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84131 - Wed Jun 2 10:25:49 2010 - [DFD Wants to Know Who You Are - WHY?] By: rusty

dodge st(ud); so many good points about the carlton fire dept.. you should put this in a letter to the editor in the DNT, let people see your thoughts...

Crusty, I see you pictured on the Duluth News Tabloid, http://duluthnewstabloid.blogspot.com/

I bet that was a fun night buddy! Next time invite your DCB friends.

Ciao!

Tony

PS Don't forget to vote for yourself Crusty! :-)

84130 - Wed Jun 2 09:38:08 2010 - [Draft Dodger Jewell 2 Run Smear Campaign] By: Cynic

I remember after the last election when the draft dodger lost to County Commissioner Fink how he said yes he had lost but now he knows what must be done to defeat Fink next time. At that time I told my spouse to watch for a major smear campaign against Fink. AFSCME can't stand Fink because he doesn't dance to their tune and will do anything to have him removed.

Oh and on another note: Dodge Street thanks for the grins this morning. When you start to put it all together it doesn't paint a very nice picture does it.

84129 - Wed Jun 2 07:43:29 2010 - [Obama is first to skip out at Arlington] By: Karen

K.S. I stand corrected and should have said he is the first "community agitator" to skip out at Arlington.

84128 - Wed Jun 2 07:40:06 2010 - [DFD needs to be cut in half for starters] By: Dodge St.

Just up from the secretary's house. This morning I read that the city of Carlton is losing it's fire Chief due to budgetary concerns.

My recommendation is for the Carlton fire chief to get in touch with the Duluth fire union and get some advice on how to scare the Carlton public into thinking that because they have no fire chief the city will burn down.

DFD can say that if they don't have a fire chief the whole city will burn because of the "geography" of the city and that there are many "natural barriers" in Carlton which means they need a fire chief. In addition they can say that if they have no fire chief they can't "train" every day to become more professional.

Hell, the DFD may give the fire chief a better idea, like starting up an ambulance service even though Cloquet serves that area. Why not, give it a try. Oh thats right, the rouge DFD won't help or assist with any volunteer fire department because they are not "professional" enough and in fact will kick them out of the union if they want to serve their own community as volunteers.
How's that for leadership?
Our fire department needs to be cut in half..Millions can be saved and given back for the needs of our community.

84126 - Tue Jun 1 10:51:14 2010 - [It's George Bush's Fault!] By: K S

Karen, do your homework. He's not the first to not be at Arlington on Memorial day. From the Washington Post: "Obama is not the first president to miss the Arlington ceremony. Ronald Reagan spoke at West Point one year, and went to his California ranch another year. George H.W. Bush, a war veteran, did not go at all. Bill Clinton, who did not serve in Vietnam and had a rocky time with the military, went to Arlington all eight years, and George W. Bush, who also avoided combat service in Vietnam, attended from 2003 onward."

84125 - Tue Jun 1 07:30:20 2010 - [Another first for the community agitator] By: Karen

Mother Nature got even with the community agitator for not appearing at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The agitator spoke at Abraham Lincoln cemetery in Illinois and the wind, rain and lightning shut him down.

The power of prayer...The first president to not appear in Arlington to honor our heros on Memorial Day and Mother Nature rips him a new one.

84124 - Mon May 31 23:07:03 2010 - [How much to silence the truth in Duluth?] By: Big Iron

How much, little Starfire?

STARFIRE: Big Iron, you must have just finished with that honey do list. You have been kind of quiet since I put you in your place. Of course I wasn't including your activities at the fire hall with rusty and the rest of the boys when I said that you haven't knocked off a piece in 10 years. You need to talk with Tony about buying the DCB on behalf of the DFD PAC. It may be just what you gals have been looking for. I only wish I had an interest in it. It seems that the DCB is not only the premier blog site in Duluth, but a lot of DFL clowns like you would also like to silence it so that you can continue giving it to mom and pop. It took the United States 206 years to rack up 1 trillion of debt. It took Barack Obama only 6 months to rack up 1 trillion of debt bringing the total debt to over 13 trillion right now. I would venture that the DCB's value will increase exponentially as DFL Duluth is exposed for what it is. If I had the money of a DFD PACKER, I would invest in DCB. What would Napolean do?

84123 - Mon May 31 14:44:03 2010 - [Teacher's speech on the Northern Front] By: mp

Here is a video of a high school teacher's speech on the Northern Front.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGqPo5ofk0s

84122 - Mon May 31 14:07:58 2010 - [Our hotels are full in DFL Duluth] By: Fat Cats

Ha, we are still making money off of Grandmas. Our hotels are full in Duluth. Ha. I bet there is not an empty room near Duluth that weekend. Silly people. Grandma could have 4000 and we still would make cash. Ha.

84121 - Mon May 31 08:13:29 2010 - [Bypass Duluth & save THOUSANDS ] By: Stay at Home

Checked hotel prices on-line for Grandma's weekend as of 3 months ago, and the prices were still jacked up sky high!!

What Grandma's has going for it is, mostly, the great view and scenic course.

What people are doing is skiping the scenery and running the, ugly ass, Twin Cities Marathon and saving THOUSANDS of dollars!

84120 - Sun May 30 19:47:28 2010 - [Bad habits are hard to break in Duluth] By: Common Sns

"Too much DFL Duluth gouging on hotel prices and required nights helped other regional marathons get going."

Wouldn't you have thought Scott Keenan would have gotten together over the winter and worked with the local hotel/motels, Visit Duluth, Chamber of Commerce about the upcoming huge marathon weekend as far as making it as attractive to out of town runners as possible?

You had thought he would have said, "Listen guys, it's one of the biggest weekends of the year for our area. The economy sucks! People are cutting back and watching where every penny goes! Let's not do our yearly Grandma's weekend obscene GOUGING this this! Let's not try to make two months profits in 3 days just this once!"

Wouldn't you have thought??

84119 - Sun May 30 11:29:14 2010 - [DFLDuluth gouging hurt Grandmas Marathon] By: Truthism

Too much DFL Duluth gouging on hotel prices and required nights helped other regional marathons get going.

Grandma's Marathon entries down again this year
When Grandma’s Marathon officially closes registration Tuesday, executive director Scott Keenan will look at the entries and see the lowest total in 15 years. There will be approximately 7,240 runners for the June 19 road race along the North Shore.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/170093/

84118 - Sat May 29 22:58:59 2010 - [DFDer's old lady wears the pants at home] By: Big Iron

Tony my ass. What do you want for it, little boy starfire?......What a great day! Jetskis, pontoon boat, fine liquor, scantily clad beautiful women, all on lake Minnetonka of the north. Ahhhhhh, life is good. What did the DCB'rs do today? A 12 pack of Blatz and a kiddie pool in your 25X25 backyard? Too funny.

STARFIRE: Big Iron, based on your la la land "scantily clad beautiful women" explanation of what you have been doing this weekend, I would have to say that the opposite is probably true. For one, the gals must be at leat 13 axe handles across the backside if you are responding within 5 minutes of a post at the DCB on Memorial Day weekend. Even you can't look at them anymore. But of course we all know you are lying anyway. I would guess that you haven't knocked of a piece in about 10 or more years and your old lady has a honey do list for you to do this whole weekend. Guys like you talk big when in reality the old lady leads you around by the nose. Yea, quite the life you have there Big Iron. You can have it. I just wish you and the rubes would quite stealing from mom and pop before you bankrupt the city.

84117 - Sat May 29 17:03:47 2010 - [DFD Rubes should offer to buy DCB] By: DFD Parasite

Starfire, check down Garfield ave. or any other good hiding spot in Duluth to find the sleeping cops. Seen it first hand!!

STARFIRE: DFD Parasite, aka Numbnuts, any more of your DFD humor by way of name calling, and you will go straight into the trash bin. You may call Mayor Ness names as your DFD PAC owns him and the Duluth City Council, but the DCB is not owned by you rubes. BTW, why don't you buy it? Tony may be willing to let it go for a "fair price." Just think what fair might be to a DFDer who thinks $82,000 a year is a "fair" salary to extort from retired folks to grill, blog, pole dance, wash personal pickups, and of course blog at DCB non stop. Buying the DCB would be a lot cheaper for you clowns than the tens of thousands of dollars of mafia money you use to buy politicians who promise to line your pockets even more.

84116 - Fri May 28 21:07:07 2010 - [Remember the defenders of our country] By: 60's Warrior

Please remember those men and women who died in defense of our Country during this Memorial Day Weekend. They continue to fight the good fight and are deserving of our respect.

"Labor World" Larry, this includes you too. Even though during the Vietnam War when your country was calling for your service you ran north like a "punk pussy". Especially during this weekend "draft dodging" Larry think about your friends who answered the call to duty. You didn't but your friends did so thank them.

84115 - Fri May 28 12:45:04 2010 - [Biz would have been built 20 years ago] By: Dave

I love that I commented about the fantastic slide on the DNT website, and the fact that the freedom of speech does not exist there is great. I pretty much said that if Spirit Mountain was owned by a private developer and not by the City Of Duluth, something like that would have been built 20 years ago.

84114 - Fri May 28 12:07:56 2010 - [Dog Poisoning in Lakeside ] By: Locals Gone Wild

DATE: 05/28/2010
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Pet Poisoning
CASE NO.: 10290447
INCIDENT DATE :05/18/2010
INCIDENT TIME:
INCIDENT LOCATION: Lakeside
SUBJECT: Police Investigate Dog Poisoning in Lakeside Neighborhood
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Information Coordinator

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The Duluth Police Department is investigating the recent death of a dog in the Lakeside neighborhood. According to the attending veterinarian the dog was poisoned. There are several other suspected dog poisoning cases in the same area that are under investigation.

We are asking the public's help in identifying any additional dogs in the Lakeside area that may have been victims of poisoning. Dog’s that have been poisoned may exhibit any the following symptoms: hyperactivity/restlessness, an increased heart rate, seizures, vomiting, red skin and eyes, fever, incoordination, and death. If you have had a dog in the Lakeside area that became suddenly ill or died after displaying one or more of the above symptoms, you should contact Duluth Police Community Officer Ann Padden at (218) 390-2291. We are asking that anyone with information make a report regardless of when the incident occurred.

Though intentional dog poisonings are rare, we are advising that pet owners be particularly vigilant about supervising their animals in the Lakeside neighborhood.

84113 - Fri May 28 12:06:12 2010 - [Common Sense is NOT A DFL TRAIT] By: what would AFSCME say

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
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SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!

Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dog s off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.

The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.

The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.

I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.

He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the holidays and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the prison.

Yup, he was re-elected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural that has a special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO..

HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF

AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona ) who created the 'Tent City Jail':
**He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.
**He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. **Took away their weights.
**Cut off all but 'G' movies.
**He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.
**Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.

**He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails, so he hooked up the cable TV again.....BUT only let in the Disney channel and the Weather channel..

**When asked why the weather channel, he replied, "So they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs."

**He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.

**When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't The Ritz/Carlton...... If you don't like it, don't come back."

More On The Arizona Sheriff:

With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports:
About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before.

Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their PINK SOCKS.

"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the TENTS for 1 year. "It's inhumane."

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic.. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates, "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths!"

Way to go, Sheriff!

Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers' money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

If you agree, pass this on.

84111 - Fri May 28 11:47:33 2010 - [Will you pay to ride the Timber Twister?] By: Web Hound

DNT Poll
Will you pay to ride the Timber Twister at Spirit Mountain?
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/

84110 - Fri May 28 00:34:18 2010 - [No more covering up DFD $82,000 salaries] By: Truthism

Anyone reading this will know the truth. Although I don't like to admit it, The dcb is assisting to deliver the truth!!

84109 - Fri May 28 00:19:15 2010 - [38 DFD in the sack again on your dime] By: Big Iron

ONE downtown squad has 2 officers in a car. The others have 1 officer.

STARFIRE: Big Iron, but how many DPD Officers are getting paid to sleep? 38 DFD in the sack each and every night and DFD wonders why the people who are forced to pay these obscene $82,000 DFD salaries plus benefits are upset.

84107 - Thu May 27 23:29:58 2010 - [DFD does not make the city any safer] By: JS

Rusty,

Why all the lies? I've seen 2 police officers in squad cars many times. I don't get how you fire fighters think you compare to police officers. The police have a much more dangerous jobs, put up with a lot of stuff compared to fire fighters who really don't do that much fire fighting. I would rather see the mayor not hire fire fighter instead of police. Duluth is a crime infested city. It's not safe here and the fire fighters are not the answer to making it safer. In fact the fire fighters take money from making Duluth a safer city.

84105 - Thu May 27 22:12:00 2010 - [DPD can save money too] By: rusty

How much could the city save by putting 2 police officers in each squad car, keeping the same number on duty, I bet it might be enough to hire a couple that are on hold.....

84104 - Thu May 27 21:01:20 2010 - [DFL mafia self serving thugs] By: Wats Up

DFD Parasite said: "It's also a fact, as a government worker myself, I don't like assholes claiming we are moochers. Get back to work.. if you have a job. Go earn your $10 an hour and leave those alone who went to college and passed the exams to get a real job."

Not all government workers/public servants are 'moochers' I agree. But you seem to be overlooking a very serious problem imbedded in the current system.

Section 1 - the 14th amendment says "No state shall deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property, without due process of law". The 14th amendment was not upheld when it came to the loss of my job.

There was no due process of law used to remove me, the only process the public servants used were harassment, intimidation, bullying, public embarassment and humiliation. And I am not the only one this has happened to.

Yet this doesn't seem to apply among Duluth's select few.

I have a degree and was working for lots more than $10.00 an hour. Certain illegal liberties were taken to remove me from my job and none of them had anything to do with the 14th amendment. It had to do with a corrupt system that involves public servants and participating locals.

There's so much more than meets the eye in this City and I can totally relate to the term used here often to describe it: the mafia. Don't try to fool people saying you have the education blah, blah, blah. What you really have are the 'connections' that keep you in an overpaid postition. The average hard working Joe doesn't stand much of a chance in this City, degree or no degree.

84103 - Thu May 27 20:00:37 2010 - [Haven't been paying attention] By: Big Iron

Haven't been paying attention, have you, Teachers Choice? You get an F.............And the answers to the questions, MODERATOR??

PARROT: Big Iron, I will let Starfire answer whatever question.

84102 - Thu May 27 17:33:08 2010 - [Can they live where they so desire?] By: Teachers Choice

Is there some statute saying where teachers can live or can they live wherever they desire?

84101 - Thu May 27 16:15:38 2010 - [DFDer shows off intelligence once again] By: Big Iron

I'm so glad the MODERATOR brought up the teachers in ISD 709. So far, with little investigation, I've found 16 teachers living OUTSIDE of the district. Where's the outrage, MODERATOR? Isn't the education from ISD 709 good enough for them or their children? Where's the outcry? Or is that strictly reserved for the hard working members of the DFD???

MODERATOR: Big Iron, "hard working members of the DFD". HAHA!!!! HAHA!!!! HAHA!!!! You clowns have worn out more mouse pads than any other DFD equipment. You clowns really are something to mock though because of your arrogance and stupidity. Keep on with your hard work here at the DCB! How many Sealy Posturepedics does DFD have to replace annually? Hard working, HA HA!, good one.

84100 - Thu May 27 13:31:38 2010 - [Obama & DFD Top Takers of Others Money] By: Common Sns

"George Bush, thanks for letting your oil pals break rules so our planet can be wrecked by oil." DFD Parasite:

You mean the "Oil Pals" that gave Obama's campaign a shit load of money during the last election?? Ya, let's ignore that!

84100 - Thu May 27 13:31:38 2010 - [Oil Lobby owns Washington, period] By: Common Sns

84099 - Thu May 27 13:23:53 2010 - [DFD PAC Cause for Many Duluth Problems] By: Slippery Slope

DFD parasite still blaming Bush. Sorry the oil spill is happening while the Obama administration sleeps. Seems Obama lets oil companies break the rules as it sleeps. Oh that's right Great Mama Obama says off shore drilling technology is so safe today he opened up more areas for drilling.

84098 - Thu May 27 12:41:16 2010 - [DFD PAC Runs City Hall with AFSCME] By: DFD Parasite

Moderator, first off, what the hell is a fudge pacer? Now, tell me who the hell in local government makes that kind of cash?? The mayor even makes less. Why must you keep going back to the fire people?? Why the hard-on for them?? Like I said, you missed the cut and it hurts. What makes you so aware of what they do and how busy you think they are? I know those people and you are way wrong! Get some real facts before you spread the shit. It's a fact BOTH parties support pacs, not just the DFL. Ask Pawlenty! It's also a fact, as a government worker myself, I don't like assholes claiming we are moochers. Get back to work.. if you have a job. Go earn your $10 an hour and leave those alone who went to college and passed the exams to get a real job.

84097 - Thu May 27 12:28:01 2010 - [DFD is nothing but Millionaires Club] By: DFD Parasite

DCB, it's clear you all feel anybody in any form of government job is some kind of waste of taxpayer money. I would love to hear what you do for our community. What makes you so much better than those who educate our children, protect us from harm, keep us alive when we are dying, clear the roads from snow, keep our drinking water clean, fight our wars, hunt for dangerous people, protect our wildlife, and bring us our mail? This is a fraction of UNION jobs that make our lives better.
I know you're too chicken shit to say where you actually work so just give us an idea of what your most important task is at work... that is if you work at all.

MODERATOR: DFD Parasite, you probably should not lump all DCBers into the same group. We are truly a diverse group. I personally do not have a problem with all government employees as you claim, but I do take issue with the most parasitic, those being the DFD and the teacher's union. Both could care less about those they are being paid to work for and instead, do all they can to line their pockets. They are the elite, the millionaire's club if you will. How your blogging on the taxpayer dime is protecting anyone from harm is beyond me. You are possibly protecting yourself as when you are blogging, you cannot fall out of bed. You are no different than a certain parasite that works for District 8 rep James Chernenko. Over $65,000 a year pissed away on this clown and much of the time is spent right here at the DCB. I understand why one would spend so much time at DCB, but I do not believe that the taxpayer should have to pick up the bill. So, in short, hit the stop button on the DVD player and save Backdraft for later tonight. You should know it by heart anway.

84097 - Thu May 27 12:28:01 2010 - [DFD = Most Expensive Nepotism in MN] By: Truthism

84096 - Thu May 27 11:45:19 2010 - [Keep DFD sucking the life out of Duluth] By: DFD Parasite

Tourv, hows that city pension treating you? Healthcare? Thank your former union for the best career you'll ever have. I'm sure you brought all the savings you found regarding YOUR city job up to the mayor while working there.
DCB, what happened to your response to the claim our FD blogs at work? You said you saw a computer address from the state of MN and claimed it came from a city computer. Guess you're full of crap as usual.
George Bush, thanks for letting your oil pals break rules so our planet can be wrecked by oil. Bet you made some extra cash on that one...
DCB SUCKS!

MODERATOR: DFD Parasite, yea, $82,000 a year base plus benefits isn't too bad for a city where the average worker earns under $10 an hour. How is this possible that those like you who are just employed and don't work are able to suck so much money from those that do work? Is it extortion? You bet it is. The one thing I know is that you and your DFD PAC parasitic butt buddies may own the Duluth City Council, but you don't own the DCB. How does that make you feel? Seeing the truth hurts, doesn't it. Don't worry, each day more and more of those who have been getting hosed from you DFD FUDGE PAC-ERS are beginning to understand why Duluth is in such a dismal financial situation. Time for Real Change right here in Duluth.

84095 - Thu May 27 06:53:27 2010 - [Good ammo about the DFD Fleecers] By: Dodge St

Just up from the secretary's house. Tourv you've made my day. That info is good amunition for those fleecers. I didn't know any of that. That post should have been titled "DFD exposed". Moderators must have been drinking

84094 - Wed May 26 23:28:34 2010 - [DFD owns Ne$$ as cuts go to DPD] By: Dave

I know a lot of talk around here is about the DFD. Well, what about the DPD? As seen on WDIO, Donny Boy Ne$$ was whining about cuts to LGA again. In the report it said that DPD will save 240,000 dollars by not hiring 4 new officers. If my ISD 709 school district math serves me right, that is 60,000 per officer. If that is a person who is right out of college, that is a damn good living, for chasing around Chicago-style criminals, in a town of 80,000 people.

84093 - Wed May 26 22:51:14 2010 - [DFD hear every alarm at night] By: rusty

tourv; you bring quit a few points out about the dfd, not sure where you get them from. First of all with the fuel savings, it must take a large number of calls to generate that much expense, which brings a the point of being on call. That would be difficult to leave home or my job working at your store every time my pager goes off...Last, that stat about 64% of workers don't wake up at night, where does that come from, in 20 years of service I have never heard such a percentage, you know I well as I do we all hear every alarm at night...

84092 - Wed May 26 22:39:08 2010 - [DFD not only ones in city hosing us] By: Wats Up

Hey Kevin I was wondering about that too. Maybe the city crews are going to be relaxing at the lake while citizens clean up. Afterall, if they have their pagers on while they're boating and grilling, aren't they going to be paid time and a half anyway?

