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preemptiveprevention 
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:03 pm |
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| Quote (JohnDoe @ April 30 2006,8:53am) | | I don't think we have anything to worry about. I've never heard of a developer actually managing a pool in their own development. |
I was not suggesting the convicted sex offender would be managing a swimming pool. I think you are missing my point.
Think about it this way:
Lafavre equals convicted sex offender
swimming pool equals teenage girls in swimming suits
convicted sex offender plus teenage girls in swimsuits equals trouble!
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:04 pm |
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JohnDoe
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:08 pm |
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The developers dont' live in Albert Lea and I believe they've stated that they have no intention of moving here. By the time the residents would be moved in and the pool would be done, LaFavre would be long gone.
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:20 pm |
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Here's a start: Get rid of Sparks. The town's been in decline ever since he's had his fingers in the pie.
Apply JOBZ as it was intended, not as it's currently being applied, like for 11 Bridon Cordage $11.00/hour jobs. Use whatever other tax breaks you can to encourage large industrial and business concerns to locate here, as opposed to other expensive places like Rochester and the Cities.
Promote, promote, promote. The Sioux Falls Development Corporation bombards Minneapolis and St. Paul airwaves on a daily basis with all the selling points for locating a business there, as opposed to Minnesota. Using a similar tactic could prove advantageous to Albert Lea.
Disband the Watershed Board, at least temporarily. In fact, shut down all these drains on public monies, until there are actually public monies coming in to fund these projects. These are tough times for your town. Start acting like it, and stop soaking your taxpayers for the rain and the dark, and so on.
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preemptiveprevention
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:21 pm |
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| Quote (JohnDoe @ April 30 2006,3:08pm) | | By the time the residents would be moved in and the pool would be done, LaFavre would be long gone. |
So the convicted sex offender will be long gone before the teenage girls in swimsuits are at the swimming pool?
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Moparman
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:22 pm |
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Quote (JohnDoe @ April 30 2006,2:02pm)
There would probably be a mix of people living in the new development. There will probably be some business owners too who will move their businesses to our city.
Do you really think that business owners will move a business here just because there is a new housing development for them to live in? That is probably one of the craziest things I have read on the forum. People will not move to Albert Lea to buy a house and then start a business or get a job. It works the other way around. If this "risk" were creating a large number of high paying jobs that would remain in the community (not temporary construction jobs) it would have more support.
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JohnDoe
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:27 pm |
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This again brings me back to the fact that this is a private party buying a private piece of property. Why do they need your support? If you dont' like the project, don't buy a lot. It's a free world and you can do what you please.
They aren't running for any public office and they don't need your vote. Private land, private money, and it's already zoned residential... there's nothing you can do about it.
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:29 pm |
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| Quote (Moparman @ April 30 2006,3:22pm) | | Do you really think that business owners will move a business here just because there is a new housing development for them to live in? That is probably one of the craziest things I have read on the forum. People will not move to Albert Lea to buy a house and then start a business or get a job. It works the other way around. If this "risk" were creating a large number of high paying jobs that would remain in the community (not temporary construction jobs) it would have more support. |
That's what I've been trying to explain to this guy all along.
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JohnDoe
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:34 pm |
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| Quote (Moparman @ April 30 2006,3:22pm) | Quote (JohnDoe @ April 30 2006,2:02pm)
There would probably be a mix of people living in the new development. There will probably be some business owners too who will move their businesses to our city.
Do you really think that business owners will move a business here just because there is a new housing development for them to live in? That is probably one of the craziest things I have read on the forum. People will not move to Albert Lea to buy a house and then start a business or get a job. It works the other way around. If this "risk" were creating a large number of high paying jobs that would remain in the community (not temporary construction jobs) it would have more support. |
Let's face it, Albert Lea doesn't have the best track record for attracting business owners. There is nothing that A.L. really has that Rochester, Owatonna or Mankato don't have as well. Southern Minnesota doesn't have much for high end residential housing at all. Heck, all the Hormel executives built their huge homes on a cornfield with no hills or trees. If a business owner in southern minnesota gets a chance to live on a property like this, they would probably be willing to drive further to call A.L. home. Because of this development drawing them to A.L. in the first place, they now have an opportunity to fall in love with everything else the town has to offer. Once they fall in love with A.L. (by this time it would be home in their minds), they will be much more likely to move their businesses here.
Does that logic make sense? Their target market isn't just in Albert Lea, but in all of Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.
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preemptiveprevention
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Posted on: Apr. 30 2006,3:34 pm |
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| Quote (JohnDoe @ April 30 2006,3:27pm) | | there's nothing you can do about it. |
except let prospective buyers know that a convicted sex offender will be involved in the development.
But don't worry, because JohnDoe said the convicted sex offender will be long gone by the time your young teenage daughters are sitting poolside in their swimsuits.
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