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Has anyone else heard about the store opening up in the old Fashion Bug? It’s Halloween City. They open today at 4 pm.
Sounds awesome!!!!!!! Will have to check it out!
Thank you!
Loud pipes save lives!
@relived-Bull Sh##. You can’t hear the pipes until the bike is passed if you are driving with the windows up. That is just a excuse for breaking the law and disrupting the lives of other people.
I’m glad to hear that you are already planning your exit strategy. Good thing too, as my opinion is…. you will most certainly need it.
For whatever reason I think you are purposely driving any semblance of a campaign (you might have once had) into the ditch, because deep down, you really don’t want the job in the first place. And… most people already know that you won’t leave if you do lose your election bid so, please stop teasing us.
So stop already. Keep your word and move on. What a relief not to hear your dribble, but we all know this will not come true because you’re a loony bird
No Peter. This is me. And know im hungry for op pizza!!
Nah, skip the OP, come to Little Chicago, the have the best pizza in North Iowa. Pete knows this.
Ok Pete. Me and my boss Josh will meet you for pizza.
I believe at this rate, you won’t get 15% of the vote. Just sit down and shut up. Buy some radio ads if you want to hear yourself talk.
There are set times to vote on pay raises and when they take affect. Iowa Code, something you’ve never read, explains it in detail.
People say the govt shutdown is caused by politicians not extending the debt ceiling. The real blame lies with the people who allow govt spending to have gotten so out of control that the debt ceiling has to be raised to accommodate the money this country is spending. And the sad fact is that this is a problem that has been festering for so long with nothing being done about it. A problem ignored is a problem that never gets solved. Is it really that much to ask that a country live and spend within its means?
How about all this debt and the President and tribe spent 100 million dollars vacationing and sight seeing Kenya. Money well spent huh. It’s spending like this that needs the debt ceiling raised.
The debt ceiling hasn’t even come up yet. That is later this month.
I’m only looking ahead 2 weeks. One must look ahead.r
oh then never mind. please continue being myopic.
I just stopped going to mason city chiropractic and my wife,and my daughter,and my son,and my mother in law, no shit!!
I honestly don’t understand why any business would put “Vote For…..” signs in their yard or in their business. I guess they don’t want my business either.
i stopped goin there a long time ago. he takes 30 seconds to half ass put your into place and then runs out of the room. i get bills from him for days that i didnt even go see him. if you go to him watch your bills carfully
What a great incentive not to vote for you Peter. Where will you go, Utopia?
Does anyone know about fencing requirements in town? Does the fence have to be a certain distance from the sidewalk?
Call 641-421-3626 or 641-421-3620 and ask for the zoning person.
A quick and easy search at http://www.masoncity.net for the word “fence” yielded this:
“Q. What are the regulations for building a fence?
A. Fences constructed in residential areas can be built to a maximum height of 4′ in the front yard and a maximum height of 6′ in a side and rear yard. Fences constructed in other zoning districts are not restricted in height.
A fence can be made of any type material. Barbed wire is permitted only for agricultural uses after obtaining specific approval from the City Council or in industrial or commercial installations when used atop a security fence if the barbed wire is at least 6′ above ground level. There is no regulation with regard to which side of the posts the fence material is fastened.
A fence can be located anywhere on a lot, up to a property line. Clear visibility shall be maintained on corner lots above a height of 3′, measured from the established curb grade. The visibility zone shall include that part of the corner lot that is within the area bounded by the intersecting street right-of-way lines and a diagonal line intersecting said street right-of-way line at a distance of 20′ from the corner.
A building permit is only required to erect a fence over 6′ in height in residential, commercial or industrial areas. This permit may be obtained from the Inspection Services Division. “
I saw a bookmeyer signs at Mason City Chiropractic and shoeneman realty. I’ll tell you right now, im tellling all my friends to avoid those places. I go my back looked at there and i wont be going back.
I’ve noticed it as well. Scott (MCC) is a decent guy but until the sign it down or Booky is gone, he won’t be seeing my family.
I think the ones by Mason City Chiropractic are in the right of way where it is illegal to put them. I know for a fact that Hickey had to take down a bunch that he had placed illegally.
Peter, you trying to slam the person you are running against is a really classy way to run a campain, that will get you a lot of points.
Recently there was a discussion about mental illness and guns. Last night on “Sixty Minutes” another Law Enforcement professional gave this view to which summarizes the situation.
““The irony is so deep that you have a society that finds it wrong to have people warehoused in state mental institutions but those very same people were OK if we warehouse them in a jail,” Dart told CBS correspondent Steve Kroft. “You’ve got to be kidding me.””
Makes one wonder where the priorities really lie.
Peter. For the Love of God, take your medication! If you don’t have the money then make a foil hat out of aluminum wrap and the voices will be more manageable. Plus you will get live broadcasts of the Vikings games 24/7. Think about it dude.
Great to hear you are prepared for the Big Shutdown, oh thats right you have yet to plant your organic garden being busy building guitars dependent on just the thing you rant on about-Electricity! You make it sound like all we need is people trained in technicle jobs and poof we are in utopia. We built this great country off the blood sweat and backs of the common hard working men & women who had to bypass going to college so they could either serve their country or support their family, yes we also had and needed the technically trained and educated professionals but neiher would survive wihout the other. Now back to the loud muffler, it is only a ticketed offence if it exceeds the set decibel level if not then its just an annoyance, not any different than a crying baby lawnmower, chainsaw, construction power tools or train blowing its horn or an electric guitar. Its called life in motion, and yes at times its noisy. Have a good day.
Peter, You shot your election chance in the butt when you started your rants on here. All Gary Hugi needs to do is cut and paste every post you have posted on NI today and state the source and the date of the post, put the flyer in the mail and he will win with very litte effort. You are the one that has destroyed your chances, you can’t blaim it on anyone else.
I’m sorry Peter. But with all the ramblings and rants you have posted, you will probably have quite a difficult time getting votes.
Quite frankly I’m really tired of your posts. Maybe you should quiet down before the election.
Peter L, this is a note that you sent on here with my response below, you never answered it. The portion of the note you sent was: “Polio Loco, I don’t believe in door to door campaigns. I consider a persons home their castle, and unsolicited visitors are something that always irritated me, so I wouldn’t do that. I rely on word of mouth, advertising, mailings, yard signs, and my telephone survey which is now up to the 3300 level in the phonebook.” What is your response?
I responded with this on 9/27: “Peter, How do I put this other that you are not being honest with the numbers you report. You had stated that you contacted 3,300 people? That is not possible, you reported to the City Council on the 16th that you had talked to a total of 76 people, now your number is close to 3,300? I don’t belive it, that is contacting and talking to 358 people a day for the 9 days after the council meeting. Here is the video, Peter is talking at the begining, you need to make sure you go to the start of the video…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JWAXCAUyBU&feature=youtu.be
I would have expected that kind of response from you Peter. So, from what you have said before, you stated that door knocking is invasion of privacy but you think non solicited phone calls are fine, AKA telemarketing and push polling?
So you are catering to the person who doesn’t speak up and is a lazy non-voter… I think we know how that will turn out.
Did they close the CG county jail? Every time I have tried to log on the last couple of days, it shows occupancy 0.
Got the same thing. Ask Peter Lugosi, he says he’s very smart.
They lost their main IT guy for a legal issue for a while, he is on administrative leave and his back up must be swamped. I am sure that they will have it back up on Monday.
I think they want to shut down north iowa mugshots since it is a major embarrassment to the sheriff’s office which gives a lot of information to the people who run the page. A deputy snitches most of the insider info. Pretty embarrassing for the sheriff, who knows all about it.
Interesting…the Winnebago County Sheriff’s page has been off line for over 3 months. The response is there was some updating that needed to be done and the IT guy was working on it. That was over 6 weeks ago. It still isn’t on line. Now, Cerro Gordo is not up either. Sounds like the county Sheriff’s have decided that releasing info is not something they want to do.
Just wondering if the last post is what you are running on? Loud vehicles? Really? Not crime, education funding, city infrastructure or development of old and new business to your area, the upkeep of our natural resources and healthy recreation options for the young and up to the eldely. Just because someone does not agree with mine or your views does not mean they hate you,they just don’t like your views. Good day to you sir.God Bless the USA.
