While she's sympathetic, Jensen isn't sure the loss of staff would not effect her personally. "I don't know if it would really bother me too much. I feel safe no matter what." [Summer Evans, "County Residents React to Sheriff's Letter," KELOLand.com, 2007.08.17]
I feel safe no matter what. This isn't the moronic macho grunting of the kids who mindlessly slap "No Fear" stickers on their pickup trucks. This is the simple commentary of a common woman who recognizes that, tornados and crazy teenage drivers notwithstanding, we live in a pretty safe part of the world.
In the midst of news outlets and ads hyping dangers to sell their products, and in the midst of Steve Sibson's constant (to the point of hilarity) warnings of the complete collapse of the underpinnings of Christian civilization, it's nice to know some folks haven't bought into the culture of fear. Thanks, Holly!
what suprises me is after reading your story about Colman and the finacial indscretions of the city and former chief kimball, I wonder how much of the money not paid into the state & ect. would have gone to Moody County's coffers to help support the tax base, heck they could have paid for laptop computers and or maybe even another deputy or officer at the rage which chief kimball was issueing tickets and raking in the dough for city of colman.
ReplyDeletefor thoses that dont know moody county is in the top 10 counties in the state for rate of fatality motorvehicle accidents, so I guess I would see it as a concern as a resident but that is just my .02
Yeah. I saw that lady on the news. She is alright with it until She calls 911 and they tell her it will be a while because the deputy on call is busy with something else. OR before she gets a hold of a dispatcher she gets to listen to hold music until the one dispatcher that is there gets done with the call they are already on before hers.
ReplyDeleteWhy not have Colman contract with the county? I hear they have lots of extra money laying around. Oh that's right.. the cash cow has been shut down. Darn!
This morning's Anonymi are right: there are problems to worry about, even in relatively tranquil Moody County (top ten for motorcycle fatalities? yikes!
ReplyDeleteThe budget cuts for the sheriff's department do seem remarkably out of proportion to the total savings Moody County is looking for. Will they create public safety issues? I welcome the input of more Moody County residents on that question. (Hmm, maybe the Lake County criminals will here there are fewer cops over Flandreau way and head east!) It just struck me as out of character for the usually fear-mongering media to quote someone who says she's not worried about imminent disaster.
ReplyDelete(top ten for motorcycle fatalities? yikes!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I just wanted it clarified the first post said "Fatality Motor Vehicle Accidents."
Every one will remember the Colman High School Student who died in December of 2006 just outside Colman in a drinking and driving accident
Maybe if Chief Kimball had spent more time doing his job and catching drunks, and underage drinkers Rather than making money off of speeder's for the City of Colman's coffers
We wouldn't even be discussing the Colman Cash Cow going dry
Whoops! Sorry, Anon -- my bad! That's what I get for blogging while tending baby! :-)
ReplyDeleteDon't kid yourselves if Chief Kimball would have been arresting drunks and so on in a town of what?... 500. How long do you think he would have had a job? Would it look real good if the Chief arrests someone coming out of the municipal bar? Soon enough the locals leave town to go a different watering hole and again the city's other cash cow is now dormant.
ReplyDeleteSmall towns like that want their officers to do one thing, work the state/county roads that travel through town and leave the locals alone.