84091 - Wed May 26 21:14:10 2010 - [War stories won't include Larry or Frank] By: Service

Speaking of draft dodgers channel 8 has been having Wisconsin war stories about guys that served in Vietnam on at 8PM. It has been on for a couple of nights now.

84090 - Wed May 26 17:15:05 2010 - [High School Grads not just for DFD] By: Big Iron

Think of that all by yourself, Adam R??? ISD 709 has turned out another genius.

84089 - Wed May 26 15:24:35 2010 - [DFL Duluth, A Minnesota Farce City] By: Inside Look

Kevin,

I bet they would even let you use their tools for a small "user fee." Of course, the city workers who should be completing the work would be supervising on mandatory overtime. This city really cracks me up.

84088 - Wed May 26 12:33:26 2010 - [City Screws Want More Money & Less Work] By: Kevin

NorthlandNewsCenter.com has a story about how you can give back to the community, since you take so much and give so little. What you can do is labor on projects throughout the city. I don't know what the city's crews will be doing, but you better get to work!

84087 - Wed May 26 12:02:22 2010 - [Big Iron's first day on the job picture] By: Adam R

I just checked out dflduluthexposed.com and now I finally know what Big Iron looks like.

Big Iron, that must be a picture of you taken first day on the job, huh?

What a great site. I only wish that there was a contact email as I have a few other things that could easily be added to the site.

84086 - Wed May 26 10:12:04 2010 - [No Facts, More DFD Most Expensive BS] By: Big Iron

And old Tourv would be the first one to complain that the DFD didn't get to his emergency fast enough. Bet on it.

84085 - Wed May 26 09:31:26 2010 - [From DFD mouths comes only BULLSHIT!] By: Tourv

Rusty, I realize your a Duluth Firefighter and I want to answer your question.
First off, at EVERY fire alarm your operation sends at least 4 rigs to the location. The operation never changes even though the statistics show that over 96% of your alarms are FALSE. It was suggested, and you know this, that the city purchase a smaller pickup truck which would go on these fire alarms to verify and/or sizeup. If need be the other rigs would be called to the scene if it were an actual fire.

Your Union wanted nothing to do with this suggested change even though it was pointed out that the savings in gasoline alone would be over $116,000 per year. The wear and tear on all the rigs would have extended the life of each almost another 4 years. This savings was calculated at almost 2 million every 6 years or so.

When the city wanted to talk about staffing and made suggested to reduce staff due to call volume during certain times of the 24 hr cycle. Your union wanted nothing to do about it but kept referring to the NFPA manual which was written by firefighters. Go figure. The staffing could be reduced at certain times and even to 8 hr shifts for some. The staffing suggestion would have saved the city almost 2.7 million every 26 months. Your union didn't even want to talk about it.

Another example was to use on-call pay. You would have been paged out if a major incident were to happen thus the city could staff your department at minimum cost but if needed many firefighters called back in. The presented on-call pay was very thought out and was a good wage for being able to sleep at home. The idea behind the on-call pay was not have the taxpayers paying a premium for most staff to sleep at night. In calculations, 63% of your staff was not awaken during the night for any calls. This was examined over a 3 year period. This savings would have been enormous to the taxpayers. Almost 1.7 million in savings per year had this idea been implemented. Your union wanted nothing to do with it.

These are just a few examples that if implemented would have saved money to the tune of almost 5 million annually without compromising public safety. In negotiations Rusty, you've made yourself the enemy. When being asked how can you help reduce costs in the fire operations the response is always, "we can't reduce costs it will compromise public safety". It's all bullshit which comes from your mouths. I have studied your operations and know what should be cut and why. Like I said before, Ness and Montgomery have the balls to do it. And do it they will.

84084 - Wed May 26 08:04:46 2010 - [Will this guy get the Raymond Treatment?] By: Pitt Street Panther

Will this guy get the Rod Raymond treatment from UMD and Sister Kate? Not!

University of Minnesota Duluth hockey recruit faces assault charges
A 2010-11 University of Minnesota Duluth freshman hockey recruit was arrested early Tuesday on domestic assault charges after allegedly attacking his girlfriend in her College of St. Scholastica dorm room.
By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/169744

84082 - Tue May 25 22:15:22 2010 - [Another DFL Draft Dodger Running] By: Cynic

Did I see another draft dodger running for county office again?

84081 - Tue May 25 21:11:08 2010 - [Where is DFL Duluth's major road work?] By: Dave

Having flown on both United and NWA-Delta, I much prefer to use United as their planes are much nicer, and you get to avoid Minneapolis, but than again, sometimes flying to O'Hare isn't easy either.

Jimmy O has been a bumbling idiot since he has been in office. It amusing that we won't be seeing him around these parts for his reelection bid because, sadly he is going to be in Washington for the BP hearings.

Speaking of transportation, Northland's News Center is reporting that Superior is prepping for major road work. Where is DFL Duluth's major road work? Only large project that is local is Woodland Avenue?

84080 - Tue May 25 20:51:36 2010 - [Who are DFD butt buddies pulling for? ] By: big Iron

Golly, Dennis, hadn't thought about it really. Who do you think the DFD butt buddys are pulling for?

STARFIRE: big Iron, it is nice to hear some common sense out of you every once in awhile.

84079 - Tue May 25 18:39:35 2010 - [DC-9 jet service to be discontinued] By: mp

http://images.delta.com.edgesuite.net/delta/pdfs/flight_schedules.pdf

The Delta airlines DC-9 jet service to Duluth is discontinued on June 9, 2010. After that date, all Delta airlines flights to Duluth will either be a Ski-doo (Bombardier) CRJ200 jets or two Saab 340 turbo prop flights.

Allegiant Air will have the largest planes into Duluth. The MD80 is a DC-9 variant. Many of Allegiant's planes were bought from SAS airlines when SAS discontinued DC9 service.

84078 - Tue May 25 17:56:16 2010 - [You can run but you can't hide ] By: DCB

You can run but you can't hide from the DCB.

84077 - Tue May 25 17:54:33 2010 - [Pimping Ain't Easy Unless You're Ne$$] By: Taconite dust between my toes

Look like Ne$$ is leading the pimp pack regarding local DFL endorsements / pimping. It's becming quite clear that Ne$$ is positionig himself for Oberstars seat. Let me tell you something Ne$$, you don't have a chance. The DFL electoral base on the Range wants nothing to do with you.

“I don’t think there is any question that Roger Reinert is the right candidate to run for the Senate seat. I hope he runs,”

http://www.howiehanson.com/?p=40643

84076 - Tue May 25 17:41:56 2010 - [Zeppa in Bed with Ne$$ & Cuneo] By: Muffin Top

Stan P.

How do you know Zeppa is part owner of Secret Service Entertainment? If this is true, didn't Ne$$ work, or get paid to run for mayor, there too? Is this Northshor a $2.6 million payback for Zeppa making their properties more valuable? Ne$$ and Cuneo are cut from the same cloth if this is true.

84075 - Tue May 25 15:00:41 2010 - [Delta flying 30-40 year old jets ] By: Man was not meant to fly

I see NWA/Delta Airlines has added the larger DC-9 aircraft back on the Duluth route. This is supposedly to make Duluthian's feels more special as to flying on United's smaller regional jets.

Don't be fooled folks!

United's regional jets while smaller, are much-much newer.

NWA/Delta's DC-9's are 30-40 years old!

84074 - Tue May 25 13:41:18 2010 - [Musical DFL Assclowns may allow change] By: Benny M

Maybe Reinert runs for Solons former seat and Gauthier runs for Reinerts? Then, finally we can have Gordon Grant in the 4th who should have won in the first place had they done some advertising

84073 - Tue May 25 13:12:24 2010 - [Another DFL Duluth conflict of interest?] By: Stan P

Does Cunio still work for Zeppa? Should he be voting on any Bayfront Park matters when his employer is an invester in Secret Service?

84072 - Tue May 25 13:01:04 2010 - [Oberstar represents the rich DFL Elite] By: JS

Dave,

Oberstar is the same bumbling idiot that gave NWA $450,000,000.00 and then his buddy, Al Checchi, former Northwest Airlines CEO. Checchi subsequently took $550,000,000.00 in stock options.

Oberstar represents the rich, not the working people.

84071 - Tue May 25 11:47:28 2010 - [Why it is time to vote Oberstar out!!!!!] By: Dave

As Seen on the DNT Website.

BIZ blog: Oberstar expected to oppose United merger

That proposed merger of United Airlines (serving Duluth with Chicago flights) with Continental Airlines, won't get the needed nod from the feds without some intensive antitrust scrutiny.

Among the biggest critics in what would result in the world's biggest airlines is expected to be our own U.S. representative, Jim Oberstar. The deal goes before the House Subcommittee on Aviation which he heads in a hearing June 16. Oberstar has urged the Justice Department to reject the deal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The merger, anounced May 3, is expected to get greater scrutiny by Obama Aministration than Delta Air Lines' acquisition of Northwest Airlines did in 2008 under President George W. Bush

Among the anti-trust concerns is whether the resulting mega airlines will have too much power to raise prices and ability to reduce customer service, the Journal said.

Still, the United-Continental marriage is expected to get government approval, though some strings may be attached.

But with the review process taking longer than Delta's six months, the deal may not close by year's end as corporate officials had hoped.

Funny to see how Jimmy is now all for the consumer as NWA-Delta has had a stranglehold in Duluth for how many years now. This is Mr Transportation at work you for. All the many more reasons to vote this idiot out of office in November.

84070 - Tue May 25 10:35:15 2010 - [Ne$$ Will Never Bite Hand Killing Duluth] By: Of Politics and Prosperity

My blog may contain "CRONY" grammar and spelling errors, but contains more generalized fact than anything City Hall brought to this site-

The European debt crisis is a mirror of what is to come to the U.S., and DFL Donny Duluth is your prime matured example of how you "get there" in the continental U.S.-

More troops in Afganistan than were in Iraq now-

The Obama health legislation has accomplished only greater health insurance costs to those who could afford it, it's just more redistribution that leads to poorer health for all and more economy destruction-

Wall Street legislation that was just passed only helped hurt the Market more and does not address the worse issue that needed to be dealt with, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-

North Korea senses the the lackluster nuclear foreign policies of Obama and says "bring it on"-

The world panics economically now as Obamas' Bailout, but it's really a taxpayer paid Buyout, but it's really Corporate Fascism, ignites economic fears of what history shows usually ends in revolt-

Democracy is based on a truth code between people and had nurtured one of the most prosperous, oldest, and greatest societies in history-

Federal Government neglect of the BP oil spill crisis enables the designs of Obama's Cap and Trade efforts to have jobless Americans living in communes and using pedal bikes for transportation-

Democracy is not a permanent form of Government, it will only exist until it's people figure they can use it to vote themselves largness from the public treasury, Duluth examples; DFD, S.D.709 Administration, DFL Donny Duluth welfare system mecca, Fish Tank, Northwest Maintenance Facility, T.I.F.'s galore, one after the other failed DEDA loans, Norshor spending, shall we go on?-

Donny Ne$$ will never bite the hand that is killing Duluth, and that hand is something "GREATER" than the welfare system or the DFD, it's the corporate greed here that has allowed for the ineffectiveNE$$ of City Hall to intelligently deal Duluth a future grown from DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP!!!!!!!

