [C-Beast from the East has a new handle] By: Big Iron |
| The C-Beast from the East has a new handle...Ernest Simpson. That makes 14. |
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82411 - Mon Dec 14 14:55:12 2009 - [Never enough $$$ for DFL Duluth ] By: Karnac |
| It's interesting that a barrel of oil has dropped about 10% but the DFL Duluth price has stayed at $2.59. But then again no one should be surprised as everything cost more in DFL Duluth. From the Red Plan rip-off to gas to heat your house to eating out, and soon the ambulance service as everything cost more in DFL Duluth. I’m surprise they haven’t found a way to surcharge all the people that have fled DFL Duluth in the last 25 years. At $100 a head there’s an easy $300,000. |
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82411 - Mon Dec 14 14:55:12 2009 - [Everything cost more in DFL Duluth] By: Karnac |
| It's interesting that a barrel of oil has dropped about 10% but the DFL Duluth price has stayed at $2.59. But then again no one should be surprised as everything cost more in DFL Duluth. From the Red Plan rip-off to gas to heat your house to eating out, and soon the ambulance service as everything cost more in DFL Duluth. I’m surprise they haven’t found a way to surcharge all the people that have fled DFL Duluth in the last 25 years. At $100 a head there’s an easy $300,000. |
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82410 - Mon Dec 14 14:35:43 2009 - [DFD wants even more of your $$ to sleep] By: Kathy S |
| Facts regarding Goldcross Ambulance. Owned by the Mayo Clinic. Have been placed here in Duluth by the MN state legislature. Lowest paid paramedics/EMT in the state of MN,all work part time, bottom of the barrel. 5 to 10 million dollars go out of Duluth every year to fund other GCA stations thru out MN. total of 4 ambulances in duluth area and 1 in Douglas county. Hawthorn Wisc., 2 in west Duluth, and 2 downtown Duluth. Aprox. 177 fireman - aprox. 40 GCA paramedics/EMT. Goldcross mobile postings downtown Duluth working 15-19 hours and also 24 hour shifts on the street. No overtime-no benifits, reported to the state paramedics union. GCA employees afraid of falling asleep while working,have fear of loosing lives and getting hurt themselves and or hurting others. This is a public safety issue/not political and we are all at risk and so are all the tourists that stay here. GCA is a business. We need to support OUR fireman and fire chief, We should be keeping OUR money here. It has to stop going to The Evil Empire, The Mayo Clnic. |
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82410 - Mon Dec 14 14:35:43 2009 - [Grow City Gov - Give DFD More Money] By: Kathy S |
| Facts regarding Goldcross Ambulance. Owned by the Mayo Clinic. Have been placed here in Duluth by the MN state legislature. Lowest paid paramedics/EMT in the state of MN,all work part time, bottom of the barrel. 5 to 10 million dollars go out of Duluth every year to fund other GCA stations thru out MN. total of 4 ambulances in duluth area and 1 in Douglas county. Hawthorn Wisc., 2 in west Duluth, and 2 downtown Duluth. Aprox. 177 fireman - aprox. 40 GCA paramedics/EMT. Goldcross mobile postings downtown Duluth working 15-19 hours and also 24 hour shifts on the street. No overtime-no benifits, reported to the state paramedics union. GCA employees afraid of falling asleep while working,have fear of loosing lives and getting hurt themselves and or hurting others. This is a public safety issue/not political and we are all at risk and so are all the tourists that stay here. GCA is a business. We need to support OUR fireman and fire chief, We should be keeping OUR money here. It has to stop going to The Evil Empire, The Mayo Clnic. |
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82409 - Mon Dec 14 13:50:44 2009 - [Problems living in DFL Duluth] By: CK |
Dolla Bill writes, "Gas is $2.39 in the Twin Cities, but not in DFL Duluth." Do you suppose this person really believes the DFL has anything to do with gas prices? I just cleared snow from my driveway, maybe the DFL is responsible for that snow drift also. I backed into a pole with my car. Is that the DFL's fault too?
