Third time should be charm
Fairmont Area Schools, having had a bond referendum defeated twice at the polls, is considering offering another referendum. Indeed, they should. After asking for — and being denied — a referendum of about $29 million in November, the district offered a request for a $9.8 million referendum in May. While the margin of loss was less, the district’s request was again denied. Now the district is considering whether to once again request a referendum to pay for such items as boiler replacement at Five Lakes Elementary and the junior/senior high school; roof replacement at Five Lakes and the junior/senior high and roof work at Lincoln school; parking lot repairs at the junior/senior high; replacement of the floor in the high school gym; technology upgrades; maintenance shop improvements; and athletic upgrades, among other items. We feel the district has been more than fair in whittling down its requested items to the minimum.
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Our congressman, Tim Walz, gets points for bringing House Ag Committee chairman Collin Petersen to Fairmont recently to discuss the new Farm Bill. The duo provided an overview of the bill and insights into getting it passed.
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Team wins championship
Congratulations to the Fairmont Area boys track and field team for its impressive victory in the state meet last weekend. Fairmont won the championship with 52 points, while runner-up Glencoe-Silver Lake had 33.
Iowa must calculate true costs of program
The state of Iowa, it seems to us, could find an easy remedy to the controversy involving a program that pays grocery stores to handle food stamp debit cards: Pay the stores enough to cover their costs, but no more.
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Who is he serving?
We’re not sure what Blue Earth City Council member Glenn Gaylord had in mind on Monday, but the councilman did not exactly have the best meeting public relations-wise.
'Cleanup' laws need teeth, eventually
Cities around the nation impose strict controls on where you may locate your home on your lot. They tell businesses that their signs may only be so large, or may not be neon.
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