When City Hall finally figures Duluth's Facism has them actually living UNDER IT instead of ON IT they may then have a genuine inspiration to attempt accountable intelligence, whether seen on this "retard" blog site or in their own selfish life, it is coming!

84070 - Tue May 25 10:35:15 2010 - [DFL Duluth greed will destroy society] By: Of Politics and Prosperity

84069 - Tue May 25 10:26:53 2010 - [DFD still most expensive FD in USA] By: Truthism

Tourv, your name sounds familiar. Were you part of the planning department at one time? You got yours though, right? Way to crap on your fellow workers! Also, look at staffing levels at the FD vs PD. I believe there are 30 more cops with 1/2 of then being in high paying supervisor positions. Last time I checked, supervisors, and administration have the final say on that happens to the budget, not the unions! Go check the benches at all the union trade offices, people are waiting for work.

84067 - Tue May 25 09:14:38 2010 - [DFDer needs help understanding basics] By: rusty

Tourv; first explain how dfd has changed in the last 20 years to make itself more efficient, then tell how to change for the next 20...use your working knowledge, don't just flock shoot...

84066 - Tue May 25 08:13:26 2010 - [DFD & Planning Dept. will change ] By: Tourv

As you can see the city is holding off on hiring due to financial reasons. This will also act as a tool for discussions for the next union contracts.

The city is financially stressed and has been for some time now. When the city delays hiring critical public safety officials, such as the 4 police officers in Duluth, it sends a message loud and clear to all union members. The top priority in any city is the "rule of law" then infrastructure.

Until the entire city organization changes and operations become more efficient, no more hirings, until contract negotiations are over and maybe even not then.

I'm very familiar with two city of Duluth departments which must do things different. The answer,"because that's the way we've always done it" won't work anymore. The fire and planning department must change operational functions to become more streamlined and efficient. I know firsthand the enormous amount of waste which goes on in those 2 departments. Suggested changes several years back was rebuked by the fire union and the mayor didn't have the guts to challenge them. Ness and Montgomery will.

84065 - Mon May 24 23:02:33 2010 - [Absolutely brilliant--The truth revealed] By: Anonymous

After following "C's" blog activities, I have come to the following conclusion. "C" is a republican party operative. "C" cannot be for real. No one can blog that much and spew such nonsense over and over again. Her endorsement of Melanie Ford is further proof of her true affiliation and agenda. Talk about a great way to derail someones campaign. Simply have "C" endorse them and thats the end of the his / her campaign. I have to give the republicans credit, the planting of "C" into the local blogs is a brilliant idea. A blogger who pretends to be a "progressive" DFL'er who in reality is a republican plant who is surreptitiously undermining and tainting the "progressive" cause. Absolutely brilliant!

84064 - Mon May 24 22:48:43 2010 - [Another DFL bought & paid for election?] By: The Great Cornholio

Dennis, I agree with your analysis of Reinert -vs- Boyle. They are both worthless, however Roger "give me a rhinoplasty" Reinert does have an advantage in that race. However Boyle and his money may be able to buy the senate seat.

84063 - Mon May 24 22:31:41 2010 - [Say no to fat chicks and don't vote DFL] By: Dennis Miller

Big Iron who are you and your DFD hosers pulling for in the Gubnertorial race? The lady with two chins or the other one with three chins?

Will the DFD back Boyle or Reinert for the state senate seat? Hell, Boyle has less time in Duluth than another two chinned Duluth transplant, Carrboro Claire. I'm with Reinert on this one as a Boyle is nothing but a Wisconsin pusshead living on daddy's coatail.

No matter how you look at it, pound for pound the DFL BBWs lead the weigh.

Say no to fat chicks and don't vote DFL.

84062 - Mon May 24 22:07:27 2010 - [DFL Muffkateers Dumb and Dumber ] By: Ben Dover

What do you get when you combine the worst Senator in American history with one of the worst Senators in Minnesota history? You get the Dumb and Dumber ticket of Dayton and Solon. Good thing I was sitting down when I heard that these two clowns will be running for the DFL, big government, big welfare, big tax, drive out small business, more money for teachers but screw students, completely out of touch nomination to make Minnesota all welfare, all the time. We get complete entertainment listening to either one of them try to speak English. Too bad they can't squeak Mary Murphy on the ticket too. She is a real gem to listen to. They could be the three DFL Muffkateers.

What will Dumb and Dumber's motto be?

Dayton, willing to spend his millions to steal millions of yours.

Minnesota has really hit a new low with these two. Wow!

84061 - Mon May 24 21:35:31 2010 - [Please provide links] By: mp

Mr. Obama's Regulatory Czar, Mr. Cass Sunstein, on internet regulation, guns, no hunting, and body parts. FYI- either by regulation or your free choice please provide links to Progressive Action and all Claire's website(s)and postings.

www.liveleak.com/view?i=bdc_1274717815

www.liveleak.com/view?i=116_1253125185

writ.news.findlaw.com/colb/20090914.html - We can by default, take your organs for transplant.

84060 - Mon May 24 21:34:18 2010 - [Lakewalk Robbery/Assault ] By: Locals Gone Wild

DATE: 05/24/2010
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Robbery/Assault
CASE NO.: 10284798
INCIDENT DATE :05/20/2010
INCIDENT TIME: 12:47 AM
INCIDENT LOCATION: Duluth Lakewalk
SUBJECT: Police seeking Robbery/Assault Information
BY: Officer Brad Wick, Information Coordinator

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Duluth Police are seeking anyone with information on a robbery/assault that has left a 21 year old male hospitalized.

On Thursday, May 20th, 2010, at 12:47 AM, the Duluth Police Department responded to the report of a male down on the Lakewalk between Fitger’s and Leif Erikson Park. Police found a 21 year old male unconscious and the victim of a robbery/assault. All of his valuables had been taken. The male victim was transported to a Duluth area hospital where he remains in stable condition with a head injury.

It was later learned that the victim was last been by his friends shortly after midnight near Lake Avenue and I35. At that time he told his friends he was going to walk the Lakewalk.

Police are asking that anyone with information on the robbery/assault to call the Duluth Police Violent Crimes Unit at 730-5050. Police believe someone may have witnessed the assault, know who is responsible for it, or have other information about it.

At the request of the victim’s family his identity is not being given out at this time. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

84059 - Mon May 24 14:54:20 2010 - [Waste Money is the DFL Motto] By: Cynic

I remember when Solon was the only one on the city council to vote for parking a barge next to where Bayfront Festival Park now stands. She could always find a reason to waste a money on anything anyone could would up with. I can only imagine some of the things she has wasted money on while in St Paul.

84058 - Mon May 24 12:11:22 2010 - [Which Box of Rocks has a Higher IQ?] By: Forest Gump

I see Mark Dayton picked Yvonne Prettner Solon to be his running mate for lieutenant governor. My question is which one of them has the higher IQ? When I've heard Dayton and Prettner Solon speak, they both sounded as dumb as a box of rocks, Sometimes, I guess there's just not enough rocks.

84057 - Mon May 24 09:10:16 2010 - [DEMS/DFL Depend on Illegal Votes] By: Common Sns

"I do think if most of these illegal aliens were atheists instead of Catholics to fill half empty churches this whole illegal immigration thing would have been stopped in its tracks years ago."

I think it's also along the lines of - If illegal aliens didn't vote overwhelmingly for the democrats, it would have been stopped in it's tracks years ago!

84056 - Mon May 24 09:05:17 2010 - [It's all lies and hearsay!] By: Average Size

Hugh G

Raymonds whole whine has been that it's all lies and hearsay!

Give us a break!

84055 - Sun May 23 17:41:05 2010 - [Atheists instead of Catholics...] By: Cynic

I do think if most of these illegal aliens were atheists instead of Catholics to fill half empty churches this whole illegal immigration thing would have been stopped in its tracks years ago.

84054 - Sun May 23 17:21:05 2010 - [Doesn't matter] By: Cynic

Rainbow, I think it doesn't matter what I think.

84053 - Sun May 23 17:02:54 2010 - [DFL wants to keep elections rigged] By: Vote Early Vote Often

I see the Democrats & League of Women Voters are against voters presenting ID's at the polls.

Why is it liberals are always against anything that has even an ounce of common sense behind it? (God forbid illegal aliens could no longer vote in American elections!)

They claim the "elderly", "young people" and "low income people" will have such a terribly hard and agonizing time getting a photo ID. Really, are you kidding?

"Elderly people" come from the greatest generation that includes just doing what must be done. Almost every elderly person I know has a photo ID. They needed one, they got it!

"Young people". You mean the people who are always on the go somewhere in their parenst cars or their own cars and get drive somehwere to get an ID? The "young people" who will take 10 times more effort to get a FAKE photo ID so they can get into a bar? Those young people?

Then there's the "low income people". You've seen them. The people who can get out and by cigarettes, booze, get to the casino downtown, push shopping carts overflowing with stuff at Super One. But they can't go out and get a photo ID???

Remember back a few Presidentail elections when Native American Winona LaDuke ran with Ralph Nader? Native Americans were bragging, nation wide, about voting for her over and over again on election day. It happened right here in Duluth too. A local Native American, who "wished to remain nameless" bragged he voted 7 times in Duluth by having friends "vouch" for him at 7 diferent polling places!

God forbid we put a stop to that!!

Do you really think the hundreds of thousands of U.S. servicemen and women gave their lives so we could be free, and have the right to vote, had someone voting 7 times in one election in mind?

84052 - Sun May 23 12:52:58 2010 - [Raymond not embarrassing at all] By: Hugh G

Less than Average Size,

First of all, I am puting way too much energy into responding to your post...this is 5 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Where in my previous post did I mention anything about hearsay or lies? I don't think I made any reference to that. But, that is what you want to think... You want to believe that there is some conspiracy with lies and hearsay. Because without the "lies and hearsay," it's not "news"...it just ends up being a guy who hasn't had his chance to tell his side of the story. I guarantee, when the public finally hears his side, you will be embarrassed by the hate that you had for a guy who is actually salt of the earth.

