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Barrett Chase
@barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com
Digital editor at Duluth News Tribune. (That's in Minnesota, not Georgia.) Frequenter of the public library's local history center. Lover of data. Anti-dis/misinformation.
It would accomplish all this by raising the water level of all the other lakes. The cost was estimated at $200 million in 1925.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm not picking on this question in particular. In my experience all ballot questions read like this.
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Hemingway Editor free readability checker rates the question's reading level as "post-graduate."

Readable gives the question a grade of E, its lowest grade, and says 79% of the general public would not understand it.
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In the past, we’ve had candidates submit photos where they’re not wearing a shirt, or photos that are clearly 35 years old.
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anyway it was a Two-spotted Longhorn Bee.
July 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Stop taking cuts! No fair!
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How ironic that people are being dehumanized by accounts that are literally not human.
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're seeing more of these subtle bots that come across like a vague and calm person. They float a divisive idea that is often untrue but that lots of people will agree with. This one was claiming that most crime in the city is committed by people who are "not from here."
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM