I am becoming a tad exasperated with the discussion of the young KVLY reporter, Mellaney Moore, who was able to enter and walk around three area elementary schools with little or no interference from school staff. The point of Moore's efforts was to illustrate the vulnerabilities of school security. The recent article in The Forum [...]
Tag: laws
A resolution you can live with…
This is the time of year that we reflect upon changes we would like to make in our lives. These changes can be ridding ourselves of bad habits, making different lifestyle choices, setting new goals, or a hundred other things that denote a fresh start or new outlook for a new year. I love the [...]
Professional courtesy or corruption?
When I lived in Southern California I became aware of the notion of professional courtesy for the friends and family of law enforcement. You just kept that officer's card next to your driver's license and miraculously you received warnings instead of tickets - or so I was told by my law enforcement friends and their [...]
WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE THINKING??!!
Today I ask the driver of the maroon-colored Saturn MN license plate TUX272 who was driving this morning with an unrestrained toddler in the front seat - WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE THINKING??!! I was incensed to learn today from Mike that this driver - an older woman - had to make an abrupt stop [...]
A first person account of animal cruelty…
Today, I woke up to a dog barking outside. The time was just a few minutes shy of 4:30 AM. Mike was already on the phone with the West Fargo Police Department when I got up. Mike called the police because the neighbor behind us (who lives on Sheyenne Court in West Fargo) had put out his [...]
THE NEW FORTY 