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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”- uses every letter of the alphabet. That is a fact. Do not listen to the polls because we’ve all learned from 2016 they mean nothing!
Trump up the Volume
The Democrats have done nothing but hate the President while the President has been making America great again. That just infuriates the Democrats more. They cannot compete in the marketplace of ideas. They are fighting themselves for the most unworkable socialist position while doing everything they can to smear the President with false and empty slander and accusations…
Yeah, Republicrooks treated Obama and Clinton so well
We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
A “Just society” is one where AOC is no longer an elected official, and illegal immigrants are shown the back of the line to become citizens the right and legal way. No freebies..
Move to her district and vote against here, then, and quit whining here.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is promoting a new package of left-wing economic policies, including national rent control and expanding welfare to illegal immigrants across the country, as part of a massive new proposal aiming to achieve a “just society.”
It seems to me that if the Bidens’ were innocent in all this that the democratic party would be the ones screaming for a full investigation, but they are not. Joe Biden not only used withholding aid from Ukraine in order to stop an investigation into the company Hunter is involved with, but he also bragged about it in a public setting so his admission of guilt damns him. But he did get a prosecutor fired and stopped an investigation in a foreign country. And, he did it while serving as vice president of the United States. So while I don’t doubt that the left wants to impeach Trump, I have to wonder how much of it is a smokescreen to try and distract people from the actions of an admitted criminal who is a ranking member of their party.
The person asked to quit was corrupted and that was well known across the board.
Trump just trying to dig up dirt where there isn’t and you gullible worthless trump trolls fell for it.
Hell even the people wanted the guy gone.
Trump and his followers are scared because this time it’s not Hillary and her baggage running.
“I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours,” Biden told his audience. “I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’”
Biden was already cleared of this. He asked Ukraine to get rid of a crooked prosecutor and had the approval of the state department and justice department. The prosecutor’s investigation into Burshima was only one of the many investigations he was involved with and suspected of wrongdoing. Trump is now trying to blame someone else for his misdeeds – Rick Perry – who is clueless just like trump
Where’s the cite that says Biden was “cleared” of this?
Democrats have not done one thing but mess with the president for 3 years. Need to be fired for dereliction of duties.
At least the democrats are defending the constitution while the Republicans stomp on it.
Never in my life did I ever thought people could be so brainwashed by one man like trump.
He hollers fake news you believe it.
He hollers lock her up you do the same and yet Hillary Clinton has been investigated many times and last time at election which I made add was toward the end only to once again so no one found a thing.
Had Obama done exactly what trump has done you same dirty rotten bastards would be hollering for impeachment and you know it!
But she’s NEVER been investigated by HONEST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
*She’s NEVER been investigated by HONEST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Mitch “Moscow’s Mitch” McConnell has over 120 bills that he has stonewalled in the Senate and refused to let them be debated or voted on. He is trump’s obstructionist master.
He learned that from the master Harry Reid.
Dereliction of duty. Breach of contract with the American people. I hope the people remember what was not taken care of as these Democrat piranhas continue to look for and manufacture a crime.
“Dereliction of duty” is a military term which has no bearing on the subject you’re spamming about, and the “contract with the American people” was a RepubliNazi publicity stunt staged to embarrass President Clinton, whom they harassed daily. They abandoned all the principles they espoused the minute the press conference was over.
You’re trying to rewrite history again.
And you’re a typical LIBUFFOON. When the facts don’t support the Dem narrative, you make up your own.
That’s the RepubliCONs. Get given everything, and honestly believe they earned it. Talk about delusional.
Democrats are degrading our Country’s potential for greatness, all because of their corrupt priorities…not for US Citizens and our Country.
You trump supporters are nothing but brainwashed sheep.
At least we have a brain. Something you know nothing about
No actually you’re just a gullible turd in a punch bowl with a 3rd grade education.
Until We the People take back control of our government, by term limits for a start, this mess will never change. They pass laws that they are exempt from, they commit crimes, frauds, insider trading, conflict of interests, etc. They gave themselves benefits that we don’t have, lifetime retirement after 1 term. Is there any surprise that it has become a swamp and corrupts everyone?
The real Republicans are already abandoning Trump, to save their own careers, not to mention the country. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/464476-key-republicans-split-with-trump-on-biden-investigation-push
*The Republic is under attack from the Democratic Socialists who want to make this country into the little USSR with the democratic party at the helm and with all the power! No way, Susan Rice. We love our republic and are not willing to hand over our power to those who want to abuse it and subjugate the American people!
Of all the people to bitch about, you pick a woman. Typical terrified misogynist.
Susan Rice is a LIAR.
See above.
This is a very sad time for this country because of you Democrats. Pelosi needs to get out. While she’s it get out of California too. The only thing making this country a disgrace and sad is the Democrats sad day that they couldn’t win the election and they can’t win it again in 2020 because the only way they can win is to impeach the best president we’ve ever had because they can’t beat him.
Nice copy and paste job trump troll.