And for the "embarrassing lot" of guys comment.... The guys I know that he hangs out with are physicians, teachers, soldiers, attorneys, law enforcement professionals, elite athletes, etc... Not an embarrassing lot at all.

Grow up, "less than average size." Base your opinion on ALL of the facts, not hearsay and lies like you are now.

84051 - Sun May 23 08:51:19 2010 - [Veto of domestic partner legislation ] By: Rainbow

Are you DCBers against equal right too? Think about it.

Published May 23 2010
Reader's view: Veto of domestic partner legislation shameful
By: Jeff Anderson, Duluth News Tribune

On May 15, Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed legislation granting end-of-life rights to domestic partners in Minnesota. His veto left same-sex couples in our state without the explicit right to make decisions at the end of their partners’ lives.

The legislation overwhelmingly passed both the Minnesota House and Sen-ate this session. But despite that, Gov. Pawlenty took offense to the potential appearance of the term “domestic partner” in state law.

The death of a loved one is indescribably difficult; no one should be left in the dark, without a say, during such a time. Unfortunately, an untold number of Minnesotans will be, now that the 2010 legislative session has ended and there is no real opportunity for the Legislature to consider overriding the governor’s veto.

This was a shameful action by Gov. Pawlenty and further proof that the next governor of Minnesota needs to be a leader willing to fight for equal rights for all of our citizens.

Jeff Anderson

Duluth

The writer is an At Large Duluth city councilor, serving this year as council president.

84050 - Sat May 22 21:11:17 2010 - [Wasn't Me] By: Hugh G

R K, Im not sure what you are talking about. Dont think it was me...sorry.

84049 - Sat May 22 20:02:22 2010 - [UMD Fire Embarrasing Rod Raymond ] By: Average Size

"Hugh G"

First of all how many times and different situations, and messes, does he have to get into before it's not just always all hearsay and lies?

Second, computer records and logs aint hearsay and lies!

Third, he's getting taxpayers money!! We taxpayers can demand his behavior be civil and proper and, if not, we can demand his removal!

Fourth, his, I just might take my ball and go home, act is a joke! What is he now, the victim??

Hugh, you need to get a bettter, more mature class of friends.

The Rod Raymond "eternally teenagers" guys he hangs around with are an embarrasing lot!

84048 - Sat May 22 19:10:48 2010 - [DFL's Cap & Trade will destroy economy] By: mp

Green energy is being hyped in the USA. It was tried in Spain and pretty much destroyed the country. Unemployment is around 22%. More jobs are destroyed than created in the greeny weeny world. The Universidad Rey Juan Carlos released the "Study of the Effects ofn Employment of Public Aid to Renewable Energy Sources.

www.juandemariana.org/pdf/090327-employment-public-aid-renewable.pdf

7. The study calculates that since 2000 Spain spent €571,138 to create each “green job”, including subsidies of more than €1 million per wind industry job.

8. The study calculates that the programs creating those jobs also resulted in the destruction of nearly 110,500 jobs elsewhere in the economy, or 2.2 jobs destroyed for every “green job” created.

9. Principally, the high cost of electricity affects costs of production and employment levels in metallurgy, non-metallic mining and food processing, beverage and tobacco industries.

10. Each “green” megawatt installed destroys 5.28 jobs on average elsewhere in the economy: 8.99 by photovoltaics, 4.27 by wind energy, 5.05 by mini-hydro.

11. These costs do not appear to be unique to Spain’s approach but instead are largely inherent in schemes to promote renewable energy sources.

12. The total over-cost – the amount paid over the cost that would result from buying the electricity generated by the renewable power plants at the market price - that has been incurred from 2000 to 2008 (adjusting by 4% and calculating its net present value "NPV
in 2008), amounts to 7,918.54 million Euros (appx. $10 billion USD)

13. The total subsidy spent and committed (NPV adjusted by 4%) to these three renewable sources amounts to 28,671 million euros ($36 billion USD).

In table 3 we summarize the results achieved in terms of employment, subsidies and investment in the three main renewable industries. Since 2000, the renewable subsidies have created less than 50,200 jobs.

54 This amounts to 0.2% of Spain’s workforce and 0.25% of Spain´s employed workforce. We can see that the average subsidy per worker added in these three sources of renewable energies is more than half a million
Euros (€571,138), ranging from €542,825 per worker added in or by the mini-hydro sector and two-thirds of a million Euros per worker added in or by the photovoltaic sector, to well over €1 million per worker added in or by the wind industry.

84047 - Sat May 22 18:32:13 2010 - [Blogging from DFD Station No. 1] By: Dodge St

Just up from the secretary's house I see a blogger named City Hall has been blogging from DFD Station No. 1.

I stand corrected as 1 of the DFD all snooze team was actually up blogging. Of course this is logical as I stand by the fact that smoke alarms have saved many more lives in the last 20 years than any firefighter or fire department including the almighty DFD.

Pro-DFD your fellow snooze team members must be proud of your potty mouth. Did you write that master piece from DFD Station No. 1 also?

It past your bedtime boys and girls playing fire department and also past the time to downsize the most expensive fire department in the state.

84046 - Sat May 22 16:54:13 2010 - [Welcome to the light] By: R K

He it is Hugh G the same poster who beat me up in the DNT forums? Welocme to the light.

84045 - Sat May 22 16:44:17 2010 - [DFD fact-based grip on reality] By: City Hall

Starfire,
You are a moron. Before you began typing your drivel in response to my call for an attempt at intelligence ourselves before we berate others, did you bother to read to whom I addressed the comment? It was addressed first to Pro-DFD (your close friend, I know) and then to your little crony. It'd be nice to see people actually have a real, fact-based, intelligent discussion. But, I also have a grip on reality and am well aware that will never happen on trash such as this.

PARROT: City Hall,I will post this for Starfire but am not sure if he is on tonight.

84044 - Sat May 22 14:19:48 2010 - [Yeah, we want Google in Duluth!] By: Anti-Googler

WSJ.com reports that DoubleClick, Google's online advertising company, had been in receipt of personally identifiable information from social networking websites. Yeah, we want Google in Duluth!

84043 - Sat May 22 11:16:05 2010 - [DFL Duluth Exposed is a great site!!!!] By: EMU

DFL Duluth Exposed which one's Claire on the dflduluthexposed.com website?

BTW great site with tons of info that looks like the local DFL rap sheet.

84042 - Sat May 22 10:42:51 2010 - [DFL Nanny State Knows Best] By: mp

The nanny state knows best and you must obey. In a lawsuit on intrastate raw milk sales the USA government states:

http://www.ftcldf.org/litigation/ey100426--ds%20mtd%20memo%20in%20support.pdf

"There is no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular food..." page 25

•"Plaintiffs' assertion of a 'fundamental right to their own bodily and physical health, which includes what foods they do and do not choose to consume for themselves and their families' is similarly unavailing because plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to obtain any food they wish."

The interest claimed by plaintiffs could be framed more narrowly as a right to “provid"e
them"selves
and their families with the foods of their own choice.

Thus, plaintiffs’ claim to a fundamental privacy interest in obtaining “foods of their own choice” for themselves and their families is without merit. page 26

There is No Fundamental Right to Freedom of Contract. - page 27.

We will tell you what to eat, how much, no salt, you will eat tofu, no McDonalds, etc.

84041 - Sat May 22 08:52:34 2010 - [Ford, Kirch, Sipress-loons of a feather] By: Bird of a feather

Scary thing is, Ford has the same "Progressive" outlook as Claire Kirch and Joel Sypress, and probably welcomes their endorsement.

84040 - Sat May 22 08:46:37 2010 - [Another local gets busted] By: tan and proud

looks like another 'local' has been busted by john law for beating the crap outta kids with a belt so bad it left scars...i wonder if this was the guy in that horrible racist google flick working in the cold streets of evil Duluth...yeah, didn't think so ...enjoy your weekend Duluth but watch what you say...somebody may be listening.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/169444/

84039 - Fri May 21 21:37:33 2010 - [Mel must denounce, renounce, & announce] By: Blogster

This message is for Melanie Ford. Melanie (is it OK if I call you Mel?) Mel,I have been following the county attorneys race and have the following suggestion to make. It is not too late to save your candidacy, you still have time to redeem yourself. However you need take action and take action soon. Mel, you need to renounce the support and endorsement you have received from Claire Kirch and Joel Sypress. As has been stated before, the endorsement and support of the above mentioned "agents" is *the kiss of death* to your campaign. Prepare a press statement, go public, hold a press conference. Do whatever you need to do Mel. It is imperative that you distance yourselves from those two subjects. Denounce them now and denounce them often. We all make errors in judgment, I understand Claire can be very overbearing with her activism, I can understand why you were pressured and imposed upon to accept their monies and support. You can save your position as county attorney, you need to denounce, renounce, and announce that you are no longer affiliated with them. Yes you can!

84038 - Fri May 21 21:25:53 2010 - [Grammar will not fix DFL Duluth hosing ] By: Of Politics and Prosperity

Whan speilllig umd garmmar starrt fieximg Dolutth imsteed of beein anooteer laim excusse fore City Hall two adresse theeire trobleed connscenence,,, iet wil b a beatter dey foor aul Dulouthiaans!

84037 - Fri May 21 21:25:10 2010 - [DFL Assclown circus act on Almanac North] By: Ben Dover

For a closer look at two DFL Assclowns in action, tune in to Almanac North this evening,

Reinhart and Huntley.....sad!!!!!!!

More taxes is the name of the game to the DFL. Who cares about those that pay the bills. Squeeze all the dough you can from them all. "Invest" in Minnesota which is of course, raise taxes. DFL does not like to say it the way it is. They think that all the people are as dumb as those who vote for them. "Partner" with the state which translated from DFL code means you pay, DFL spends.

When will it all end? When there is no more money. Cover your back side, the DFL has a target in mind and it might hurt. They want to partner with you and this means they will give and you will receive whether you like it or not.

84036 - Fri May 21 21:23:40 2010 - [Rod is the poster child for DFL Duluth] By: Hugh G

To all of you that are bashing Rod Raymond. I have known Rod and have been a friend of his for over 25 years. He is one of the most compassionate, inspiring, and caring people that I have ever met and I will defend him to the end (as well as hundreds of other people that know him). It's easy to throw stones when you hear a one-sided story and don't know the truth about what really happened. If you ever have the chance to meet him, introduce yourself and take 2 minutes out of your hateful lives to get to know him before you cast judgement. Remember, dont throw stones when living in a glass house!

