Thursday, February 28, 2019

Foxconn will need to recruit from beyond Wisconsin, and abroad, executive says

From JSOnline:

GREEN BAY - While Foxconn Technology Group has a Wisconsin-first hiring policy, the company also will recruit people from throughout the United States and abroad to work here, a Foxconn executive said Thursday.

C.P. "Tank" Murdoch, senior manager of projects for Foxconn, said the company will require talent from beyond Wisconsin as it expands its presence in the state. 

"We'll be recruiting from across the country," Murdoch said. "Indeed, we'll be receiving applications from other countries.

Read more:  https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2019/02/28/foxconn-need-recruit-beyond-wisconsin-and-beyond-u-s-exec-says/3018959002/

Indicted Latvian central banker back at work after EU ruling

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A spokesman for Latvia's central bank says the governor, who is also a member of the European Central Bank and is investigated for alleged bribery, has returned to work.

Janis Silakalns said Thursday that Ilmars Rimsevics returned to his office on Wednesday, a day after the EU Court of Justice said he cannot be kept from performing his duties.

Latvian authorities had blocked him while they investigated him on charges of taking bribes from a local bank in exchange for helping it with the financial regulator.

After the EU court ruling, the Latvian prosecution office said Rimsevics, who has denied wrongdoing, still cannot leave the country without permission. That means he cannot attend meetings at ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, where interest rates are set for the 19-country eurozone.

From: https://journaltimes.com/news/world/indicted-latvian-central-banker-back-at-work-after-eu-ruling/article_51fbbd1d-4d13-51b5-a18d-a184f5931af6.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest

10 Bizarre Things That Washed Up On Land

Open Blog - Thursday


I'm seeing stars.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

City of Vice

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
 
Somehow there is money in the Budget to expand the Mayor's Office to 
FIVE! Positions. 
 
A position which could be handled by at MOST competent persons. You 
need to decide - Mayor - OR - Administrator plus Assistant. 
 
And now comes the kicker - WHAT? 
 
‘Resources have to come from somewhere’ 
 
During the city budget discussion last fall, Mayor Cory Mason and 
other department heads said they had transferred some operation costs 
to fees in order to help keep down the tax levy. 
 
“We were working really hard to keep property taxes down this year,” 
Mason said on Monday. “The resources have to come from somewhere.” 
 
Parks Director Tom Molbeck confirmed at the Monday meeting that last 
year, after their deposit was returned, the department charged 
Salmon-A-Rama a little under $3,000. This year, Molbeck said the total 
charged would be a little under $7,000 for two days of set-up, one day 
for takedown and nine days for the event itself. 
 
Molbeck’s staff compared their fees with Kenosha, Janesville and 
Madison and said that while those cities’ fees were lower at the 
outset, they would “nickel and dime” renters for items like garbage 
cans. Molbeck said Racine’s fees look higher, but are all-inclusive 
packages. 
 
“We are not pricing to price out anybody,” said Molbeck. “We’re asked 
to come up with fees for our budget and this is what we had.” 
 
https://journaltimes.com/news/local/salmon-a-rama-could-leave-city-panel-denies-request-to/article_48a78dd3-84f4-59f1-89e3-acf3f09e7393.html#tracking-source=home-trending 
 
Tom Molbeck is yet another $100,000 plus gold plated boat anchor 
warming a seat in City Hall with a $25,000 PLUS tax-free Fringe! 
 
It's the City of VIce - where taxes and fees support a bloated and 
INCOMPETENT Administrative staff while services are cut and events for 
Residents are denied because of outrageous fees. 
 
I hereby find the City of Racine Common Council GUILTY! of Looting 
Residents in a City of Ill Repute! 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 

Public hotgovernment meeting

Public hotgovernment meeting at Demark's bar and grill starting at 6:30 pm
32 days and counting to elections of April 2nd. 2019

