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Main Street closures affect entire community
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jan 26, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:8A Main Street closures affect entire community Council has role to play in closing decisions I haven’t seen that many people at City Hall since we debated building a stadium at Frame Park. Unfortunately, the civility of that debate was absent Monday evening as the Ordinance & License Committee considered... [Read more]
Left face
Their parents must be proud. A couple hundred people gathered at the Capitol Wednesday night for Gov. Scott Walker’s State of the State speech. But the last thing they wanted to do was to actually hear it. They were there to drown it out, with shouting, with singing, with profanity, and even with a poorly played sousaphone. And, they said, with a recall that will get Walker off the podium for... [Read more]
Winter of discontent
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jan 19, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:6A Winter of discontent No case for the Walker recall (James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.) Now is the winter of our discontent, as Shakespeare wrote. With the falling snow came... [Read more]
The return of Barrett’s evil twin
Who knows what they’re really up to at UW-Madison’s stem cell research center? I think they made an evil clone of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. This is what Barrett’s political people released for a statement yesterday, “A year ago, Scott Walker ‘dropped the bomb’ on the people of Wisconsin by unleashing an extreme, divisive agenda that he never discussed during the... [Read more]
Waukesha Janboree coming this weekend
This year’s “Janboree” in Waukesha looks especially fun. I hope everyone, even those that live east of 124th street, take advantage of this mid-Winter fun event. It runs January 20th to the 22nd, and many of the events are free. I’m looking forward to watching the Alaskan Malamute Club of Wisconsin Dog Pull Event on Sunday, January 22nd at Minooka Park 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Free... [Read more]
Cleaning up post-holiday to-do list
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jan 12, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:6A Cleaning up post-holiday to-do list Lots of local issues to address in new year Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to do a little cleanup work. My neighbors are probably in shock that my outdoor Christmas decorations are almost all put away. Inside the house most of the... [Read more]
Caucus envy
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jan 5, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:6A Caucus envy Wisconsin’s turn in spotlight will come this fall (James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.) I know what you were doing Tuesday night. Like me, you were hunkered down in front... [Read more]
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