Those are great plans.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Friday, November 9, 2018
"Wisconsin’s Deal With Foxconn Was as Bad as They Come"
When the public relations talking points fade, the facts begin to emerge.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-06/wisconsin-s-deal-with-foxconn-is-the-worst-of-corporate-welfare?srnd=politics-vp
Wisconsin’s Deal With Foxconn Was as Bad as They Come
The state offered billions to win a big factory. It will create some jobs, but at a staggering cost for taxpayers.
"If that all sounds like a bad deal, it’s because it is. Tim Bartik, an
economist who studies industrial policy, calculates that Wisconsin is
paying about 10 times the typical amount per job created. And that’s a
best-case scenario. The Taiwanese company isn’t contractually obligated
to deliver those 13,000 jobs -- it could decide to ship them to China
instead, or even to close the Wisconsin factory in 10 years. In fact,
Foxconn has already changed the type of factory it intends to build,
switching to a cheaper, less advanced manufacturing process."https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-06/wisconsin-s-deal-with-foxconn-is-the-worst-of-corporate-welfare?srnd=politics-vp
Four for Fridays!
Good morning everyone I hope you enjoyed your week. If you don't have to go out please stay inside the roads are not good. I just came home from taking Drew to work. If you have to go out take your time and please be safe. Here are your questions.
1) In the winter do you stay home more then in the summer?
2) In the winter do you find yourself hibernating more?
3) What do you do if you stay inside more in the winter?
4) What season do you like the most?
Try to enjoy your weekend!
1) In the winter do you stay home more then in the summer?
2) In the winter do you find yourself hibernating more?
3) What do you do if you stay inside more in the winter?
4) What season do you like the most?
Try to enjoy your weekend!
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Dear Madame Zoltar
Madame Zoltar didn't get a flu shot and now she's suffering the consequences. She's hoping to tear herself away from the toilet bowl long enough next week to write a blog. Get better Madame Zoltar!
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
Media organizations file motion in Weidner sealed records case
From The Journal Times.com:
Last week, media organizations filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit, requesting that legal documents related to the case be unsealed.
The case was sealed in February by Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz, but began receiving media attention in September after Weidner spoke with the Associated Press and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the issue.
“The big thing for everyone to understand: This is not a feud between myself and the city attorney,” Weidner told The Journal Times.
She said the issue arose as a result of “different understandings” of what is considered confidential by Letteney as compared to prior city attorneys. Letteney was appointed in summer 2015 after having served as a deputy city attorney for almost 10 years.
“The reasoning behind the Seal Orders and Open Records Decision remains unknown to the public. Indeed, all pleadings are under seal, and even the docket is unavailable for viewing by order of Judge Gasiorkiewicz,” the motion reads.
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/media-organizations-file-motion-in-weidner-sealed-records-case/article_a8ac7da5-a83c-5210-bd73-1d6476db155c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
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| Sandy Weidner |
RACINE — Five media organizations are trying to intervene in the ongoing public records lawsuit between 6th District Alderman Sandy Weidner, the City of Racine and City Attorney Scott Letteney.
Last week, media organizations filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit, requesting that legal documents related to the case be unsealed.
The case was sealed in February by Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz, but began receiving media attention in September after Weidner spoke with the Associated Press and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the issue.
“The big thing for everyone to understand: This is not a feud between myself and the city attorney,” Weidner told The Journal Times.
She said the issue arose as a result of “different understandings” of what is considered confidential by Letteney as compared to prior city attorneys. Letteney was appointed in summer 2015 after having served as a deputy city attorney for almost 10 years.
The motion
“This is one of the more extraordinary cases of excessive secrecy,” Bill Lueders, the president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, told The Journal Times. “We hope the appellate court will act quickly to reverse this case … (and) the poor decisions on part of a Racine judge.”
The five organizations filing the lawsuit are the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, the USA Today Network-Wisconsin, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (which is distributed through USA Today Network-Wisconsin).
“The reasoning behind the Seal Orders and Open Records Decision remains unknown to the public. Indeed, all pleadings are under seal, and even the docket is unavailable for viewing by order of Judge Gasiorkiewicz,” the motion reads.
