Vox Pop - May 20
Take an active roleIf the Dispatch truly wants to improve the civility of conversation in its online article comments, discussion site and Vox Pop, it needs to start taking an active role in reviewing...
View ArticleVox Pop-May 20
Take an active roleIf the Dispatch truly wants to improve the civility of conversation in its online article comments, discussion site and Vox Pop, it needs to start taking an active role in reviewing...
View ArticleVox Pop-May 22
No charm in paperI don’t care for your new format except for maybe the front page. The paper looks very regimented, but has lost its charm. And what happened to Vox Pop? I haven’t seen it lately. I...
View ArticleVox Pop-June 5
Where, oh where, did Vox Pop go?I’m not finding Vox Pop in the newspaper. Can somebody do a little blurb as to what happened to it or where it is? I’m getting the recording so it’s obvious the phone...
View ArticleVox Pop - June 7
Same concerns?According to the Dispatch, there is concern about using a septic system at the proposed Dondelinger site at Highways 77 and 371 because of the high water table and flow toward local...
View ArticleVox Pop-June 14
More CWC workers neededPlease hire more income maintenance workers for Crow Wing County Social Services. Apparently they cannot keep up with their work load, at least this is the excuse I was given. An...
View ArticleVox Pop-June 17
Money needed elsewhereWhy is the county board forcing taxpayers to build an unwanted ATV trail network that is going to cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars? Doesn’t the board know that...
View ArticleVox Pop-June 26
Pool ordinanceCome on city of Brainerd, we need to be consistent with the pool ordinance. Why did some people get letters to take them down and yet some still keep putting theirs up? It’s hard to...
View ArticleVox Pop-July 10
No auto-replyWhat is going on? I emailed the mayor of Brainerd about a month ago and I didn’t even get an auto-reply. Mayor Walden, do your job. The least you could have sent was a “Thanks for your...
View ArticleVox Pop-July 19
Tribal nations seem strongI can’t understand how the three tribal nations mentioned in Sunday’s paper can even qualify for Federal Disaster Relief due to flooding, etc. With the huge profits made at...
View ArticleVox Pop-July 29
Where are the unemployed?They keep talking about the area’s high unemployment rate. When I ran an ad for employment this spring, I only received a handful of applicants and most of those were...
View ArticleVox Pop-July 31
Where are the unemployed?Having been through the drill of trying to get a decent job in Brainerd I may have an answer for you. People are unemployed because most of the companies in Brainerd hire...
View ArticleVox Pop-Aug. 7
ContemptuousIt is not our right to treat the earth as we do. Mother Nature attempted to balance out dangerously low water levels this spring with the floods (thank you global warming) and now...
View ArticleVox Pop-Aug. 19
Need moreThis evening’s performance of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” was outstanding, amazing and wonderful. Brainerd and the other sponsors should be applauded for bring this marvelous event to town. We need...
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