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You know for considering this site “reprehensible”, you sure post a lot. When you will you be joining the KKK to show your utter disgust for that organization? You are an attention seeking hypocrite. Good luck keeping your pants clean or at least not posting about it.
Well it looks like my subscription to NIT has expired, so I think that’s going to have to be that. You’ll finally get the relief you’ve so eagerly wanted and thought you meritoriously deserve. Not all of you will be happy to see me go…but seriously, there’s not much more to my ministerial duties. I served my tour of duty, and duty’s UP! Ciao, and ariva derce.
A snowplow has been going in my area for the last four hours plowing nothing but tomorrow when we need him maybe go down our street once.Happens every time we get a snowstorm plow will go down my street in the mid late afternoon.I live on a pretty busy street and I’ts always the same.Don’t know if someone has pissed off the street department in my area or not but It’s always the same.Seems like they wait until everyone has cleaned up their sidewalks and driveways.
Okay, Matt, give us the lowdown. What’s with the medical marijuana ad on your site? This can’t be legal.
I believe there is going to be another Foster payout, do to injurys that somehow were not treated at the jail!
I nominate Philly, who is still in Clear Lake and hasn’t made it west of Ventura since the 90’s.
http://globegazette.com/news/local/mitchell-county-offers-reward-for-tire-dumping/article_dbbcb097-919b-5e5e-a6f4-f355260cb5e2.html
He had a tire hut down in Southern Franklin County, and I’m willing to bet that some of them ended up in Mitchell County. I’m looking at collecting that Crime Stopper’s reward!
Just doing my duty…Philly.
It was reported today that Sylvester Stallone will return for another “Rambo” film. What do you think? Will it be watchable?
Fosters case will cost more the $25000. I’m sure insurance premiums will go up. Make a claim on your insurance, rates go up. Second. If you think working with the state on job growth is good for Mason. Think again. They keep all the prospects in the Des moines area. We would be better off pairing up with Minnesota, at least they would throw us the business they feel are not good for the state. Lol.
How is Mason City schools going to handle the cold weather this week? Wimp out and not have school for the cold as they have the past few years. The teachers have an service child development days coming up already coming up next Thursday afternoon Friday and Monday without school. Couldn’t they have used some of their two weeks off?
When can a simple “Hi” cost your over $11,000? When you’re a locally-owned business – fourth generation, if we read their ads – and you won’t even say “Hi” to a potential customer. My family had been in the store before, scoped out the offerings, went home and measured, planned, dreamed. Decision made, I went back in to make the purchase and the store owner – the only one on-staff at 1:30 p.m. was too busy with another customer to even say “Hi.” Too bad – lost sale.
Matt should do a very nice story on the “Tale of Two Cities”. A comparison between Clear Lake and Mason City. Under the Crabb/Flory era, CL has landed one of the most significant Fortune 100 companies to its City and had numerous other successes. MC has delivered the ill-conceived Blue Zone and now Foster pay out. What a marked difference two people can help make.
Anyone who believes that the City’s insurance company somehow “made” the City settle the case is mistaken. The City must agree to the terms of the settlement. The agreement is not between the Plantiff and the insurance company, but rather the City of Mason City. The insurance company would never have settled a case for this amount unless there were some very challenging issues regarding the case. Settling a case for $60,000 is one thing; $240,000 is another.
Glad to see Lionel Foster is getting even more money for doing nothing…
How did he get a job that pays so much more then anywhere in the country in the first place?
Got a letter from the Globe telling me my online subscription is going up over 50%! I was paying $5.95 a month and now it’ll be $9.00. This is for the online replica of the daily paper. I should have known we’d all be paying for their new printing press. Paying more, but getting the same old stuff.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
To access jail population use this:
http://www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us/index.php/departments/sheriff/jail-inmate-population-report/
A cool quarter million to that boat-anchor who once worked in local government. He used his so-call personal minority status to hold on to the same well paid government job for 40 years and one decade past normal retirement. My experience with him was negative probably because I was just another white-boy in his eyes. Others and myself saw him as an uppity elder black man as a pricy dud who was a grand example as to what is wrong with government in general!!!
from: Matt Marquardt,,,,,,
to: Brent Trout
mayor@masoncity.net,
Council Member Alex Kuhn
Council Member Scott Tornquist
Council Member John Lee
Council Member Janet Solberg
Council Member Travis Hickey
Council Member Jean Marinos
date: Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 8:25 PM
subject: Explain it
I asked 10 days ago about the Foster lawsuit settlement and now I’m asking again. Explain it. Where will the payout come from? Where will you get the money? Will our insurance drop us? Explain it. Stop ignoring a taxpaying citizen and explain it. Does the council have to vote on the settlement? Explain it. How will you address your obvious culture of bullying and retaliation? How many hostile work environment complaints have been filed since Eric Bookmeyer took office in 2010? The people demand answers.
Matt Marquardt, NIT Publisher
Wow! WE (as in taxpayers) just gave Lionel Foster a $250,000.00 check! Thanks, mayor. You screwed us over once again.
Anybody else having problems with Mediacom e-mail service? Internet seems to be okay but e-mail is either slow or unavailable. Been this way for a few days.