It's History

Well, there it is...the Mayor's state of the City address. All is well and we have lots of progress to report. Lots of development and growth and a beautiful City. Of course all the credit goes to Herb Bergson and all the DFLers in Duluth.

What he didn't tell you is that the retiree health care liability is growing by an estimated $35,000 dollars every day. What he didn't tell you is all of the projects he mentioned were either well under way or actually on the table before he took office. What he didn't tell you is our projected job growth is actually negative, that is, we are projected to lose jobs over the foreseeable future. What he didn't tell you is we are losing jobs and businesses are closing at an astonishing rate. What he didn't tell you is our tax burden is growing, our tax base is shrinking and he wants to spend more money!

He wants to locate police substations on practically every corner in Duluth. He wants to locate another in the Central Hillside area. My question is, Why? The current Police Department is located on the Western end of the Central Hillside. The majority of Police patrols, calls, arrests and responses are in the Central Hillside area. Maybe the next will be located in the Grant School expansion, you know, the school the School Board wanted to close last year and now wants to expand. He could locate one more on the UMD campus and another in Woodland. One more in Lakeside and another in the Congdon area. We shouldn't leave out Park Point, they have a Fire Station, why not a Police substation. There should be a Wethouse on Park Point, one in Morgan Park, one in Piedmont and another in Duluth Heights and don't forget Lakeside. OK, Lakeside is dry but you know the bottles in bags turn up along the railroad tracks all the time. After-all, should we be asking the panhandling drunks by the Miller Mall to hike all the way to downtown after working feaverishly, thieving money all day in the cold?

The question to really be asked here is, what is this Mayor's vision for the City of Duluth? It is obviously one of build, tax and spend. It is one of never leave a drunk unhoused or uncared for. It is one of pandering to AFSCME. It is one of promoting alternative lifestyles. It is one of distracting us from the real issues facing us. It is one of abject incompetence on a scale rarely seen in municipal government.

It is apparent the Mayor of Duluth has learned nothing of the entitlements to retirees. Now he is seeking to extend those same entitlements to the street drunks. After-all, how long will it be before they need medical treatment? How long before we are covering that too? How long before one of them decides we didn't do enough and sues the City? The incredible level of fiscal irresponsibility and ignorance of the potential dangers to the City boggle the mind of anyone with common sense.

It is clear, the mission of Mayor Herb Bergson is one of distracting the public from unprecedented incompetence, ignorance and outright stupidity. The agenda is nothing more than pandering to as many fringe groups to attempt to get their vote. It is so shameless it is nauseating. This man clearly has no conscience and his behavior is utterly repugnant. Where will it end? With the mentality of the voting public in Duluth, the ship runneth aground and we applieth the throttle.

You have to give him credit though. Homosexuals across the country have hailed him as a messiah. He is a masterful distractor and obviously has taken every word of advice from his shell game advisors. Duluthians have to wake to the depths this man will take us before we are all swimming in muck.