Litchfield Independent Review - Opinion - Comments

Well stated, pretty hard to

LitchRes — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:42:26 -0500

Well stated, pretty hard to add to that!

AMB, first of all I am a

LoriM — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:30:17 -0500

AMB, first of all I am a major advocate of 'If you do the crime, you do the time!!!'. There are a lot of criminals in this county and I wish they were ALL behind bars!! I'm not sure who you are refering to as 'wrongly accused'., please elaborate. Also, I don't have a website, I did help to get one 'created' for the victims of Meeker County so that they could vent their feelings. I do not post on that site nor do I intend to.
I do sit back in my recliner on occasion with my laptop and check it out although I have very little time to do that. If you have a problem with me, please spit it out or send me an email, I'm a big girl, I can handle you or anyone else that has a problem with my posts. We have many, many loyal, dedicated and trustworthy law enforcement officers in our community and for that I am thankful! As for the others, someday they will all be brought to light and justice will be served!!! Until that day, I will sit back and wait patiently!! We all know how long it takes the federal government to get paperwork completed and moving forward!!

I am new to writting a

AMB — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:54:48 -0500

I am new to writting a comment, but I have followed everything that has been posted on the FBI coming to town. I would like to thank everyone for all they have brought up, its been intreasting to say the least. But I would like to apolagize to all the wrongly accused in meeker county, jez Lori I guess everyone who has ever been in trouble is innocent. Remember Lori you dont get brought to jail for doing nothing wrong, and all these inocent people I'm sure were sitting in there recliners watching wheel of fortune. I know people like you and I was in middle school at the time they were reffered to as drama queens. Let it ride out and take place. The FBI I am sure goes to your web site daily to get all the information you have tracked down for them. Holy smokes keep up the good work.

Stan, Stan, Stan - the head

Sleuth — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:39:20 -0500

Stan, Stan, Stan - the head of the sheriff's office and/or the county comissioner has thrown you a line that you have swallowed hook, line and sinker. Disgruntled employees can bring down an investigation by the FBI? Why didn't that happen 10 years ago? After all over 3/4 of the department publicly supported the opponent, must have been one or two disgruntled employees back then? Why aren't every other police agency, public office and/or private business currenlty under investigation, I'm sure there is one or two disgruntled employees from other places of employment out there. Apparantly all they have to do is call the FBI and an investigation is started. Stan, I thought you were smarter than that?!?!? Maybe, just maybe, a victim (non-employee) stepped forward? Maybe an employee saw some illegal activity and placed a phone call? Maybe an audit showed some things that weren't right? Maybe an FBI operative stumbled into something and decided to run with it? Maybe this investigation is the result of another investigation that led them to Meeker County? Why is that everytime the county and/or the head of the sheriff's office gets into trouble, they immediately blame it on a former "disgruntled employee?" Because that is an easy out that makes the suspect look like a victim and we always feel sorry for the victim. Bottom line Stan is that something significant has happened which has brought an FBI investigation down on some people working for the county. The reason the comissioners aren't talking is because they don't know what it's all about. The reason the County Attorney is not talking is because it's not her investigation (FBI = Federal Attorney not County Attorney). The reason the suspect is not talking, well I hope that one is pretty obvious. Stan you have single handedly kept this story alive in the newspaper. I'm pretty sure you're not going to let it go away, which makes most happy. But a piece of advice, be careful with the blame game, egg does not look good on your face.

Thank you litchres about

EagleScout — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:38:50 -0500

Thank you litchres about time you said something worth saying! Keep on calling them "ALL" out! Much like myself. you just answered the questions you put in front of me on other postings. Im calling them all out as well. Mr Roeser does know that this investigation is pretty much done it's the rest of the info. he dosnt know. but some of us may have privy too.

"Similarly, if the FBI visit

LitchRes — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:47:22 -0500

"Similarly, if the FBI visit turned out to be nothing more than a wild goose chase triggered by the whining of disgruntled former sheriff’s department employees, the federal agency should own up to that, too"----Mr. Roeser...do you REALLY believe that 10 FBI Agents would come into town and spend that much time and effort based on the comments of a few disgruntled employees? Have you personally talked to any of these former employees to see what they have to say? To me, that is nothing more than a cheap excuse being made by those that are the subject of this investigation...it amounts to finger pointing and playing the victim instead of being held accountable.

I wholeheartedly agree with you that too much time has passed without any comments from the county board or the sheriff.

I find it strange that you had a "long and serious conversation" with your local commissioner, but it resulted in "no action". WHAT?? You had a LONG AND SERIOUS conversation and you learned nothing? Or was it all "off the record" so you cant write about it?

Mr. Roeser--I am calling you out on this...you have done nothing short over the years but to protect and shelter the sheriff from any negative publicity towards him. I bet a couple former sheriff candidates that ran against Hirman can verify that! I can respect defending your friends, that is what friends are supposed to do for each other, but in journalism, there are times where friendships need to be pushed aside so the truth can come out.

Good call. You would think

Slikweasel — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:00:07 -0500

Good call. You would think that the county would make at least some public statement as to put the rumors to rest. That way all the conspiracy theorists would either be proven wrong or justified. The citizens of this county at least deserve an explanation. I think Sheriff Hirman at least owes us that much.

Now embroiled in a lawsuit for strip searching inmates, which I may add is a generally permissable procedure statewide, no statement has been issued. I do believe however photographing a female inmates pierced nipples is not an accepted procedure. Just because you are incarcerated does not mean that you are to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. I would certainly classify the photography of a persons privates by law enforcement officials cruel and unusual.

Why the silence? Why all the hiding behind lawyers? Why all the secrecy. If there has been no wrongdoing let us see some transparency.

I would like to know how

Slikweasel — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:02:48 -0500

I would like to know how often Rep. Urdahl has broken with Gov. Pawlenty's stance on legislation. I honestly don't know the answer so I can do nothing but guess that it hasn't been to often. I do know their are rural vs. metro issues in which he has voted for the rural obviously. (Don't bite the hand that casts the ballot...)

Other than those issues has Rep. Urdahl been an independent thinker and voted as such? Or has he followed the stringent Republican lines?

I would be interested to see if Mr. Roeser is correct. Perhaps Rep. Urdahl can provide instances in which he has broken party lines other than rural vs. metro issues...

I think it is important to remember that Litchfield itself did not vote for Rep. Urdahl, and that he won his way in on the straight Republican voting areas of Wright county that are in the Eastern side of District 18B.