New York and California, two of the most screwed up states in the country! Ran by IDIOTS!!!
Move there and run for office if you don’t like the way they’re run. Bitching about it here accomplishes nothing.
I’m getting really tired of all this sanctuary cities bull crap. These cities need to follow Federal law or be sanctioned and their leaders put in jail!
Nobody care what you’re tired of. Move there and run for office if you want to change them.
Really Kamala Harris is trying to Impede the President of the United States 1st Amendment rights !! Wow what’s next take away our guns while she smokes weed!! That’s Not ok
No she’s not. If anything, she’s responding to Trump’s lies and slander. This is the verbiage of the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Willie Brown wasn’t interested in her for her brain.
When you get caught in another lie, you go straight to the sexism, every time. Very original.
What exactly is Harris afraid of by Trump still using Twitter? If the far left firmly believes Trump incriminates himself by his own tweets then it would stand to reason they’d be all for Trump being on Twitter. But I think most thinking individuals can see that the Democrats are out to censor free speech that hurts their political odds.
He incites hate and spreads lies on Twitter instead of leading this country like a president should.
She’s afraid he’s doing irreparable harm to the institution of the American Presidency, and he is.
And Willie Brown was interested in her for her BRAIN. HEEHAW, HEEHAW, HEEHAW.
Absolutely no one would be interested in you for your non-existent brain nor your out of shape, alcohol-riddled body.
Straight to the sexism and misogyny when you get called out for your lies, every time. You must want her bad.
Trump coming unhinged,trying to bring his squad closer so they will take all the blame.Also idiot Trump thinks you can impeach Utah Sen.Romney,he knows not even the simple thing to goverment.Should be Impeach because he is not do governing any thing but so called corruption (look in mirror).He himself is ruining the Trump name for his family that will outlive him.Thankgod most of us will outlive him.
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October 1, 2019 at 8:06 pm
When is the full House of Representatives going to vote on the impeachment proceedings?
Due to heavy rainfall and thunderstorms forecasted in the Ames area Saturday morning, the Iowa State-TCU football game will be a delayed kickoff at 1 p.m. CT.
The game was originally scheduled for 11 a.m. CT.
If FOX NEWS had been around when Nixon was president he would not have been impeached and forced to resign.
that is a sad truth.
I think it was a different era. People expected their president to be honest, Presidential, prudent and mature. Now, many people have thrown their own morality to the wind and like a president who acts like them. They enjoy his temper tantrums, his meltdowns and his lies because he makes it seem as if we watching a sitcom. He is the Roseanne of politics and many don’t see the destruction he is causing to our democracy. I can’t wait for his show to be cancelled.
One could argue all the trump supporters are the same person posting here.
One would be full of shit too!
Well you trump tards would know something about that.
Well yes we do, we recognize shit when we see it!
Re: Schiff’s false claim his committee had not spoken to the whistleblower
Schiff earns Four Pinocchios.
The problem is DEMOCRATS can’t govern. Vote DEMOCRAT. Give them more power. Makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE to me.
Your problem is you can’t think straight because of all the meth in your system. Go to rehab, and maybe you’ll have some credibility.
*No plastic straws, no beef steak, no pork chops, but defecate and pee on the sidewalk is OK. Sanctuary cities, health care for illegals, medicare for all and NO private health insurance. Socialism is what we want. VOTE DEMOCRAT IN 2020.
Talk about a party that has become completely unhinged… Democrats have literally lost their minds. However I love witnessing this party self destruct
You are are dumbass NARCISSIST! Are you sure you are not talking about your leader GESTAPO trump and your party? Moron!!!
When someone’s arguments take the form of personal attacks and name-calling it’s a pretty clear admission
that they don’t have anything valid or worthwhile to say.
By devolving into name-calling you’ve revealed the bankruptcy of your position.
Keep smoking meth! IDIOT!
Jerk
I love it seeing their lies unravel before them. The Democrats have sunk their political party to such a low it will never recover. They have about guaranteed Trump will get a second term and they know it. Now they have no choice but to go for broke and try every underhanded scheme they can come up with to impeach Trump before he has them indicted for treason!
More lies from the trump trolls just go around the sites that allow comments and spread lies hoping to influence voters.
This is part of the reason trump campaign pumped money into social media.
Many of these people who spread lies post and run on to the next one and you will see a lot of copy and paste of the same drivel.
I hope this time people are better educated instead of taking trumps word everything is fake news which is to get folks to stay away from any news reporting the bad he is doing art of distraction.
I don’t care if a republican is in office of course I prefer a Democrat what I don’t want is a man like trump who is dangerous for the office and us.
The Democrats always accuse others of what they are doing. Who do Democrats hate? Trump and his supporters.
The Republic is under attack from the Democratic Socialists who want to make this country into the little USSR with the democratic party at the helm and with all the power! No way, Susan Rice. We love our republic and are not willing to hand over our power to those who want to abuse it and subjugate the American people!