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/media-organizations-file-motion-in-weidner-sealed-records-case/article_a8ac7da5-a83c-5210-bd73-1d6476db155c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Daylight Saving Time Ended
Make sure you set your clocks back one hour or you'll be early for everything.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Bice: Four pedophile ex-priests had their professional licenses granted under Gov. Scott Walker's administration
From JSOnline:
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Gov. Scott Walker arrives to deliver his
state of the state address at the
Capitol in Madison in January.
(Photo: Steve Apps, Associated Press)
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Daylight Saving Time Ends
Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour before you go to sleep tonight.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Four for Fridays!
Good morning everyone I hope you had fun watching the trick or treaters in your neighborhood. We had a lot of fun with the Grandkids over the weekend. It was so nice to have them here the weekend of my birthday. Here are your questions.
1) Have you gone in the stores and already last week the had the Christmas trees up?
2) Do you think the stores should have them up this early?
3) When do you think the stores should have any Christmas stuff out?
4) So you do any Christmas shopping this early?
Have a great weekend!
1) Have you gone in the stores and already last week the had the Christmas trees up?
2) Do you think the stores should have them up this early?
3) When do you think the stores should have any Christmas stuff out?
4) So you do any Christmas shopping this early?
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Dear Madame Zoltar
By the way, happy Halloween. I'm giving away Milky Way bars in the junior size. You have to be a child, though. I'm not feeding some juvenile delinquents. Junior is dressing up as a zombie to answer the door. What fun.
The Green Bay Packers. Ty Montgomery. Need I say more? What the (expletive deleted) is he doing making a "judgment call" (his words)? He was told to take a knee if the ball made it into the end zone. Then Aaron Rodgers could stage one of those last-minute comebacks he's become known for. But no. Next year Ty is a free agent. Goodbye, Ty.
Here are the standings from the Irregular Football league:
My team is still in second place. How does Mr.hale-bopp collect so many points? Unfortunately, The Mighty Bears have dropped another position, behind Racine Irregulars. Oh my. Mr. OrbsCorbs' team is lost down where the swamp gas collects.
Speaking of swamp gas, have you heard any of the bile that Mr. Trump is spewing? He lies like a rug. Sooner or later, his lies are going to get him into deep trouble. Let's just hope he doesn't take us with him. I'd love to start a Dump Trump campaign, but I'm too busy. I find it really ridiculous that Trump is president. Hilary had three million more votes than him, but the electoral college was probably bribed to elect Trump. What do we even vote for if the electoral college is going to ignore us? Not that Hilary is any great shakes. I hope we get a strong candidate in the next preswidential election.
Or maybe the Rusians will make our choice for us. How the heck can they hack voting machines from way over there? How do they access them? Are they online? Can we mess with their elections? If so, please do so.
Thank you everybody for reading my blog today. I love my fans. They give me the courage to continue.
madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com
Get out and enjoy the weather and the view. Soon enough it will be covered in s-word. Then the s-word gets dirty and looks terrible. I hate winter.
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If you don't like PayPal, send me a note at madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com and I'll send you my street address so you can send a check or money order. Thank you.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Chickenhawk:
A chickenhawk or chicken hawk is slang used in American
and British gay culture to denote older males who prefer younger males
for partners, who may less often be called "chickens",[1] i.e., the prey of the chickenhawk.[2] Other variations include chicken queen[3] and chicken plucker.[2]
It is sometimes used as a disparaging vulgarity within the LGBT community, or seen as a slur against people in that community. The label can be applied to a man who seeks partners with the look of someone young, regardless of their target's age.[4][5]
"Chickenhawk" also indicates a man who uses underage boys for his sexual pleasure. The usage was publicized by members of the controversial group NAMBLA in the 1994 documentary film Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys,[6][7] although Time magazine reported it in this sense in 1975.[3]
It is sometimes used as a disparaging vulgarity within the LGBT community, or seen as a slur against people in that community. The label can be applied to a man who seeks partners with the look of someone young, regardless of their target's age.[4][5]
"Chickenhawk" also indicates a man who uses underage boys for his sexual pleasure. The usage was publicized by members of the controversial group NAMBLA in the 1994 documentary film Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys,[6][7] although Time magazine reported it in this sense in 1975.[3]
Bendeed Knee
From The Shepherd Express:
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, three words to remember during the coming week: VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! And if it helps, I suggest you grab a Sharpie and write “VOTE” on your forehead, so that a simple glance at the bathroom mirror will jog your memory. Whatever it takes, what the fock.
