Fate of Park Point fire hall to be decided by high bidder
November 24, 2012 at 6:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Park Point’s now-defunct fire hall will go up for auction on Dec. 14. The minimum bid for the property at 2138 Minnesota Ave. will be $175,000. Continue Reading
Does the $175,000 minimum bid include the Duluth building inspection turning a blind eye the the likely hefty removal and alteration of multi-layers of lead and asbestos contaminants?
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This cute curb appealling building reminds me a lot of M&H Oil gas station at the corner of Catlin and Belknap, better known as the NE corner of UWS. Anyway, the regents, with a similar politic makeup of ideals, values and lofty ideas as the Duluth City Council, decided the building and it’s lengthy history had a past and future with the growing campus and decided that it must be had at all costs. Many years later and costs well over a million dollars the building stands as a tribute to wasteful spending, I like to refer to it as the building east of the Burger King dumpsters.
Tear it down, sell the lot and set yourselves free!
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Why do I think that if Sharla had her way, there would be no houses in Duluth and we would all pay property taxes?
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First, if preservationists want to save the building, there is a system for that, they can buy it at auction.
Second, too many people share Sharla’s wrong opinion; “Selling off our city’s assets for a short-term gain is short-sighted…”
Selling of city land increases the property tax revenue the city collects… every year… year after year. Let’s repeat that, the city gets money up front and cash every year. Additionally the city no longer has the expense of maintaining the property. Mowing, painting, buying insurance.
Selling the property is the opposite of short-sited.
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“…he was confronted with a $1.35 million deficit, which his administration has since replaced with a $7.66 million reserve…” Yeah, I can tell every time I go up there by the horrible condition of a lot of the streets. Much worse than when I was growing up there in the 70′s and 80′s. Oh, and a $3 street light fee? Last time I was up there visiting a friend, the streetlight on the corner was off more than it was on. Been like that for over a year now.
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Oh and hopefully, for the residents of Minnesota Point, the city doesn’t sell it to one of the slumlords or shady property investors there. You know the few I am talking about!
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I think “The Last Place on Park Point” has a nice ring to it. After buying synthetic pot, the clientele can take a dip in Lake Superior to wash off their filth.
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Yep. That’s it! It is the Tea Party keeping this region down. A 30,000 foot analysis of overall Duluth culture reveals the reason why Duluth is the way it is. There is always a convenient scapegoat to blame our difficulties: evil corporations, Wal Mart, big oil, The Tea Party, republicans, Mayor Ness, etc. Listen to conversations at work; everybody is out to get the working guy. The reason this region is the way it is; fear. Fear of changing the status quo. Fear of taking that extra step to actually make it better here. This region votes 60 to 70% DFL every election. Why would we expect the results to be any different? The same people who constantly complain are usually those who offer all kinds of “solutions”, yet they will not step up and lead the change needing to take place. That is the single largest reason why we are the same here as we were in the 80′s. A great deal of blaming and complaining with a lack of common sense solutions with achievable objectives. Those who like it exactly the way it is here, good for you. Stop complaining and deal with it or do something about it! Your lack of work ethic and storm cloud attitude is not helping. Mayor Ness had to take action on a number of chronically and severely neglected areas and he should be applauded for his progress. I have lived here most of my life and am deeply disappointed in how few Duluthians take action to make this a better place. Quit blaming and get to work!
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Except of course when someone DOES come along who wants to change things, they can’t get elected thanks to the DFL stranglehold on people’s brains here. Doesn’t happen?
You had a candidate who got popped for getting funky with a 17 year old and he was nearly allowed to remain on the ballot. Then you had someone come along who was in after the deadline, but was allowed on. Never mind he was a deadbeat dad who had no problems spending twenty years with his fire union buddies, but couldn’t be bothered to see his daughter who lives here in town.
You have a populace in Duluth so brainwashed by FDR/JFK or dependent on social programs that progress can’t happen. Look at Charlie Bell. Here you had someone who would have been great for Duluth, who actually had worked a real job, but because he was honest in saying that the Chicago Express was harming Duluth, he was branded “raaaaaaaaaaaaaacist” and lost.
Duluth leadership can be summed up with one person, Roger Reinert. A couple winters ago he walked on icy steps, onto an icy sidewalk, got into his car, then spun out on 35 and crashed. And who did he blame? MN/DOT & State Patrol for not putting up warnings it was icy.
Duluth needs more Charlie Bells & Todd Fedoras, people who understand actual money and how finances work and less Sharlas. Maybe then some progress could start.
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I wonder what it will cost the city the first time there’s a structure fire on the point and the bridge is stuck in the up position? Better pay an out-of-town firm a bazillion dollars to figure that out.
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