In regard to the feuding going on with the city and county — just where do I start?! So much time and money has been wasted figuring out how to divide up the cost of the law enforcement (which was and is doing a great job) and other things, that no one can say that they are going to save money anywhere!I don’t understand how dividing up the law enforcement and dispatch is going to save money? More officers will have to be hired, new uniforms will be needed, new squad cars (and I am sure they come real cheap, not!) plus the benefits for the new officers. Do they think all this comes free? Well, I’m not getting paid to do an in-depth study and I can bet that they won’t get anything for free, or even on a "blue light special." Also, on the saving money issue, why was LaFond given a raise already? He hasn’t done anything to prove himself since he has been here other than to get everyone at each other’s throats! I was always under the impression that you don’t get a raise unless you have proven yourself.Speaking of LaFond, I remember reading in the June 3, 2004, issue of the Star Herald that he stated, "I was asked to submit a resume, and I was pleased to be selected based on that, but I have withdrawn from consideration," in regard to a city administrator position in Hibbing. Well, after getting on line and reading several articles from The Daily Tribune in Hibbing, it doesn’t sound to me like he withdrew his resume. In the first article dated June 4, it states that LaFond was interviewed via phone, as he was sick with E-coli. In another article, dated June 8, the first part of the article reads as follows: "Confidence and candor have made Brian Redshaw of Syracuse, Ind., the city council’s first choice for the position of city administrator. Without any discussion, Redshaw received the first and only nomination for the post during a special meeting of the council Monday." LaFond didn’t withdraw, he wasn’t selected, so he had to make himself look good!How long is it going to take to figure out that the people — friends, co-workers, family and community — are at battle with one another? I thought this was a community — which I would think would be city and county! But oh, no. The council and LaFond make it out like the city is the one and only and they don’t have to work with anyone else. Well wake up! If everyone in the community that they don’t want to work with, went elsewhere to do their business, we can bet that Luverne would shrivel up to nothing. Is that what they want?Our city leaders need to quit acting like a bunch of 2-year-olds (I think 2-year olds act better than our city leaders do)! Leave things alone and quit wasting any more money!Linda LenzLuverne
