Ermmm...PDD rawks much. 

Just sayin'.

There are troll traps, of course, but you can't really get away from crap like that. Fortunately, we're able to keep steering things around to, in general, a more conducive, positive and creative direction. Instead of continuously  bitching about things we can't control, we work to change where we can.

We're not out to change anyone's bent. We're trying to make this a better place to live. 

"Duluth is a dead city" be damned. We're gonna succeed just to prove them wrong!

Duluth is absolutely the best city to live in, with an excellent quality of life. For the size of the town, there are so many cultural, outdoor, educational etc options. The many colleges, the many and varied restaurants, the absolutely fantastic libraries, and the Zinema's opening made the city even better.  We have traveled a lot, visited and lived in a lot of cities, and the quality of life here can't be beat. With one exception:  live jazz and classical concerts.  Go light rail!  With access to Minneapolis, that problem would be solved.

Seriously? 18% of people were victims of a crime in the past 12 months?

I've lived in the friendly West End for 9 years and my only incident was when my cell phone was taken out of my unlocked car.  That was a day or two after my neighbor came to warn me to lock my car because someone was out taking cell phones.

Great survey, great city.

Percent of people satisfied with the beauty and majesty of the lake? ... 100%

Good job Don! Following that trajectory you should be at about 98% approval by the end of your next term.

I believe the DNT synopsis said something to the effect that only about 550 of the 1200 surveys were returned. Does anybody know if that is a typical, high, or low, response rate for such surveys? Just wondering.

Thanks Roger. That's kind of what I suspected. So, even the response rate of our citizenry was "above average." Cool.