Developers are Crabgrass: Yet another Minnesota Bank, poised on the brink of failure. Imprudent mismanagement and unsound decision-making strikes again!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Yet another Minnesota Bank, poised on the brink of failure. Imprudent mismanagement and unsound decision-making strikes again!

I do not believe this will be the first time a Flaherty & Collins adventure brings a junior lender to ruin.

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Five questions had been asked to earlier test the mood of readers on possible general election matters.
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1-On requiring a photo ID to be presented to be able to vote this November: 17 votes total. 10(58%) for it; 7(41%) against it.
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2- Regarding the so-called "right to work" [anti-union] question, I intend to: (17 votes total) 7(41%) Vote pro-union; 10(58%) Vote right-to-work.
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3- Regarding the marriage amendment there were17 votes: 4(23%) for it; 9(52%) against it; 4(23%) indifferent.
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4- Favorite for President: (18 votes) Obama - 6(32%); Romney - 1(5%); Gingrich - 4(22%); Santorum - 3(16%); Ron Paul - 4(22%). (Currently, results may differ.)
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5- On the question of family planning freedom of choice, there were 14 votes. 6(42%) Pro-choice; 6(42%) Anti-choice; 2(14%) indifferent.
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In a prior pair of questions, results were:
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Do you await next year's elections [now, this November's elections] as a way to redirect Ramsey policy?
NO. Things are just fine. [no votes]
YES. Time for a change - 16 votes (100%)
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Are you offended by City online developer and builder surveys without any show of care for what citizens think?
YES. Citizens need a voice. 13 0f 15 (86%).
NO. Things are fine as is. 2 of 15 (13%)
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Poll Results.

With Tarryl Clark choosing to enter a DFL primary for deciding the Eighth District's DFL candidate in the general election, do you think Clark made a good decision for Minnesota, or a bad one?

By 2 to 1, with 8% don't care, readers disliked the choice to run in a DFL primary.

THE CONTRACEPTION AVAILABILITY ISSUE: From your perspective and within your value system, who is the higher quality human being - Rush Limbaugh or Sandra Fluke?

15 votes total, distributed as: 2 (13%) chose Rush, 10 (66%) chose Sandra Fluke, and 3 (20%) voted "don't care."

Do you support the Occupy movement, how people are acting and the goal of holding Wall Street and the 1% accountable?

21 votes total, distributed as: 6 (28%) said yes, 11 (52%) said no, and an identical 2(9%) voted in the "Ambivalent" and "Don't care" categories.

What is your opinion of the big "COR" sign on Highway 10?

5 (47%) liked it - 6(54%) did not.

The Flaherty Fiasco. Should Ramsey risk eight million dollars in it, without first holding a referendum on that very question?

Yes, Do It. 1 vote (7%).

No, Do a Referendum, had 13 votes (92%).

The Flaherty Fiasco. Do you think it will catalyze anything worthwhile?

1 (7%) yes vote.

13 (92%) voted no.

The Flaherty Fiasco. Would YOU choose to live there?

2 (14%) responded they'd live there.

12 (85%) would not.

Is it relevant to you to know whether Landform, and/or Darren Lazan, and/or Michael Jungbauer is being paid money by Flaherty & Collins above and beyond money being paid by City of Ramsey:

44 (80%) believe it relevant.

4 (8%) believe it irrelevant.

1 voted "Don't know."

Tax The Rich --

A good idea. 17(77%).

A bad idea 4(18%).

1 "Don't know."

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Developers are Crabgrass

Monday, May 30, 2011

Yet another Minnesota Bank, poised on the brink of failure. Imprudent mismanagement and unsound decision-making strikes again!

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