It's another "Grand Plan" ("Big debate over a dime," Feb. 17).

Wrapped within this mathematical maze of malarky was this beauty: "$74 million in unclaimed deposits, figuring that 16 percent of the containers on which consumers have paid a deposit would not be returned."

Forget about the rest of the article. Ten years of unclaimed deposits is almost $740 million! This must put big smiles on faces of our liberal legislators and environmentalists who have dreams of how that money could be used to fund more "government interference" and inflict more changes in our "social behavior" to help save us from the waves of garbage now littering the landscape.

These advanced homo sapiens are thinking about the future too, "expand the idea, so that recycling deposits also would be paid for new cars, cellphones and appliances."

Please stop drooling.

Henry M. Votel, Forest Lake

The right choice

Let's keep this simple. The DNR knows it is not a wise decision to feed deer. They even admit it. Nevertheless, they have caved in to hunters and have decided to feed deer, at least in some areas. To me, this appears to be evidence that being intelligent enough to determine the correct answer is only half of the solution to some problems. The other half is having the courage to follow through and make the right choice. DNR, you -- not special interest groups -- have regulatory obligations.


Please develop the character and courage to do what you know to be right.

Bob Holtz, Roseville

Respect for right-of-ways


Dan Nimlos, Blaine