I’ve overheard you at Cabin Coffee talking how you need to get out of a town that’s too stupid to understand how enlightened you are… Mason City has Max, Clear lake has you… only difference between you & Max is at least you have a modicum of communication skills… Lord help both communities if they’re fool enough to elect either of you.
please shut up, you ranting is getting quite annoying
Peter L. or Count Dracula?
I haven’t been on this website for months now. A while back I skewered NIT’s sacred cow Peter Children and I was told that I was facing a long term ban. I said nothing worse than Peter Children has ever said. So I just decided to stop coming to NIT until I recently found out that Matt is running for council. Up to election time, I am going to check in from time to time just for the heck of it. Just to see how it’s going.
Matt it’s good to see that you are finally putting your money where your mouth is and run for office. I really hope that you win. I am honest when I say that. I want you to win because I cannot wait until the local media ( TV, newspaper, and radio) carves you up. I cannot wait until they drag your family into the mix as you and your minions have with Bookmeyer. I can’t wait until they follow you all over town and report on every move you make and do.
Maybe you will have your little lackeys and minions who work for you come after you in the very same way they have come after the mayor and current council members. I have my doubts though. Maybe the media can come up with some catchy little name for you that you and your lackeys and minions have come up with for the mayor and council members. How’s this one….. Onion Skin Marquardt. Skin so thin that you can see through it. If you think that you have thick skin now, you haven’t seen anything yet. Remember, one time you mentioned that you have no problem with public figures being criticized. By running for public office, you now fall into that category.
Imagine this little scenario if you will. Matt defeats Janet Solberg and the mayor and other council members win re-election. You will have no friends, no allies, no coalition, nothing. You will be all alone, a man on his own island and you will have no one but yourself to blame. You will be the lone “no” vote at the table. Who will you turn to then? If that’s the case, then you should just do the honorable thing by falling on the knife and resign. You will be of no use to those who elected you to office. How effective can you be with NO friends on the council? How are you going to work with anyone to get things done? You have made more enemies than friends.
Maybe if you are lucky your buddy Max can pull an upset and win the mayor’s seat. At least then you will have one friend at the council table you can turn to though it will not do you any good. Having Max as mayor and you as a council member would be entertaining to say the least.
So you and your friends can write and say what you want about what I say. I won’t be reading it so I don’t care. Like I said, I will be checking back from time to time. And one last thing, there is one little caveat I have been holding back but I will save that for later. Best of luck in your council run Matt.
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT CATHOLIC, THIS IS EYE OPENING …
When the Catholic Church was founded, there were no hospitals. Today, one out of five people in this country receive their medical care at a Catholic hospital.
When the Catholic Church was founded, there were no schools. Today, the Catholic Church teaches 3 million students a day, in its more than 250 Catholic Colleges and Universities, in its more than 1200 Catholic High Schools and its more than 5000 Catholic grade schools.
Every day, the Catholic Church feeds, clothes, shelters and educates more people than any other organization in the world.
The new Obama Health Mandate could end all this and the tax payers would have to make up the loss.
Also, all Catholic adoption services would come to an end; a human disaster.
There are more than 77 million Catholics in this country. It takes an estimated 50 million Catholic votes to elect a president.
I am asking all of you to go to the polls in 2014 and be united in replacing all Senators and Reps with someone who will respect the Catholic Church, all Christians, and all Religions with perhaps the exception of Islam.
Mr. President, you said, “The USA is not a Christian Nation”. You are wrong we are a Christian Nation founded on Judeo-Christian values allowing all religions in America to Worship & Practice Freely.
Something Islam will never do.
Oh, by the way, on MUSLIM HERITAGE IN America …
Have you ever been to a Muslim hospital,heard a Muslim orchestra, seen a Muslim band march in a parade, know of a Muslim charity, ever seen Muslims shaking hands with a Muslim Girl Scout, or ever seen a Muslim Candy Striper volunteering in a hospital ?
Have you ever seen a Muslim do much of anything that contributes positively to the American way of life?
Very well written post. Good job, I am not Catholic but I sure agree with your post.
I would ask you to back up your post with some facts. I truly doubt that the ACA will have any effects on Catholic Charities. You have drank to much of the “tea”. The republicans aren’t trying to protect us from the ACA. They are scared to death that it will succeed. That would be the end of many of the House Rep. jobs.
I would ask you to back up your post with some facts. I truly doubt that the republicans are scared to death that it will succeed.
if they aren’t afraid of the success of the ACA they would just let it be implemented, wait for it to fail, and take over congress in 2014 and the white house in 2016
Still no facts?
joao I have used common sense in my post. I still haven’t gotten a response to me asking for facts so I’m not sure how to argue with TURN TO JESUS. All he/she has posted without any facts is just their opinion, which they are entitled to. But don’t try to pass it off as facts. I don’t know what will happen when the ACA is fully implemented and neither does anyone else. So my argument about the GOP being afraid makes perfect sense.
and by the way…I agree with John. A very well written post. To bad it is a bunch of bs.
Will ACA pay for the atrocities committed by pedophile priests in terms of life long care and counseling for the millions of victims of the church?
No Peter, we don’t live in a Democracy… We live in a representative Republic.
@Anonymous- You said that I was not entitled to special treatment outside the library. I never knew that common courtesy was classified as special treatment. I always thought is was considered as “Doing unto others”.
@ To Everyone Else – All I did was post an incident that happened to me. I didn’t ask for any responses, so with all due respect, I will ignore the ones that were offered. Good bye.
If anyone is interested in buying firewood. Be sure not to buy from that Cory Huber that was in that article in the Globe. What I ended up getting was about 1/2 cord of wood. In the story it leads you believe your getting a 4×8 stack of wood. When in fact you getting a lot less. He said Whisky Creek was one of his biggest custumers. And he got the free advertisment from the Globe. If he would of not had his son with him he would not got off the yard. He showed up with a short bed truck filled to the top of the box.
Baffles me why a 7th grader in RRMR school district can hold scissors to a classmates throat & not get expelled
What???? I hope the kid was arrested!
Peter L. you have turned this whiners den into a place where you whine all the time.You sound like a nut case, what else good will you do for Clear Lake other then the 1 or 2 you metion ALL the time.What are some other things are you going to when you WIN ( and that’s beginning to look like a NO Win).We like to hear them and stop your whinning.C’mon dare you too come up with some.
Well he is in the right place then! Peter L, King of the Whiners! Peter, after you lose the election 90% to 10% what are your plans?
He is absolutely insane. I feel bad for his parents having to support him and dealing with his antics.
i agree his constant rambling is very annoying. i cant wait untill he loses this election and hides in shame
Peter can’t your mother see that you are crazy
I have seen a number of entries about the library, so I thought I would add another one. I was at a local fast food place today when one of the librarians came in. She is a person that I have dealt with, and talked to before, and while I don’t consider myself a friend, I know that she knows who I am. I smiled and nodded, and she looked at me, looked away and walked right past me. I didn’t expect an effusive greeting, but a nod and a smile (simple common courtesy) would have been nice. This lady acted like she was up there with Robin. I have never understood before why there have been so many negative comments about the library, now I am beginning to understand.
I work with the public, a lot. I have many repeat contacts with many of them and I have occasion to learn their names. When I am out and about I frequently am approached by people who obviously know me and they often politely greet me an initiate a conversation. I have learned to greet them back with a friendly “Hi, how are you doing?” even though I don’t have a clue who they are while I silently hope that something in the conversation rings a bell. When you encounter someone repeatedly in one setting, you may not recognize them out of that setting. If they walked into my office, I would know who they are. In the line at the grocery store, I can’t place them. It’s also very possible this person was distracted, shy (a lot of librarians are), not wearing their glasses, etc. Maybe this person’s mother taught them not to talk to strangers? When you are in the library you are a customer. When you are outside the library you are simply a person this library employee encountered. You aren’t entitled to special treatment outside of the library and it seems like this person did not mistreat you. Please rethink this situation and recall any time when you were distracted, shy, or simply couldn’t place a name to a face. Then, you need to apologize to this library employee the next time you see them.
@Anonymous-Good points, all of them.
@Anonymous – When someone smiles and nods to me, I at least demonstrate common courtesy and smile and nod back. It’s really not that difficult to do. Try it sometime. I try to never be in too much of a hurry to be friendly.
@Just Saying-that is a personal response and not everyone does that.
@LVS – Judging from the rude, insulting way you respond to some of the people who post on here, that is the kind of answer I would expect of you.
@just saying-what was wrong with that? Why do you have to try hurting my feelings all the time. Do you get off on something like that?
