Time to bury the funeral home issueIt’s not really about agreeing on zoning definitions. It’s not even about specific conditions placed on a building permit. Yet, somehow the Dingmann Funeral Home relocating to Fledgling Field has been postponed again. It’s almost as if lawyers, advocates and city leaders are looking for excuses to put it off — all the while saying they wholeheartedly want the project to go through.One newcomer to Luverne said he couldn’t believe the issue had become what it is. Frankly, we can’t either.The first time around, Dingmann was denied the request to build on Fledgling Field because of improper zoning. After many more rounds of negotiations and a couple of years later, there was a memorandum of understanding that had Dingmann going in the former medical clinic building. Then, that was determined to be non-binding — a document with little teeth. Yet, that is what the city and Dingmann are now trying to overcome. The same people involved, lawyers and Luverne City Council members, appear to have the same end goal in mind. It’s too bad that the actions aren’t matching the desires.Dan Dingmann won’t terminate the memorandum of understanding until he’s confident he can have a new business location. The city doesn’t want to give Dingmann a permit until they are released from this memorandum of understanding in order to negotiate with someone else to fill the clinic.If the memorandum of understanding is such an issue, we suggest this: draft a new document that outlines when everyone will step away. Then they will be free to find another topic to ponder and debate.