I live in Duluth. I love Duluth and care greatly for the wellbeing of the city. Duluth has been hurting for housing stock for a long time and the problem has only been getting worse. Kathy Cargill has single handedly wiped out ~2% of the entire housing stock of Park Point in under a year, with likely more to come. That concerns me along with the fact she’s doing everything she can to keep this hush hush (red flag) and if that makes me a triggered socialist, so be it. I’ve been called worse.

BigWerm wrote:

Being instantly triggered by someone having money, and then spending money possibly not for the common good, is a sign of early onset socialism, soon you will be waxing poetically about the bourgeoisie (rich/oppressors) and proletariat (working class/oppressed).

I’m sure getting her real estate agent on the city counsel has nothing to do with her intentions. All I want is for everyone to play by the same rules. Like I said, billionaires don’t have to play by the same rules as everyone else. Sorry for looking out for my fellow middle class folks who’s property taxes can be impacted by this person massively overpaying for these properties. I guess that makes me a triggered socialist?

One property she bought last year for $475k and the same property was sold the prior year for $150k. Seems legit

You cool with people using their power and wealth to restrict others first amendment rights too? That’s cool I guess

Brian Klawitter wrote:

General question: What’s the point of an inflatable if your not wearing it?

bingo!

one conversation that has stuck with me over the years is when I was talking to a guy who volunteered for St Louis County Search and Rescue. He said he’s been part of dozens of search/rescue operations over the years and he’s never seen one body pulled from the water that was wearing a LJ. Every recovery mission he was a part of, the person wasn’t wearing a LJ.

can’t comment on that particular brand (I wear Onyx) but these style lifejackets are so minimal and easy to wear, you really don’t have an excuse not to wear them. You don’t even notice they’re there. Put it on at the landing and by the time your line is wet, you will forget you’re wearing it.

gregory wrote:

At this point she’s not doing anything wrong, but kinda a big deal when you buy how many homes and tear them down, again not law breaking. But concerning.
This will be interesting on how it plays out.

this is only the beginning of whatever is about to play out.. grab your popcorn, it could get interesting

Ripjiggen wrote:

Touché. You play without a helmet.

Maybe back in your day, goalies played without helmets. Luckily I was in the era of HECC certified helmets and mouth guards

BigWerm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Eelpoutguy wrote:</div>
She can do whatever she wants as long as she’s following the rules.

Agreed, and there are a $hit ton of rules, particularly there. Now if she somehow starts getting variances and allowances the general public won’t get, then get your pitchforks but it’s a little early now.

Duluth’s newest city council member owns a real estate company that represents Kathy Cargill. I’m sure she won’t pull any special favors or do any behind closed doors handshake deals to help her client that would not be available to the average citizen. /s

Last count I heard is she has acquired over 20 properties now and has or is in the process of demolishing them. The problem I have with how she is going about this is she’s buying these properties way over true market value (because when you’re a billionaire, you can do that) which, as a result, will artificially inflate other property values and thus increase property taxes and insurance premiums for us common folks.

If she starts getting preferential treatment due to her status and wealth, thats where I have a bigger issue. Billionaires dont have to play by the same rules as everyone else.

Cargill has also threatened to sue the press for reporting on her purchases. Gotta love people who infringe on the first amendment, am I right? How anyone continues to simp for billionaires is beyond me.

I wonder at what point they will rename it to Cargill Point?

Ripjiggen wrote:

I knew there was something a little off with you.

Pot, meet kettle. At least I have an excuse

Capt’n who was your brother? I’m also a former goalie, so feel like I can assess tenders better than most.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Not that crazy not many goalies are D1 recruits straight from high school anymore. Most go the junior route.

Being committed to a college doesn’t mean you’re going right from high school to play in college. The majority of schools expect/want their recruits to play a year or 2 in the NA or US. That’s been standard for a long time. Only the cream of the crop, or the kids that are old for their grade, bypass juniors.

Kam Hendrickson has been dominating the last two years but had been flying under the radar until the last 2 weeks. The kid is legit and in my opinion, much better than the kid from proctor who is the only senior D1 goalie commit right now.

gimruis wrote:

Hendrickson is not currently a division 1 recruit.

that is crazy. I imagine he will at the very least, play in USHL next year given the show he put on in the term sheet

Thanks for the advice thumper. I have a metal roof. In theory those really shouldn’t depreciate like a shingle roof, right? Unless they’re damaged via Mother Nature. Or at least they have a much longer life.

fishthumper wrote:

The purpose of Insurance is to make a person whole, Not gain or lose. Putting a new roof and or siding on a persons home when their current roof or siding is 25+ years old is not making them whole. That person is Gaining at that point.

I can get on board with this change under one condition; since my roofs value is depreciating and thus the amount of a claim to make me whole is decreasing, then so should my premium. That’d never happen though. Insurance companies can’t have it both ways.

100 year storms are happening every couple years… if the last few years are any indication of whats to come, get ready for a wild ride. I hope I’m wrong but this year is shaping up to be a perfect storm for wildfires.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Hope the cousins haters are ready for some major growing pains.

I was about to say the same thing. All the Cousins haters got their wish!

B-man wrote:

Were you out there?