Petey,
Did your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend leave you to run off with dirty biker with loud pipes? Or was it that your momma had a dirty biker with loud pipes that would come by when your daddy left for work? What the hell is your ordeal with motorcyclists? I’ve seen you go on and on about bikes with loud pipes all over the place. I’ve seen your comments about how you thought the O.P. (Wednesday night bike nights) paid off the police department with money that actually went to CL and Ventura Fire and EMS as donations they collected during their 9/11 remembrance. Your Facebook page has your silly campaign poster where you specifically target motorcycles. Almost every time you mention the loud exhaust, it’s targeted. Once in a while you throw in the word “vehicle” and have even classified people with trucks as “bubba”. You really are a little man, aren’t you? If you’re going to go after the exhaust issue, you had better start broadening your attack. What about those stupid fart can mufflers on Honda civics? What about personal water craft on the lake? How about those loud v6 or v8 boats out there on the water? What about the neighbor down the street mowing his lawn? All of these exhausts are loud and obnoxious, but you seem to have it in for motorcycles. Don’t you think there are more pressing issues in Clear Lake for you to be basing your campaign on? Is this really the staple of your existence? I’m so glad I don’t live in Clear Lake and have to put up with a low class individual such as yourself.
Why doesn’t the city sell the open land in front of the library to a developer. Maybe he can build a house on it, less maintenance for the library, and reap property taxes from the people who would live there. It’s an empty lot with trees, wasting space that could be used for something else.
President Obama was a no-show at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral despite being invited to attend and thus snubbing England’s invitation as a representative of the American people.
Joe Biden also refused, as did Hillary Clinton.
By the way, former Secretary of State George Schultz went to the funeral.
The British took note of the fact that the Obama administration
chose not to send a single senior member of the Cabinet.
In fact, no actively serving, elected Democrat attended Lady Thatcher’s funeral.
The Obama Administration did, however, send a formal delegation of 14 to the funeral of Socialist Dictator Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died last month.
Need any more RED flags???
Nutcase.
Nutcase. Is that the outside of an acorn? If it isn’t, then please expand on your single word entry which makes about as much sense as “tree”, “building”, or “light bulb”. Without something to reference it to, it’s simply a word. It’s really not that difficult.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/thatcherfuneral.asp
Where can I get yard signs for Matt and Max?
Matt said the other day he has a few left, almost 100 in voters’ yards already. I’m sure he’d bring one. His office number is local, 515 897 1144.
Here is a question for the head of the library. How come the library is designed so that anyone can take a book or books off the main stacks, walk out thru the commons area without checking the
book(s) out, and leave, essentially stealing the book(s)? No wonder the library is so much in debt with leadership like that. The library is like a welfare family. It feels that it is entitled to all this money just because it’s there. And the city is dumb enough to give it to them.
Because treating patrons like criminals is probably frowned upon?
But stealing is not frowned upon?? So it’s all right to let people just walk out the door with tax payer purchased books. Right. That’s why govt. entities should be treated like a business. Try walking out with something w/out paying at Wal-Mart, Target, or Fleet Farm. It’s your kind of attitude that perpetuates this type of waste. I don’t know why I should be surprised. That’s a prime example of how this city is being run right now.
I hate to break it to you but stealing something that is free get loaned to you isn’t very likely.
I hate to suggest this, but most people would do it before displaying their ignorance. You might wish to talk to a librarian about stolen books before making such completely stupid comment.
Free or not, someone would steal it. When I was in high school, before they had the door alarms, almost the entire Civil War section was stolen. There was also quite a few other books stolen, as well.
Save it for your door to door campaign.
Sounds like you are trying to bully people into voting for you. Peter just give up nobody is going to vote for you and I bet not a whole lot of people that said it was a bother to them wouldn’t care either way if anything was done about the loud tailpipes. Its like saying everyone in clear Lake should get a new car. I bet a lot of people would agree with that, but if it does not happen nobody would be too broken up about it. Get a job and keep up with that garden buddy.
Then you are lazy if you don’t want to get out and meet the people you want to represent. Put a door hanger on their door then. I also don’t see a “Paid for By….” disclaimer on your ad on this page. Fix that too.
Peter, How do I put this other that you are not being honest with the numbers you report. You had stated that you contacted 3,300 people? That is not possible, you reported to the City Council on the 16th that you had talked to a total of 76 people, now your number is close to 3,300? I don’t belive it that is contacting and talking to 358 people a day for the 9 days after the council meeting. Here is the video, Peter is talking at the begining…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JWAXCAUyBU&feature=youtu.be
you need to start at the begining of the video to hear what Peter said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwB-e1zw2MA
Pure Comedy Everybody thinks your the ahole Peter.
mr lageeohs me n me broz gonna come by n give u a lil treat an it goes somthin like this:
Strait refers to a body of water.
To those who have commented on who owns guns, gun control, and Chicago, may want to watch this recent video of common sense from a public servant of that city.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-videos-mccarthy-press-conference-excerpts-20130924,0,3122491.premiumvideoplaylist
Background: In the neighborhood where I was born, 13 people were shot last week in a gang related incident.
Obviously this weapon was not legally owned and the owner nor user had a permit (FOID) for it.
To coin what someone said, “why enact more laws when criminals already ignore the ones already on the books?”.
I got a better idea, why don’t they just arrest Chapo!
@Observer, from some of your previous postings I take it that you work somewhere in the legal system. Do you think that the governor of Illinois should deploy the National Guard in Chicago and would it be legal or would they have to declare martial law in Chicago in order to do it?
I am not in the legal industry, nor any sort of authority.
That aside, calling up the National Guard while attractive and appears menacing, they are not law enforcement officers. If anything, sad to say, they might become targets themselves (probably good training in urban warfare).
Along with militarization, another idea that surfaced was a door-to-door search for illegal weapons. Too Stalin-like, not to mention just plain unconstitutional.
Actually there are no quick easy fixes. In this particular case, the gunman should have been taken out of society on prior counts (while I doubt his disregard for human life would have magically vacated his brain as a result).
And prisons where they are sent if convicted, end up reinforcing those bad behaviors. Is that really a solution?
My response to the mental health/gun issue is that usually the shooter has been indoctrinated into the Liberal Progressive aka Communist mindset. Most of the time they fall into this group. Makes sense when you think about it, unless you are already in this group. Liberals…mental health deficiencies ….I have the solution, we can do like the S Koreans do when they take in a fugitive from N Korea. They have to teach them how to navigate the simplest things in a free society. We could re-educate all the Liberal Progressives aka Communists, and this wacko liberal shootings dilemma would virtually come to an end!
One’s mental health issues have nothing to do with political leanings. It really is pretty sad anyone would even consider making a comment like that.
Instead, why don’t you take the time to try and learn more about those who’s lives are altered because of their mental deficiencies?
Then, ask yourself why both sides of the political aisle refuse to fund mental health at proper levels, instead of leaving those who are ill to their own devices.
Observer, maybe I did ask myself why, long ago in fact. Perhaps it is a new thought for you. I can tell you that as long as our government continues on its spending spree the way it has been, and accelerating even further under the ‘Great Deceivers’ watch, we will NEVER be able to afford mental health funding! That would only be accomplished in a fiscally responsible gubment! Something tax and spend libs will never abide! The only thing you can expect is for the Democrats to make proposals, get a little press from that and then, the press will move on to something more ‘newsworthy’
First off, it is not a new concept to me, but something observed for a very long time.
Second, I care not for the blame game. My belief is, if it were a priority, it would have been accomplished.
Our community, indeed our country depends upon addressing the common good of all citizens. In relegating it to polarization, to partisan bickering, only makes matters worse. It is a pox upon both sides of the aisle to lay blame on the other.
In the mean time, those who need help, are driven deeper into problems for themselves, and as a result the community they live in also suffers.
very insightful post, you hit the nail on the head.
Peter L- Even if they did find funding for some sanctuary how could they possibly continue to afford workers to care for the animals. How could they continue to feed the animals for years to come? What happens when they eventually run out of space do they keep purchasing more land, hire more employees, ask for more volunteers, hope more people donate money and food to continue to fund a GROWING problem? No sadly that solves very little. If anything it would be nice for someone to set up a low cost spay/neuter program to help control the population of animals. If more people spayed/neutered and acted like responsible pet owners this wouldn’t be such a HUGE problem all over the country.
