Quick Quips

March 11th, 2009

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1,556 comments -
  • Anonymous
    The news poll doesn't show all the options or the submit your vote location.
  • Anonymous
    I'm as ready as possible for a wet spring.
  • Anonymous
    The childhood obesity article in the newspaper overlooked one important and relatively recent factor, subsidized corn sweetners. Corn syrup ...
  • Anonymous
    So who benefeits from the housing study? I doubt any local home builder need that study. Housing study cost should ...
  • Anonymous
    Aberdonians live in fear. No not fear of crime like most think of when hearing that statement. Aberdonians live in ...
  • Anonymous
    why can't the council do anything without spending money $13000 for a housing study if they are going to hire ...
  • Anonymous
    I agree w/7:37PM comment. They remodeled the library before fixing the roof. Now we need to fix the roof and ...
  • Bob
    quality vehicles while the Japanese auto makers made dramatic improvements. Come on people, do not be scared of criticism, its ...
  • Bob
    officials that we should be just glad we have what we have like snow removal. This is the type of ...
  • Bob
    I'm getting the impression from some posters that they do not feel there should be any criticism of public officials ...
  • Mark holty
    now
  • Mark holty
    Reserves are tax dollars but are dedicated for future spending. ie State employee pensions, health ins. etc. ...
  • Anonymous
    Do a housing study in 2007 and it floods. Now another housing study on the eve of potential flooding. Lets ...
  • Anonymous
    7:51 AM whats your signature ? I see you responded as anonymous also
  • Anonymous
    spend $100000 on a new roof why did they just find it now it rained almost everyday last fall
  • Anonymous
    Eliminating Saturday delivery will not save the Post Office for at least two reasons: 1) it's operated by the government ...
  • Anonymous
    You left us hanging--what ever happened to the Hay Furniture swimming pool?
  • Anonymous
    I hope the newspaper gets a new thought for the day. If they need any new choices, they could maybe ...
  • Anonymous
    Without complaints and dis-satisfactions discussed, nothing would change which has nothing to do with personal happiness.
  • Anonymous
    Sadly people are never happy not matter what is going on around them. Accept that you can't control others ...
  • Anonymous
    Sadly, when the reserves are low, they will raise taxes to build up the reserves again. Eliminate the bling ...
  • Anonymous
    Can't we cut spending and use some of the reserves? Isn't that our tax money just sitting there? ...
  • Anonymous
    The little book store on the corner across from Kessler's has some. Otherwise the Book Store in the Mall, ...
  • Anonymous
    Where, in Aberdeen, can I buy used Books on CD?
  • Mark Holty
    The state Rep. party uses the election slogan "the Dems will raid the reserve funds to balance the budget" ...
  • Anonymous
    Sioux Falls took the Pheasants name from us--why can't we take the pothole hotline from them?
  • Anonymous
    Congrats to the Central Girls BB team who is heading to the state tourney this week. Hope lots of ...
  • Anonymous
    Perhaps we should locate the new Library in all that un-used space at the new Police Station before they fill ...
  • Anonymous
    Aren't these quickquips just a shortened version of an editorial and should require a signature?
  • Anonymous
    I am tired of our elected representatives hiding the justification for votes behind party lines. They should be able to ...
  • Anonymous
    Waste of our money - Robert M. Groves, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau sends a letter saying the 2010 ...
  • Anonymous
    oh really ? the roof is leaking so we need to build a new library? that ones already been used ...
  • Anonymous
    I was just reading the blog with the quick quips. My name is above the one about the Aberdeen ...
  • Anonymous
    I suspect that if Brown County ag assessments are increasing so fast, maybe Mary Worlie wasn't assessing correctly for the ...
  • Anonymous
    Is anybody else tired of hearing state,local, and federal congressional people bitch about" where are we going to get the ...
  • Anonymous
    this is the slowest site I have been on in a while,,,can't you pick it up a little news??
  • Anonymous
    Not sure what gas is selling in Aberdeen today.But national average is 2.74 a gallon.Up from 2.70 a week ago. ...
  • Anonymous
    Movie Gallery will be closing. Another empty store. Poor Aberdeen. This recession has hit us harder than ...
  • Anonymous
    nope just greed
  • Anonymous
    Gas prices go up in Aberdeen while nationally going down--must be some event(s) coming to town
  • Anonymous
    with obamacare we get great health ins and it will cost us less.whats that saying if it sounds to good ...
  • Anonymous
    Congressional corruption continues with many before Charlie Rangel and now NY Rep. Eric Massa so the status quo in D.C. ...
  • Anonymous
    THANK YOU Aberdeen American News for adding a TV listing in the paper - I'm guessing many, many subscribors will ...
  • Anonymous
    Does anyone read the paper? The $100,000 for cameras for the PD was from a grant. Aberdeen was ...
  • Anonymous
    Have you ever seen an Aberdeen policeman walking the streets, visiting business places, tallking to people at random instead of ...
  • Anonymous
    The city is doing that all over town to get the water to drain not just in Al Ruhlman's block. ...
  • Anonymous
    Why doesn't that surprise me ?
  • Anonymous
    How does it happen that city blades came to clear snow away from the curb and gutter in front of ...
  • Anonymous
    Dr. Darold Opp is a terrible dentist.
  • Anonymous
    Inmates doing trustee work actually reduces the time the spend in jail. Some are happy to get out earlier ...

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