It’s one of those months with a 5th Monday…the only public meeting on the city calendar this week is the Arts and Culture Commission meeting on Thursday. And it’s Spring Break for the public schools, although not for Carleton College which heads back to class on Monday. Time to skip town, do the taxes and [...]
Archive for March, 2009
A lull in local government
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blogging and other new media in government
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My attitude about blogs in general may be summed up by the New Yorker cartoon with one dog saying to another: “I had my own blog for a while, but I decided to go back to just pointless, incessant barking.” I try to bark directly at specific issues and only when there’s something to really [...]
Annexation again
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I would have predicted from the hail of e-mails Councilmembers recieved before Monday’s meeting, there were many people at the meeting to listen and/or speak to the issue of annexation. Here’s my guide to the situation:
What we did: The Council voted unanimously to amend the annexation ordinance to require that landowners seeking annexation would [...]
Council Goals, part 1
Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Council met Friday, February 27 and again Saturday, March 7 to set goals for 2009. We haven’t scored any yet, but it’s still early in the game (we continue with this topic as a discussion item on Monday’s agenda).
After our Saturday session, the Northfield News reported the 5 broad areas where we’re working: community [...]
Sad news
Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Northfield News reports Ron Griffith died yesterday. My deepest sympathy goes out to his wife Beret and family.
My connection to Ron was through the Planning Commission – I encouraged him to apply to serve on the PC after he spoke at a public hearing before the PC when I was chair. I can’t even [...]
The Council next week
Posted in Council agendas, Uncategorized on March 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yup, the Black Binder is back again and here’s what’s up:
Monday, March 16: Regular Council Meeting @ 7 pm @ City Hall. Highlights of this week’s agenda include
Approval of a library management agreement with Lonsdale: The City Council action is the culmination of much planning and work by Northfield’s library director, Lynne Young, City Administrator [...]
Distractions
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been busy attending city and city-related meetings and doing the requisite homework, but just haven’t had the time to write about it all. Now’s the crunch time in my other “job” as the Northfield Soccer Association registrar and I’ve been scrambling to get kids registered and ready to play soccer just as soon [...]