Complaint

To: City of Racine Common Council 2-27-2019
From: Harry Wait
Subject: Complaint, egregious conduct by City Attorney Scott Letteney
To City of Racine Common council members,
I bring forth the attached complaint to request placement of this
complaint onto the calendar for the March 5th, 2019 common council
meeting.
Mr. Letteney's conduct as city attorney has thwarted, impeded and
undermined the powers of the common council, shown contempt for
state and city ordinances, abused his powers in office by acting as a
political thug and filed false, frivolous pleadings into court records
concerning the open records case of Sandy Weidner vs. City of Racine.
Racine County Circuit Court case# 2017CV1644
Complainant asks the common council acting under it authorities to
sanction and/or remove Attorney Letteney for his egregious conduct
against public interest and that of the City of Racine.
~PJtully,
~~
Harry Wait
File/complaint attached
Complaint:
City Attorney Scott Letteney has an extensive history of
egregious conduct while in office, undermining the interest of
the people and the City of Racine.
To wit as follows:
City Attorney Scott Letteney violates both the letter and spirit of the
law concerning Wisconsin Public Records statutes.
As city attorney, Scott Letteney has an extensive history of engaging in tactics of
deny, delay and defer open records request in direct violation of Wisconsin Public
record statutes 19.19-.39. Under Letteney's supervision, the city attorney's office
thwarts, hinders and impedes the general public's right to know by deceit, lies
and untimely response times.
Scott Letteney undermines and thwarts the responsibilities of the City
Common Council.
Scott Letteney withheld and hid failed pre employment drug screening test of City
employee Timothy Thompkins. By withholding and hiding the failed pre
employment drug test, Attorney Letteney undermined and thwarted the scrutiny
of Common council members during the hiring/ vetting process. Mr. Letteney
undermined this vetting process which is in place to protect the interest of the
public and the city
Scott Letteney further undermined common council responsibilities by failing to
give notice that Mayor Mason had engaged in a contract with MWH Law Group to
conduct a police study to be billed by the hour. This billing by the hour
arrangement circumvented oversight and scrutiny by the common council, thus
avoiding any discussions by common council concerning the focus, scope, cost or
spending caps of the study. Thus far the mayor has kept the study secret despite
public funds being used to commission such study. Current cost of the study has
been published by the Journal Times at $118,000 dollars and counting.
These types of actions by both the mayor and city attorney Letteney undermines
the authority of the common council and renders the council as irrelevant.
Scott Letteney abused the powers of the city attorney's office to
silence and stifle a political candidate.
Abusing the powers of the city attorney's office, Mr. Letteney brought forth ethics
proceedings against then mayoral candidate Sandy Weidner in a most timely
manner to inflict maximum damage to candidate Weidner's campaign
Mr. Letteney acting as a political thug presented a secret power point
presentation to fellow common council members to make Sandy Weidner an
example of what happens when you do your job as a councilman too well. Mr.
Letteney then further engaged in unethical conduct by refusing to release the
complete presentation for further scrutiny and review.
Scott Letteney's act of refusal to provide such documents violated Alderman
Sandy Weidner's rights of due process. Alderman Sandy Weidner then filed a writ
of Mandamus where city attorney Scott Letteney filed frivolous pleadings into
court, further abused claims of documents being privileged and requested the
entire Open Records case of Sandy Weidner vs. City of Racine to be sealed
contrary to Wisconsin statutes 59.20(3), 757.14 and ist. Amendment rights:
Wisconsin Statute 59.20(3), The court shall:
"open to the examination of any person all books
and papers required to be kept in his or her office and permit
any person so examining to take notes and copies of such
books, records, papers or minutes .... "
Wisconsin Statute 757.14 "The sittings of every court shall be public and every
citizen may freely attend the same ...... " Citizens are directly empowered by
Wisconsin statute 757.14 to observe court proceedings.
1st. Amendment of the United States Constitution empowers citizen rights of
speech, to be heard, to assemble, to have knowledge of court calendars', to
attend, observe and scrutinize court proceedings ... ........... ecetera
Mr Letteney subverted the above statutes and the 1st. Amendment by filing
frivolous and false pleadings into the court
Alderman Sandy Weidner endured the darkness of a complicit, unlawful secret
court for 7 months until complainant filed a motion to intervene on behalf of
public interest.
Complainant has no knowledge or information that Mr. Letteney ever sought
approval from the common council for funds to pursue such outrageous,
egregious and unconstitutional acts within the court against the sitting alderman.
This egregious conduct of Attorney Scott Letteney along with the frivolous filings
have squandered public funds in the excess of $75,000 dollars and still counting.
Scott Letteney has exhibited negligence in the legal oversight of
Machinery Row.
Scott Letteney failed to act against straw man purchaser Rodney Blackwell. As
city attorney Scott Letteney turned a blind eye and deaf ear to the project, city
officials squandered and misappropriated millions of tax dollars while displacing
businesses contrary to law. Mr. Letteney should be well aware of the
irregularities of Machinery Row and of the filed criminal complaint which includes
fraud.
Complainant alleges city attorney Scott Letteney is a scofflaw and unfit for public
service.
Secret surveys, secret meetings, secret government and secret courts are not in
public or city interest, members of the city council should not be content with
being made irrelevant as other city official's act to subvert, undermine and negate
the responsibilities of the council.
I close my complaint with the following:
"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are
as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret
oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of
excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the
dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today there is little value in opposing
the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today
there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not
survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for
increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning
to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. {Pres. John Kennedy}
4353 Shianne St.
Union Grove, Wi. 53182
262-770-9796
Email: harrytrex@gmail.com

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my sexpots!  How are you?  Are you enjoying this on again off again winter?  It's supposed to be spring in about three weeks.  I wouldn't bet on it.  Spring means tooling down the road with your top down.  Winter means putting on a woolen scarf.  I'd bet on the scarf.

My boys can keep the sidewalk clean, but they can't raise the temperature.  Only Mother Nature can do that and she is MIA.  Does she think this is a joke, or is she lying somewhere, bleeding, or worse?  Please, Mother Nature, return to your post.

More and more housing developments are being announced in Racine almost every day.  This, of course, is due to the Foxconn effect.  Have any of them actually started?  Or are they waiting for further commitment from the Taiwanese company?  The suspense is killing me.  Someone DO something.

I understand that quite a few Catholic cardinals were called on the carpet by the Vatican and nuns for their treatment of sex abuse and bullying cases.  The nuns part is new to me.  Mostly, they expressed shame for the cardinals.  Nuns are like water; they can wear anything down.

Donald Trump has declared a national emergency in order to fund his wall between the U.S. and Mexico.  That is receiving a lot of criticism.  No matter what, Trump seems dedicated to the idea of a wall.  I don't think he believes that it will stop much illegal immigration, but it's a large campaign promise he seems intent on fulfilling.  They should make it like the Great Wall of China.  Then vendors could sell things atop the wall to visitors.  But, nooooo.......

Why would a city worry about subverting state law over cannabis, when it already subverts federal law by declaring itself a sanctuary city? 

When you have a previously unknown noise in your car, does it drive you nuts?  It does me.  I have to have SeƱor Zanza check it out.  Usually, it's nothing.  Sometimes, though, .........

Do you think Monument Square needs to be redesigned?  There's a group that believes so and I believe they're collecting signatures.  Wasn't it just redesigned about 10 years ago?  Who pays for it?  Why should even more money flow downtown's way when much  of the rest of the city lives in poverty? C'mon, Mr. Mayor Cory Masonite, fix it.  Fix our problems and stop looting the city. 

That's it, dears.  I love you all.  madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

Just keep thinking "spring is coming, spring is coming, ...."  Sooner or later, it has to arrive.
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Open Blog - Wednesday


Have a great day.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Spring Braining

From The Shepherd Express:

