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Bill Coleman

Mahtomedi, MN
Commenter for
4 years 16 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 05/02/13 at 11:18 am in response to AT&T cell phone tower diminishes Minnesota’s prized northern wilderness

Stephen or anyone else, can you provide insight as to why ATT would erect a shorter tower first, then take it down and erect the taller tower when they received their permits if there was no difference in cellular coverage area?

Or if the shorter tower did not meet their ROI target, why would they have built it?

I don't know much about tower construction, but it would seem that the taller the tower, the more expensive it is.

Posted on 04/26/13 at 11:20 am in response to Scott Honour Q-A: GOP's first candidate for governor wants to reform government, improve business climate

Wouldn't it be great if a GOP candidate would find a specific regulation that is both stupid and costs lots of money for business to follow or for the state to administrate?

His dodge on the health care question is illuminating. There must be a few GOP legislators with some ideas on how to answer this question. Maybe some dialogue with them in advance of announcing that you are running for governor would be smart.

If I was in the DFL, I would not necessarily criticize his...

Posted on 02/18/13 at 12:53 pm in response to Tax experts, economists say Dayton’s business sales tax is a bad idea

As someone who has been self-employed for more than a dozen years, I see the sales tax on professional services as putting a burden on folks who, after being layed off from a corporate job, put out their own entrepreneurial shingle and sell their time.

I just see it as a extra 5% income tax on my work. Not quite fair when compared to people who work for wages. Seems that tax fairness would mean that people who are selling their time, employees or consultants, should be treated...

Posted on 02/01/13 at 12:24 pm in response to Why liberal Martin Sabo is allying with the deficit hawks

As I read these comments, Sabo's talking points sound just like Obama. A more progressive tax system, some defense cuts, some adjustments to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, some cuts to other federal spending after the economy picks up steam.

Put these concepts into a bill and most democrats in Congress would vote yes. The problem is getting one-third of the GOP house and senate members to vote yes so it could pass the House and avoid a filibuster in the Senate.

We...

Posted on 01/11/13 at 05:29 pm in response to How the mortgage interest deduction hurts our cities

The housing bubble seems to created a huge discussion about the value of home ownership - as an investment and as public policy with the additional discussion around tax policy.

I do know that the MID saves me money as a middle class person so I like it!

I think that it is generally safe to say that when people own something, they will take better care of it. Housing stock maintenance is generally higher with high levels of home ownership. It would be interesting to look at...

Posted on 12/10/12 at 06:42 pm in response to House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt says he's ready to work with DFL

Daudt sounds like he is singing the same old GOP song - to not get along. In the one area where they could have some influence and in an area where clearly the governor wants to see some action - the bonding bill - Daudt says "we don't need one."

Wouldn't a better response be - "maybe we could support a small bonding bill aimed at priority one projects; we will have to work with the DFL to shape a good bonding bill."

or "Maybe we could look at moving up some high priority...

Posted on 12/04/12 at 12:12 pm in response to Why is White Bear Lake shrinking? Angry residents blame DNR

It is not only White Bear Lake that is low. We are seeing most small ponds in the northeast metro going dry. Some of that is our continuing drought; some of it is related to the aquifer levels.

Posted on 11/28/12 at 04:22 pm in response to Gateway Park: When will Minneapolis get a signature downtown park?

It is quite odd to visit the old federal reserve building and come out and see people lighting up their cigarettes in Cancer Survivor Park.

Posted on 11/28/12 at 04:30 pm in response to Gateway Park: When will Minneapolis get a signature downtown park?

Both Rice and Mears Parks are nice. They are not very big, have nice water features and are surrounded by human scale and interesting buildings. They are also both on the way to places - with Rice Park - Xcel Center, the Ordway, the Library, the St. Paul Hotel, with Mears Park, you can go to some nice bars, the Farmers Market, etc.

Getting downtowners all the way from the downtown core to the river is quite a stretch. If they won't get to Loring Park through the Greenway, then I...

Posted on 11/19/12 at 12:04 pm in response to Attack ads from super-sized outside groups frustrate 'outspent' legislative candidates

For the past three election cycles prior to this year, I was active on campaigns trying to unseat incumbent GOP office holders in my district. Each election in the last two weeks of the campaign, our friendly MN Business Partnership and MN Chamber of Commerce blasted my candidates with a daily dose or double dose of negativity with a flyer in the mailbox. The GOP did not seem to mind that!