Next, a “thank you” to constant reader Ingrid/Mae for the very nice note. And speaking of notes, me and the fellas are humming a blue one these days. So, no essay this week ’cause I’m off to the Uptowner tavern/charm school for some needed camaraderie. Come along if you like and, believe it or not, this time I’ll buy the first round. Let’s get going.
Little Jimmy Iodine: Hey, Artie! Over here.
Herbie: Gentlemen. Now that we’re all here, it’s time to raise your glass. To Martha.
Julius: To Martha.
Ernie: To Martha.
Ray: To Martha.
Emil: To Martha.
Little Jimmy: To Martha.
Art: And for Martha, for all, I will read a poem by the esteemed Mr. Yeats, “The Stolen Child.” And full disclosure, I’ve taken the liberty to change the gender here and there in the poem, so sue me, what the fock:
(Hey, this is going late but good 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.)
Oct. 30, 2018
5:00 p.m.
Next, a “thank you” to constant reader Ingrid/Mae for the very nice note. And speaking of notes, me and the fellas are humming a blue one these days. So, no essay this week ’cause I’m off to the Uptowner tavern/charm school for some needed camaraderie. Come along if you like and, believe it or not, this time I’ll buy the first round. Let’s get going.
Little Jimmy Iodine: Hey, Artie! Over here.
Herbie: Gentlemen. Now that we’re all here, it’s time to raise your glass. To Martha.
Julius: To Martha.
Ernie: To Martha.
Ray: To Martha.
Emil: To Martha.
Little Jimmy: To Martha.
Art: And for Martha, for all, I will read a poem by the esteemed Mr. Yeats, “The Stolen Child.” And full disclosure, I’ve taken the liberty to change the gender here and there in the poem, so sue me, what the fock:
Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we’ve hid our faery vats,
Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles,
While the world is full of troubles
And anxious in its sleep.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star,
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
Give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Away with us she’s going,
The solemn-eyed:
She’ll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into her breast,
Or see the brown mice bob
Round and round the oatmeal chest.
For she comes, the human child,
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than she can understand.To Martha.
(Hey, this is going late but good 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.)
Monday, October 29, 2018
Dolphins forced to simplify calls due to human noise pollution in the oceans
As a result of noisy ship engines and the racket of ocean mining, bottlenose dolphins have slowly reducing the complexity and changing the frequency of their calls. According to new research from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and published in the journal Biology Letters, "the noise-induced simplification of dolphin whistles may reduce the information content in these acoustic signals and decrease effective communication, parent–offspring proximity or group cohesion." From YaleEnvironment360:
“It’s kind of like trying to answer a question in a noisy bar and after repeated attempts to be heard, you just give the shortest answer possible,” Bailey said. “Dolphins simplified their calls to counter the masking effects of vessel noise.”
Dolphins are highly social animals and use their calls to stay together as a group, talk as they feed, and call out their names when they meet new members of their species. Each animal has a distinctive whistle, which typically uses complex sound patterns with variations in pitch and frequency.
From: https://boingboing.net/2018/10/29/dolphins-forced-to-simply-call.html
Marijuana Smell Lawsuit That Could Endanger Colorado Pot Biz Goes to Trial
| October 29, 2018 | 6:30am
A lawsuit filed by two Colorado landowners who claim that a nearby marijuana grow has reduced their property values in part because the smell makes horseback riding less pleasant goes
to trial in Denver federal court today. And the repercussions of the
suit's strategy, based on federal racketeering laws, could have
far-reaching effects on the cannabis industry in Colorado and beyond.
The case was filed in February 2015 by Safe Streets Alliance,
a national anti-pot group, on behalf of two members, Phillis Windy Hope
Reilly and Michael P. Reilly. Early on, the effort didn't seem
particularly professional: Note that the organization misspelled marijuana as "marajuana" in its initial press release on the subject. But SSA's success in court over the past three years-plus has overcome this gaffe.
I love the smell of raw reefer. If I could, I'd make a cologne out of it.
Milwaukee County judge under fire for detaining defense lawyer, who wound up shackled
From JSOnline:
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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Borowsk
i(Photo: Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
|
Backlash could continue Monday over a
Milwaukee County judge's decision to briefly jail an assistant public
defender Friday over a perceived lack of respect and decorum.
News
of the incident spread quickly among the criminal defense bar via
social media on the weekend and prompted a strong response from the
State Public Defender's office spokesman, Randy Kraft.
"The
fact that our attorney was taken into custody, handcuffed, and
belly-chained for doing his job is unacceptable," Kraft said in an
emailed statement.
"The impact on our attorney and
his client is of utmost concern to this agency. The message this action
sends to our attorneys, whose jobs are to be zealous advocates for the
rights of their clients, undercuts a basic tenet of our justice system."
Reached
over the weekend, Circuit Judge David Borowski declined to discuss the
still-pending case but suggested a transcript of the exchange that led
to the lawyer's detention would be available Monday.
Halloween Pictures!
I really haven't been out taking Halloween pictures this year. I have some to share with you that we have taken. Also this past weekend we had the Grandkids I will share there pictures too.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Collapse of Complex Societies
http://localfuture.org
The collapse of complex societies of the past can inform the present on the risks of collapse. Dr. Joseph Tainter, author of the book The Collapse of Complex societies, and featured in Leonardo Dicaprio's film The Eleventh Hour, details the factors that led to the collapse of past civilizations including the Roman Empire. 2010 International Conference on Sustainability: Energy, Economy, and Environment organized by Local Future nonprofit and directed by Aaron Wissner
Or not... It is just one possibility into the future.
The collapse of complex societies of the past can inform the present on the risks of collapse. Dr. Joseph Tainter, author of the book The Collapse of Complex societies, and featured in Leonardo Dicaprio's film The Eleventh Hour, details the factors that led to the collapse of past civilizations including the Roman Empire. 2010 International Conference on Sustainability: Energy, Economy, and Environment organized by Local Future nonprofit and directed by Aaron Wissner
The Foxconn Grand Illusion
Dear Board of County Supervisors,
This quote from the JT says it all....
“There are more questions than answers right now,” said Haas.
“Right now, if they don’t even know what they want to make … they don’t
really know what to tell me.
The only thing Governor Scott Walker and the Republican Party of WI
desires is for the citizens of SE Wisconsin to continue voting for the
Republican Criminals who have turned a blind eye to the plight of the
Common Citizen and have offered them the false hope of future employment
at a fraction of the wages and benefits which the Politicos who rule SE
WI reward themselves with!
“There are more questions than answers right now,” said Haas. “Right now, if they don’t even know what they want to make … they don’t really know what to tell me.”
See the post: https://concernedracinecountyresidentsjustsaynotofoxconn.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fox-scam-grand-illusion-in-a-simple-paragraph/
Please join Cindy and I is JUST SAYING NO to allowing Wisconsin’s very own Gang of Four, Governor Scott Walker, Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave, City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason & MTP President David DeGroot to violate the Wisconsin Constitution (and their Oath of Office) by granting special rights to Corporate interests, stealing people’s property, destroying multi-generational Farms alongside an entire long established Community, loosening environmental protections, permitting heavy metals water pollution, instituting slave labor wages, providing taxpayer subsidies to multi-billionaire Corporations, and politician overreach.
Sincerely,
Tim & Cindy
“There are more questions than answers right now,” said Haas. “Right now, if they don’t even know what they want to make … they don’t really know what to tell me.”
See the post: https://concernedracinecountyresidentsjustsaynotofoxconn.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fox-scam-grand-illusion-in-a-simple-paragraph/
Please join Cindy and I is JUST SAYING NO to allowing Wisconsin’s very own Gang of Four, Governor Scott Walker, Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave, City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason & MTP President David DeGroot to violate the Wisconsin Constitution (and their Oath of Office) by granting special rights to Corporate interests, stealing people’s property, destroying multi-generational Farms alongside an entire long established Community, loosening environmental protections, permitting heavy metals water pollution, instituting slave labor wages, providing taxpayer subsidies to multi-billionaire Corporations, and politician overreach.