And whenever I’m confused, I immediately head over there up by the Uptowner tavern/charm school at the wistful corner of Humboldt & Center for a heady sit-down with my personal brain trust to get myself all straightened out. Hey, tag along if you’d like, but you buy the first round.
Little Jimmy Iodine: I remember reading about some big-time rich guy who offered a million bucks for a husband and wife to go on a 16-month voyage together around Mars and back.
Ernie: I’d volunteer the Mrs. to be the wife and let somebody else’s husband go with her. She’s always bitching how I never take her anywhere; so if some other knobshine wants to take her to focking Mars, focking swell.
Herbie: No husband-wife relationship is without its moments of hell-to-pay. Take your Jesus, for example. There’s been historical scuttlebutt that the guy was indeed married, god bless him. I’m sure there must’ve been times he had to take his sandals off outside the door late at night and then tiptoe toward the boudoir, to be greeted with a wifely “DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, MISTER?”
Emil: Amen!
Herbie: And what, then, is your excuse? That you got tied up changing water into wine and lost track of time? Good luck with that. Many a time have I found myself in a similar dilemma, busy with changing dollars into bourbon, thus losing track of the time on the day of an apparent anniversary or birthday, and never once did the lady find that to be an acceptable excuse for my tardiness, what the fock.
Ray: Speaking of unacceptable excuses…
Little Jimmy Iodine: Hey, Artie! Over here. Put a load on your keister.
Art: Hey gents, what do you hear, what do you know.
Emil: I know I left a message the other week with that sports super-agent Drew Rosencrantz ’cause I’m looking for a new deal. I haven’t heard back from him yet, though.
Julius: What “new deal”? You don’t even have an old deal. You don’t even have a focking job, you focking idiot.
Emil: Doesn’t hurt to try though, ain’a?
Art: I’m thinking of benching myself over at the newspaper for a couple, three weeks. I got this feeling I might be in one of those slumps where I’m just not hitting like I usually do. Maybe I’m trying too hard, trying to do too much.
Herbie: You know Artie, when it comes to being full of crap, you take the turd cake. “Trying too hard”? Hey mister, it’s called work. You sound like one of those overpaid clueless billionaire ballplayers who all of a sudden can’t hit the broadside of a toilet. And the theory they always come up with is “they’re trying too hard,” that they “just got to go up there and relax.” And every Joe Blow sports fan buys it like a hot tamale—except me because this slumpage theory does not cut the cheese in the real world of the working man.
Ernie: No shit, Herbie. Twenty-five focking years ago I ran this very same theory past my last boss. He asked me how come my work always sucked. I said, “The way I see it, I’m trying too hard to make good at what I’m getting paid to do. I need to focking relax, don’t you think?” He agreed. He told me to clear my stuff out in a New York minute or he’d call the cops. I’ve been relaxing ever since. The thing is, I can’t tell if my work’s improved ’cause I don’t do any.
Little Jimmy: Hey Artie, I got a nice story maybe you can put in your little newspaper that the people would like for the Lent coming up:
One time in heaven, Saint Peter said to Jesus, “I’m going out for a pizza pie and I want you to watch the pearly gates. Everybody who comes up, you ask the questions and decide if they may enter.” And Jesus said verily, “No problemo.”
So Jesus was conducting the interviews when he spied a blind and very old man coming toward him. And Jesus said unto him, “Que pasa. Tell me about your life.” And the old man said, “I remember next to nothing about my life, except that I had a son who was very famous on Earth and that I was a carpenter.”
Jesus thought, “A son, very famous, and he was a carpenter. This must be Joseph!” Jesus, with his eyes full of tears, said, “Father?” And the old man, touching the face of Jesus said, “Is that you, Pinocchio?”
(Ba-ding! Hey, it’s getting late and I know you got to go, but thanks for letting us bend your ear, ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.)

From: https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/spring-braining/

Open Blog - Tuesday


 Y, o, u.

Monday, February 25, 2019

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers pulls back Wisconsin troops from the U.S. border with Mexico

From JSOnline:

, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 4:24 p.m. CT Feb. 25, 2019 | Updated 8:30 p.m. CT Feb. 25, 2019

Gov.-elect Tony Evers is shown during an interview Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Madison, Wis. (Photo11: Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order Monday pulling back Wisconsin troops from the U.S. border with Mexico.   
Evers said he is withdrawing the 112 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers and airmen from Arizona because "there is simply not ample evidence to support the president's contention that there exists a national security crisis at our southwestern border."
"Therefore, there is no justification for the ongoing presence of Wisconsin National Guard personnel at the border," Evers said. "I cannot support keeping our brave service men and women away from their families without a clear need or purpose that would actively benefit the people of Wisconsin or our nation.”
Evers said border security is "the responsibility of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol."

Zero Comments

Now the JT suddenly shows ZERO Comments on the Ricky's article - LOL. 
 
They allowed comments - closed comments - and now open comments - but 
there are no postings = JT Fuk U. I see what you are doing.

Preddy - The Highest Scoring Mustang Ace

The Vanishing Foxconn Fantasy

From The Shepherd Express:

by

Feb. 05, 2019
12:23 p.m.

Photo credit: Robert Geiger


Absolutely no one should have been surprised that the fantasy of an imaginary high-tech Foxconn factory three times the size of the Pentagon and transforming Wisconsin into a jobs-gushing Silicon Valley of the Midwest suddenly began vanishing into thin air last week. The only surprising part was that the deal started coming apart even before Foxconn—a Taiwanese company producing liquid-crystal display TV and computer screens—could collect any of the $4 billion in state and local taxpayer subsidies former Republican Gov. Scott Walker foolishly committed to pay the company throughout the next 15 years—the largest state tax giveaway in U.S. history.

Seriously, did anyone other than Walker’s Republican co-conspirators in the Legislature ever really believe all those preposterous claims about Foxconn turning Racine County into Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland, with Tinkerbell flying overhead sprinkling fairy dust? The initial announcement was a 2017 Walker re-election stunt at the White House featuring Walker, Donald Trump and Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou—three notorious public liars well-known for promising enormous jobs numbers that never materialized.

The centerpiece of Walker 2010 campaign was an incredible political promise to create 250,000 jobs in his first term, which he still hadn’t achieved when voters finally sent him packing eight years later. Trump’s blizzard of well-documented lies by The Washington Post increased to 15-a-day in 2018, tripling his 2017 world record. It wasn’t easy, but Gou put them both to shame. Gou had broken promises to spend billions of dollars throughout the world that, he claimed, would create tens of thousands of jobs in Brazil, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. Gou’s only prior U.S. fabrication was a 2013 promise to invest $30 million creating 300 high-tech jobs in Pennsylvania. It never happened.

Read more: https://shepherdexpress.com/news/taking-liberties/the-vanishing-foxconn-fantasy/#/questions

*WOW*

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2019/02/24/wisconsin-weather-dozens-cars-neenah-pileup-41-southbound/2972182002/

One thing for sure

There are at least two bearded Ladies who rule Racine County. 
 
https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/just-like-you-and-me/ 
 
I can’t believe how much sordid detail is in this news report. This is 
like the opposite of Fake News. Too Real News. 
 
    During the death investigations, officials were told Burrous, who 
leaves behind a wife and young daughter, 
 
Unfathomable. You’re this gay man’s wife or daughter. You wake up to 
read this in the news. What do you do? 
 
Why, exactly, was all this detail released to the press? Did the cops 
have a vendetta against Burrous and spilled every bean to the media? 
Is this par for the course in suspicious death investigations? You’d 
think the family would request discretion about the circumstances 
surrounding the death. Or maybe the wife hated her gay husband and his 
secret life. 
 
Last question. How many gay homosexual men have children? Is the 
wife-beard a common occurrence? I would think the more out-and-proud 
gay men there are, the fewer gay men in sham marriages who might pass 
on their theoretical (theatrical) gay genes. 
 
And Ken Yorgan = Tribal Elder - is queer  as fuck.