You are very good at spending other peoples money. You are also good at telling us what you would do if you were rich. Truth is, if you were rich, you don’t know what you would do because you don’t know what you would have had to do to get there.
Good idea Peter, I could take my pet there and drop it off to get killed by a natural preditor. That is briliant!
The State has animal welfare laws that apply to pounds, shelters, and rescuers that say animal facilities must be climate controlled and their primary housing units must be sanitized daily. Current laws would not allow for the type of sanctuary you are describing. Furthermore, cats, in particular, can carry contagious fatal illnesses and would have to be euthanized or isolated if they test positive or the healthy ones would get sick and die. It is also about impossible to keep cats and dogs fenced in with a chain link fence. Some will climb out, push out, or dig under the fence. It would take a lot of extras to make a place like that escape-proof.
doesn’t it make more sense to get the guns out of the crazy people hands? That makes more sense than arming everyone and waiting for a shootout. The guy at the Navy Yard last week had twice before been involved in unlawful gun discharges yet he could still legally buy another gun. That is insane. Some laws and practices need to be addressed.
There is a story posted this morning on facebook about a man that was believed to have a gun near a gun free zone at a college in North carolina was shot and killed by campus police. Then there was a story about a kid that was suspended from school for playing with a toy gun in his own yard. I think the left has people so scared of guns that they will react first before asking questions. Almost like it’s open season on gun owners.
maybe I can’t follow your logic on your comment about open season on gun owners. There are thousands of non gun owners killed annually by gun owners. How is that open season on gun owners?
I have seen dozens of stories where people are legally carrying guns either concealed or open that are being harassed or even attacked and as in the last story even killed just because they are carrying a gun. To me that is open season. I know a lot of the police and deputies here so I haven’t had any problems but other people are not so lucky.
Your comment about hundreds of non gun owners being killed by gun owners annually. I don’t think that people being killed by criminals counts, unless you have sympathy for the criminals which I don’t.
So what you are saying is if a masked gunman highjacks your car and you are shot by him you aren’t killed by a gun owner? Or that doesn’t count as a gun owner killing someone? How about the husband, with no criminal record, who buys a gun legally, get into a terrible fight with his wife and shoots her? Does that one count. The husband wasn’t a criminal until he shot his wife.
Your logic is very hard to follow on this one maybe
You are putting everybody in 1 category. A criminal that obtains his gun illegally and kills someone is a gun owner but an illegal one, a person that buys a gun legally and uses it to kill a criminal that is threatening his life is a gun owner but both are in different categories. It is leftist of you to combine them both and demonize them. Any person that uses a gun, weither bought legally or illegally and uses it to commit a crime is a criminal.
I can’t get past anyone killed by criminals doesn’t count. Tell that to the parents at Newtown!! In your mind the only ones that count would only be those that are killed without any laws being broken. How can you possible ignore the other 20,000 plus per year.
Ok you lost me there, looks like you are reading between the lines and making up your own story. All I said was that putting law abiding citizens that protect themselves legally and criminals that kill people for the fun of it, in the same category. Sounds to me like you are putting everything on the weapon and not the shooter.
maybe here is what you said ” I don’t think that people being killed by criminals counts, unless you have sympathy for the criminals which I don’t.” On average 8 kids and teens are killed each and everyday by guns. The 23 killed at Newtown or the 13 killed at the Navy Yard or….
They don’t count. what a cold and callused remark. How can anyone being killed with a gun not count? Even in war they still count to someone. The ones I have sympathy for are the ones that you say don’t count. The ones that are dead. It happens every day someone, a noncriminal, becomes a criminal as they shot another. I agree there are the majority of gun owners that will never become criminals. But you also must agree that there are legal gun owners who every day become murderers. But to say that because you are killed by a criminal doesn’t count, that just is wrong.
Peter, put a pole in that hole!
Peter L.
Is there any possibility of getting your name moved up on the life expectancy list.
@peter l……Here are the facts of the common sense man. NRA member for 38 years, owner of 3 shotguns, 2 rifles, 1 handgun. Former military, never have been nor never will be a policeman, and I have nothing but respect for our local law enforcement who I believe do a dangerous job day in and day out to the best of their abilities.
Here are the fact of Peter L….paranoid, narcissist, who cant stand the fact that somebody can have a different opinion than his so his paranoia gets the better of him and is going to be one of the”40 plus year old males”” who is going to shoot it out when the time comes.
You must be one of those idiots who drives a old police car that they got at auction and leaves all the antenas, spotlights, and more on the car so they look like a unmarked cop car, and they can play cop as they drive around town. You also might be one of those idiots who just because they have a conceal permit like to go to hy vee grocery shopping with their .45 strapped to their side. They make a farce of themselves, conceal the weapon you don’t need to show it to everyone to make themselves look like a tough guy.
My guns are in a vault in my home and come out like they did this weekend for waterfowling, and target shooting with the handgun. I am a NRA member who is not a paranoid fool who thinks “they” are coming to get my guns.
@commin Sence Man, I can agree with Peter’s statement when he say’s, “I drive a super fuel efficient GEO Metro.” It has no front fenders and is in very bad shape, plus it hardly every leaves his mothers front yard, thus the great fuel economy.
Commen sense man if I run into you sir im gonna buy your beer! What you speak is complete truth. You know the game. Peter does not.
what happened to the 2000 honda? Couldn’t get it back together?
Rabbit If i could high five for that comment I would! Peter im an instructor in active shooter.
They say this is the place to rant and rave so here goes.
My mother and father in laws came to our home for a visit last week. Was supposed to be a 3 day thing. They are still here and show no signs of leaving. What the hell am I supposed to do these people are driving me nuts?! And my wife is all part of this as she keeps helping them make excuses to stay one more day. These people have taken over my home. Im at my wits end.
I’d tell those people to hit the trail. A man’s home is his castle.
Absolutely, tell them to get the hell out or start paying you $500/mo. for rent, $300/mo. for food, and $100/mo. for utilities.
2nd thought……Tell them to hit the bricks as they have outstayed their welcome and tell your wife she can join them since she doesn’t care about your sanity.
It seems as though you have several options. Both are potentially painful so use extreme caution.
#1 Slowly remove your testicles, one at a time from your wifes purse and begin to carry your own nads like a man.
#2 Swallow your manhood and suck it up. If you haven’t already fought and won this battle it could be hopeless. Reside in your basement or garage.
Hmmm…. I didn’t know Wayne Lapierre lived in Clear Lake and could vote for you. Ha.
Clap, Clap, Clap
You just lost my vote.
@peter l…gun ownership is neither patriotic nor god given duty…it is a right under the laws of our land. Your flowery story about a shooting at Southbridge mall holds no water to what this issue is all about, I have stated before and you have not answered even though I asked for your view., it is a MENTAL HEALTH issue!
Your solution to stopping mass shootings is to arm everyone, to train everyone in a military/police fashion to shoot to kill. Your view on this is pragmatic in a narcissist way, you believe the facts as you interpet them to be the only truth, it says a lot about you. I feel you are taking this stance as a way to get elected, pander to the right and left wing nuts who buy into the “if somebody steals my bike I am going to unload my 9mm into them” bluster.
You have no ideas what it takes to shoot and kill another person, you have no training in the effects of these situations, and you have no answers to stop the carnage mentally unstable nuts do when they go on a shooting rampage.
You talk about “soft” targets…if that was true why are there not more shootings at hospitals, targets, wal marts, sporting events? These are all soft targets. Again you don’t get it…its about a person with no sense of reality who is completely unstable that commits these crimes. The location doesn’t matter, its the person commiting the crime.
Even though I’m a little ticked off with Petey for his constant attack on motorcyclists, I have to give the guy props for his belief in the 2nd Amendment. I don’t know that I agree with all of his thoughts in his above comments, but I do have to disagree with you and your thoughts about an armed populace. If you need proof of what an armed society can be like, you have only to look to Switzerland. This is a country that get’s it. They have been living it for a long time. ONE mass shooting, back in 2001.
A Gun Culture That Works
Do some research.
I DO agree about the mental health issues of this country. We need to stop sending all this aide to foreign countries and start worrying about our own. They don’t give two squirts about us when we have a need, so why are we sending them all of our money and resources?
@peter l……Wayne Lapiere of the NRA is nothing more than a spokesman for the gun and ammo manufactures of the country, if you think he is the voice of reason and the beacon people should look to for a answer to gun violence then your dead wrong.
