Where is the Revised Hackberry Park Plan? Why isn't it part of the Grant Packet for 9/25/23?
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Where is the Revised Hackberry Park Plan? Why isn't it part of the Grant Packet for 9/25/23?

Once again we are discussing lack of process with the #OronoCityCouncil and #mayorwalsh

Apparently Mayor Walsh has been communicating with only one resident to revise the last publicly shared Hackberry Park Plan. Where is the new revised plan for Hackberry Park? This plan is part of a grant application that is up for approval tomorrow Monday, September 25 at the Orono City Council meeting.

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Breaking News:You Are Invited!
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Breaking News:You Are Invited!

The City of Long Lake will be holding a 'Follow-Up Forum: Long Lake Fire Service Updates' open house event on Thursday, May 18 to share the latest information regarding ongoing Long Lake Fire Department discussions, and to welcome community input from any residents of our fire service coverage area (Long Lake, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, and Orono).

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Stop Orono's Overspending Attend May 22 City Council Meeting
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Stop Orono's Overspending Attend May 22 City Council Meeting

Citizens of Orono - do you want to spend multi millions more on Duplicate Fire Service? Why is Orono talking about borrowing money from other funds for this expenditure? It's because they haven't told us a budget. Why? Because it's going to be expensive by anyone's guess.

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How much does fire service in Orono cost?
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

How much does fire service in Orono cost?

How much will Spendy Denny going to charge us for Duplicate Fire Service?

Do not be bamboozled by the number of pages, nor the graphs and charts, nor the amount of words in the 83 page Needs Assessment Document for Fire Service.

Do pay close attention to how much money Mayor Walsh is freely spending of your tax dollars. And please do pay close attention to the fact that something doesn’t add up.

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Were Orono’s Debt Promises Broken?
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Were Orono’s Debt Promises Broken?

The @Vote4DennyWalsh web page Promises:

“We are on track to be debt free in 7 more years”...oh if only that were true. Now our debt won’t be paid off for 25 years with the interest payment of approximately 5 million.

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