Sincerely,
Tim & Cindy
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Great Deal on the Journal Times
Welcome to The Pink Swastika 5th (Internet) Edition
It has been several years since we published the fourth edition of
this book. In that time we have accumulated a substantial amount of
new documentation supporting our thesis that the Nazi Party
was conceived, organized and controlled throughout its short history by
masculine-oriented male homosexuals who hid their sexual proclivities
from the public, in part by publicly persecuting one group of
their political enemies: out-of-the-closet effeminate-oriented
homosexuals aligned with the German Communist Party.
During that same time, our detractors, mostly "gay" political activists, have increased their attacks on the book, primarily by ridiculing its premise, but occasionally by challenging certain facts or sources. They are rightly concerned that this book threatens their long-standing public-relations strategy of posing as victims to win public support for their political agenda.
When the first edition of The Pink Swastika was published in 1995, the homosexual community was heavily invested in a campaign to equate homosexuals with Jews as Nazi victims in order to exploit the Holocaust for their political advantage. The primary symbol of their movement at that time was the inverted pink triangle, which had been used by the Nazis to identify homosexuals interned in German work camps during the Third Reich, and it was common to hear "gay" activists talk about "the Gay Holocaust."
The Pink Swastika was written to challenge that campaign. Because, while there certainly were some homosexual victims of the Nazi regime, and a record of harsh public condemnation of homosexuality by the Nazi Party, the true, complete story of homosexuality in Nazi and pre-Nazi Germany does not in the least help the "gay" cause.
If The Pink Swastika were the "pack of lies" the homosexual movement claims it is, the book would not have influenced their "Gay Holocaust" strategy in the smallest degree. It would have been easy to discredit and disregard. Instead, how did the "gay" leaders respond to its challenge? They stopped talking about the Nazis almost entirely and changed their symbol from the pink triangle to the rainbow flag.
We prevailed in our campaign. And our research was implicitly vindicated. However, the attacks continued and now various, ostensibly non-homosexual surrogates have taken up the "gay" effort to discredit the book.
This edition of The Pink Swastika is designed to once-and-for-all silence the critics by emphasizing the strength of our documentation. The Internet is particularly helpful in this task because we can provide direct links to supporting documents and websites, pictures, graphics, video clips and other resources right alongside the text in an interactive format.
We hope you find The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party 5th (Internet) Edition useful and informative.
http://www.thepinkswastika.com/
During that same time, our detractors, mostly "gay" political activists, have increased their attacks on the book, primarily by ridiculing its premise, but occasionally by challenging certain facts or sources. They are rightly concerned that this book threatens their long-standing public-relations strategy of posing as victims to win public support for their political agenda.
When the first edition of The Pink Swastika was published in 1995, the homosexual community was heavily invested in a campaign to equate homosexuals with Jews as Nazi victims in order to exploit the Holocaust for their political advantage. The primary symbol of their movement at that time was the inverted pink triangle, which had been used by the Nazis to identify homosexuals interned in German work camps during the Third Reich, and it was common to hear "gay" activists talk about "the Gay Holocaust."
The Pink Swastika was written to challenge that campaign. Because, while there certainly were some homosexual victims of the Nazi regime, and a record of harsh public condemnation of homosexuality by the Nazi Party, the true, complete story of homosexuality in Nazi and pre-Nazi Germany does not in the least help the "gay" cause.
If The Pink Swastika were the "pack of lies" the homosexual movement claims it is, the book would not have influenced their "Gay Holocaust" strategy in the smallest degree. It would have been easy to discredit and disregard. Instead, how did the "gay" leaders respond to its challenge? They stopped talking about the Nazis almost entirely and changed their symbol from the pink triangle to the rainbow flag.
We prevailed in our campaign. And our research was implicitly vindicated. However, the attacks continued and now various, ostensibly non-homosexual surrogates have taken up the "gay" effort to discredit the book.
This edition of The Pink Swastika is designed to once-and-for-all silence the critics by emphasizing the strength of our documentation. The Internet is particularly helpful in this task because we can provide direct links to supporting documents and websites, pictures, graphics, video clips and other resources right alongside the text in an interactive format.
