This is was a disparaging acts that needs to be condemned. In fact for such a person like Delegate Jon Cardin should know better. Again I believe it is disingenous for him and the police department to come out once again and tell us the city tax payers how much that stunt cost. At a time the city is crying over money and the state is looking for money to replaced it choppers or helicopters others are wasting our resources . I do not understand why these politicians sometimes act so childish. This is a political nincompoop.

I have followed this story since it's beginning. My concern is the wasted efforts and funds that it may be causing the City now. Cardin has said he is sorry as well as paid what was asked of him-NOT what he thought was a "fair price".

Of course it's obvious as we all have seen and he has admitted to, he used poor judgement. Sadly, he thought with his heart not with his head. No one can blame him for wanting to make his proposal memorable. Something tells me neither him or his fiance will EVER forget that day.

Now someone's career is on the line because someone wanted to make a certain day very special. Why should that person be fired? suspended? dismissed? I can see some sort of discipline for yet another person using poor judgement. Is it really worth someone losing their job over this? Absolutely not. With today's economy how would this affect yet another persons life? Why can't we remember what the police sgt did for the past however many years employed? One very obvious thing - he or she put their life on the line every single day coming to work. Again, it was poor decision on all involved part but not enough to fire someone.

To me, Cardin has paid for his poor judgement. He shouldn't feel guilt over having asked his fiance to marry him. There are so many other things that have happened in the past four months to focus on. Let's put this time and funding into solving so many unsolved murders in the city.

I know there has to be a few that we can focus on. Move past Cardin's "indecent" proposal and let him and his fiance begin to plan their wedding. Sadly, I'm sure we will see this wedding on TV or in the newspaper for what reason? NONE cause if anyone else got married it wouldn't be front page news councilperson or not.

Well, now, just wait! Perhaps this is all part of a plan by the cops, cause, well, here in World Famous Rochester Minnesota, the cops want the city to hire more "Community Service Officers" (staff who don't carry fire arms or make arrests) instead of more cops -- this despite, when one calls to have a cop make some arrest of speeders on Broadway at night, one is always told they don't have any officers available to do so -- that's been going on for years. 'Sorry (no, REALLY...). I finally figured it one (I'm not used to thinking like fine upstanding cops see); since police forces, when it 'comes down to it' need to have ONE staff person (not cops necessarily, but just ANY staff person) for every so many thousand city residents (it's a federal standard expressed as an equation) if the city wants all those federal dollars for their police force, the cops presently on the force only want secretarial and community service officer type staff hired (as their salaries are less than their own) so when the larger pile of money from the Feds. arrives, the PRESENT cops will have more money available for THEIR OWN wages. Other than that, they're really a swell bunch of guys. NO, REALLY! Well, okay, except for this and their stealing coke out of the evidence room (they're wholesalers, see). So, if you EVER have surgery here, just DON"T have a cop count the instruments afterwards... to see if they left any hidden inside you, I mean. I just hope the local boys don't diversify, occupationally I mean. STAY WELL SOMEHOW!

Enough already about that damned helicopter ride concerning Jon S. Cardin. With all that's going on in our world is there anything else more inportant to write about than this dribble. It's a waste of Sunpager space and insulting to the public.