In The News
SKYWALKS
BONG BRIDGE
BLATNIK HIGH BRIDGE
US BANK BUILDINGSo much in the news lately here in Duluth:
--Our Mayor says that city street repair is more important than skywalk extensions. I think those of us who drive on our Duluth streets (a lot of us!), would agree with him.
--There have been a lot of house fires lately….most are on rental units. Today it was said that it could be because the inspections of the rental units by the city are way behind.
--Our John Blatnik “high bridge” that goes between Duluth and Superior is getting some of their gusset plates replaced. Two of the lanes will be closed until the middle of June. Remember the bad gussets are what caused the I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis to collapse last summer. It is among the busiest bridges in non-metro Minnesota. It’s estimated that 28,000 vehicles go over it a day.
--Speaking of the high bridge, last Thursday when our winds were so bad, I drove over it to pick up our license plates for our new car. That bridge is so scary when the winds are high. I came home via the other bridge, The Bong Bridge, it’s not as high.
--Spring seems to have finally “sprung” here in the Northland, according to our weather people. I am starting to see buds some places.
--The scooters that our former Mayor purchased that are environmental friendly and can do 70 mph and 100 miles per gallon of gas, are up for sale. Our Mayor Ness is thinking about the liability the city might be in for, if an employee has an accident on one of them.
--AND oh…. yes …. the excitement in our office building today. I went out at lunch time with the car for an errand, and when I came back I saw a lot of police cars, and wondered what was going on. I found out the US BANK got robbed. Our office is in the sub basement of the bank building. The bank robber is still on the run, as of the 5:00 news. They say that when the economy is bad, there are more banks robbed. Fortunately, no one was hurt. I’m sure it shook up the teller that got robbed; I just talked with her yesterday when I made a deposit! I hope they give her a day off to recuperate. I noticed that the bank did close early.
One of our doors to our office from the hallway gets propped open quite often when our staff go out to the restroom, because it’s a shorter way to come and go, than going through the other door. This really bugs one of our staff members, because her office sits where she can’t see people coming in, she always is harping that we should not prop the door. After the robbery today, she said: “No more propping the door open!”
Well, that’s what’s new here in Duluth, Minnesota - May 7, 2008
--Our Mayor says that city street repair is more important than skywalk extensions. I think those of us who drive on our Duluth streets (a lot of us!), would agree with him.
--There have been a lot of house fires lately….most are on rental units. Today it was said that it could be because the inspections of the rental units by the city are way behind.
--Our John Blatnik “high bridge” that goes between Duluth and Superior is getting some of their gusset plates replaced. Two of the lanes will be closed until the middle of June. Remember the bad gussets are what caused the I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis to collapse last summer. It is among the busiest bridges in non-metro Minnesota. It’s estimated that 28,000 vehicles go over it a day.
--Speaking of the high bridge, last Thursday when our winds were so bad, I drove over it to pick up our license plates for our new car. That bridge is so scary when the winds are high. I came home via the other bridge, The Bong Bridge, it’s not as high.
--Spring seems to have finally “sprung” here in the Northland, according to our weather people. I am starting to see buds some places.
--The scooters that our former Mayor purchased that are environmental friendly and can do 70 mph and 100 miles per gallon of gas, are up for sale. Our Mayor Ness is thinking about the liability the city might be in for, if an employee has an accident on one of them.
--AND oh…. yes …. the excitement in our office building today. I went out at lunch time with the car for an errand, and when I came back I saw a lot of police cars, and wondered what was going on. I found out the US BANK got robbed. Our office is in the sub basement of the bank building. The bank robber is still on the run, as of the 5:00 news. They say that when the economy is bad, there are more banks robbed. Fortunately, no one was hurt. I’m sure it shook up the teller that got robbed; I just talked with her yesterday when I made a deposit! I hope they give her a day off to recuperate. I noticed that the bank did close early.
One of our doors to our office from the hallway gets propped open quite often when our staff go out to the restroom, because it’s a shorter way to come and go, than going through the other door. This really bugs one of our staff members, because her office sits where she can’t see people coming in, she always is harping that we should not prop the door. After the robbery today, she said: “No more propping the door open!”
Well, that’s what’s new here in Duluth, Minnesota - May 7, 2008
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