Your statement that crazed individuals will think twice about going ahead with their plans of chaos and destruction shows a complete lack of understanding why these people commit these crimes. Guns are not the problem or the answer, this is plainly a mental health issue. If you think for one second that arming every wal mart, mcdonalds, or mall worker, etc., with handguns will stop a insane person from going ahead with a mass shooting shows you have no grasp on this problem.
From your last statement it is clear that you name is basically sarcassim.
@maybe…NON-common sense says we should arm every last person in this country, and they all should be prepared to shoot it out anytime they feel threatened that would most certainly stop all gun violence.
Sir. You could not have of hit that nail anymore harder! And old Peter saying he has stared down many cops is bs. He has been arrested by many cops.
And the pot calls the kettle black.
@Peter L…again you are taking a simplistic view of a very complex problem. Hopefully your solutions to Clear Lakes problems are not so one level in a multi level problem.
Your solution to mass shootings is to arm the ticket taker at the movie, have the janitor at the school pack a loaded 9mm, have your average office worker in say a Navy office building locked and loaded with a .45. if this was a solution to these or might save somebodys life it would of been done. It takes a well trained and morally strong person to shoot another person even in a life and death event, is your average kindergarten teacher able to do that?
Remember the people that commit these crimes are very unstable mentally ill people if they know everybody in the building is armed do you think that will stop them?..they have no sense of reality. So again this is not a gun or no gun issue it is a mental health issue….what are you proposing in providing better mental healthcare? That is the crux of the problem peter.
No Peter . What commen sense said is exactly true. Dont talk about things you dont know. Its that t simple.
@ common sense, that sounds like an oxymoron to me but anyway. You can go without a gun all you like but if someone starts shooting either a civilian with a gun or a police officer with a gun will stop the criminal. You take away the civillians guns and you will have to wait till a cop gets there, good luck.
Common sense man, wendingo, sorry guys Peter just ate your lunch on this one. Virtually all of these wackos seek out soft targets (gun free zones) so as to do as much damage as they can before they are taken down. Like the recent school invasions full of unprotected children. Or the Colorado movie theatre. Even the Navy yard shooter chose a gun free zone. Not everyone needs to be armed, but not knowing who is armed matters to these guys. The more legally armed citizens we have, the less gunfire we see! Kudos to Pete on this one!
Peter you have zero idea what your talking about when it comes to active shooter.
Peter, I have a CCW and I carry every day, I spent 12 years in the military and another 5 working with law enforcement. I have been shot before, a couple times, and right now the only place I will go that is gun free is when I take my grandson to school, and I leave my gun locked up in my car. I will not go to the mall or any other gun free zone.
At Ft Ripley in Minnesota they have an infantry simulator which felt very close to the real thing, for civilians I don’t see using a simulator like that for training. What I do know that will suffice is paintball. When I was on the army pistol team we ran through the hogans alley which I enjoyed very much. Trying to get the same level of training for civilians that the police have, I don’t see that happening so it all comes down to the persons character, training is one thing but if the persons character is to run away from danger being armed is good for him but not for anybody else.
Here is something for all of you seniors- They only raised my RX premium $3.00 p/ mo. for next year and I thought was great. Then I saw they opened up the donut hole $120.00. It went from $2,980.00 p/yr. to $2,850.00. That means the coverage went from around a 10% co-pay to a 48% copay once you get in the donut hole. That means if you take two types of insulin it will cast you an extra $230.00 p/ mo for your drugs once you hit the hole. They also are not covering a lot of drugs that they used to cover. Plavix is one. They are taking money from seniors to fund Obamacare. they should be so proud. We worked all of our lives just to get screwed by the government when we retire
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/23/its-official-obamacare-will-increase-health-spending-by-7450-for-a-typical-family-of-four/
Is there something in the water in Northwood? How can a small town have such big problems?
you talking about the Sheriff?
more big problems last night I understand from a friend of mine. Should hit the news soon.
Peter, I gotta ask, are you hearing voices?
your crazy man… good luck, you need it
You are drunk with perceived power.
Don Quixote rides again! Sad, very sad. As well as unpleasant,
are you really planning on campaigning on the noise pollution issue? I agree it is annoying but its done and gone as soon as the motorcycle or w.e it is drives away. ITs not that big of a deal quit crying so much about a small annoyance.
Peter, you are wanting to make CL quieter by bringing in the loudmouth, mudslinging politics you are familar with in MC. CL has done quite well without the drama in the council chambers, and I would bet will continue to do so. Let’s see, a guy that is well respected and known in the community and has managed a business in the community, versus a guy that is unemployed, likes to promote himself, has a documented problem with authority and alcohol, and generally likes to stir the pot. Yeah, I know where my vote is going.
A politician (which is what you are trying to become) that claims to “bow to no authority” will never get elected. The megalomaniac ticket is not real popular in this part of the world.
For the last two years and some months I have lived in a house that is freezing cold in winter and blazing hot in summer. Why? Because the landlord will not do the right thing for any of his tenants. he keeps the money all for himself, does minimal “band aid” repairs and has good friends in the City government who turn a blind eye to his lackadaisical way of doing things. This is typical of the ‘slumlords’ of Mason City.
Why do they get away with it? Well, for one thing, the standards of the city for landlords and their property is substandard for the norm across the state. Secondly, they rent to sometimes very low income people over whom they run slipshod rather than giving them fair treatment. Even trading sex for rent. This is just plain wrong, of course, but since no one listens when they complain, then it’s ‘okay’ for the landlord to do this.
Using his own key, walking into a house, unannounced, and telling the tenant because someone else pays their rent that he, the landlord, can do that. Guess what folks, that is called breaking and entering and it is illegal.
Lying to the tenants about why he won’t repair or replace a really rotten window with a higher quality window because the house might shift and break the new window is just asinine. Why do the residents of Mason City put up with it? Because they are in the minority and don’t realize it’s going happening on a daily basis.
Solutions: Raise the landlord fee from $20 landlord to $200 per unit with qualifications for the license. This will ensure that the tenant will be treated better, and the landlord can stop making enormous profits from his over charged tenants.
Increase the standards on all the properties in Mason City. Have a month each year of clean up and fix up where all people have to clean up their yards and make their homes look more attractive. (Go to Pella, Iowa and see how high their standards are. There are NO junk houses, and people keep strong values of living…no drugs.)
Partner with North Iowa Community Action in order to provide help to those who don’t have the money to pay for paint and someone to repairs their exteriors.
Eliminate the corruption in the government where the landlord can get his buddy to pass the house/apartment building based on their friendship, or even passing a few dollars between them to get a good report.
Changing the regulations to improve the quality of life for the tenants who have very little income is on the landlord. He gets their money every month, or kicks them out into the streets, and yet, he has no repercussions when he fails to perform based on the Iowa code.
Provide a helpline for those tenants who have come against some difficult situations with the landlord and have no where to turn. These are all low cost solutions to a very big problem.
There are many good landlords here, but the ones who are turning Mason City into a slum are the ones who need to learn they can’t do that any more.
Don’t like your landlord? Don’t like the rental? Move. Its all up to YOU. If YOU the renter refuse to accept the conditions or the landlord’s actions, he will be forced to change or allow his unit9s) go unrented.
Isn’t there a dept. at city hall whose job it is to handle these issues? If you report these things, and don’t get any action, take down the name(s) of individuals you talked to, post a blog w/their names and what happened, and maybe public opinion may come to your aid.
@ Joao Do Carmo – For some of these people, moving is not an option. They may be on a fixed income, i.e. social security, pension, 401k, limited savings, and have to take the housing they can afford. There is no excuse for unsafe or unhealthy housing.
This is easier said than done. It cost quite a bit of money to just pick up and move, and honestly there are not enough quality rentals for affordable prices in this area. There are plenty of decent houses for rent, unfortunately the landlords think it is reasonable to ask $800 plus a month for a two bedroom house in a “nice” neighborhood.
It takes money to move. A lot of the repairs are just plain common sense. Poorly done, and with poor quality materials to do it right. You obviously think it’s easy to be a tenant. I have had some really good landlords and they kept things up. They repaired things immediately and didn’t wait until MY property was lost because their had no concern for my things. I will move when I have the money to do it.
I’m pretty sure she’s referring to the pharmacist landlord who owns hundreds of apartments in MC. I heard lots of horror stories about him back in the 70’s. He would let himself in with his own key, hoping to catch some young woman in a state of undress (which happened more than once). The talk around town was that he was more than willing to make a “trade” for rent. I find this reprehensible, especially since he has daughters of his own.
