Comments on: Cities flirt with doing without cops http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Andrew http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41460 Andrew Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:01:22 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41460 So, did Park Rapids just get the internet for the first time? Ha. So, did Park Rapids just get the internet for the first time? Ha.

]]> By: Brenda http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41451 Brenda Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:32:10 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41451 Great! Please invite all the crooks and thieves to come up north. That's wonderful. GREAT journalism! Great! Please invite all the crooks and thieves to come up north. That’s wonderful. GREAT journalism!

]]> By: Gary Lee http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41431 Gary Lee Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:35:41 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41431 Everyone would like lower taxes. Most everyone would like the local government to be able to afford things like police, fire, roads, snow plowing, and maybe a city clerk. Here's a news flash. You don't get more than you pay for. Everyone would like lower taxes. Most everyone would like the local government to be able to afford things like police, fire, roads, snow plowing, and maybe a city clerk. Here’s a news flash. You don’t get more than you pay for.

]]> By: Loss of Local Government Aid means no cops for some cities « MNpublius.com http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41427 Loss of Local Government Aid means no cops for some cities « MNpublius.com Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:02:11 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41427 [...] to balance his budget. But in a shocking twist, it turns out that LGA actually pays for things. Things like a police force: Akeley is the latest Minnesota city to consider going without its own police in response to [...] [...] to balance his budget. But in a shocking twist, it turns out that LGA actually pays for things. Things like a police force: Akeley is the latest Minnesota city to consider going without its own police in response to [...]

]]> By: gee http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41401 gee Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:42:06 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41401 Gee, maybe determining if there is a NEED is step one in determining correct staffing levels for law enforcement? They have so little to do, it seems, that they have to form multi-jurisdictional "task forces" to drum up things to occupy themselves with. I hope the miffed Chief contacts Tim Pawlenty to voice his displeasure. Gee, maybe determining if there is a NEED is step one in determining correct staffing levels for law enforcement? They have so little to do, it seems, that they have to form multi-jurisdictional “task forces” to drum up things to occupy themselves with. I hope the miffed Chief contacts Tim Pawlenty to voice his displeasure.

]]> By: Paul Schmelzer http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41395 Paul Schmelzer Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:07:12 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41395 Ms. Smith, As I just emailed to you and your editor, the first word of this post is hyperlinked to the story where Chris Steller found a piece of this news, the Detroit Lakes paper, which credits your paper as the source for the story and, like your paper, is owned by Forum Communications. Hyperlinking is a standard and widely accepted form of attribution in online news and in no way represents "usurping" of your story or an "unethical breach of journalistic standards" on our part. (It's how he credited the Mesabi Daily News and Forest Lake Times for other facts in this piece.) In retrospect, it would be technically more accurate to link to the Park Rapids Enterprise instead of another Forum-owned paper that syndicated the piece, but I fail to see how publicly (and incorrectly) berating our site's ethics will help you achieve that goal. Ms. Smith,
As I just emailed to you and your editor, the first word of this post is hyperlinked to the story where Chris Steller found a piece of this news, the Detroit Lakes paper, which credits your paper as the source for the story and, like your paper, is owned by Forum Communications. Hyperlinking is a standard and widely accepted form of attribution in online news and in no way represents “usurping” of your story or an “unethical breach of journalistic standards” on our part. (It’s how he credited the Mesabi Daily News and Forest Lake Times for other facts in this piece.)

In retrospect, it would be technically more accurate to link to the Park Rapids Enterprise instead of another Forum-owned paper that syndicated the piece, but I fail to see how publicly (and incorrectly) berating our site’s ethics will help you achieve that goal.

]]> By: Sarah Smith http://minnesotaindependent.com/47595/cities-flirt-with-doing-without-cops/comment-page-1#comment-41389 Sarah Smith Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:18:27 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=47595#comment-41389 The information from this story was usurped without permission or attribution from the Park Rapids Enterprise. It is an unethical breach of journalistic standards. The information from this story was usurped without permission or attribution from the Park Rapids Enterprise. It is an unethical breach of journalistic standards.

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