Yet trump keeps trying to make deals with putin.
You keep painting democrats bad all you want but the truth is going to come out how trump played people for a fool.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has been under attack by the dems and their biased media ever since Trump was sworn in. They are the enemy within!!!
The only reason trump has trouble is the dirty deeds he does.
This great nation is finally being defended from they that would see her fall into Socialism. Namely the DNC. They are not patriots, nor do they have the peoples interests in mind. They see this country as a personal piggy bank and the world as their oyster. They planned to take it all to their own interests. President Trump has stopped them in their tracks. Thank you sir and godspeed.
Another former Trump supporter has had enough. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/gop-senator-says-diplomat-told-him-trump-was-withholding-aid-n1062706?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1DI1mM2zN7nxRLJObYduB59qftiNkNcvDuU8SrKoJPJv6SCQ-t1sjXMUE
Where does it say that? I don’t believe it does.
Read it again.
Talk about biblical! Trump is clearly the Beast of the Book of Revelation!
Revelation 13:5 New International Version (NIV)
5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.
The respected conservative magazine American Conservative calls Trump out in this article. This is a real sign of Trump’s crumbling support, if even they have decided that enough is enough. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/a-necessary-remedy-for-brazen-corruption/?fbclid=IwAR3T5FcI4brbXjGEODjCxUZTkHpeDq-cacO71jHIuzAE4-oJ5hu91OJimd4
“I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours,” Biden told his audience. “I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.’”
Pervert radio preacher arrested for molesting kids. This guy and his ilk are the ones running the Republican party now. Please, real Republicans, take back the former Grand Old Party! https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/crime/2019/10/03/wmfe-host-rev-bryan-fulwider-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-minor
Look up the definition of a psychopath. It fits Trump exactly.
NO, it doesn’t.
Find a better dictionary.
And today’s Stupid AF Award goes to Congresswoman Haley Stevens – who stopped in at a Gun Range, and screeched, “The NRA has GOT to GO!!” Needless to say, her rant wasn’t well received. Looks like SHE will be gone, and probably soon. She could also lose her seat in Congress.
This is a fair process? Suddenly Schiff didn’t lie, he misspoke. When the transcripts of the call were released, he sat there in the chairman’s chair of the House Intelligence Committee and claimed he was reading from the transcripts but made up a lie. And NOTHING happens to him? I hate to say it but if the Democrats are successful impeaching Trump, there will be riots.
If it is crooked in anyway you can bet the Obama’s are connected !!!
That’ll be the Trump Crime Family, which has quite a history with the Mafia in New York. Trump destroyed the entire gaming industry in Atlantic City with his dirty deals. Bribed officials until they gave him outrageous tax breaks for his crappy casinos, used those to undercut other casinos and run them out of business, then closed the Trump properties when the tax breaks expired. Thousands of people out of work, a regional industry in ruins, and Trump did all of it. What kind of screwup can’t make money in a casino?! Answer: one who’s stealing all the profits.
Now he’s doing the same thing with the Midwest ag industry.
Judicial Watch announced that the State Department provided a previously hidden email which shows that top State Department officials used and were aware of Hillary Clinton’s email account.
It appears the State Department produced this email in 2016 in redacted form, blacking out Clinton’s personal email address and the discussion about Clinton’s wanting to keep her email address closely guarded.
“Judicial Watch just caught the State Department and DOJ red-handed in another email cover-up – they all knew about the Clinton email account but covered up the smoking-gun email showing this guilty knowledge for years,”
Judicial Watch? Ha, ha. Home » Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch – Questionable Source – Conspiracy
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Overall, we rate Judicial Watch Questionable based on extreme right wing bias, promotion of conspiracy theories and a very poor fact check record.
Run by one crazy guy out of his basement. Can’t get a job so he started a nonprofit to spam alt-right Nazi conspiracy BS to make money.
Thank you Adam Schiff, you are digging your own grave. Between your little stint and very weak attempt at humor and the fact they caught you lying about contact with the whistleblower today, you are less and less believable to anyone
Schiff needs to be removed. The American people can not and will not trust anything he says! He is corrupt, broken his oath to serve faithfully, and NOT worthy to represent the people of this Country.
He wasn’t supposed to release the transcripts. Or the whistleblower report. He was expected to do what any president would have done – what President Obama always did. Hide the evidence. As House Democrats rolled out their latest meticulously choreographed, perfectly timed, and broadly coordinated attack on President Trump, they weren’t counting on the president’s unprecedented transparency. Nobody releases a transcript of calls between heads of state. But Donald Trump did.
Move to his district and vote against him. We don’t get to pick other districts’ representatives.
Lady democrats- how could you vote & support something so unfair to our young ladies who train so hard. This is definitely NOT FAIR AND YOU KNOW IT. Create another division – males, females & transgenders. How hard is that. How could you do this to our young ladies???
I HOPE EVERY DEMOCRAT GETS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE. COME ON PEOPLE WAKE UP
Feel free to hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
It will never happen republiCON!!!
