Comments on: An interesting comment from this morning

By: Stasigr

Stasigr — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:21:13 +0000

Hello, very nice site, keep up good job!
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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:26:42 +0000

Who said the high school wont be in Stuart?? DUH!! We were talking about the most urgent need the Menlo building. Get those kids out of there and into a district wide elementary. Build the hs in stuart somewhere that hasn’tfailed 6 times already and lets move on!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:58:32 +0000

If there isn’t a new highschool in Stuart, then the district wide elementary should be there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:04:52 +0000

I’d vote for a district wide elementary in Dexter. It would stop a lot of the duplication of services and save us taxpayers some money.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:27:48 +0000

The more I think about a district wide elementary in Dexter is the only way to go. This eliminates excess buildings and all the elementary would be under 1 roof. Lets get moving on this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:33:38 +0000

There are more issues than how sturdy a building is.
What about mold issues and the issues with the kitchen.

By: American

American — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:27:00 +0000

I’d like to know what was on the report that cost a measly $4000 to study the Menlo School. It is the most sturdy of all the buildings we have, including the new Redfield site.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:51:55 +0000

If the kids need to be removed from the Menlo building, where are they to go? You have to look at buildings.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:14:10 +0000

All I am reading is about a NEW HIGH SCHOOL!!! Our board spent $4,000.00 to do a study on the Menlo school and the studycame back saying that is where the most immediate need is. Get our kids out of that school,. But all I am reading is a new High School in Stuart. It only proves one thing!!! It is all about a building and all about Stuart!!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:01:28 +0000

I do not have the knowledge needed or time to pursue but someone could sure check with those that would know and see if a site would work.
Property owners will usually sell, as long as they are getting a good price for their land. And there area alot of people wanting to do an exchange on land to save tax dollars.
I just would like someone to pursue checking out a site in that area.
I do think Menlo feels like they are left out alot and this would definately be good for them.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:34:09 +0000

I know what you’re feeling, but please if you have some specific area or ideas, everything is worth thinking about. That could appease Menlo people and get things passed. I’m one who doesn’t think a referendum will pass at the East site. Your reasoning about the ethanol plant makes sense and there certainly is open, flat area. Also, the feelings about the East site ground would be gone like you said. Please comment further.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:04:38 +0000

No, nothing specific. But if others think it is worth considering, it could be checked out. There is no sense looking very far into it, just to be shot down right away.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:11:07 +0000

Do you have any specific ideas? Would like to hear them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:30:32 +0000

We need to start looking at the West edge of Stuart for a building site. With the ethanol plant being built there, that area is going to grow. It would also keep Menlo a little closer to the school. I am sure there is land in that area that could be bought or do an exchange for the land we own, and build there. It would be a nice neutral site and would solve all the site problems.
We could sell the East site land and the land would be bought by the current board, so we would get over the who bought the East site land issue once and for all.

By: orange peel

orange peel — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:11:15 +0000

I’m a farmer too, 7:07 and know just what you’re saying. We seem to get blamed for everything. I would love to see the other vote Yes for anything crowd have their retirement funds raided and raped. They would change their tunes really quickly. People say “you don’t have to farm so much ground and have all that big equipment”. That just shows how tight the margins are and they can’t understand that. Bottom line is they don’t want to understand that, as they stuff themselves with food. They pay less % of income for food than anyone in the world but still bitch and moan. They seem jealous that we have to be this big to survive. I want a new HS built in Stuart at a reasonable cost and not at the East site. It is not the right site. 11:13, I happen to agree totally with 2:55. Your taking the one word response as being productive is nonsense. It’s really you or 3:48 who is hell-bent on getting their own way. One word responses inflame and shouldn’t because it just shows the lack of desire to even state your opinion and probably means you are just following your leader. Doing whatever they tell you to do. Or else, you really can’t state your opinion because you know it’s not the right one or are incapable ot doing so. Back to farmers and taxes. I’m glad I don’t live in Dallas Co. from what I’ve heard. We work all our lives to build something and have it wittled away at by every thing that gets passed. So I agree, let’s see some contributions out of those retirement funds from everyone else. Not only do the older guys have 401k’s, most have pension plans on top of those. Now someone give me the legalese retirement funds. Active farmers are fully invested, we don’t have extra money to put into retirement funds. So count your blessings we are here. You can bet when corporate farming is here in another generation, your kids will be paying for a new school by themselves. Because corporate farming will tell you uh uh, cause by then they will have the property tax structure changed to where it should be. So take those stocks and bonds and pay a portion of those for a new school as we have to our land.