No more human rights department to take the complaints to. Thanks Mr. Bookmeyer, council.
I know who you’re referring to and another rumor is that he molested his daughters, also.
I believe the rumor. Years ago a friend of mine rented from him. He was definitely creepy.
we call him Chester the molester. At least one of his daughters is a real piece of work
Actually, no, but it still stands to reason that the corruption in this town is the biggest share of the problem with landlords who are just collecting money and not doing their part. The lax standards are just plain ridiculous. NO guts to do the right thing, just go along with the crowd and take the pay check. They should be ashamed of themselves for the way they DON’T do their jobs. I will vote to get rid of them, without a doubt. The one we should have, Lionel Foster, they got rid of because he likes doing what is right. Now there will be no voice of reason until the elections.
Kathy I am sorry to hear of your predicament. I like your suggestions. It’s too bad that there is corruption in our City Hall. It is embarrassing how our mayor and council behave. You, I and our neighbors deserve better. Please vote these people out of office.
Matt what was the 45k for then
Start up funds and the purchase of the people’s choice sculpture, I believe.
This may be sort of old news, but I’ve been hearing conflicting stories. According to almost everything I’ve seen on this website the city has blown tens of thousands of dollars on statues. The other version I’ve heard is that all the statues are on loan (but still for private sale) from the artists. At the end of the predetermined time frame the city and artists agreed to a 15k deal on one of the statues (voted on) and the others will be returned to the artists. If anyone could help clarify I’d appreciate it.
Matt, the City committed $45,000 last year in taxpayer dollars from the hotel-motel tax fund to a non-profit organization lead by Robin Anderson called Sculptures on Parade. There was a council work session held on a Tuesday evening where the issue was discussed and Robin Anderson made a presentation and asked the Council and Mayor to hand over the dollars. The following Tuesday the council approved the $45,000 after Brent Trout “discovered” the extra dollars in the fund. The council voted 6-0 in her favor. I believe the sculptures are for sale, yes. I do not know what happens to funds brought in from the sale of each sculpture. The City does have to pay $15,000 to purchase the people’s choice sculpture.
Council packets are archived on the City’s web page. Lots of interesting information there. Here’s a link to the Council Packet for the meeting where the funding decision for $25,000 was made for this year as well as a breakdown of what costs it covers. The Council also agreed in principle to provide $15,000 next year to purchase the people’s choice sculpture again, but that won’t be finalized until the next budget is done so it’s not guaranteed. It also includes photos of the sculptures and their prices. The memo starts on page 322 of the packet:
http://www.masoncity.net/docview.aspx?doctype=packet&docid=11551
Thank you very much for the link, I really do appreciate it. I didn’t realize this was 40k total for fiscal years 2013 and 2014. I’m still not sure how the 45k total is being reached but that clears things up for me.
Matt, the cost to the taxpayers is actually a lot higher. Hours and hours of staff time installing the sculptures and other unforeseen/unaccounted for costs. This is straight from city staff themselves. My official position on the sculptures is this: Robin Anderson should have raised the $45K privately. City Hall should not be the first stop for projects like this that need funding. Once she raised the start-up capital, I would be open to giving the sidewalk space downtown and some city staff time making sure the sculptures are safely installed.
PS: Read the City Council packets from July/August of 2012 for more information. masoncity.net
Matt, I am sure they will get around to raising donations after they collect enough to pay back taxpayers for the cost of Blue Zones.
While the idea of a healthy community is a noble goal, it should have been facilitated without cost to the taxpayers. As well, it should have been coordinated with other company sponsored wellness programs and not a competing entity.
I have always wondered, where is the Cerro Gordo County Health Department in the Blue Zone program? I feel the inclusion of the CGCHD should have been a must. I have seen little or nothing from them, and I wonder if this means that the Mayor over-reached bringing the City into this full steam. Mason City has a weak-mayor form of government, but that all changed when Eric Bookmeyer was elected. Using intimidation, bully tactics and the clout of the special interests like the Chamber of Commerce and the EDC/Corrdior, he subjugated City staff and rammed Blue Zones down our throats. Eric Bookmeyer knows less about being healthy than my big toe. As I understand it, he smokes, eats and drinks to the point of gluttony. He should have brought in the County Health Department and the Supervisors at the courthouse on the Blue Zone, but he didn’t, because he knew it was easy street at City Hall because everyone is afraid of him there. Mason City is going it alone, and I predict once he is no longer Mayor, the Blue Zone idea will peter out into nothing, which it is not far from now.
With Max in the race we have a real chance to get Bookmeyer out. Hopefully the jobless government check collecting domestic abuser standing in the corner will box out and shove his free internet idea where the sun don’t shine. Put the bong down Quinn you are a loser and only going to take a handful of votes away that are need for Max to win this. As if it wasn’t bad enough having your gf jump in when the 5’1 20 something was kicking your butt in the street you continue to bring yourself shame. Where did your cute little Symonds arrested…I mean for mayor mug shot go you used on your campaign page?
It is OK to have an opinion, to feel passionate, to express yourself. But could you have done it without the innuendo?
Does anyone know if its illegal to sell memberships to a health club/fitness center in advance before the business opens? I thought I remembered that money needs to go into an escow account to protect consumers from fraudlent businesses.
remember ProLife saves lifes
http://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/cool-ice/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=iowacode&input=552
552.14 “2. It is unlawful for a physical exercise club to fail or refuse to establish the escrow account required by section 552.16.
552.16 “2. If the physical exercise club does not fully open for business before the two hundred eleventh day after the date it enters into the first physical exercise club contract or if the club does not remain fully open for thirty days, the buyers whose payments are held in escrow under this section shall receive a full refund, including the buyer’s pro rata share of any interest earned thereon, from the escrow agent.
looks like the CrossFit gym will have to be on hold until after the election. Hope they have an escow account
Kropf twins gotta be in there and mayeb the sauers but they all moved lol
Look out Booky, word on the street is Max is coming to take your job, and he will finally get this city council and town on the right track. GO MAX!!
fortune teller!
EVER WONDER WHY PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST THE POLICE? PLEASE READ THIS. Also why havnt we seen this on NIT or any other news source as much as other news items?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/16/charlotte-north-carolina-car-crash-victim-shot
The same thing happened in the Boone Iowa HyVee a few years back. NO reason at all to shoot in the chest. Police should be held to a higher standard, or they need to retire from their job if they cant perform it safely.
Except for the guy in Boone charged the officer with a knife and his stun gun didn’t work.
Interesting how the reality of the situation changes when a few key details are left out.
I know a few people in Boone that also think the shooting was uncalled for. should have been shot in the legs for sure
I believe that police officers are trained to aim for what they call center mass. This ensures a better chance at hitting the target. Firing a handgun accurately is not all that easy and having to shoot under duress and trying to hit someone in the leg is even harder. They call it deadly force for a reason.
@Whatever-I know guys who can put 10 out of ten in the bulls eye at 20 yards and so can I. Your comment doesn’t hold water. The police practice shooting all the time and have to pass test to qualify. You are making excuses for them.
LVS, I worked with the sheriffs department in Yavapai county Arizona and they are trained to shoot center mass, if you pull your weapon you better be prepared to use it and if you use it you better be prepared to take a life. You never fire a warning shot or you never shoot to wound. on a completely different note I found a web site that someone posted and I am not sure what to make of it. There are a few articles on it and I have heard through other sources almost everything on here but still something just doesn’t sound right.
http://presscore.ca/2012/washington-dc-navy-yard-shooting-linked-to-attempted-arrest-of-obama-for-treason.html
thanks for the information Maybe (and others). However, this is my point. just because the officer is trained to shoot to kill, does this make it right when they do? Maybe the real problem lies in what the officer is trained to do. this is not Iraq. these are people that need help. Not to be “legally” murdered.
I am not trying to justify what the officer did, he reverted back to his training but I do believe he over reacted alittle.
Hi Peter, I grew up in Clear Lake and owned a home there. As I remember, there is an assessment for the street as well as the side walk if they need to be replaced. You indicated that the City covers the cost of the street replacement and not the sidewalk. I would be interested to find out if that is the case. I would be surprised if your street needed replacement that the home owners wouldn’t be charged an assessment for that. That is the deal in Mason City and pretty sure it is the same in Clear Lake. You may want to look into it.