I wasn’t but a friend of a friend had a half dozen right away this morning. Didn’t get a final count.

hot bite out there… probably close to 3 dozen boats out there this morning between park point and the north shore

Man that was an awesome end to the game. Boldy was the extra skater that came on for Flower too.

thanks guys. It’s timely that this post was brought back to the top as we’re in the process of planning our trip for this May where we will complete the loop with the Pigeon River and Grand Portage.

We have a late May permit for Duncan EP and will go into Rose and spend 2 nights there, then > Rove Lake > Watap Lake > Mountain Lake and spend 2 nights there, then > Fan Lake > Vaseux Lake > Moose Lake > North Fowl Lake > South Fowl Lake and spend 2 nights there. I reached out to the grand marais DNR fisheries office and got some intel on the Fowl lakes and theres supposed to be good walleye fishing there, so I’m excited to fish those new waters as we didn’t fish Fowl on last year’s trip.

Then after the Fowl Lakes, we will embark on the ~13 mile Pigeon River and spend a night dispersed camping at Fort Charlotte, followed up the next day with the almighty 8.5 mile Grand Portage finishing with a well deserved splash in Lake Superior.

This spring is shaping up to be much better conditions for flow rate on the Pigeon with the minimal snow we’ve got this winter. Talk about a 180 from last year. In fact, if spring runoff is as light as I think it will be, we might actually be struggling with low water and having to drag the canoe over sections of rocks and low water. Its quite remarkable how the balance in life is so finite.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

I look forward to your epilogue, from the Pigeon River, over Grand Portage, and the (brief) splashdown in Superior. I’ve wanted to walk the Grand Portage someday, just really interested in the history.

I couldn’t agree more. The history of the Grand Portage absolutely fascinates me. I will definitely be thinking about the voyageurs who walked the trail hundreds of years before me as I embark on that 8 mile portage. It’s incredible how they were able to navigate through the same waters and trails that I went on but they did it with handmade canoes and extremely primitive gear. I would like to read more on the voyageurs history so if anyone has any book recommendations, please share!

jwellsy wrote:

Any aurora lights?

Unfortunately, after 10 hour/25 mile travel days, a hearty dinner cooked over a campfire and a couple nightcap whiskeys, we crashed pretty early every night. I’m sure we could have caught glimpses of lady aurora had we been able to stay up late.

Dutchboy wrote:

I’ve always wanted to boat the entire Missouri River, I don’t know why and I doubt I ever will but it is something to think about.

You should do it! A few years back when there was a story about those who guys traveled down the whole Mississippi, I was fascinated with the story and wanted to do something similar. Ironically, the mighty urban Mississippi scares me a lot more than the border route’s 200 mile route in extremely remote wilderness. Someday down the road when I’m able to take more time off work, I’d like to do something like paddle the entire perimeter of Lake Superior.

my favorite sign I’ve seen so far is “jesus loves us for free” that I saw on a reel from the cretin game last night

Dutchboy wrote:

Does Parrish get to sit in the big chair next year after Nanne retires?

god I hope not. although I will say he has improved significantly since he sobered up. He’s also more enjoyable when not talking about Orono… kinda like Lou and Edina.

tswoboda wrote:

Is the seeding still done by the 8 coaches? Whoever it was I’d say they did a dam good job in both classes

I don’t think its too hard to figure out what the rankings should be. They pretty much mirror the end of season state wide rankings with the exception of swapping a two/three and four/five seeds

Dutchboy wrote:

Yes you are getting old.

Touché. Still not as old as you

I don’t mind when they go to celebrate in front of their own student section.. but skating to center ice, blowing off the guy(s) who most likely assisted your goal, is weird.

gimruis wrote:

My guess is that they are optional now. Whole lotta players without one

I think you’re right. They’re optional in both the NHL and NFL which blows my mind considering the inherent concussion issues plaguing both sports, not to mention CTE.

I’m curious for those that have kids in youth hockey, are your kids rocking mouth gaurds?

Do kids not have to wear mouth guards anymore? Back when I played, you could get a penalty if found not wearing it and if I remember right, it had to be connected to your cage. Closeups on the ice and bench of the tourney and I see lots of kids with no mouth guards. Not a great look knowing what we now know about brain injuries in contact sports.

Also, maybe I’m getting old but I hate it when someone scores and rather than celebrating with their teammates, they have to skate out into center ice to showboat their celly with their teammates chasing them.

docfrigo wrote:

Nothing on the ban is based on science, it is personal bias. Writing laws based on personal bias is wrong.

to be fair, the DNR on this side of the Mississippi rarely uses science when writing fish and game laws.

Terrible, terrible news. No words can bring solace in times like these. RIP Mrs Jordan

Deuces wrote:

Perhaps I’m wrong but I recall a thread where James addressed the split, and wishing Grant nothing but the best as he’s done with all the past pro staffers here.

wow I didn’t know that. would love to see the post if it can be dug up by anyone

Congrats BC!!!

I wish this was an April fools post. I hate how much electronics are becoming what the sport is about for so many people. Whatever floats your boat, I just worry about the future of fishing.

Riverrat wrote:

You can tell who the tourists are, it’s cold in that wind put some layers on them kids.

I’d argue the opposite. The locals are usually the ones pushing the shorts the very minute temps climb to above freezing while getting wide eyed looks from the tourists.