84035 - Fri May 21 20:48:11 2010 - [Regarding the sequel......] By: Anti-Googler

After watching the Google Twin Ports movie again, I have to ask this question: Will Cathy Kates be nude in the sequel...please?

84034 - Fri May 21 19:48:50 2010 - [Duluth wants bankruptcy, not high speed] By: Anti-Googler

Phone and/or fax Google HQ and let them know that Duluth does not want Google Fiber.

(P) 1-650-253-0000
(F) 1-650-253-0001

84033 - Fri May 21 19:30:21 2010 - ["C" nothing but another transient] By: Blogster

OK. It's clear now. "C" does not feel at home here and she admits it. She does not consider this to be her "home", apparently she is just an alien agent.

From PDD:
"Californians have and express to me every time I return to my homeland. "

84032 - Fri May 21 19:27:26 2010 - [Ford should resign immediately] By: We Are Watching

At this point, Melanie Ford is clearly a lame duck. After being exposed as a radical leftist progressive (which became quite clear with Joel S and Claire Kirch initiated their fund raising campaign to reelect Ford). To save herself from further embarrassment and humiliation, Ford should promptly resign and appoint someone more qualified to fulfill her duties until a proper candidate who represents mainstream Duluth / Minnesota / American values can be elected to the position of county attorney.

84031 - Fri May 21 18:21:24 2010 - [Nice unibrow, Claire!] By: Big Iron

Dave Barry, I hear, is still trying to recover from that pic with the Beast. On a lighter note. Nice unibrow, Claire!

84030 - Fri May 21 16:50:14 2010 - [38 DFDers getting paid tonight to sleep ] By: City Hall

Pro-DFD and Of Politics:
If you're going to hurl insults, you may want to make sure you have your spelling and grammar correct first. Both of you, and most people on this retard-fest (read blog), type diatribes riddled with misspellings and incorrect grammar. This only serves to discredit you and the view you are expressing. Congrats, you are inadvertently playing for the other team.

STARFIRE: City Hall, how do you like using that State of MN internet connection? It must be nice to get paid by the taxpayers and talk smack to them at the same time. What a gig you have there. What's on the DFD schedule tonight, pole dance after hours or just the usual 38 parasites getting paid to do nothing but blog against those that pay their salaries. Pathetic is the only word that comes to mind regarding you people.

84029 - Fri May 21 16:29:53 2010 - [KISS OF DEATH (KOD) FISH EXPOSED] By: DFL DULUTH EXPOSED

Looks like the KISS OF DEATH (KOD) FISH and her agenda has been EXPOSED.

http://dflduluthexposed.com

84028 - Fri May 21 15:02:36 2010 - [DFL Duluth is a Racist City] By: notta feminist

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/169340/publisher_ID/36/

Claire Kirch also weighed in on the blog. In an e-mail to the News Tribune, she called the movie “cheesy” and said it “reinforced stereotypes people in other parts of the country — especially California (Google’s home) — have about the Upper Midwest. For instance, the crowd shots showed a complete lack of diversity.”

84027 - Fri May 21 14:07:23 2010 - [The production was obviously racist] By: Anti-Googler

The production, by Google Twin Ports, was obviously racist. Creative license could have been exercised by casting a minority as Duluth's mayor.

The moviemakers should have gone with a documentary about how that UMD student was victimized online by white power.

84026 - Fri May 21 13:53:07 2010 - [The heart and loins of the Northland] By: Anti-Googler

If the Google Twin Ports movie were to actually garner attention and be in true character with an internet company, it should have been a porno film--starring local celebrities, Danny G. and Ashley, the heart and loins, respectively, of the Northland.

84025 - Fri May 21 13:35:46 2010 - [Wacko Progressives want it both ways] By: Big Iron

Well, the Beast form the East is at it again. In her daily barrage of e-mails to the DNT, she complained the Google movie showed a complete lack of diversity, even though the movie was dominated by women, children and a black guy. Should have been no more than a token white guy in it, eh Claire? Here's the funny/hypocritical part. The Beast and her husband have stated in the past that 'race' DOESN'T exist. As usual, the wacko progressives want it both ways. I tell ya, that "woman" is certifiable.

84024 - Fri May 21 12:43:10 2010 - [DFL Duluth's March on Selma] By: tan and proud

Anti-Googler-Do wake up every morning just waiting to be offended?

Why don't you think the 'man of color' was working a City job with tons of bennies and is happy with his lot? And of course, the white woman isn't just enjoying the view from a home she pays ungodly taxes on to support the city worker, she's 'lording' over the city.

Everything in life isn't about race, sometimes it's just about life. Where else can a couple of stupid remarks on a "Facebook" page turn the U.M.D. campus in the march on Selma?

84023 - Fri May 21 12:43:07 2010 - [DFD works for DFD membership only] By: Pro-union

Pro-DFD must have his head up his ass. What he means to say is anything "his" union can do to put other union workers out of a job is OK. Honorable in who's eyes? No one said anything will change in 3 or even 10 years as far as DFD scabs go but as Pro-union workers know the battle can and will last a lifetime. We will never forget and will remind scabs time and time again what they are.

84022 - Fri May 21 12:31:41 2010 - [You pay 38 DFDers to sleep each night] By: Big Iron

Hey, please be nice to Dodge St., Pro-DFD, you jerk, or he might not make my sub the way I like it.

84021 - Fri May 21 12:20:35 2010 - [DFL Duluth no different than Greece] By: Of Politics and Prosperity

Pro DFD, kindegarten class begins in a few minutes so cut the na na na na naaa. If you are so confident more people recieve true compassion in your constitutionally corrupt political and economically upside down world of Union-DFL taxpayer exploitation show it by growing up and shutting up! Lots of UAW folks took it on the chin without a whimper as the Union sold or lobbied them into unemployment or lower wages using economically unworkable DFL ways! Perhaps you should try exercising the Godfather Duluth unwritten code of your DFL Mafia, like the DNT silence that Ne$$ abides by. Why not, just like Ne$$, go quietly on enjoying a unaccountability, of which is unfeasible in the dying, supposed to be economic life blood, small business private sector, with benefits of a job that you in your heart and mind know should not and can not be economically sustained at current levels. To bad you and Big Iron lower yourselfs, like the protestors now in Greece, and turn to a childish revenge behavior here when faced with a undeniably immanent REALITY!!!!?????? Just look around yourself, and Duluth neighborhoods, far more than are willing to let on are suffering from trying to be independent as well as the many others are who are here based on DFL grown dependency. This continues to spiral while your PAC buys DFL votes to insure your comfort! You take the last word, show your DFL compassion, cause this isn't your typical DCB argument and I find the infantile arguing hasn't improved my ability to: help generate the only real tax revenue that pays to provide your salary, fix crime growth here, fix streets or sewers, stop Duluth GDC(God Damned Crooks) Mafia from stealing real business growth through selfish and corrupt use of the DFL and DEDA, find a decent job here, afford anything but catastrophic health insurance, keep my home, or after 45 years of 12 plus hour days, forget the dream of the retirement I felt I deserved as much as you feel you deserve your DFD job and it's benefits!

84020 - Fri May 21 09:59:40 2010 - [DFL Duluth's "Who ya Blow" alive & well] By: UMD Gal

Here we go again with Rod Raymond!

Can you imagine what would be his fate if he was a member of the "College Republicans"?? He'd have been gone 2 years ago!

Funny thing. The ONLY "male" on campus that's treated with sincere respect by the Chancellor is also the one that DOESN'T deserve any respect!!

Funny thing.

84019 - Fri May 21 08:54:05 2010 - [Raymond proves the "Who ya Blow" theory] By: Muffin Top

I agree it's not who you know in DFL Duluth, but who you blow. Read below from today's DNT.

Raymond says he may leave UMD

High-profile personal fitness trainer and local business owner Rod Raymond said Thursday he may leave the University of Minnesota Duluth in the fall to pursue a Ph.D., but he said he’s not being pushed out of the school.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/169343/

“Considering this is not the first incident of inappropriate behavior, you need to keep the students safe and get this guy out of here,” said junior Kaitlyn Johnson, 21.

Sabrena Ness, a 21-year-old junior studying criminology and sociology, said she felt Raymond was being protected because of his friendship with the chancellor.

“The reason that nothing has happened is that he’s in a high place around here and because he’s the chancellor’s personal trainer,” she said. “If sexual harassment happened from another teacher, a lot more would have been done.”

Jonaton Mitchell, a junior studying political science, agreed.

“The fact that he’s still here has 100 percent to do with his relationships and that he’s fairly influential in the city of Duluth,” he said.

Martin declined comment for this story through UMD spokeswoman Susan Latto.

84018 - Fri May 21 08:53:09 2010 - [Just a different regime running the show] By: Same thing different agenda

"At least Melanie Ford is not one of the 'good ole boys' and that's a step in the right direction for Duluth!"

Ford simply replaced the old "regime" with her new one.

Appointing only people with her leftist political agenda. Forcing the staff to whisper things to each other so she doesn't hear that they may not think just like her. Appointing a person of "color" as an "in your face" act, smacks of a "Good Ole Girl Regime!"

84017 - Fri May 21 06:17:14 2010 - [DFD supports those that bring in the $$$] By: Pro-DFD

I'm up early and getting ready for shift change. And yes, blogging on the taxpayers dime. My union contract allows me to do so.

This blog is a bunch of shit. Big Iron is correct when he says the bashing of Duluth Fire for the last 3 years hasn't change anything. In fact, I know many firefighters who read this blog but don't respond. The truth about us is that we are a strong organization which serves honorably and our UNION doesn't put up with any crap from you neo-cons. I can say since the bashing on this site, our union has become stronger. We realize it's the right-wing whacos who don't like us because we align ourselves with left leaning candidates. Our union believes DFL/Democratic candidates are more passionate for all people and support our department. By doing this they get our endorsement and support. Nothing wrong with that.

A couple of last things before morning shift change. Dodge St. your a complete asshole. You know nothing about our fire department and how professional we are. I challenge you to go to #6 firehall and speak with the two firefighters working. You'll find two people who care about the safety of the citizens in Lakeside and will answer any questions you have.

By the way, our fire department isn't the most expensive in the state. Take a look at Virgina Fire's expense sheet. Virgina residents pay almost twice as much per citizen than Duluth does. Blow that up your ass Dodge St jerk!!

84016 - Fri May 21 00:54:32 2010 - [Where can I find it.] By: Pro-Googler

This I must see anti-googler.."While a man of color labors at his job" Where can I find it. A rare moment for sure.