More Tom Petty

Dear Village Board, 
 
It would appear that MTP has a very viable - and potential candidate 
for one of those 13,0000 Foxconn jobs paying at  least  $53,000 per 
year based upon a 2,040 hour workweek. 
 
From JT: 
 
MOUNT PLEASANT — After being asked to turn down his classic-rock 
music, a Mount Pleasant man allegedly threatened his roommate with a 
handgun just before 3 a.m. Saturday. 
 
The man, 25-year-old Nicholas S. Gunderson of the 2700 block of North 
Fancher Road, has been charged with multiple crimes connected to 
threatening his roommate, possessing firearms while intoxicated and 
drug possession. 
 
According to a criminal complaint: 
 
Gunderson’s roommate told police that he confronted Gunderson at about 
3 a.m. Saturday while Gunderson was drinking “quite a bit” of 
moonshine and listening to Tom Petty “loudly,” according to the Mount 
Pleasant Police Department. 
 
When the roommate confronted Gunderson, the suspect allegedly grabbed 
his Springfield XD .45-caliber handgun and pointed it at his roommate 
and his roommate’s girlfriend. 
 
When asked if he threatened his roommate, Gunderson allegedly told 
police “(I) protected my Second Amendment right and protected (my) 
household.” 
 
Gunderson also allegedly shoved his roommate, and police reported that 
the victim had sustained a visible head injury. 
 
https://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-man-threatens-roommate-with-handgun-after-being-asked-to/article_ad8add9f-be57-5553-94a4-5a6fd1802520.html 
 
HEY - the future for MTP is so bright - I gotta wear shades! 
 
Let me know when my opportunity arrives.... 
 
STILL WAITING - Terry Gou - feel free to contact me at any time.... 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy.

Tom Petty Or Else

MOUNT PLEASANT — After being asked to turn down his classic-rock 
music, a Mount Pleasant man allegedly threatened his roommate with a 
handgun just before 3 a.m. Saturday. 
 
The man, 25-year-old Nicholas S. Gunderson of the 2700 block of North 
Fancher Road, has been charged with multiple crimes connected to 
threatening his roommate, possessing firearms while intoxicated and 
drug possession. 
 
According to a criminal complaint: 
 
Gunderson’s roommate told police that he confronted Gunderson at about 
3 a.m. Saturday while Gunderson was drinking “quite a bit” of 
moonshine and listening to Tom Petty “loudly,” according to the Mount 
Pleasant Police Department. 
 
When the roommate confronted Gunderson, the suspect allegedly grabbed 
his Springfield XD .45-caliber handgun and pointed it at his roommate 
and his roommate’s girlfriend. 
 
https://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-man-threatens-roommate-with-handgun-after-being-asked-to/article_ad8add9f-be57-5553-94a4-5a6fd1802520.html

Ricky's Cop Bar

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
 
Seems that Journal Times has something to hide - when comments are 
deleted and closed. 
 
Please NOTE = I do not comment at JT. Under any name or alias. 
 
RACINE — After nearly 26 years in business, Rick Smetana has decided 
to close his Downtown bar, Ricky’s Place. 
 
From the start and through the years, Ricky’s was a magnet for police 
officers and other law enforcement personnel. Smetana’s brother Dave 
Smetana was a Racine Police officer and is now Pleasant Prairie’s 
police chief. 
 
Rick said he also has “numerous” nephews who are on the Racine Police, 
Mount Pleasant Police and Kenosha County Sheriff’s departments. 
 
“And countless friends that I had prior to Ricky’s and at Ricky’s who 
are police officers,” he added. “They would bring their coworkers and 
friends. I was very proud to say it was a place that law enforcement 
(personnel) would come in and feel at home, feel relaxed.”.... 
 
https://journaltimes.com/business/local/after-years-ricky-s-place-to-close/article_6caef344-c6da-5019-b863-9cd6555b107c.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest 
 
Comments - OFF - I wonder why. 
 
What more are ya all hiding? Seems that their is a bit of cover-up 
going on here. 
 
And Sgt Stulo and Maxines? 
 
At least Kenosha *FIRED* their drunk driving KPD Sergeant who caused 
mayhem. Guess taxpayer s continue to pay "Not Guilty" RPD Officer Sgt. 
Stulo - like "Not Guilty" Rich and Jennifer Chiapete - and hey  - how 
can this be covered up? Gotta be a lot of ways..... 
 
Just asking? 
 
Overtaxed and oppressed Residents have unanswered questions. Why? 
 
Welcome to the Mayor Cory Mason Bloat and cover-up. Just ask Rich and 
Jennifer Chiapete how that works out - along with dirt-ee former City 
Attorney Rob Weber. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 

Open Blog - Monday


Some coffee will get you going.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Peter Frampton 1976 Comes Alive I wanna go to the sun

Enjoy the Decline

The "End of America?" Most likely. The "Demise of liberty?" You 
betcha! The "Destruction of Western Civilization?" Of course! But why 
let all of the above get you down? Learn to "Enjoy the Decline!" 
"Enjoy the Decline" is mandatory reading for all conservatives, 
libertarians, Americans, and lovers of freedom who are mourning the 
slow, but sure death of their culture and their country. America is 
over. Freedom will be curtailed. Liberty is dead. And above all else, 
it is inevitable. But the answer is not to get depressed and give up 
hope. The answer is to change your attitude and learn how to "Enjoy 
the Decline." You get one life on this planet and Aaron Clarey 
explains how to get the most out of it even though socialism and 
tyranny are all around you. From learning how to adapt your psychology 
to learning to let go and take advantage of the socialist system, 
"Enjoy the Decline" carries the freedom loving American through the 5 
stages of grief and puts them on a path to enjoy their life regardless 
of what is happening. 
 
https://www.amazon.com/Enjoy-Decline-Accepting-Living-United/dp/1480284769 
 
Five stages of grief: 
 
https://www.biography.com/people/elisabeth-kubler-ross-262762 

Cops and Bars

Interesting.... 
 
https://journaltimes.com/business/local/after-years-ricky-s-place-to-close/article_6caef344-c6da-5019-b863-9cd6555b107c.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest 
 
Rick said he also has “numerous” nephews who are on the Racine Police, 
Mount Pleasant Police and Kenosha County Sheriff’s departments. 
 
“And countless friends that I had prior to Ricky’s and at Ricky’s who 
are police officers,” he added. “They would bring their coworkers and 
friends. I was very proud to say it was a place that law enforcement 
(personnel) would come in and feel at home, feel relaxed.” 
 
“It’s unfortunate that some things come to an end,” Smetana said, “but 
everything does.” 
 