Hey Peter, I live in clear lake and had a street and sidewalk project that I wasnt too happy with at the time. I was assesed for both the street and sidewalk. since that time I have watched city street projects very closely. since I started paying attention-which was about 2006, the city has almost always included sidewalk repair or replacement in conjuntion with street projects. I believe the extra sidewalk initiative is to catch areas of sidewalk that need repair in areas where there arent projected street projects. As far as what I have seen, Homeowners in Clear Lake are assesed for both street and sidewalk projects.
On a side note, when my project was done I wasnt thrilled with having the sidewalk included as I didn’t think one was necessary–on a look back, I was wrong the sidewalk is used heavily and has been a nice addition to our neighborhood. I didn’t think the assessment process was fair when it was “my turn” but now after paying close attention to how it works over the years I now think that the process is entirely fair and should continue for all future projects.
Maybe someday you will be lucky enough to have to pay property taxes before you get a say in tax code.
I might consider a debate if we stood on even ground. The ground I stand on is my own. I worked for it. It doesn’t belong to my parents. You might have more respect for home owners if you owned one. You might earn some respect if you did. Right now you come off as a self righteous know it all who wants to change the rules to his favor.
@Peter L. Don’t let them draw you into another ongoing pissing match. Just consider the source and go on with your election. You will always have haters trying to put you down.
@Peter L, I agree with you on this, but adding in the commercial, industrial rates would be adjusted to. If there was a “simple” tax rate, and not based on ONE persons opinion on what a house is valued at by the outside appearance.. I have seen some houses that look unlivable on the outside, but once you step foot into them, its like a night and day change, they probably do this to avoid excessive taxes. If you taxed everyone the same by their property size, it sure would end alot of complaining by some folks.
My brother went to the humane society to drop off a cat and they told him to take it out somewhere and drop it off they don’t have room for anymore cats. What is up with that? I thought that is why we had a humane society to get animals off the streets!!!!
I hope the Humane Society is asking whether the cat is declawed. You can’t drop a declawed (defenseless) cat off into the wild. It would be much more humane to euthanize it.
Legally you cant drop it off anywhere it is against city and state ordinance, its under abandonment. one thing you can do is if its inside Mason City limits, call the police department, tell them you caught a stray cat, and they will come take it to the city shelter, if you live in Cerro Gordo county call the Sheriffs department and a deputy will take it to the shelter. You can’t legally just drop an animal off somewhere in the wild.
I often volunteer at the Humane Society after spending a lot of time there and eventually adopting I feel I have come to understand how our shelter works and appreciate it more.
I see their workers doing a not so glamours job but they do it and you can tell they care for the animals. However I have noticed so many ignorant people walk through their doors and it makes me sick.
1. Just because we have a Humane Society that is willing to take in animals does NOT mean they have unlimited space. Bashing them on here because they wouldn’t take your animal at your beck an call does not make them the enemy. They operate a no kill shelter so until an animal goes home clearing up a kennel what else can they do but turn you away or give you another option?
2. No they shouldn’t have to lower their adoption fees because you cant afford the $150 or whatever it is to adopt a dog. You do realize that fee includes altering the animal as well as vaccinations. Just and FYI those vaccinations are required anyways and after receiving my yearly vet bill for my pets that’s pretty cheap.
3. it disgusts me how cruel people can be just because they couldn’t take your animal that day…it does not give you the OK to leave it in the parking lot/road side. After witnessing this first hand it really makes you hope the karma train comes around fast to these people.
If your going to get any animal be it a fish all the way up to a horse remember one thing. They don’t make welfare for your pets. If you cant afford to take care of your pets properly don’t get one. Most of all if you think you deserve a cheaper adoption fee think again.
To end on a good note I think anyone who volunteers or actually works for any animal shelter deserves a pat on the back. Its not always easy walking into a place that can easily be a sad situation. It takes a lot of special people to see the bright side of that dog or cat in a shelter and do what they can to help and continue to help.
Same old story. Wants things but wants someone else to pay.
I don’t expect you knowing about land ownership since you don’t own any.
Funny how known MC dopers are on FB wondering about all of the Police vehicles are traveling together, all heading in the same direction. I love it when the drains on society get nervous!! Go back to smoking your dope, they will come after you another day….
I see Peter post here a lot about these loud exhaust and I always say geez Peter give it a rest already but tonight I took my son to Hy Vee west and as he went in I waited in the car. I counted at least 8 cars in a row that didn’t stop for the stop sign. That is a pet peeve of mine just as the loud exhaust is a pet peeve of Peters. Some times I wish I had stop sticks that I could throw under the tires of every car that does not stop. I figure that they think as long as they are not on a main road they don’t have to stop. If the cops need money that would be the perfect place to sit.
Private property. No fault zone. Watch your butt. Now the people who park in the fire lane because they want to run in and grab smokes from the tobacco outlet or zip in quick to the check cashing place… THOSE guys deserve a healthy ticket for violating fire code.
a stop sign is a stop sign. So you are saying that a stop sign on private property is just a suggestion?
The answer is yes, stop signs can only be enforced on city, county and state maintained roads. Fire lane laws can be inforced by law enforcement as I understand it. If anyone can tell me otherwise, I am willing to listen.
I understand what you are saying but it makes no sense to me, a stop sign should be a stop sign no matter where it is.
Believe this or not, and I am not sure it is the total truth. I heard once, that if stop signs are not posted atleast 8ft above the ground, that law enforcement will not enforce them. This would be a good thing to research, as I do not know if it is worthy information of not.
when they were doing the street scape they took out the stop signs and placed a 4 way portable sign in the middle of the intersection and nobody would stop, which brings up another question. The stop signs that they roll out for the school crossings.
anonumous: Ive heard the same thing on the height of those stop signs. Officers will still give you a ticket. It is up to you to know the law and fight the ticket.
Hey everyone I am a huge THOR fan what do you think of the new movie trailer?
It has to be better than the first one. That sucked.
Not to be a complete NAG but heres my rant for the day. Im a frequent shopper at Hy-VEE. I like the variety they carry and lets face it they keep a clean store. However, I just want to get home. What is with the younger cashiers/sackers these days. In years past you always got the Hello how are you did you find everything! The attention was always focused on the customer and getting them out the door happy. Now I either get completely ignored because their to busy gossiping with another coworker or even better they feel the need to analyze my groceries inspect them all around, and make comments on the different ways they ate this at their friends house during teen mom marathons. I wouldn’t be so annoyed if this was a one time deal but its strange that this happens every time I go through a line with a worker that appears to be under 18yrs of age. Does anyone else experience this or am I just lucky?
I haven’t had that experience. My pet peeve is that the male baggers load bags so heavily with canned goods that I can barely lift them out of the cart and into my car and then into my house. I always forget to say something to them about not overloading them and then I have to take cans out so I can lift the darned bags out of the cart.
Just out of curiosity, was it the East or West store?
@Babyboomer55-it must be the west store. We were at the east store last week and everyone and I mean everyone who we saw working there said hello with a smile on their faces and asked if they could help. I even commented to my wife that it was great to be treated like that.
Suggestion to the people who feel they have complaints about the grocery stores. Take your problems to the workers. . That’s what I did at one of our local stores. The girl at the register was chatting with another girl about some school game. I said to her “Would you mind chatting after you finish taking care of me as a customer?” Then I went and mentioned it to the manager. If people don’t have the courage to address the problem at the time, they really shouldn’t complain about it in a blog.
Why does hyvee give me wal mart bags at the check out?
I agree about the employee’s at East, much friendlier and helpful then West!
Hy-Vee East is best grocery store in MC and it’s not close. West sucks.
@Belinda, maybe they want you to go to Wal-Mart next time? Or maybe they were out of bags before the next truck came and bought some from Wal-Mart? Who knows, why don’t you ask them for an answer?
I was just at West and had a very nice young man wait on me. He looked like he was about high school age. I can’t remember his name but he was wearing a bowtie. He was very nice, ask me if I found everything I needed in the store, ask if I was having a nice day and he was very professional. I have seen the same kid working in the dairy department before. He has always been very friendly and asked if he could help me find anything.
Peter when you got your 2nd OWI didn’t you say it was after a long day of drinking at the OP?
To: Mary Beth Greenan
I did not create your reputation, you did that yourself. You willl not help Jodie Draper by running off at the mouth, you will drive people away. I am voting for her, but not because of you, I am voting for her in spite of you. That and the fact that we need to send Hickey home for good. Travis Hickey is the best asset Jodi Draper has.