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82408 - Mon Dec 14 12:09:56 2009 - [NOPE to hope and change] By: Web Hound |
NOPE to hope and change.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll |
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82407 - Mon Dec 14 10:10:42 2009 - [No economy, but expensive in DFL Duluth ] By: Dolla Bill |
| Gas is $2.39 in the Twin Cities, but not in DFL Duluth. |
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82406 - Sun Dec 13 22:17:47 2009 - [Three weasels ] By: Can't you see the light |
| Yes Big Iron I noticed that too about no comments about Samborski. Not sure why the city keeps using him as a promoter, given his track record. How many concerts has he screwed up? I remember that collective soul concert a while back where he decided at the last minute to start it early, and the main act was over by the time everyone got there. So Rod Raymond, Gardner, and samborski all three are weasels and have done people wrong. (especially raymond) |
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82405 - Sun Dec 13 19:55:42 2009 - [Watch the road not the lake] By: Casey Jones |
Re: I-35 Railroad cars -
Aren't drivers tearing along I-35 supposed to be watching the road NOT looking out at the "view"?
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82404 - Sun Dec 13 19:22:47 2009 - [Big Iron's answer] By: Big Iron |
| LC, not letting anyone. OR, he lets a few in then deletes the comment portion. Samborski got caught using the identities of his friends to obtain perscriptions via the internet. Dope was also found at his home and business. |
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82403 - Sun Dec 13 17:54:43 2009 - [Scenic railroad not so scenic] By: Karla |
| Just saw the newspaper about the railroad cars parked on 35. Get them the hell outta there. I cannot believe Ferris Buler parked them there in the first place. I'm glad Fadora made a stink about this one, because they do not belong there. Thank goodness someone is representing us. |
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82402 - Sun Dec 13 12:10:19 2009 - [Questions for Big Iron] By: LC |
| What do you mean Big Iron? Is Stahlalinski denying your posts or not letting anyone comment? Then, how does Craig Samborsk fit into to things? What has he done? |
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82401 - Sat Dec 12 13:11:24 2009 - [Another BS coverup?] By: Big Iron |
| First it was Rod Raymond. Then Sharla Gardner. Now it's Craig Samborski. What do they all have in common? Little B.S., Brandon Stahl, has denied public comment on all three. |
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82400 - Sat Dec 12 00:21:15 2009 - [40 DFDers sleeping is too much $$$$] By: Dodge St. |
| Just up from the secretary's house. Pro-DFD when the committe recommends that Gold Cross stay in Duluth because they are a private company will you then get off this ambulance kick. When the recommendation comes forward you better hang on to your union brothers because the taxpayers will find a councilor to request a study to eliminate your fleecing of us. We don't want to have the most expensive fire department in the nation per capita. Lets go volunteer during the time you guys sleep the most which is from about 9PM-6pm. To have 40 of you guys sleeping at night is a big fleece to us taxpayers. Pro dfd your nothing but a mouth piece. |
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082399 - Fri Dec 11 20:46:49 2009 - [DFD ambulance cost will be out of sight] By: non |
Morning Duluth rag letter to the editor:
"Regarding arguments that the city of Duluth should take over ambulance service now provided by the private, nonprofit Gold Cross Ambulance, I can see it now: Every time there is a budget problem, the mayor or City Council will threaten to cut ambulance service along with police, fire, libraries and the like. The ambulance service we in Duluth have now lives within its budget without crying. It is a self-sufficient business, doesn’t go on strike, doesn’t threaten to leave and is just there when needed.
Could it be better? Yes, I’m sure, but after the city adds new employees, (you can’t be both a firefighter and ambulance driver), new equipment, garages and who knows what else, the cost could be unbelievable.
And then there are the possible cuts to health care. Will they affect our ambulance service? No one knows, but why take on a potential risky business in questionable times?"
Bill Meierhoff
Duluth" |
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