 
NOTE: That there is a Steve Smetana on Racine Common Council - 
 
In addition to Mollie Jones - the Mother of a RPD Police Officer who 
has been on paid leave for.... years? 
 
The Common Council is neither - it is a biased group of connected 
Insiders who promote their best interests.

Megadeth-The Doctor Is Calling

My Comment

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons - 
 
From my comment: 
 
"City of Racine Attorney Scott Letteney and his entire Staff have 
acted with Gross Malfeasance and Incompetence in their pursuit to 
punish an Alderwoman for simply doing her job. City streets crumble, 
services are cut, and taxes are hiked to fund the vendetta of an 
incompetent City Attorney who labels even routine and open records as 
"secret" and claims "attorney -client privilege". When will Mayor Cory 
Mason and the Racine Common Council do their job - end the charade - 
and *FIRE* Racine City Attorney Scott Letteney and his entire Staff"! 
 
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/142/432/398/demand-the-resignation-of-racine-city-attorney-scott-letteney/ 
 
I'm an overtaxed and oppressed Resident - residing at 3706 Douglas Ave. 
 
Phone # (262) 822 - 7260 
 
You have my E-Mail - preferred contact. 
 
It is past time to *FIRE* Scott Letteney and his entire staff! 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy
 

Get Rid of Letteney

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
 
Please sign the petition and do the right thing for the long suffering 
and overtaxed  Residents of Racine. The gross incompetence displayed 
by the City Attorney - Scott Letteney and his entitre Staff - has cost 
Taxpayers Hundreds of Thousands of wasted dollars. 
 
We the undersigned, citizens of Racine, WI, hereby petition the City 
Council to do a complete performance review of City Attorney Scott 
Letteney for the purpose of removing him from office for misconduct, 
malfeasance and other violations of the City's Municipal Codes. We 
allege that Mr. Letteney has acted in a corrupt and incompetent manner 
and thereby inflicted multiple and heavy financial and social damages 
on the city and its citizens and on our confidence in city government. 
Under Letteney’s supervision, systems and procedures are in place to 
thwart, hinder and impede the general public’s right to 
know. 
 
"Let us be clear about what has happened. City Attorney Letteney, with 
Judge Gasiorkiewicz’s help, has wasted many thousands of taxpayer 
dollars to embrace a shocking level of official secrecy. Weidner and 
media organizations have, at their own expense, pushed back against 
this, and thus far prevailed. 
But the wrong that has been done here has not yet been righted. There 
ought to be consequences for the bad judgment shown by Letteney and 
Gasiorkiewicz, as well as by Racine Mayor Cory Mason — who, as far as 
I can tell, has sat on his hands as this outrage has played out in his 
city. The violation of the public trust here has been severe. The 
repercussions should be also." - Bill Lueders president of the 
Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. 
 
"In my 56 years in the news business, including a 15-year stint as 
president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, I've 
witnessed some bizarre attempts by government officials to keep 
information from the public they're supposed to serve — but the one 
that's currently dragging on in Racine County clearly takes the cake. 
Editor Emeritus Dave Zweifel The Capital Times 
 
"This whole episode is a disgrace to the City of Racine, an insult to 
taxpayers and a waste of money. It calls into question the judgment of 
the city attorney and his reasoning for pursuing such a misguided 
venture when he went before a closed session meeting of city aldermen 
in the fall of 2017." Racine Journal Times Editorial Board 
 
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/142/432/398/demand-the-resignation-of-racine-city-attorney-scott-letteney/ 
 
And be sure to also *FIRE* 3 of the ! 5 ! UNNECESSARY, overpaid and 
underworked positions in the Mayor's Office. Mayor Cory "Butterball" 
Mason indeed - the BLOAT is obvious and another burden on the 
overtaxed Residents of Ratcine. 
 
I love Racine for the obvious graft, nepotism, corruption, and gross 
malfeasance. It is NOT the City of choice - but the City of VICE! 
 
It is time to end the Hate and Oppression you are waging against the 
working poor, a Responsible and Accountable Alderwoman,  Residents, 
and Taxpayers. *FIRE* Scott Letteney and his entire staff! 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 
 

DEMAND THE RESIGNATION OF RACINE CITY ATTORNEY SCOTT LETTENEY!


We the undersigned, citizens of Racine, WI, hereby petition the City Council to do a complete performance review of City Attorney Scott Letteney for the purpose of removing him from office for misconduct, malfeasance and other violations of the City's Municipal Codes. We allege that Mr. Letteney has acted in a corrupt and incompetent manner and thereby inflicted multiple and heavy financial and social damages on the city and its citizens and on our confidence in city government. Under Letteney’s supervision, systems and procedures are in place to thwart, hinder and impede the general public’s right to know.

Read more: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/142/432/398/demand-the-resignation-of-racine-city-attorney-scott-letteney/


Yeah, baby! 

Fox-Scam is winging it

Dear Village Board' 
 
So now it is official. 
 
Fox-Scam is winging it.. 
 
Who woulda thunk it? 
 
MILWAUKEE — “We’re building the airplane while we’re flying and we’re 
redesigning it." 
 
That is the analogy Bill Mitchell, Foxconn's vice president of 
business operations, used Thursday to describe the Foxconn Technology 
Group's Wisconsin plans. 
 
"And we’re figuring it out as we go but we are figuring it out," 
Mitchell said. "We don’t have all the answers but we’re figuring it 
out.” 
 
Mitchell, who is also president and CEO of Aguila — a Foxconn 
distribution company, made the remarks Thursday at the Wisconsin 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership "Manufacturing Matters" conference 
in Milwaukee. 
 
https://journaltimes.com/news/local/foxconn-exec-we-re-building-the-airplane-while-we-re/article_5d65da9d-36c4-5b04-9ce6-848ae2acf0f4.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest 
 
Moar like - CONFUSION REIGNS SUPREME! 
 
MTP VP - Mr David DeGoof - what is going on here? 
 
Where is my $53,000 job at 2,040 hours per year? 
 
Mr. Sonny Havn - Mr. John Hewitt -(who can't do it!) Anna Marie 
Klausen - and clueless  Ram BS'er- can you provide me with a CLUE? A 
Job? a Paycheck? Anything less than increased taxes, and debt service 
to the Banksters:? Who you mortgaged the Community to? 
 
Does Village Idiot Davis DeGoof have any comment regarding those 
13,000 jobs paying $53,000 each - minimum? Which have suddenly 
DISAPPEARED? 
 
Still awaiting a reply - Mr. MTP Village Idiot David DeGoofus. 
 