84015 - Fri May 21 00:15:33 2010 - [Voters in ISD #381 get it!] By: JBBP

The Lake Superior school district is going to go from 5-day school weeks to just 4. It's a good idea. Duluth should try it, too.

Some parents are upset because it means they'll have to find somebody to watch the kids on that extra day, and they don't think they can afford the daycare.

Well, neither can the Lake Superior school district(taxpayers)...

Thank you.

84013 - Thu May 20 23:51:17 2010 - [DFD is as difficult as MIT to get into] By: Big Iron

Nope, It is I. Like 80% of those who take the test, he flunked.

STARFIRE: Big Iron, how can you clowns flunk an exam that asks to print your first name and your last? Is it that hard? Even a chimp can do that. Now your musical talent is a whole different deal and is reserved for your limited capacity kind of people. How grotesque.

84012 - Thu May 20 22:40:37 2010 - [Ford represents whacko left wing fringe ] By: Loving U

All kinds of Harassment is Allowed in Duluth. It isn't only sexual, it's downright nasty, every kind of arrogant, self serving, humiliating put downs that happen here.
At least Melanie Ford is not one of the 'good ole boys' and that's a step in the right direction for Duluth!
Should we go forward or return to the previous regimented regime? Special perks for special folks used to be the rule.

STARFIRE: Loving U, If I have to choose between the 'good ole boys' and the kind of fringe people who are and have been backing Ford, I will take the 'good ole boys'. The Sipress/Kirch support of Ford tells most of us all that we need to know. If those two are backing you, and you openly accept their backing and are proud of it, you are just as much part of their leftist Socialist fringe agenda as they are. Anybody but Melanie Ford is the answer. Not to mention that Claire Kirch does not have a good record of picking winners. So far she is 0 for all that she has supported. Not real good news for Ford.

84011 - Thu May 20 21:01:26 2010 - [Google TP movie rated R--for racist] By: Anti-Googler

The Google Twin Ports movie has been rated R--for racist. The movie comfortably depicts socio-economic disparity between the races. While a man of color labors at his job in the cold streets, it is a white woman who lords over the city from a lavish home at the top of the hill. What a spectacle!

84010 - Thu May 20 18:22:37 2010 - [Google Twin Ports movie a thumbs down] By: Anti-Googler

I give the Google Twin Ports movie a thumbs down. The creators failed to recognize Duluth's greatest treasure and online export: "Danny Does Duluth."

84009 - Thu May 20 17:55:23 2010 - [Is that made up? It sounds made up] By: Kevin

Rod Raymond? Is that made-up? It sounds made-up.

84008 - Thu May 20 12:23:24 2010 - [Raymond needs to be fired ] By: Barb J

Hugh G,

Are you defending the disgraceful actions of Rod Raymond? It’s only a matter of time until this gets around the Twin Cities where many of the UMD students come from. Raymond needs to be fired for UMD to avoid significant damage to its reputation.

84007 - Thu May 20 11:23:46 2010 - [Ford Agenda Went Into Action Day 1] By: Big Iron

Also, remember just AFTER Ford was elected? She threatened to sue the county board because she felt her starting wage wasn't enough? She got what she wanted. Then she demotes the best chief prosecutor St. Louis Co. ever had (John Desanto) and appoints her alternative lifestyle buddy and campaign backer (Leslie Biers) to the position. I'm glad the C-Beast from the East is backing her...The kiss of death.

84006 - Thu May 20 11:00:42 2010 - [Live At or Near Lakeside Fire Station?] By: Truthism

OK Lakeside dude and Cynic, post your phone number so a firefighter can call you everytime they go out at night. I live near the main station and those sirens are going steady all night from that place. I wake up when they go so how do you figure they get to sleep all night?? I'm sure Lakeside is less busy but I bet you'll be happy they're there if you have to call or can you give yourself CPR and fight a fire with a garden hose?

TONY: DFD Truthism, come on now and tell us all the truth. Do you live near or get paid to live at the DFD Lakeside fire station?

84005 - Thu May 20 11:00:12 2010 - [Old School History of UMD Corruptness] By: Hugh G

If you think that Mr Raymond is the only person who has ever used University property for personal gain, you are ignorant. EVERY Tweed Museum art show or book signing leads to money in the artist's pocket. They are there to do one thing and one thing only...that is to show their wares and sell what they have created. How about every student sending in their resume' for employment via their UMD email? Maybe we should barr professional scouts from any UMD athletic games...it may lead to a big contract for that player! Do you really think that this was an isolated event? It is a witch hunt. Brandon Stahlinski should be ashamed of herself (yes, herself) for even stirring up this old news. Maybe we could do a story on the strippers at DFD breaking their ankles on the firepole at 2am....or is that "old" news?

84004 - Thu May 20 09:17:12 2010 - [DFD Connection?] By: It is I

@ Big Iron was Rod Raymond ever a DFDer?

84003 - Thu May 20 09:06:56 2010 - [Vintage Mel ] By: Charlene

Good Morning!! Years ago when Mel Ford was first running for office, she wanted to march in the Spirit Valley Day's Parade. However, she refused to pay the entry fee for Politicians. She quoted a state law, copied it, sent a threatening letter, and stated she would sue if the rules were not changed. Boy, why don't I get a warm fuzzy feeling about this woman? Please, vote this egotistical, pompous LIBERAL out of office!! Thank You!!

84002 - Thu May 20 09:02:21 2010 - [Sexual Harassment Allowed at UMD] By: ultra fit my ass

Not only is racism alive and well at UMD but so is sexual harassment! So much for taking back the night at UMD. This proves it's not who you know, but who you blow in DFL Duluth. Rod Raymond should be fired from UMD. What a fricken disgrace!

Sexual harassment at a liberal breeding ground! Another DFL Duluth Double Standard! Why aren’t all the feminists taking on this deviant?

Someone needs to start a FACEBOOK GROUP to PROCTECT ALL WOMEN AT UMD FROM SEXUAL HARASSMENT of UMD STAFF.

Boycott Burrito Union and Brewhouse and anything else that Raymond is involved in.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/169192/

Third complaint against Raymond leads to suspension
The UMD fitness instructor and well-known business owner was suspended in December for illegal use of university e-mail and technology.

84001 - Wed May 19 21:55:24 2010 - [Death by ASSociation] By: Karma

Not only was this Claire the kiss of death for Beth, but also Laurie Johnson. Melanie Ford will be the next victim of ASSociation. But it doesn’t stop there. Look at the failure of the numerous blogs that the compulsive operative has ruined with multiple monikers/handles. The Buzz is her latest victim. Prior vile on PDD was finally dumped when she found another site and PDD with Claire has improved to a great extent. Duluth Solutions out of business. Comments on the Duluth News Tribune were also dropped. Just what if the Duluth News Tribune was intentionally brought down and the offensive comments that caused the DNT to remove comments were intentionally posted by operatives that wanted to limit the voices of opposing view. These neo-socialists don’t play fair and aren’t above stooping to the lowest of strategies.

84000 - Wed May 19 21:33:19 2010 - [Great job Duluth Police Department] By: Lakesider

Great job by the Duluth Police Department in handling the Lakeside home standoff. Peacefully resolved with no injuries. Very professionally handled.

83999 - Wed May 19 19:56:57 2010 - [It all started with a sip of Kool Aid] By: mp

Shame on you blatant racists. Quite clearly there is inference that certain people of Chicago Norwegian ancestry are coming to Duluth to commit criminal activities. This cannot be. All of us are "one." Mr. Joel Sipresss, husband of Mrs. Claire Kirch, clearly states that there is no race and you are troglodytes for such backwards ideas.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/494572

"The tripartite division of humankind into "Negroid," "Mongoloid," and "Causcasoid" occupies a position in the biological sciencse roughly equivalent to that of the Ptolemaic model of the universe in astronomy..."

83998 - Wed May 19 17:04:58 2010 - [Flash-bang grenade and teargas ] By: Locals Gone Wild II

Police roust man from Lakeside home standoff
Duluth police used a flash-bang grenade and teargas to roust a man out of his house at 2012 51st Ave. E. this afternoon, ending a nearly six-hour standoff in Lakeside.
By: John Myers, Duluth News Tribune

Duluth police used a flash-bang grenade and teargas to roust a man out of his house at 2012 51st Ave. E. this afternoon, ending a nearly six-hour standoff in Lakeside.

The man left his house to escape the teargas and was taken into custody without incident.

Police were called to the scene just after 8 a.m. on reports that a man who has mental health issues had entered his neighbor’s house at 2006 51st Ave. E. with a knife. No one was hurt, and the suspect returned to his home.

When police arrived and attempted to lure the man out of his home, they got no response. The Duluth police tactical response team was called in and the home surrounded. Police used loudspeakers and a “throw phone” in an effort to communicate with the man but still received no response from the man, said Brad Wick, Duluth police public information officer. No one else was in the home during the standoff.

Police used the loud flash-bang device “to get his attention and let him know we meant business” and then used teargas at 2 p.m. to bring the standoff to an end, Wick said. Police had blocked off 51st Avenue East north of Glenwood Street throughout the incident.

The man has a history of minor run-ins with the law, but nothing serious, Wick said.

83997 - Wed May 19 15:43:38 2010 - [Another million dollars of welfare] By: Kevin

NorthlandNewsCenter.com has a story where Senator Franken announces over a million dollars of welfare for the I-Falls airport. Congressman Oberstar had previously secured millions of tax dollars for the Hibbing airport. Has Senator Klobuchar selected a remote airport to sponsor yet?

83996 - Wed May 19 15:14:27 2010 - [O'Neil doesn't see Chicago connection] By: Common Sns

"I see another 'local' has been sent to prison to live off Mn. taxpayer's money for 20 some yrs. Funny how his family had to travel from Chicago to view the sentencing. Heck, as long as they're here they should stop over to the Govt. Services Bldg. and check out what we're giving away this week."

Contact County Commish Steve O'Neil and point out to him the connection between welfare/assistance and "imported" crime.

Despite 5,000 examples of this, Mr. O'Neil says he "doesn't see a connection". Even though the cops have also said this for the past 20 years!

Maybe with the 5001 example, he'll get it??

I'm not holding my breath!

83995 - Wed May 19 10:12:31 2010 - [An example of the DFL Duluth progress!] By: another local yokel

I see another 'local' has been sent to prison to live off Mn. taxpayer's money for 20 some yrs. Funny how his family had to travel from Chicago to view the sentencing. Heck, as long as they're here they should stop over to the Govt. Services Bldg. and check out what we're giving away this week.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/169112/

83994 - Wed May 19 09:16:45 2010 - ["It's Melanie!!!" ] By: Cold Fish

On a personal not regarding our County Attorney.