Watch an see!
NEVER EVER republiCON!!!
Says you the original Democorrupt.
Adam Schiff needs to be brought to justice and pay for his lies and all the damage he is trying to do to our great President and our nation. Thank you for giving we the people a voice this cannot continue he needs to go.
Do live in his district? No? Then shut up.
This is about the stupidest thing I’ve read lately. Our military leave their families for months. Stay at home, come here legally. I’m so tired of this. All the organizations are for illegals. We the Americans citizens burst our butts working and pay taxes out the roof and you people think illegals are more important then the needs of Americans We taxpayers can’t support the world. Millions of Americans are not living on easy street. These people are told beforehand, how to collect all the freebies. Show them pictures of homeless living in the streets. Living in squalor.
What are you complaining about? This post is all over the place.
I love our President. I’ve said for years we need a President with guts and backbone. We finally got him and the Democrats are running scared.
Will the Democrats be stupid enough to actually vote and pass it up to the Full Senate for the real Deal? I hope so because then it will be shown to the world who is really guilty and the Democrats can begin the jail sentences they deserve. ( Read what happens when the Senate gets this… IF the Democrats have the guts to pass it UP to them)
The Intelligence community SECRETLY REMOVED the requirement that Whistleblowers must have first hand knowledge in order to submit a complaint.
Now, Whistleblowers can file complaints if they have NO direct knowledge of the underlying evidence even if the Whistleblower was fed second hand information, he/she can still file a complaint. It appears that the rule change happened between May 2018 – August 2019.
WOW, the Dems sent a letter to the Ukrainian government in “May 2018”
Connect the dots to see the real coverup.
All lies. Just ask Chuck Grassley, who wrote, sponsored, and got the whistleblower law passed, and who broke with Trump on it. just the other day. https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/01/grassley-trump-whistleblower-014715
Not a lie at all. It has been on the news. You would know that if you ever got your head out of your ass.
On FAUX News, maybe, which isn’t news at all. It’s the Republicrook state-run news network.
Take all this high-sounding rhetoric about the Constitution for what it is: an attempt to legitimize what is clearly a purely partisan undertaking to try to remove a duly-elected president from office.
Even if he were duly elected, which is in dispute, his subsequent behavior warrants the current proceedings. He announced on live tv today that he’d committed an impeachable offense! Assembling proof just got easier!
It is well within his authority if not his duty to find out corruption of the Democrat party. It is what he said he would do. Drain the swamp. It turns out Clintons are involved as well.
It isn’t within his authority because he wants to find something to use for his re-election. It is strictly forbidden to use a foreign government to assist with a campaign but he can keep on doing it because eventually, he will cross a line that he can’t return from – if he hasn’t already. Then, watch him scream and cry and make accusations when his own family and abettors are implicated in the schemes and scams they have committed.
When he finally screws himself over so badly he can’t worm his way out of it, watch all his republican senators and reps run for cover. They will abandon trump quicker than rats jumping from the Titanic.
“…when his own family and abettors are implicated in the schemes and scams they have committed”.
Please name as many as you can.
High-sounding rhetoric is the language of the Constitution!
Demoncraps are out of their minds! The conservatives in this country know you have declared war on all of us! Anyone that values our constitution is your target and you are trying to silence and destroy us. We are angry and if you want to know how angry just take a walk in most of the country and we will let you know you that you have kicked this hornets nest for the last time!
It’s the crazy-ass, snake-handling, child-molesting, KKK-following southern preachers who have declared war on everybody, including you, you just don’t know it. You used them to put a low-IQ, functional illiterate in the White House, and you think you can control them, but they’re using and controlling you. Wise up before it’s too late, if it isn’t already.
You better start running
Nobody is scared of your silly threats
Omar has no right to be in this country. If you don’t share the same values that our founding father set fourth in the constitution and bill of rights you don’t deserve to be here.
Move to her district and vote against her, then. Nothing anybody does here or on any other chat forum will make any difference at all.
Omar is so wrong. And so full of herself….all three things she lists. Are positives… what she leaves out are the obvious negatives… she is: untruthful…., unaware-or even worse -doesn’t believe in the workings of a democracy…..does not seem/appear to respect the Constitution…. spews only hate for the country…. . She does not do what she was elected to do… represent her district
Move to her district and vote against her, then. Nothing anybody does here or on any other chat forum will make any difference at all.
Schitt told him how to and when to file just like the Cavanaugh accuser did with the Senator Feinstein. They help write the testimony, coach the witness, know the direction it’s going to go and act surprised has they ask questions.
if you love that drunken fratboy puke so much you might want to learn to spell his name right
Ha, ha, ha, is that all you got?
That’s all I need.
I am still curious as to why Schiff is still on this committee when it was proven (and then he ADMITTED) he lied in one of his statements!!! Yet, that fact was swept under the carpet as if nothing ever happened!!! Typical double standard Dems!!