Learning to fly while building an aeroplane is likely a GINORMOUS 
task! Right? VI (Village Idiot) David DeGoofus? Requires Ginormous 
spaces, taxes, and infrastructure. "cause ya kan. 
 
Perhaps Amazon and   Jeff Bezos will arrive to save the day. Could 
happen. I'm open to anything.... now. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Six for Saturdays

1)  What's your favorite carnival ride?

2)  What's your favorite topping for toast?

3)  Who's your favorite: Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Joe, or Curly Joe?

4)  Who fixes your car/truck when it needs it?

5)  Shower or bath?

6)  Blue or black ink?

Open Blog - Weekend


That's right, baby!

Friday, February 22, 2019

Evers claims drug crimes account for 75 percent or more of state prison population. Not even close.

From JSOnline:

By Eric Litke

While announcing plans to decriminalize marijuana, Gov. Tony Evers claimed 75-85% of prison inmates in Wisconsin were there for drug offenses. Evers is shown here delivering the State of the State in January 2019. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement that he would push to decriminalize marijuana in Wisconsin was one of the biggest splashes of his young tenure.
It drew media coverage from across the country and sparked a war of news releases on the homefront.
Evers said Feb. 18, 2019, that his first budget would include proposals to legalize medical marijuana; allow possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use; and expand the ability to expunge certain drug possession convictions.
news release announcing the move touted the medicinal benefits of marijuana, then pivoted to making a social justice case for change.
"Reforming Wisconsin’s marijuana laws to align with the people’s support for medical marijuana is an important part of the governor’s plan," the release said. "But so, too, is addressing the social and racial justice aspect of marijuana use. Wisconsin has the highest incarceration rate in the country for Black men, and drug-related crimes account for as many as 75-85 percent of all inmates in our prisons."
Evers touted the same 75-85 percent statistic in a since-deleted tweet that day making the case for decriminalizing marijuana. It was repeated in the text of the NBC News story on Evers’ announcement.
That’s a really high number.
Given all the possible actions that could land a person in prison, do drug crimes really account for three-quarters or more of all inmates?
Several ways to track drug crimes – but none top 30 percent
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections uses a number of measures to track how inmates landed behind bars. But none of them are anywhere close to Evers’ number.

Read more:  https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2019/feb/22/tony-evers/evers-claims-drug-crimes-prison-inmates/

Open Blog - Friday


Happy Birthday to the Father of our Country!

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Down and doobie: Counting the ways cannabis can complement sex


For years, cannabis and sex seem to suffer compatibility issues. Dudes had long heard marijuana was a bonerkill, and mouths weren’t the only thing women feared would dry up after a toke. But as weed’s decriminalization began to spread among the states, more studies on the plant’s effect on intimacy rolled out—many in the last year alone. Now, a simple Google search tells us that when combined strategically, cannabis can actually enhance sex.

Read more:  https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2019/feb/14/down-and-doobie-ways-cannabis-can-complement-sex/?_ga=2.62774575.225245.1550706268-924455425.1550706268

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my dear friends!  How are you?  The weatherman says we're going to have some snow this morning.  Let's hope he's wrong.  In case he isn't, SLOW DOWN.  And please clean the snow off of all of you windows and head and tail lights and license plates.  I almost got smacked by a submariner who had only cleaned off what his windshield wipers would do.  What a surprised look on his face when he realized he wasn't alone on the road.  I'm so tired of winter driving, and there's more snow coming this weekend.

Be careful out there.  Winter driving increases your chance of being involved in an accident.  Once a car starts spinning down the road, who knows what it will hit?  I see idiot move after idiot move made out there.  Today I was behind someone who I believe was drunk.  When I tried to pass him, he would veer into my lane.  When I finally got past him, I placed the dreaded Zoltar Curse curse on him. The last I saw in my rear view mirror, his vehicle had burst into flames.

Lucky us, Pawstar is set to occupy the former Imperial Laundry building.  Pawstar makes products for a certain type of fetish.  Let's wish them continued success in their new digs.

There's talk about the 0.01% sales tax surcharge finally ending.  Of course, I'll believe it when I see it.  State Senator Wanggaard has introduced a bill to put a definite date on the end of the tax.  I'll go for that.  Otherwise, some smart ass might figure out a new use for the tax and thus they'll perpetuate it.  Die, tax, die!

Have I told you about  Racine Uncensored?    It's a relatively new anti-establishment site, and its proprietor, Ricky Jarstaad, is running for alderman of the 5rd District.  Good luck, Ricky.

Mr. Mayor Butterball wants everyone who works for the city to make at least a living wage.  The irony is that many taxpayers will end up subsidizing a raise that is higher than their own wages.  It doesn't matter, as long as City Hall looks good. 

The Sandy Weidner witch hunt has already cost us $75K.  Those are attorney fees.  The word must be out that you can charge Racine anything in fees and we'll pay it.  No wonder our taxes approach double those of similar sized cities.  And Mr. Mayor Butterball shows no sign of letting up.  At least with lying John, you had an idea when he was cooking something up; Mayor Butterball plays his cards much closer to his chest. 

Well, that's it, dears.  I'm tired and must be off to bed.  I love you all.

madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

Enjoy the warm up. even if it brings more snow.
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Open Blog - Wednesday


Make those suits work.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

CBS’s Lara Logan Calls Media ‘Mostly Liberal’ in Scorched Earth Interview: I’m Committing ‘Professional Suicide’



In a recent interview, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan critiqued the international “liberal” media while holding up outlets like Breitbart as the opposite side of the coin.
Logan spoke to retired Navy SEAL Mike Ritland about a variety of topics on Friday for his Mike Drop podcast (h/t Breitbart), and the conversation eventually turned towards her agreement with Ritland that “the media everywhere is mostly liberal, not just the U.S.” As Logan lamented that voter registration among journalists shows that the media is out of balance, she came with a metaphor to explain how she believes the press is tinged by the sameness of opinion.
“Visually, anyone who’s ever been to Israel and been to the Wailing Wall has seen that the women have this tiny little spot in front of the wall to pray, and the rest of the wall is for the men. To me, that’s a great representation of the American media, is that in this tiny little corner where the women pray you’ve got Breitbart and Fox News and a few others, and from there on, you have CBS, ABC, NBC, Huffington Post, Politico, whatever, right? All of them.
And that’s a problem for me, because even if it was reversed, if it was vastly mostly on the right, that would also be a problem for me. My experience has been that the more opinions you have, the more ways that you look at everything in life.”
Logan continued by saying President Donald Trump‘s press coverage is a case in point of how the media produces a “distortion” by boiling things down so that “there’s no grey. It’s all one way.”
“If it doesn’t match real life,” Logan said, “something’s wrong.”

