COMMENTARIES
Commentary: Local business climate much too political 
Michelle Meyer takes issue with an assertion in the Blue Ribbon Panel’s findings that “Red Wing is not a politically friendly place to do business.” At least two points in her letter deserve attention (R-E, July 28).
By By Mike Kolsky, Red Wing , August 06, 2010
Commentary: Engage in meaningful efforts to fix nation
Since its volatile founding, the Tea Party has been an enigma. Bent on self-destruction, initially, its use of misspelled and racist rhetoric, signaled that it had a short shelf life and should not be taken seriously.
By Richard W. Johnson, Wacouta , July 19, 2010
Commentary: Boundary Waters Canoe Area threatened
For the past 40 years, the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center has been introducing young people to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness during all seasons of the year.
By Bruce Ause, Red Wing , July 05, 2010
Commentary: BP disaster should motivate us to change
The BP disaster raises many questions. The most important one is: What can I do here and now to reduce my fossil fuel use?
By Clarence Bischoff, Red Wing , June 14, 2010
Commentary: Local WWII veterans take flight of lifetime
Sixty-five years ago last month I, as a 17-year-old farm kid, got my parents to approve my enlistment in the United States Navy.
By Dan Mjolsness, Red Wing , May 30, 2010
Commentary: We can build on successes of the first Earth Day
Forty years ago Americans saw pictures of the earth taken from space
By Paul Drotos, Red Wing , April 22, 2010
Commentary: Blue Ribbon Panel advances in its mission
The Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Economic Development has been meeting for several months
By Dennis Egan and Scott Wordelman, Red Wing , April 17, 2010
Commentary: Legislators help increase election integrity
When the topic of election integrity arises, people often think about voter fraud and ways to prevent it, and rightly so.
By By Kent Kaiser, St. Paul , April 09, 2010
Commentary: Open meetings should be public policy
Have you every watched a City Council or Port Authority meeting and wondered how a decision was made with so little discussion? You’re not alone.
By Kent Laugen, Red Wing , April 04, 2010
Commentary: The U.S. Constitution is worth defending
The Constitution says that everyone has a right to be secure in their home from unreasonable searches.
By By Bradley Sonnentag, Ellsworth , March 29, 2010
Commentary: Let’s revisit city’s storm water utility fees
I asked at City Hall why homeowners in areas without storm sewers were being charged.
By Jerry Strusz, Red Wing , March 16, 2010
Commentary: Don’t put onus on citizens to get notified
Four bills moving through the state Legislature, seemingly small in scope, threaten to undermine Wisconsin’s public notice laws.
By By Peter D. Fox, Madison, Wis. , March 12, 2010
Commentary: Pawlenty robs homeowners’ fire service fund
Minnesota communities and their firefighters have had a long and rocky road in trying to maintain adequate fire protection.
By By Calvin A. Larson, Shevlin, Minn. , March 05, 2010
Commentary: Add partners before buying farmland
Red Wing is in the process of buying a farm for spreading class B biosolids.
By John Sachen, Red Wing , February 04, 2010
Commentary: We’re tired of getting dumped on
Lake Pepin is getting dumped on - to the tune of a cubic city block of sediment a year, close to 1 million metric tons.
By Mike McKay, Wacouta , January 27, 2010
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