We hope you find The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party 5th (Internet) Edition useful and informative.
Friday, October 26, 2018
Former Paul Ryan Challenger Arrested In Radioactive Murder Plot
by
Tyler Durden
Thu, 10/25/2018 - 18:40
A Madison, Wisconsin man who ran for Congress in 2012 against House
Speaker Paul Ryan has been accused of trying to acquire a lethal dose of
radioactive material over the internet in order to murder an unnamed
individual.
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| The FBI announced that Jeremy Ryan, 30, was arrested on Wednesday in Black Earth, WI. Court documents reveal that he attempted to purchase the radioactive material in March and again in October. He faces a maximum term of life in prison. |
The Milwaukee FBI and Chicago FBI's Hazardous Evidence Response team
executed a search warrant on Ryan's residence but did not find any
threat to the public, according to a report.
Ryan was dubbed "Segway Jeremy" for riding around the Wisconsin State Capitol during 2011 protests
against Governor Scott Walker. In 2018, he attempted a Congressional
run to replace US Rep. Paul Ryan, losing in the primary to Bryan Steil.
Bercher: Watching Racine city government
Thanks for your Letteney-Weidner Feud Perspective. I depend on the
Journal Times to inform me what our Racine City government is up to.
Your perspective clarified what is known but creates a deep suspicion
that our government must be up to something underhanded if it is so
worried about information becoming public as no litigation, labor issues
or other protected information is at risk.
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/opinion/letters/bercher-watching-racine-city-government/article_2abbac1b-0713-5d8a-a526-f47b992e838d.html
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/opinion/letters/bercher-watching-racine-city-government/article_2abbac1b-0713-5d8a-a526-f47b992e838d.html
Four for Fridays!
Good morning everyone I hope you week we well. It just seems like there is not enough time in a day to get things done anymore. Later today we go and pick up the Grandkids for the weekend and I just can't wait to go and do that. Here are your questions.
1) Do you get the flu shot every year?
2) If you do not why?
3) Do you get the flu very easily?
4) If you get the flu how long does it take you to get better?
Have a great weekend!
1) Do you get the flu shot every year?
2) If you do not why?
3) Do you get the flu very easily?
4) If you get the flu how long does it take you to get better?
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, October 25, 2018
A Better Mount Pleasant Sends:
Remember our Sturtevant property in which the village paid nearly 7
times fair market value from a guy who just happened to have been a
former client of village attorney Alan Marcuvitz - and together they
settled a $5 million eminent domain lawsuit down in Kenosha about a
decade ago?
Weeks ago, when it first came up, Trustee Gary Feest asked for the official appraisal of the property prepared by the village and his request was denied. They refused to show it to him.
We filed an open records request for the appraisal on October 3rd - given that the property sale was complete and the appraisal is a public document.
Weeks ago, when it first came up, Trustee Gary Feest asked for the official appraisal of the property prepared by the village and his request was denied. They refused to show it to him.
We filed an open records request for the appraisal on October 3rd - given that the property sale was complete and the appraisal is a public document.
Our request was also denied. Here is the reason attorney Chris Smith stated for the denial:
"Whether public inspection should be allowed or denied depends entirely on a balancing of the public's "right to know," as against the need to protect the public interest. In way of illustration, I cite the example of where a particular project may involve numerous acquisitions. Public inspection of the records pertaining to closed transactions may seriously hinder future negotiations on parcels yet to be acquired within the particular project."
In other words, if the appraisal doesn't actually support a negotiated settlement of 7 times fair market value, people who are being forced to settle for 1.4 times fair market value might have legal grounds to sue us.
Nothing to see here folks...nothing to see.
#BootDeGroot
"Whether public inspection should be allowed or denied depends entirely on a balancing of the public's "right to know," as against the need to protect the public interest. In way of illustration, I cite the example of where a particular project may involve numerous acquisitions. Public inspection of the records pertaining to closed transactions may seriously hinder future negotiations on parcels yet to be acquired within the particular project."
In other words, if the appraisal doesn't actually support a negotiated settlement of 7 times fair market value, people who are being forced to settle for 1.4 times fair market value might have legal grounds to sue us.
Nothing to see here folks...nothing to see.
#BootDeGroot
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