Read more:  https://www.mediaite.com/online/cbss-lara-logan-calls-media-mostly-liberal-in-scorched-earth-interview-im-committing-professional-suicide/

Open Blog - Tuesday


Ribbit.

Monday, February 18, 2019

The snow storms!

I am so proud of my youngest daughter because with the snow storms we have been getting she has not missed a day of work. She is was very scared to drive in the snow but she would do it to get to work. I will wait up until she gets home in case she has trouble on the road. It may take her two hours to get home but she makes it home and that is all that matters to me.

So to all the people that gets stuck in the snow slow down and you can make it too.

Open Blog - Presidents' Day


No mail today and your bank may be closed.

Sunday, February 17, 2019

"Evers to propose marijuana decriminalization; medical use for cancer, PTSD, chronic pain"

From The Journal Times.com:
 
Gov. Tony Evers is shown giving the State of the State address last month. Evers will use his first state budget to propose decriminalizing possession and distribution of small amounts of marijuana, as well as legalizing medical use for certain conditions.
"MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers will propose decriminalizing marijuana in his plan for the next state budget, as part of an overhaul of marijuana laws that would legalize it for medical conditions including cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain.

"The proposal calls for allowing records to be expunged for people with previous convictions relating to marijuana possession in small amounts.

"It also would permit the possession and use of a marijuana derivative used to treat seizures, CBD oil, without a doctor’s certification.

"Information provided exclusively to the Wisconsin State Journal shows the outlines of Evers’ marijuana-related proposal for his budget, all of which will be released Feb. 28."

Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/evers-to-propose-marijuana-decriminalization-medical-use-for-cancer-ptsd/article_eb2619cf-0a1d-5eaa-bd70-d98eabc048a5.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Facebook labelled 'digital gangsters' by report on fake news

Company broke privacy and competition law and should be regulated urgently, say MPs

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/18/facebook-fake-news-investigation-report-regulation-privacy-law-dcms

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick defrocked over sexual abuse




Good.

"Illinois Worker Who Opened Fire Inside Factory Had No Permit for Gun"

The police identified the five people who were killed in a shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Ill., on Friday.CreditCreditScott Olson/Getty Images
"AURORA, Ill. — An angry worker who opened fire inside a suburban Chicago factory where he had worked for years was barred from having the handgun he was carrying, officials said on Saturday."



Once again, restrictive gun laws fail to keep a nut-job from laying his hands on a weapon and killing.  

City of Racine billed more than $75K on attorney fees in Weidner case

From The Journal Times.com:





  • RACINE — According to invoices obtained through a public records request, the City of Racine has been billed more than $75,000 in attorney fees for the open records case against Alderman Sandy Weidner.
    . . .
    Bill Lueders from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council stated that “it’s no wonder the City of Racine tried to keep these records secret.”

    “They document an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars in pursuit of a goal that is antithetical to taxpayers’ interests,” Lueders wrote in an email. “There was never any reason for trying to shield these record from public view, and even less reason for the city to try to punish Ald. Weidner for blowing the whistle on its abusive behavior. I think the citizens of Racine have every right to be hopping mad.”

    Read more:  https://journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-of-racine-billed-more-than-k-on-attorney-fees/article_abb38312-231a-5249-acdc-6e0a92e1a771.html


    Write in Sandy Weidner for Mayor on April 2nd

    Jackyl - Dirty Little Mind

    KC and the Sunshine Band - Get down tonight

    Open Blog - Weekend


    Finally, you're here.

    Friday, February 15, 2019

    Real estate investors could have been killed in booby-trapped Philadelphia house



    That's one way to stop home invasions.

    Four for Fridays!

    Good morning everyone I hope you have enjoyed the nice weather we had yesterday. Here are your questions.

    1) Did you do anything for Valentine's Day?

    2) If you did do something what did you do?

    3) Did you get anything for Valentine's Day?

    4) Did you give anyone something for Valentine's Day?

    Have a great weekend and stay warm.

    Open Blog - Friday


    Oh yeah!

    Thursday, February 14, 2019

    Secret Court Proponent Mayor Cory Mason

    Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
     
    From Racine County Corruption: 
     
    Link: http://racinecountycorruption.blogspot.com/2019/02/outrageous-conduct-by-city-officialsis.html 
     
    Outrageous conduct by city officials is no secret! 
     
    Secret surveys, secret meetings, secret government and secret courts are 
    Mayor Cory Mason and city attorney Scott Letteney's legacy. 
     
     In the open records case of Weidner vs. City of Racine, Racine 
    Circuit Court case # 2017CV1644, the paranoia of Letteney and Mason 
    are illuminated by the City's ridiculous claims of "Talking Racine" 
    producer Jim Spodick and panelist George Meyers 
    being labeled as a danger to the community. 
     
    This paranoia is so embedded into city government that Alderman Sandy 
    Weidner wrongfully endured for over 7 months the darkness of a secret 
    court for performing her duties as a city alderman.  City of Racine 
    attorney Scott Letteney filed frivolous documents and abused claims of 
    attorney privileges into a secret and complicit court. 
    During these court proceedings, Mayor Cory Mason's silence was and 
    still is deafening. 
     
    The Mayor cannot deny his involvement in this outrageous secret court case. 
    Under Wisconsin Statutes 62.09(1),(8)(a)   " The mayor shall be the 
    chief executive officer. The mayor shall take care that city 
    ordinances and state laws are observed and enforced and that all city 
    officers and employees discharge their duties".  (emphasis added) 
     
    Mayor Mason's knowledge of the Machinery Row scandal is well 
    documented which involves straw man purchase Rodney Blackwell. 
    Taxpayer money was misappropriated and squandered without public 
    scrutiny and accountability.  The city acted as scofflaws as active 
    businesses were disrupted and forced to relocate without compensation 
    or due process. 
     
    Mason further commissioned a police morale survey in a most deviant 
    way, undermining and circumventing established checks and balances 
    within government.  These checks and balances are in place to prevent 
    officials acting maliciously, or on a whim squandering public funds. 
    Mason hired the law firm by the hour to avoid the scrutiny of the city 
    council .  The Racine Journal Times has reported cost of $118,000 and 
    rising for the survey. Despite the public paying for the report, Mason 
    has denied the public the right to be informed of the contents of the 
    report. 
     
    Why? because it is a secret! 
     
