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Wasting money on intersection proposal

To the editor: I was happy to see the letter from Dick Seeboth about the reconfiguration of the Center Street and Garden Street intersection. It is a waste of taxpayer money for an intersection that has great traffic except for 15-20 minutes in the morning and afternoon, but only 170 days a year. If safety is the concern, they should do something about the situation at the school itself. I’ve watched. The traffic when school lets out a few times. Students and parents cross Payne Street jumping out between cars. Cars are making U-turns in the middle of the block. I would suggest ...

Another side of protesting

To the editor: Dissenting in Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall observed that “the freedom to speak and the freedom to hear are inseparable; they are two sides of the same coin.” A word to protesters: If someone is speaking and you interrupt them so they cannot be heard, you are taking away their Constitutional right to speak. If you are blowing a whistle in someone’s face while they are trying to speak, you are interfering with their right to speak. The right to free speech includes the right to be heard. People who show up at protest ...

Work together rather than spreading hate

To the editor: Beware of what you say. It can cause extremists to attempt assassinations. Let’s start with Elon Musk. He did no damage to our government. His job was to point out waste and fraud and he did. Brad Finstad is doing a great job in Washington D. C. that he was elected to do as our 1st District Representative. Brad has worked hard to promote a farm funding bill that will help the farm economy now and for the future. He has held meetings within the district to inform the public of this program. Addressing wealthy people...wealthy people own companies that help the ...

Keep shotgun regulations in place

I live down on the Minnesota River between Judson and Courtland. Lot of deer, hunters and homes with kids. Up and down the road my neighbors and I agree on on thing: No rifles. Lets think about this. Trespassing, shooting from the road right-of-way, shooting too close to buildings, road hunting and shooting across public roads are just a few of the violations that occur during deer season. Now add high powered rifles. I attended both public meeting on this. Deer hunters wanted rifles. For everyone else, safety was the main concern. If you combined attendance, the slight majority was ...

Let the people decide fate of MN flag

To the editor: I write in response to Anita Gaul’s article May 13 on the opinion page. As Vice Chair of the State Emblems Redesign Commission Anita voices her opinion that the new flag design was completed under completely open and fair circumstances. Apparently Anita is also chair of the Lyon County DFL Party, and I find that fact to be very telling. Anita says the new flag was created by members representing “diverse constituencies” (Democrat DEI language). Most of us had no idea this was even happening. Anita takes to task Paul Torkelson’s comments that not all ...

Losing two tourism attractions

To the editor: I want to thank The Journal for a very informative article on what tourism means to the New Ulm area. Unfortunately, we have lost two historic sites that at one time brought many visitors to New Ulm from all over the world. Namely, the Harkin Store and Fort Ridgley, both owned by the Minnesota Historical Society. Harkin Store was an 1870 general store; original building with some of the artifacts still left when it closed. The site told the story of riverboat traffic, the riverboat town of West Newton, pioneer life and shopping the general store (the Walmart of its ...