Editorial: Thumbs

To getting a good ISO rating.

For Albert Lea to get a Class 3 rating from the Insurance Services Office Inc. is great. To be ranked high on a scale that goes to 10 — with Class 1 being the highest — is a good sign for the Albert Lea Fire Department and will help everyone in the city maintain better insurance rates. The rating is yet another reason to maintain the staffing levels within the fire department. A reduction likely would mean a lower rating.

 

To the expansion of Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen Inc.

We are glad that Mrs. Gerry’s is expanding and especially glad that the expansion is happening in Albert Lea and not elsewhere. As many local officials point out, the best way to add more jobs in Albert Lea is to assist local companies with growth; attracting outside companies is more difficult. The company plans to add 37,000 square feet. Mrs. Gerry’s continues to be a great local success story.

 

To thieves.

Copper, metals, wiring, even lawn ornaments seem to be the work of thieves lately. Theft seems to happen quite regularly no matter what, but lately there have been some fairly strange ones, from hammers to sporting goods. Do they have no guilt or shame? Stealing must be a rather low, humiliating way to live.