2-Cent Tuesday

Sidewalks and bike lanes can be found throughout many Central Minnesota neighborhoods but do we have enough? Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday program many listeners weighed in on the issue.

2020 was a challenging year with the COVID-19 pandemic waging on. 2021 has also presented many challenges which includes the continuing pandemic, a drought, fires in Canada, the Taliban retaking Afghanistan with U.S. troops leaving, a job shortage and people driving faster on our roadways leading to more deaths in Minnesota.

President Biden directed U.S. Military troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan and with that removal the Taliban has moved in and taken over leadership of the country. Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday the majority of our listeners feel it is a mistake to remove troops from Afghanistan.

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday we talked about the trend of businesses and schools requiring a COVID-19 vaccine. Are vaccine mandates appropriate or is this overstepping? A listener took it a step further suggesting the Federal government should impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Today on WJON's 2-cent Tuesday program listeners weighed in on an increased homeless population in the St. Cloud area. The topic surfaced in part due to the Lincoln Center Homeless shelter on Lincoln Ave on the southeast side of St. Cloud. Listeners offered numerous theories as to why we have more homeless in the St. Cloud area.

Spending time on St. Cloud area roads is something that most of us do on a regular basis. Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday program I heard from many St. Cloud area residents who have a wide variety of reasons why driving in St. Cloud can be challenging.

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday listeners had quite a bit to say about the changing landscape of local media and their involvement with the St. Cloud Times. Listeners also commented on the cold weather, the Government shutdown and more.

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday listeners and I talked about the issues that concern listeners that cause them to get out and vote.  Hot button issues range from immigration, the minimum wage, abortion and political parties.  Listen to the conversation below...

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday listeners and I talked about concerns with the St. Cloud School District, the diversity in the community, and many opinions were shared about a variety of things.

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday we tackled the topic of what does "making St. Cloud great again" mean. Many listeners weighed in on this. Many felt that the city needs to clean up the problem with rental properties, and others thought putting a stop to allowing refugees and immigrants in the community would help.