Nothing of the kind has been proven, just alleged by Nazis like you who want to destroy our country’s democracy
He admitted it you dumb ass. It doesn’t need to be proved when he confessed
You just SAID it was proven!
There isn’t a Democrat on the stage Trump is afraid of. In fact, this whole impeachment charge is a last hope of slowing Trump down for 2020. They are desperate. This helps Trump. The Democrats have done nothing in 4 years except try to get rid of the guy who has made their careers look like a joke. Trump 2020!!!!!!
LOL oh yes there is. He wouldn’t be asking every totalitarian dictator in the world to investigate Biden if he weren’t! He’s clearly terrified
Did I miss it. No word/information on the rollover accident on wheelerwood road and hiway 105. one person ejected.
Water Main Flushing
The City of Mason City Water Supply Division will be flushing water mains in the Northeast quadrant of town, all areas East of Federal Avenue and North of Highway 122. The flushing will start on Monday, October 7th and continue through Monday, October 21st.
Water customers may notice some discoloration of the water after the mains have been flushed, however, the water is safe to drink. Caution should be used when washing clothing because discolored water may cause staining.
The public is asked not to park near or across from fire hydrants during this period of time. If citizens have questions, please phone the Water Supply Division at 641/421-3685.
Mason City Room October 1, 2019
Mason City, Iowa 7:00 P.M.
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
The City Council of the City of Mason City, Iowa, met in regular session pursuant to law and rules of said Council, in the Mason City Room of the Mason City Public Library, at 7:00 P.M., on October 1, 2019. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and on roll being called there were present, Bill Schickel, Mayor in the Chair, and the following Council Members: Thoma, Jaszewski, Symonds, Masson, Adams. Absent: Lee.
Adopt Agenda: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Jaszewski that the agenda be adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
The Mayor presented the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Finance Director Jacobson
The Mayor proclaimed the week of October 6 through the 12th as “Fire Prevention Week” and the month of October as “Community Planning Month”.
Prior to adopting the Consent Agenda Item #9 and #14 were removed to be acted upon separately.
Consent Agenda: Regular and Worksession Minutes of September 17, 2019; Claims dated September 19 and 26, 2019 in the amount of $876,750.56; The Quarry – Expanded Outdoor Service for Octoberfest on October 12, 2019; Millennium Hall – Special Class C;Liquor Tobacco & Grocery – Class B Wine, C Beer, E Liquor; Cigarette: Liquor Tobacco & Grocery; 2019 Council Goals & Priorities: Accept Annual Housing Authority Annual Report FY 2018-19; Resolution No. 19-220, levying assessments for charges on certain properties and the certification of same to the County Treasurer for collection with property taxes; Resolution No. 19-221, award of contract to Henkel Construction Company of Mason City, Iowa, for the Ground Level Office Enclosure Project at City Hall; Resolution No. 19-222, award of contract to Henkel Construction Company of Mason City, Iowa for the Water Reclamation Facility Lift Station No. 2 Floor Hatch Improvements Project; Resolution No. 19-223, award of contract for professional services to SEH of Mason City, Iowa for the 27th Street S.W. Lift Station Project; Resolution No. 19-224, determining the necessity and fixing date for a public hearing on the matter of the adoption of a proposed Amendment NO. 2 to the Mason City Combined, Amended and Restated Urban Revitalization Plan; Resolution No. 19-225, approving a change order with Dean Snyder Construction of Clear Lake, Iowa for construction of the (Category #03-General Contractor #2), “Mason City Multi-Purpose Arena – Bid Package #2 (Structural Steel, Concrete Foundation, Ice Plant and Elevator)”; Resolution No. 19-226, approving a change order with Dean Snyder Construction of Clear Lake, Iowa for construction of the “Mason City Multi-Purpose Arena – Bid Package #3 (Interior Fit-Up, Mechanical, Electrical, Elevator, and Exterior Improvements)”, was presented. Motion, Jaszewski; 2nd, Symonds that all items in the Consent Agenda be approved and Resolutions adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
9. Appoint/hire Multipurpose Arena Supervisor: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Jaszewski that the recommendation to hire Lucas Hartgrove as the Multipurpose Arena Supervisor, be approved. Questions followed regarding job duties and salary. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
14. Interlocal Contract – Houston-Galveston Area Council: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Thoma that Resolution No. 19-227, authorizing approval to enter into an Interlocal Contract with the Houston-Galveston Area Council to perform governmental functions and services, including the purchase of goods and services, be adopted. Discussion followed regarding the program, the number of bidders involved, how it works, etc. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Delay Plymouth Road Storm Water Mitigation Project: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Symonds that the public hearing be continued to the Council meeting to be held at 7:00 P.M. on October 15, 2019 at this place and that action on the bid tabulation and Resolutions entitled “ADOPTING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT AND ESTIMATED COST FOR THE “PLYMOUTH ROAD STORM WATER MITIGATION PROJECT” and “RESOLUTION MAKING AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE “PLYMOUTH ROAD STORM WATER MITIGATION PROJECT” also be deferred to such meeting. Discussion followed regarding the next steps. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Amendment No. 4 MC Downtown Reinvestment UR Plan: The public hearing was held as per published notice and the Mayor called for comments and objections. The Mayor asked if there had been any written comments with Burnett stating there had not any other than Max Weaver’s comments during the Public Forum. There being no comments the public hearing was declared closed. Motion, Thoma; 2nd, Jaszewski that Resolution No. 19-228, determining an area of the City to be an economic development and blighted area, and that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, development, or a combination thereof, of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the City; designating such area as appropriate for Urban Renewal Projects; and adopting Amendment No. 4 to the Mason City Downtown Reinvestment Urban Renewal Plan, be adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Amend No. 1 MC Southside Gateway Urban Renewal Plan: The public hearing was held as per published notice and the Mayor called for comments and objections. The Mayor asked if there had been any written comments with Burnett stating there had not. There being no comments the public hearing was declared closed. Motion, Adams; 2nd, Thoma that Resolution No. 19-229, determining an area of the City to be an economic development area, and that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, development, or a combination thereof, of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the City; designating such area as appropriate for Urban Renewal Projects; and adopting Amendment No. 1 to the Mason City Southside Gateway Urban Renewal Plan, be adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Amend No. 8 – MC Unified Urban Renewal Plan: Motion, Jaszewski; 2nd, Symonds that Ordinance No. 19-11, Ordinance No. 19-11, an Ordinance amending Ordinance Nos. 01-17, 01-18, 01-19, 01-20, 02-21, 03-23, 12-14, 13-10, 13-32, 15-11, 16-11, and 18-01, providing that general property taxes levied and collected each year on all property located within the amended Mason City Unified Urban Renewal Area in the City of Mason City, County of Cerro Gordo, State of Iowa, by and for the benefit of the State of Iowa, City of Mason City, County of Cerro Gordo, Mason City Community School District, and other taxing districts, be paid to a special fund for payment of principal and interest on loans, monies advanced to and indebtedness, including bonds issued or to be issued, incurred by the City in connection with the amended Mason City Unified Urban Renewal Area (Amendment No. 8 to the Mason City Unified Urban Renewal Plan), be adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Amend No. 4 MC Downtown Reinvestment Urban Renewal Plan: Motion, Jaszewski; 2nd, Adams that the Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 15-12, providing that general property taxes levied and collected each year on all property located within the amended Mason City Downtown Reinvestment Urban Renewal Area, in the City of Mason City, County of Cerro Gordo, State of Iowa, by and for the benefit of the State of Iowa, City of Mason City, County of Cerro Gordo, Mason City Community School District, and other taxing districts, be paid to a special fund for payment of principal and interest on loans, monies advanced to and indebtedness, including bonds issued or to be issued, incurred by the City in connection with the Amended Mason City Downtown Reinvestment Urban Renewal Area (Amendment No. 4 to the Mason City Downtown Reinvestment Urban Renewal Plan), be received and placed on file for 1st Consideration. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Amend MC Southside Gateway Urban Renewal Area: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Thoma that the Ordinance An amending Ordinance No. 16-12, providing that general property taxes levied and collected each year on all property located within the amended Mason City Southside Gateway Urban Renewal Area, in the City of Mason City, County of Cerro Gordo, State of Iowa, by and for the benefit of the State of Iowa, City of Mason City, County of Cerro Gordo, Mason City Community School District, and other taxing districts, be paid to a special fund for payment of principal and interest on loans, monies advanced to and indebtedness, including bonds issued or to be issued, incurred by the City in connection with the Amended Mason City Southside Gateway Urban Renewal Area (Amendment No. 1 to the Mason City Southside Gateway Urban Renewal Plan),be received and placed on file for 1st Consideration. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Adjourn: The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
/s/Bill Schickel
Bill Schickel, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/Aaron Burnett
Aaron Burnett, City Clerk
Publish 10-5-19
Emailed 10-2-19
NOW… He is asking CHINA, a dictatorship, communist country to invistigate Biden??? FAT ASS Trump needs to be removed forcefully out of the white house! HE has proven time and time again that he is crazy! It is a scary time right now in our history that this SOB still president!!! Constantly abusing his power!!!
Trump is grasping at the straws to distract attention away from him and the impeachment stuff but what he really is doing is making a bigger mess for himself.
The man is not all there in the head and neither are his followers.
You are real tough when hiding behind Anonymous. Put you name on here tough guy and see how long you last.
After you, Anonymous. LOL How do you not see how funny it is that you don’t see that?
Quit it with your threats moron! Go crawl in a hole! Can’t handle what is posted here, GET THE HELL OUT!
You dont get to cry “bully” every time someone tells the truth about you, Joe. He isn’t afraid of you or any of your corrupt friends. That’s why he was elected!
