Opinion of Peter Children of Mason City –
I enjoy Monday’s for any number of reasons. It’s the day the country opens its door to business after shutting down for Saturday & Sunday. People are back in their offices ready to do business
Monday is also the day John Skipper puts his thoughts on paper in his weekly column. Today he attempted to explain things as they are regarding the downtown development and how he sees it coming together. He leaves a lot out of this equation trusting you, the reader to accept at face value the facts as he laid them out. I used to sell aluminum siding….I know exactly how that works.
Bookmeyer is only concerned with the brick & mortar part of this outrageous perk meant to wrap the derrière of his friend’s children in luxury here-to-fore only found in the locker rooms of ball players who are paid more than drug dealers….just to throw the ball to another over paid receiver who’s only job description is to catch it. How nice.
My thoughts tend to believe that in his adolescent days (Bookmeyer) couldn’t make the cut on the school hockey team; this then brought on clouds of Great Depression and that eventually led him to strong drink in hopes of forgetting the humiliation bestowed on him by his then hockey coach. Now he wants to build his very own hockey rink…..and if he doesn’t get his way the council will have to drink the Kool-Aid. And that is why Turncoat left town. He didn’t want to drink the Kool-Aid.
Turnquist better seek legal councel; moving out of town does not obsolve you of breaking the law.
Did you all read what I said about the fat lady singing? When she sings you will have close to 95% of the answers you all so desperately seek. There is a severe sense of irresponsibility that hangs over City Hall in this community….and it starts at the top.
The people living here deserve better, much better and the next event that is headed for center stage in this wide spot in the road should offer up resignations….or petitions for removal from office. No city in this country should be subjected to the heinous acts perpetrated by this mayor and another elected official.
I think it’s ironic that some people think projects like Northbridge was such a fiasco. Max, Don and Leonard were on the council when this was concocted and approved.
Yes they were, and they were terribly up set when the amount they approved was violated by continuous cost over runs. Just like the Central Park Fiasco where there was 350K approved and a million spent through change orders until they got what they wanted in the first place. I know those two gentlemen very well and they are honest people who did the right thing and were screwed over by Marinos.
A million in change orders? You of course are exaggerating to prove your point ,no?
To be honest I am not sure about whether this is feasible or not. While It”s true that the money from the state was tax payer money, if we didn’t go for it and get it another city would have, Mason City DID NOT invent this fund but was smart enough to go after it. I too would like to see the projected numbers before making an informed opinion. Reading Peter’s or Matt’s anti-city /chamber rants do not clear anything up .JMHO.
I didn’t write this op-ed. Simply PC’s opinion. I publicly stated I am giving the plan the benefit of the doubt. Alex Kuhn convinced me his hard work on the project will pay off for the city. Simple as that.
I think if anyone can make this whole thing work, it’s Alex Kuhn.
Wow, kinda rambling and incoherent opinion if you ask me. Im having a little problem connecting all of your dots and figuring out how they relate to the Tornquist departure. Your third paragraph is where you completely lost me. Too much Greek Fest libation old buddy? Opa!
You expect Peter to “connect the dots”? That is the NIT picking readers job. Peter is like the GREAT dot maker NOT connector. Starting rumors and offering ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF is the ONLY thing that Peter is good at.
I don’t care for the rumors. Just like the “rumor” was that younkers is leaving also. If that so called rumor is true, then why did they renew their lease?
This is all about those that can never be part of the straight edged society!
Good article. Could be true.