    You may read more here: 
    https://journaltimes.com/news/local/city-has-spent-on-still-unreleased-mayor-ordered-police-study/article_5236dbcc-8f6c-5ddf-8bca-5d909a85dc42.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 
     
    What else is Mason hiding ? How about the hiring of a city applicant 
    who failed preliminary pre hire drug screening and kept that failed 
    test information secret from the city council. 
     
    It is all in the secret, redacted court records. 
     
    Secrets secrets and more secrets. 
     
    Mason's use and abuse of the powers of the city attorney's office to 
    act as henchmen silencing his critics is beyond outrageous,  Mason has 
    created a tyrannical empire of secrecy which by design ignores 
    citizen's rights and impedes upon a free society 
    right to be informed. 
     
    As city attorney, Scott Letteney's management of open records request 
    is also beyond outrageous. Mr. Letteney's office by design is derelict 
    of it's official duties to properly respond to records request.  His 
    office systematically delays, denies and defers open records requests 
    for months on end, ignoring and flaunting the laws that govern timely 
    and reasonable response times. 
     
    The question was asked earlier: 
     
    But who is working for who ? 
     
    Well the answer is neither Mason nor Letteney are working on the 
    behalf of public interest. 
     
    SO - who are Mason and Letteney actually representing? 
     
    General Incompetence and Malfeasance reigns supreme in the disorderly 
    Racine City Hall ruled by horribly incompetent elect Mayor Cory Mason 
    - and his 4 overpaid and unnecessary co-horts hiding in the City 
    Administration Office. 
     
    It is well past time to rectify the situation and do the right action 
    for City of Racine Taxpayers. In addition, pursue criminal charges 
    against Malfeasant Officials - and demand  restitution to make 
    Taxpayers whole again. 
     
    It is glaringly obvious that City of Racine can now *FIRE* 3 
    unnecessary positions from the 5 currently ensconced in the Mayor's 
    Office - begin wage and compensation decreases  - to better match that 
    of 3rd World Nations, and emerging economies, and.... 
     
    *FIRE* Glaringly Incompetent City Attorney Scott  Letteney and his 
    entire incompetent and seemingly malfeasant staff. When public records 
    are made secret - Racine Residents are being ruled by mentally ill 
    Tyrants. 
     
    *FIRE* Glaringly Incompetent City Administrator (Profit? Loss? 
    Revenue? Expense? - what's the difference) Nick Palenick - who is 
    completely lost to the basics of a balance sheet. 
     
    *RESIGN* Cory! Who ran for Mayor but believed he couldn't do the job 
    so he demanded two more in the Mayor's Office - 3+2 = 5. THIS IS 
    OUTRAGEOUS! 
     
    *FREE* Sandy! STOP the HATE! End the oppression of a courageous 
    Alderperson who performed her role with diligence, respect for the 
    rule of law, and utmost consideration for her constituents. 
     
    Sincerely, 
     
    Tim & Cindy 

    Dear Village Board,

    Amazon is pulling it's HQ from New York! An OPPORTUNITY for Mount 
    Pleasant after the Foxscam Fiasco Failure. 
     
    Zerohedge Reports: 
     
    As it turns out, those reports about Amazon reconsidering its plan to 
    build one of its "HQ2s" in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City 
    weren't just trial balloons intended as a warning to New York Gov. 
    Andrew Cuomo to get his people in line. 
     
    Because in a Thursday announcement that will undoubtedly be heralded 
    as a major victory by "Democratic Socialists" like Alexandria 
    Ocasio-Cortez, the e-commerce giant announced that it would scrap its 
    plans to move to New York City, much to the chagrin of Cuomo and de 
    Blasio, who signed off on a $3 billion package of "performance based" 
    state, city and public-private incentives offered to Amazon. 
     
    Amazon shares have rallied in the aftermath of the announcement. 
     
    But the ramifications for New York State politics will be far more profound. 
     
    Amazon didn't mince words in its statement, placing the blame for its 
    decision to deprive the state of what Cuomo's office once described as 
    one of the biggest economic boons in recent decades squarely on the 
    shoulders of progressive New York lawmakers who objected to the deal. 
     
    The decision to pull out of NYC comes after New York State lawmakers 
    nominated one of the deal's fiercest opponents to a state board that 
    would grant him the power to unilaterally kill the state component of 
    the incentive package. NYC progressives and "Democratic socialists" 
    like AOC can claim a major victory over their corporate adversaries. 
    Queens real-estate brokers on the other hand are reacting with a mix 
    of "shock, anger and disbelief" as condo sales soared in the wake of 
    the Amazon deal... 
     
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-14/bezos-pulls-out-amazon-scraps-plan-ny-hq2 
     
    Things in MTP favor: 
     
    1. The opposition to Foxconn was completely crushed by the 
    questionably legal actions of the government - which was held to be 
    unaccountable by any reasonable standard. 
     
    2. The extreme and questionably legal  damage to the Residents and 
    Environment has already been accomplished. Farmland has been 
    peramentally destroyed. 
     
    3. Huge taxpayer commitments have been made, massive debt taken on, 
    debt service increased, while bond ratings have dropped - forcing 
    larger interest payments on debt service to Banksters. 
     
    4. Foxconn has already admitted that Wisconsin Workers can't compete 
    in a Global  Economy and that their plans have changed. They intend to 
    manufacture -ZERO- product in MTP. 
     
    5. Racine County Residents can't afford to pay the additional costa 
    and debt service for the Foxscam Fiasco Failure - and they will need 
    relief. ALA a PLAN "B" 
     
    6. Instead of plan "B" being bankruptcy - it might be "B"ezos - as in 
    Amazon locating it's HQ in MTP. 
     
    7. Local Residents have already been beaten into submission - Farmland 
    destroyed - and infrastructure is nearly ready - since Foxconn has 
    changed it's plans - open the door to Jeff Bezos/Amazon  and 
    prosperity he will bring to MTP. 
     
    BRING IT ON! 
     
    Sincerely, 
     
    Tim & Cindy

    AOC Celebrates "Defeat" Of World's Richest Man's "Worker Exploitation" As Amazon Abandons NY



    Update 4: Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein took some time off from his retirement bliss to offer his two cents on Thursday's Amazon news, blasting progressive dems like AOC for being "anti-progress" and also "anti-democratic"
    After killing Amazon's NYC HQ, not sure some progressive democrats deserve either title. This move was both anti-progress (negative for development and tech jobs) and anti-democratic (polls show 70% of NYers were in favor). Victory lap for them, not for NYC.
    Their cheering at Amazon's pull-out is a "victory lap for them" and their narrow political interests, not for the people of New York.

    Read more:  https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-14/bezos-pulls-out-amazon-scraps-plan-ny-hq2