Biden hasn’t done that, Trump does it every day, like a bit spoiled baby who needs his diaper changed
Open borders. Sanctuary cities. Feces on the streets and sidewalks. Free health care for illegal aliens. Higher taxes. Gun confiscation. Just a few of the things you can count on when you VOTE DEMOCRAT in 2020.
Trump, is this you? Shame, shame! VOTE DEMOCRAT 2020!
Copied and pasted all from PollHype, perhaps one of the most egregious of all the fake news sites.
Just more lies to incite the masses to vote for trump a worthless lying douchebags.
I implore people on here to really research instead of relying on post here as fact because I can guarantee you many posting garbage on here are lies to persuade voters.
Every bit of it was true.Obama was and is a slimeball.
Obama put an end to terror asylum restrictions by letting suspects who provided only “insignificant” or “limited” material support of terrorists go free. Obama prides himself as a president with the best record on immigration control. The media always points out that he deported more citizens than Bush. But, this fact proves that he wasn’t so harsh on suspects of terror.
Despite knowing the risks of a coupe, Obama provided military weapons to the Syrian opposition many of whom were working for ISIS. In fact, he ordered shipments on the very same day that he began his fight for more gun control in the U.S. Just before he left office, he stood by his actions and said he would continue to provide aid.
Obama went against the constitution and broke the Second Amendment by passing gun restrictions without the support of congress. The illegal law required private gun sellers to undergo inconvenient background checks. The law lead to numerous false accusations and gridlock due to clerical errors.
During his campaign, Obama claimed he would fight for our teachers and our men and women in blue. But, once he got into the Oval Office his tune changed. In 2009 at the peak of the Chrysler bankruptcy case Obama broke the Fifth Amendment by illegally treating unsecured creditors the majority of whom were retired teachers and officers from Indiana.
Liberals try to bash Donald Trump for his love for firing employees. But, no one can be compared to the king of the axe, President Obama. In 2011, Boeing hired 1,000 employees to maintain their factory in South Carolina. But, when Obama found out they were non-Union he ordered them to be fired.
Obama used his influence to run illegal IRS investigations on top conservative groups. The investigations turned into a major scandal that required organizations using the phrase “tea party” to reveal private information and even social media posts. Obama met with the head investigator only two days before the ordeal began.
In 2012, U.S. soldiers and officials were attacked in Benghazi resulting in two deaths. Obama sided with Hillary Clinton and blamed a leaked Youtube video for the attack. In reality, the attack was not spontaneous and the event could have been prevented if Clinton and Obama had provided the Benghazi locations with proper security.
When Obama first entered office he appealed to the liberals by giving $535 million to a green-energy company. Soon after the money was transferred the company failed and went out of business. Investigations found that the company’s executives had previously given large donations to his campaign in 2008.
During the 2013 Egyptian revolution, the citizens overthrew Mubarak which voided contracts between the U.S. and Egypt. Despite ruling that it was illegal for the government to provide aid to Egypt, Obama still prohibited funds to go to the nation. His decision was a clear violation of a federal law.
3RUSSEL HARDY PROPERTIES!!! That scumbag no good slumlord needs to be stopped by the city from bringing cockroaches like that all the time! Most of his properties are filled with those no good live off taxpayers SCUMBAGS! They come here and sell drugs and do all the stabbings and shootings in this town!!!
If I were president, I’d ask foreign leaders for any information they might have about corruption and the dossier is a prime example of that. Wouldn’t you? But the hate-Trump media, which is now driving the impeachment hysteria, is framing both of these minor stories as something heinous. The press is also deifying the whistle-blower placing him right alongside Nathan Hale. It’s all sooooooo corrupt.
If you did, you’d be impeached too. It’s illegal, and always has been.
It is not ILLEGAL. We have a treaty signed by Clinton requiring that we share information. Get your facts straight or STFU.
My facts are straight, you just don’t like having your lies contradicted. Get over it.
Rashida Tlaib is a direct and serious threat to our country!! She has ulterior motives along with the rest of her party!! TERM LIMITS NOW!!!
I agree with term limits–seems as if that is the only way we can end the embarrassment of Steve King
One young freshman congresswoman is a “serious threat to our country?” Boy, you scare easy.
California will be a major contributor to the demise of this great country. I wish my family and friends would move to Arizona and let California fall into the ocean. One can only hope!
California wishes your friends and relatives would leave also, and Arizona is rapidly going blue. The next election will seal it.
I think the dimocrate party should be classed as a threat to the security of the USA
That would be the Republicrook party. Looting the national treasury and stashing it in overseas banks
‘GO TO Joe 30330’: Biden Sends Supporters on a Digital Wild Goose Chase
That’s the kind of lame stuff trumpkin losers like to do.
Lame is all your answers. Don’t you ever have anything intelligent to say?
What’s a matter you pathetic puke can’t stand the truth?
All you trump lover turds do here is post lies.
Will Joe Biden, the former Vice President, write a book about his time working for Barack Obama and touring the country sniffin’ women?
