Every now and then I like to share with my reading audience the samples of the feedback that I receive to my blog. Look, here’s some now:
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Judy asked: “I am interested in purchasing at Hartford Commons but concerned about not knowing the taxes. I am told “$50 a month until the last person [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2004
Feedback
December 29, 2004 – 9:35 pm
Stop Signs
December 28, 2004 – 9:22 am
What could possibly be wrong with putting up a stop sign?
After all, it’s just a sign.
Wouldn’t it be safer if we had stop signs at every street intersection?
Better safe than sorry. Right?
Who can be against stop signs? We hear that all the time. Why not just put them up? We hear [...]
Count Your Blessings
December 27, 2004 – 7:58 am
This is my little sister Sheri and her husband David. Sheri, David, and their two children Katrin & Jacob live and work in New Delhi, India. Sheri and David both work at the American Embassy School in New Delhi. Sheri is a guidance counselor. David is a math teacher, coach, [...]
A Christmas Poem
December 25, 2004 – 9:30 am
Merry Christmas to all those who read this blog. My gift to you this Christmas Day is my favorite Christmas poem. It’s The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It’s inexpensive, but it’s from the heart.
Enjoy.
The Three Kings
Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise [...]
Brand New
December 23, 2004 – 7:20 am
For the past 18 months (or so) various members of City staff have been working with an eclectic mix of consultants and volunteers to examine the City’s “branding”. We took a look at the City’s use of color, image, and design and examined how both citizens and non-citizens of Eden Prairie were perceiving Eden [...]
Pioneer Trail is Open
December 22, 2004 – 7:45 am
The Pioneer Trail-Hwy 169 intersection is open. This is the view of it eastbound on Pioneer Trail just as I am approaching the Walgreens’ store:
Sure, there a few details left to complete, but the roadway is open and you can access all four legs of the intersection now.
Next up: You can all ready [...]
The Ole Store
December 21, 2004 – 8:11 am
I moved to Minnesota in 1996 to start my new job as Northfield’s new City Administrator. The interview process to acquire this new job started at The Ole Store. Being from Iowa, I was initially confused about The Ole Store. I remember thinking to myself, hmmmm, why would they name a store [...]
Storm Water Management
December 20, 2004 – 8:03 am
With the icy rain pelting my office windows this morning, I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about storm water management in San Antonio, Texas. Also, a good opportunity to think back on the beautiful sunny days I spent there just a week ago. For those of you who have never [...]
Counting Cars, Not Crows
December 17, 2004 – 7:18 am
Here’s a comment that I received yesterday through my blog feedback mechanism:
Comment: Quick question – I’ve noticed on my drive to and from work – on a stretch of 212 from Anderson Lakes to 62 that there are a lot of City vehicles parked in the boulevards, or the medians, or in the lawns on [...]
Mrs. Eden Prairie
December 16, 2004 – 2:03 pm
That’s Sue Brown on the left and Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens on the right. Sue is Mrs. Eden Prairie. She will represent Eden Prairie in the Mrs. Minnesota International pageant in St. Cloud in March 2005. The pageant is held to recognize married women for their accomplishments in family, profession and community stewardship. [...]
Doing the Heavy (Smelly) Lifting
December 15, 2004 – 11:25 am
Do you think that you know what a Lift Station is? Is it:
a) A place to lift weights
b) The spot on the curb to stand to catch a cab
c) An elevator in England
d) The place where heavy equipment forcibly pumps sewage to a higher elevation so that it can flow [...]
Trolling
December 14, 2004 – 9:42 am
This is Officer Todd Groves. Officer Groves has been a patrol officer in our Police Department for six years. He is especially skilled at finding and stopping drunk drivers. There was an excellent article and profile about Officer Groves in last week’s Eden Prairie News.
I can remember the days when drunk driving [...]
Public Pay
December 13, 2004 – 10:02 pm
As we near the end of the year, the minds of many public employees turn to their pay. The City makes pay adjustments for its employees in January. We are busy right now figuring out just what those adjustments are going to be. We will grant a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) and, if earned, [...]
What Color Is Eden Prairie?
December 9, 2004 – 8:50 am
Benjamin Moore says we’re this color:
We’re #317-5. Right between Timberland (#317-4) and Windsor Meadow (#317-6).
How about that.
Deer Management
December 8, 2004 – 4:38 pm
The City conducts a deer management program each year in Eden Prairie. The program starts with a deer census which generates information about the number of deer in the city. We know what the ecological carrying capacity of the City is for deer, so the process of determining the size of the annual [...]