You can tell a lot about a person by observing them when they think they are not in the public eye.

It was said earlier that she flaunts her high IQ. Her attitude truly is, that no matter where she is or who she's with, she's the "smartest one in the room".

Also, for someone obssesed with people of color, the down trodden and the "little people" she can be very dismissive and arrogant. A woman helping her out at some campaign function called her "Mel", her nickname used only by her closest of friends. She stared daggers at the poor woman and snapped "It's Melanie!!!"

Not exactly "Ms. Warmth"!

83993 - Wed May 19 08:23:41 2010 - [November can't come soon enough] By: Kory

Unemployment nearing 10%, Budget deficit nearly triple of the disastrous Bush years, Iran pursuing nukes, more troops sent to Afghanistan, VAT being talked about, Obamacare and its associated costs, Government growing, resentment towards washington politicians. Commander in Chief bowing to foreign dictators, Attorney General calling an Arizona law unconstitutional then admitting he's never read it, A US supreme court nominee who's written only a few opinions, Every candidate Obama and Biden endorsed ends up losing, USA now owning banks, car companies and giving bailouts to anyone who asks, Obama using the bully pulpit to attempt to stymie FOX news and then other news organizations protest him for it, Obama's radical left-wing agenda being rebuked by 78% of Americans polled, and the list goes on and on.

Fucking November can't come soon enough. I'll admit I voted for this "experiment". I'm sorry.

83992 - Wed May 19 07:56:06 2010 - [Progressive Coffe a.k.a. Kool-Aid] By: Coffee Drinker

This blog is a bunch of crap. Claire and Joel and winners. Claire is on the right side of every issue and just because her political endorsee sometimes doesn't get elected doesn't mean she is the kiss of death as you say. Claire has it goin on and knows the issues.

Joel is very passionate on the anti-war issue and never misses an opportunity to express his opinion. However, sometimes he overdoes it when protesting the wars. Most of us didn't want to walk to Bayfront on April 15th to disrupt the tax day tea party but we felt compelled as Joel wanted us to and felt we'd get more press coverage. Joel and Claire are wonderful people and we need more of them. They are and have been an inspiration to many of us over the years.

83990 - Tue May 18 23:40:31 2010 - [C *progressive* agenda = Ford demise] By: Blogster

Great to see you back Ben! You're a beacon of light in this *mistake by the lake* called Duluth. I concur with your assessment of Ford's campaign. It's essentially over. When "C" and her old man Joel went public with their endorsement of Ford, the truth was cast upon Ford and her so called *progressive* agenda.

83989 - Tue May 18 23:11:16 2010 - [C, Kiss of Death to all that IT endorses] By: Ben Dover

Chester Creek Watch: The support for Ford by the one and only C thing is great for Rubin. C has a record of sinking all candidates that it endorses. C backed a Carpet Muncher awhile back and wham, the Muncher was done in politics and had to head back for the shag. I heard that C backed RT Rybak and what happened to him? Done. Now C is fully behind Melanie Ford. It looks like lights out for Ford.

C has been the kiss of death to candidates since it has slithered into town. Has C ever picked a winner?

The blogger who suggested that C is a Republican plant might have hit it right on the head. C is more effective at sinking candidates than all the opponents money combined.

Rubin couldn't buy this kind of help. Thanks C!!!!

It is great to be back in the city with the worst streets that I have encountered in the past few months. I'm glad to see that DFL Donny Boy Ness resigned the contract with AFSCME that allows the taxpayers to be kept grabbing their ankles 24/7 all the while he is lining his own pockets and the pockets of his DFL buddies like the Pudknocker!!!!

I'm back......Pudknocker!

83987 - Tue May 18 22:33:18 2010 - [38 chimps @ 82K/year=tooooo much $$$$$] By: Dodge St

Just up from the secretary's house. Mr, Big Iron,(aka DFD/DFL exposed) it's been 33 months you've had your DFD ass handed to you.

Everytime the heat is on the DFD they suddenly become busier. We're on to you. Big Iron is a DFD union THUG

You shouldn't be proud to be a member of the most expensive fire department in the country. 38 firefighters sleeping tonight........zzzzzzz....zzzzzzz

83986 - Tue May 18 15:44:27 2010 - [Ford Backed by the Kiss of Death ] By: Chester Park Watch

Regarding County Attorney Ford, she is backed by the one and only kiss of death herself, the Queen of the Blogospere, Claire Kirch!

At 5:30, Duluth City Councilor Sharla Gardner, with Claire Kirch and Joel Sipress, will host a fundraiser for Ford at Carmody Irish Pub, 308 E. Superior St. Duluth.

http://www.howiehanson.com/?p=40089

83985 - Tue May 18 15:29:20 2010 - [Ford's MAJOR PROGRESSIVE agenda ] By: Time for Real Change

Melanie Ford was an attorney for a big American corporation (Cargill I think?). I believe she served for them in South America or Latin America, she speaks fluent Spanish?

She decided that her company was "exploting" foreign workers and she quit. Her mind set was then, and now, that Americans and especially American corporate types are a bunch of racist, conservative, scum! She's not the type to be flying the flag at her house or holding her hand over her heart during the national anthem, that's for sure.

Her campaign events and campaign meetings were interesting. A lot of bitching about George Bush, what that had to do with St. Louis Cty I don't know, and how she was going to appoint a minority to her County Attorney team as soon as she got in office to, in her words, "Shake up the good old boys in St. Louis County"! A woman with a MAJOR agenda she's constantly pushing by all those around her!

This mind set permeates her every waking minute, an over the top ultra liberal/"progressive"!

That's our County Attorney!

83984 - Tue May 18 11:56:02 2010 - [DFD Entertainment Blog of Choice] By: Big Iron

The demanding from you and the cast of clowns here has been going on for 32 months, Dodge St. What has the demanding and exposure done in that 32 months?...Zip, Zilch, Nada. However, it is rather entertaining.

83983 - Tue May 18 09:29:01 2010 - [Ford's Gang and Agenda Needs to Go] By: NO NAME WITH POST

I see Melanie Ford has announced her bid for another term as "County Attorney to People of Color"? Hey Melanie! What about us law abiding, average tax paying constituents? Don't you care about us?? You'd think as the chief law enforcement official in the county, she'd actually like the people in her jurisdiction that actually obey the laws? Nope!

Oh that's right, according to Ms. Ford, and her gang, the problems in St. Louis County are caused by the "non-racially sensitive" law abiding taxpayers, and our law enforcement, that of course, intentionally target minorities. They, "her people of color", couldn't possibly be causing the trouble for themselves??

Ford is touted as having such a superior inteligence to everyone around her, really, just ask her! Think how smart she'd be if she used both halves of her brain!

Go Mark Rubin!!!

83982 - Tue May 18 08:12:27 2010 - [The pink leotards go to... ] By: Dennis Miller

Starfire, with Ramos now closed down and Stahalinski now closing down his blog, do the pink leotards got to Big Iron? It seems the DFL go to Stahlalinski just like Ramos: http://www.areavoices.com/buzz/?blog=78697

And speaking of pink retards; what about the C-Beast? What blog will she F-up next?

83981 - Tue May 18 08:03:56 2010 - [Smoke Alarms Save Many More Lives ] By: Dodge St

Just up from the secretary's house. Smoke alarms are by far the best defense in saving lives during house fires.

Smoke alarms have saved many more lives in the last 19 years than any firefighter or fire department. The DFD's fleecing has become exposed. The DFD firehall just down the street from me and just up the street from the secretary has responded to 4 emergency calls thus far this month. Waste of money to have two full-time firefighters sitting in lounge chairs watching "Backdraft" for the umteenth time. The most expensive Fire Dept. in the entire USA has to change. We will continue to demand change until the fleecing stops. Just think, 38 firefighters sleeping last night.

83980 - Mon May 17 22:32:02 2010 - [Smoke alarms a lot cheaper than $82,000] By: Cynic

Here is the story from DNT. If not for the smoke alarm at that time of night it could have been DFD pulling four bodies from the house.

"Four people escaped a fire in a Duluth Heights home early Friday without injury.

Firefighters responded to the fire at 604 Dale Place at 3:05 a.m., according to a news release from the Duluth Fire Department.

Assistant Fire Chief Jim Ray said Cindy Way, the owner of the house, was awakened by a smoke alarm. She and her adult daughter, her daughter’s boyfriend and a 5-year-old child escaped safely and called 911.

An engine company arrived within three minutes, the news release said, and the fire was contained to an exterior wall. Minnesota Power disconnected electricity to the home.

Initial damage estimates are $15,000 to the structure and another $10,000 to contents.

The Duluth Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the fire. Ray said the fire appeared to be electrical in nature, and arson was not suspected."

83979 - Mon May 17 22:16:16 2010 - [Another save by a smoke alarm] By: Cynic

Thank goodness the smoke alarm awakened someone. Another save by a smoke alarm.

83977 - Mon May 17 21:13:09 2010 - [Keep DFD most expensive FD in USA!] By: Big Iron

I'm sure the DFD is breathing a sigh of relief knowing that they met YOUR stringent requirements, DAVE. Good thing the response time wasn't 3 minutes and 1 second, eh? Do you think fire fighters are in turnout gear the entire shift?...Obviously. Do you think they sit in the rigs with engines running, just waiting for a call??...You must. The call time doesn't start when the rig leaves the hall...K? When you get that clue, let me know.

STARFIRE: Big Iron, what do you consider "turnout gear", a pink leotard? Of course they are not prepared to go on a call. How could they when they are sleeping, washing their personal vehicles, blogging at DCB, grilling, and many like you who are performing and apparently quite skilled from the talk around town in the area of 1st chair musicians. It doesn't take a masters degree in DFD bullshit to get it Napolean. Even you might get it one day, but I doubt it.

83976 - Mon May 17 13:09:15 2010 - [Miss U.S.A 2010 pageant] By: Kevin

Did you see our entrant to the Miss U.S.A 2010 pageant? When did the Northland start growing 'em like that? Why was I not told?

083975 - Mon May 17 12:26:41 2010 - [Libs Don't Understand Breaking the Law] By: What

Mr. Duluth

"You will see the white people bonding at these blogs in their words. This law was sold as a way to control illegal immigrants, yet many at these blogs view it as a way for control on another level."

Here's the main problem/lie that you liberals keep repeating. They are not "Immigrants"! They are "Illegal Aliens"! Breaking U.S. Law!!!!!! They are not "Immigrants"

Mr Duluth, if a criminal breaks into your home at 3:00 a.m. through a basement window, would you consider them a "guest"??

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