Will The book explain how Joe got the Ukraine prosecutor that was investigating his son, fired? Will the book will contain a spreadsheet showing the $1.5 Billion his son received from China and its ultimate disposition?
More lies from trumpkin supporters who can’t cite any sources.
I’m guessing paid trolls or Russian bots either way youre pathetic losers.
Ha, ha, talk about lies! That’s all you do! Talk about pathetic, that is all your comments. Talk about losers, look at you libraterds.
Shows how brainless you are I’m not a liberal you paranoid retarded loser.
LIBS DON”T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS
https://www.toddstarnes.com/politics/watch-california-school-kids-chant
That’s indoctrination at it’s finest.
Even Fox has had enough of this guy’s drunken lunacy, and gave him the boot. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/464127-radio-host-todd-starnes-out-at-fox-news
The irony of this is that AG Barr can Push Back against the party of donkeys Far Greater with The Force of a Hurricane because he’s The Top Law Enforcement Agent in America and has the Constitution & Rule of Law at his disposal! GOD Bless America
Bullshit.
There are now over 150 House Democrats who back Impeachment.
These Impeachment claims have nothing to do with President Trump – the Democrats thrive on silencing and intimidating supporters like YOU. They want to take YOUR VOTE away. We won’t stand for this any longer, and neither should YOU.
Complete bullshit.
Now the press is trying to sell the fact that I wanted a moat stuffed with alligators and snakes, with an electrified fence and sharp spikes on top, at our Southern Border. I may be tough on Border Security, but not that tough. The press has gone Crazy. Fake News!
No that is accurate news.
Bull Shit! Lying makes you look even more stupid than you already are.
You are just pathetic.
Here is the bottom line and the Democrat/Socialists can’t figure out Pres. Trump is playing them 100%….over the next year Trump knows as long as the Dems/Soc Party keeps him in the ‘impeach’ limelight that 95% of all the media will concentrate on him, leaving 5% for Dems/Soc candidate….Trump wins in 2020. He will make zingers from now and then just to keep the stories fresh. NO front-runner with any staying power will emerge due to the media over ridden with TRUMP. Brilliant strategy. They are their own worst enemy.
Trump is the one getting played, by Putin. They’ll take us without firing a shot, just like Kruschev predicted years ago, thanks to the near-illiterate traitor elected by RepubliCONS.
TRUMP 2020… ‘break out the pitchforks and start pushing back” THE TRUMP BASE IS GOING TO SET RECORDS AT THE POLLS.
The journal Nature retracted a study published last year that found oceans were warming at an alarming rate due to climate change.
You are only reporting on one aspect of the story. Read the entire story and you will see although Nature retracted the study, they didn’t dispute the information. They confirmed it. https://phys.org/news/2019-09-journal-nature-retracts-ocean-warming.html
They admitted their metrics and conclusions were wrong. Why would they be right the next time?
“The case needs to be made that today’s Democratic Party and their allies in the media have planned this since Election Day 2016 and they would be moving to impeach any Republican president under any circumstances.
Trump and his worthless big mouth got him in this mess no one else did so blame him for breaking the law.
So why isn’t it being made? Because it’s bullshit.
I am ‘certain’ the Washington Post and other mainstream media outlets have spent countless hours investigating potential FISA abuse and allegations of wrongdoing in the counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign….. WRONG! Unfortunately, they have written off such accusations as ‘Right Wing Conspiracies’ based on statements from government officials who are THEMSELVES the subject of wrongdoing allegations (Andrew McCabe/CNN). Pathetic journalism.
Freedom of speech and innocent until proven guilty are concepts somehow foreign to liberals! As long as you agree with them and become obedient little sheep and toe the party line. ———–“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.” (George Orwell 1984).
First Biden tells the media networks not to have Rudy Gullianni on their shows, now Harris wants the CEO of Twitter to close Trumps acct! Do we see a trend here? Then they come to silence us, we the people. This is exactly what Hitler did in Germany! Are we even teaching this in schools any more?
Harris probably wants trump to go to work rather than spending all of his time on twitter trying to brainwash his supporters.
Trump uses Twitter to piss and moan like most coddled rich crybabies do.
All he is a do nothing president.
nd Obama put together. If you are going to lie at least make it believable. But, you are liberal, you are to dumb to get anything right.
Damn computer, Trump has accomplished more in his shot time in office than Bush and Obama did put together. If you are going to lie try to make it believable. Of course you are liberal and not smart enough to know right from wrong
yeah, blame it on the computer. Just like trump, nothing is ever your fault and everybody lies cept you.
So as an American citizen if I get pulled over and have a warrant out for my arrest, then the officer is going to take me into custody. But if an illegal has a warrant then they should be free to go? This is ridiculous. And simply not right.
Also simply not true.
That’s a lie to further incite hate against illegals and whoever you are should get a beating for it.
Grow the fuk up and quit spreading lies and hate to the guible masses.
YOU are nothing but a POS lier! Just keep lying like the GOD you follow, FAT ASS TRUMP!