Bergson's
key initiatives
• Appoint a committee to replace the director of
planning and development.
• Put free wireless Internet connections downtown.
[Yes, and who is going to pay for this?]
• Expand campground at Spirit Mountain. [The one that
nobody uses?]
• Appoint an American Indian to the Spirit Mountain
Recreation Area Authority board. [To prevent a golf
course from ever being developed there?]
• Revive the Crimestoppers program to reduce crime.
• Allow residents to report minor crimes online.
• Designate a police officer to handle financial crimes,
such as identity theft. [Isn't this best left to the
FBI?]
• Create an endowment to pay for cultural, educational
and recreational activities for youth.
• Include Iron Range cities in Duluth Days, the annual
lobbying effort in St. Paul.
• Look at relocating the Enger Park Golf Course's
clubhouse to attract nongolfers for a glimpse of the
breathtaking view. [And thus making it less
convenient for golfers?]
• Find a way to fund a covered water park. [What the
#@*%!!!]
• Appoint Councilor Russ Stewart and real estate agent
Ken Truscott to lead a committee to review processes of
the Building Inspection Department.
• Create a committee to review environmentally friendly
industrial development opportunities. [Only review
environmentally friendly opportunities? Who decides that
criteria?]
• Pursue grants to employ senior citizens to oversee a
community service program. [I thought jobs were
supposed to make money, not drain money...]
• Work toward building a new animal shelter.
• Help reopen the NorShor Theatre, which closed in
mid-October.
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