LVS:
I used to enjoy some of your posts. At times you seemed like a pretty intelligent person that actually put some thought into your posts. However, something you posted recently has changed that completely.
LVS
September 7, 2013 at 10:01 am
@maybe-string a rope across the road. That will stop the noise.
What a great sentiment. Let’s endanger someone’s life. Let’s possibly kill someone. Let’s take away someone’s family member just because you are slightly annoyed by a loud motorcycle exhaust.
What do you want to do to the guy that drives around in the black Hummer with the incredibly loud stereo system pounding the bass rattling windows and driving like a dope? I suppose you’d like to hurl a sharpened 4×4 fence post through his windshield in an attempt to impale him? This would be a comparable punishment to your rope idea for the motorcyclist.
You have proven the caliber of person that you are. You now rank down there with Peter L. Congratulations, idiot.
I think he was joking, at least that’s the way I took it.
@John Bender-thank you for your unsolisitaed and unwarranted attack. It was a joke to maybe and not to you. If you like my post, great, if not, I don’t care either. A low class person who attacks like you do is doing nothing but trying to improve their own feelings at the expense of others. I don’t know you and am pretty sure I don’t want to. perhaps you are the biker who is disturbing the peace and disrupting the lives of others.
@Peter L. Read that post again. It is not from me, it is from John Bender taking what I had said out of context as usual. He was trying to be smart and quoting something I had posted but he changed the whole meaning of it. You should know I have been supportive of you.
What’s the matter Peter L? What do you have against motorcyclists? Did your wife/girlfriend leave you for a biker?
You’ve got a serious conspiracy theorist issue going on. Is it so hard to believe that a business would be willing to donate a portion of sales to benefit first responders?
Peter L. Why would you want to do that? Have they joined the long list of other places that have told you to stay out?
I’m an independent voter, with conservative leanings. I was a member of the Republican party until several years ago when I moved to independent because of all the balderdash between both parties. That being said, I did respond to a survey of some type regarding the current lt. governor running for Tom Harkin’s seat. I voiced my opinion that Kim Reynolds is an unknown quantity… it still is.
I do find it of interest that since she decided to not run for Harkin’s seat, she now seems to be Branstad’s siamese-twin. Her name is everywhere. NAME, but still little is told about her.
I do not have a negative opinion – neutral, at best. If grooming is taking place, it’s my opinion her name in the paper isn’t going to cut it. She needs to be talking with the media – getting on TV/radio/newspaper articles about Reynolds. That’s the way to reach the independent votes.
Just my opinion. What say you?
I, too, have noticed Branstad/Reynolds in many headlines over the past 3-6 months. I agree that she is being showcased for a higher office, but I am not so sure it is Harkin’s seat. We will just have to wait and see.
Nice turn out for city wide garage sales this weekend, I just hope everyone can remember to take the signs down they plastered to every power pole in town.
@Anonymous-there certainly are a lot of those yard sale signs. I saw a lot of them on the ground and blowing around already. Some will come down by the person who put them up but most will not. At least that has been my experience.
All of a sudden I get a note saying my account is pending for activation. Why is this, I have not changed anything.
After reading the comments below I think there is a reason for the P*****G match that ensued. Jodi and MB want to distance themselves from NIT. They are afraid, and I think rightfully so, that many level headed voters will be turned off by any perceived bias or endorsement by NIT. I could be wrong but how else would anyone explain this weird exchange?
@Reggie (red) I think you are wrong again. Someone using the name Anonymous posted a comment about someone else claiming that Mary Beth was posting under another name. For whatever reason she thought it might have been Matt that gave her away. I seriously doubt that he did as there are a lot of others on here that would have been given up if he was doing that. I don’t think it has anything to do with the election.
Thanks LVS, I guess I missed that. It makes a little more sense now.
Be careful people, if Matt tells his friends who you are, you are in jeopardy of losing your anonymity. Only Matt knows your IP address and your name will appear in a blog from ANONYMOUS.
This is even low for ANONYMOUS.
It is what it is. But it is wrong….
@Mary Beth Greenan-It doesn’t take Matt’s input to figure out who people are. Quite often they give themselves away with their comments and writing style. To blame Matt without any proof is just wrong. You were very easy to figure out just by your writing style. Most of the time people just take a shot in the dark to see how someone reacts and in your case your reaction tells everything. Not that I care who you are as I really don’t have a problem with your comments so far.
LVS is right on the money. Paranoia is a disease, not a sign of high intellect. Sounds like you got figured out or someone guessed and now you are falling for it. Why don’t you spend your time helping your candidate, MB? She needs your help.
Thanks for the comments. Let’s just let it be. However, just because u don’t know what’s going in Jodi’s campaign, doesn’t mean we are not busy each day moving forward. The results have all been positive….
You have to have thick skin to be in the political world, so I can take it…
Have a great news day!!!
And I am not paranoid. As I said, it is what it is. It is about journalistic integrity and doing what is right. That is the polar opposite of paranoia.
God bless…MB
@Mary Beth-Please understand, there was no animosity in my comment. I am a huge supporter of Jodi and wish her the very best.
God u guys, I know who u are too and I know what I know.
I understand what u are saying. And, I appreciate your comments.
You are right that is how I figured out you guys.
Let’s let it rest at that…
Id like to know why you now want to “let it rest at that” when YOU started this conversation. Isnt that the same as “hitting and running”. It is to me or I wouldnt have said it. just saying
You should also fear drones, spies, hidden cameras and the boogey man. Maybe if you blog while wearing a fake mustache you will be safer. You’re the best, Mary Beth.
As a candidate for City Council, what a great way to alienate those who protect and serve… the police department and fire department. You are so off base. The OP is being a great corporate citizen with this fund raiser. They hold all sorts of events like this– are they trying to bribe everyone…
Hallucinogens don’t look pretty on you..
“The type of people who add to a modem and stable community, don’t want to be harassed by baboons on bikes.” HA HA!! Peter L., I gotta give it to you buddy, this made me laugh so hard I almost took a pee in me pants!!! HA HA!! Funniest thing I have seen you write in a long time!! Yes, I find it entertaining, and you too!!! Keep up the good work!
Peter, I was there yesterday and the sign inside the building, it clearly stated the 11% was for the fire departments and first responders in Clear Lake and Ventura. Do you remember the 911 thingy? 11% has a meaning on the 11th and people like you that try to make something like this into a conspiricy make me sick and you should be ashamed.
I drove through east park today at noon and saw they had a lunch going on for City employees, I don’t see the event posted on their web site. Was it a City wide informational meeting or what was the purpose? Police, Fire, and all other departments were there.
I’m pretty sure it was a lunch for City employees.
According the OP’s Facebook, it was for the Fire Departments. Get over yourself Peter.
Y was my water bill last month $87 this month $92? I just moved like a yr. Ago n my bill at my other house was never more than $60. What is going on?
I had the same problem. A 50% increase in one month. I found an issue with my toilet. Problem solved.
Things to check: Toilet, water heater, water softener. While your at it check to see if any of your pipes are leaking ( I know its obvious but I rarely go into my basement so they could be leaking). Watch your water usage, figure anywhere from 70 to 200 gallons per day per person. Maybe the washer (clothes and dish).
The problem with the City water bills is that if you water your grass, you pay a match for the amount of water put on your lawn and are charged for the same gallons for sewer, even though none of that water goes in the sanitary sewer. (Some may go into the storm drain, of which we should not pay a fee for.) Even though nice looking lawns would beautify the city and make it more attractive, I stopped watering my lawn because I can’t afford to be charged twice to do it.
Water I’d not a renewable resource in Mason City. In my opinion it is stupid to dump water treated for drinking on a non-food plant just for vanity. If you want to see a great sustainable yard, take a look at Max Weaver’s house. It’s fabulous.
Vanity or standards? Perhaps people care about where they live and how it looks. Lawn here has not been watered in weeks, yet is nice and green. There must be a reason. Happy grass with nice deep roots? Could be. Looks better than weeds.
I would suggest rain barrels but right now it wouldn’t do much good.
@ok by me-we have noticed that our bill is always $5.00 higher every other month. I don’t know why for sure but suspect it is the fees they now put in so they could tell us the price wasn’t going up.
Matt wanted to tell you that Solberg was spotted at city hall with Beerdrinker and Trout they were locked in a room by themselves. Thought you should know and good luck.