Posted on 10/23/2009 8:45:17 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The big screen, flat panel TVs that so recently hung on the walls of the Moose Lake sex offender program will soon be enjoyed by patients at veterans homes across the state.
In a move designed to put an end to an embarrassing episode for a cost-conscious administration, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Friday that at least 14 of the two dozen sets will go to veterans homes in Minneapolis, Fergus Falls, Hastings and Silver Bay.
Jon Skillingstad, the administrator of the veterans home in Fergus Falls, said the new televisions will be a welcome addition.
"We can easily make use of 50-inch TVs in our lounge and public areas ... where people have a hard time seeing," Skillingstad said. "It's a good addition to our program.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
A much better use of taxpayer's money......
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“We can easily make use of 50-inch TVs in our lounge and public areas ... where people have a hard time seeing,” Skillingstad said. “It’s a good addition to our program.”
This is good. NOW, what about some programming that isn’t all propaganda all the time.
Hopefully, they come with DVD players so there isn’t a reliance on broadcast news tripe....
LMAO
Sanitize them first.
Don’t get this thread pulled.....
;-)
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