Imagine waking up one morning $18 million dollars richer. This is definitely more of a “want” than a “need!” Would you spend it on things you don’t need or land that you can’t maintain? The more land our Dubuque County Conservation Department purchases the more money they will need to maintain it; like spinning their wheels with no end.
Our Conservation Department also keeps adding more money into a land acquisition account to buy more precious farmland. Now wouldn’t it be better to take some of that $18 million and take care of our homeless men, women and children of Dubuque?