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Published February 12, 2010

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Buzz B.
02/19/2010 8:28 AM

Patches, A friend of mine used to rent a house in St. Paul that had a very small yard. I stopped over one day and there he was on his knees with scissor style grass clippers in his hand, MOWING HIS LAWN!!

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Buzz B.
02/18/2010 5:38 PM

Holy crap - why don't we just go back to living in the stone age so all the eco- euphorians will be happy. Everybody thinks this bio sphere we live on is this happy stable place in perfect balance with nature and we must do everything to preserve it. I have news for you, it's not-one big fart or belch from our good old mother earth and we could be yesterdays news like a gazillion other extinct species that have gone before us. From what I read in his viewpoint by B. Steven Messick, it's seems there was another reasonable and important view to this issue that the Bulletin missed and should have reported on at the beginning of this 3M issue. It's their duty to report sides of this. Sloppy journalism? or.....?

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john s.
02/18/2010 3:47 PM

Who says 3M will relocate within the country. It seems that many big companies relocate to other places to save money and not deal with the environmental zealots. "Spewing" toxins is a funny statement. As long as it operates under its already imposed strict guidelines and is more efficient when buring the waste, it makes sense. We can't even get a Chipotle in here let alone keep a big business running. Now I'm going to go have a soda with some tainted ice cubes from CG water after shoveling my driveway outside in our tainted atmosphere. I'm suprised I haven't dropped dead from lung cancer, water poisoning, or whatever disease is in vogue right now. Good luck in your quest to keep everybody safe.

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Chris R.
Cottage Grove, MN     02/18/2010 3:18 PM

Which commission? The planning commission did not do research on this.

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Tom D.
02/18/2010 12:29 PM

Research by the commission. Are they wrong? If so, what parts?

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Chris R.
Cottage Grove, MN     02/18/2010 10:22 AM

Where did the statistics come from Tom?

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Tom D.
02/18/2010 8:52 AM

Ha ha ha, love the miscommunication on these forums :) I am all for lawn mowers, Patches. My point was just that the emission increase is so small it can be compared to a lawn mower, which I think is actually rather comical. You may have confused me with Cheri.

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Jack M.
02/18/2010 7:36 AM

That would not only be incredibly unappealing, aesthetically, it would also harbor insects and rodents and be a health concern for such a populated area, patches... Don't be so lazy. Just mow your lawn like everybody else. ;-)

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Tom D.
02/17/2010 5:42 PM

Chris, What do you think about the statistics though?

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Cheri A.
02/17/2010 4:11 PM

All these statistics on what causes pollution and how it compares to the spewing incinerator; which would be in addition to pollution from staying warm in your homes and back yards. Lawns can be mowed by other means besides gas powered mowers and the trash can be burned somewhere else. If there is a job loss, the employees can commute like people who don't work for 3M. Clean up the town and more people will move there, more will stay and larger businesses will survive and make up for those taxes and benefits that may be lost.

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