TO THE EDITOR:

It was recently announced that the infrequently used, Northstar Rail line is adding two additional weekday trips, each way, come October, as well as bringing back special train service for Vikings games.  It’s bad enough that the taxpayer has to subsidize train travel to the tune of at least $173 per rider, and that’s in each direction, in the name of fighting congestion on Hwy 10 during the work week, but now we are going back to subsidizing football fans to and from the game.  (You should at least be charging the football riders the actual cost for the convenience!)  But that is what the Met Council does.  When you find that you are wasting someone else’s money on something, you tend to spend even more money on it.

Bret R. Collier

Big Lake, MN

TO THE EDITOR:

Thank you so much for the great article a few weeks ago about the Global Action Golf Classic which was held at Pebble Creek Golf Course. As a resident of Big Lake, Barb and I appreciate the Patriot News and read it faithfully each week to find out what is going on in our community. We enjoy the news and sports coverage and read the advertisements to see who supports our local community. We don’t want to miss what is going on here so we have the Patriot sent to our winter residence while we are gone. Keep up the good work and thanks again for your dedication to our community.

Barry and Barb Fluth

Big Lake