Thursday, August 23, 2007

All Those Years Ago

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I'm back to blogging after bad weather knocked out my phone and Internet service for a few days. Kudos to the Oshkosh Northwestern for g...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Possible Referendum Question

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Below is what I sent city attorney Kraft today to request placement on the council's August 28th agenda. He said he would have a respon...
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Monday, August 20, 2007

The Road Ahead

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As noted in this Oshkosh Northwestern summary , effective October 13th Richard Wollangk will retire as City Manager. The Northwestern summar...
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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Palmeri On Your Radio

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I'll be on the Friday, Aug. 17 Wisconsin Public Radio "Week in Review" from 8 - 9 a.m . Also on the show will be Marathon Cou...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Tuesday's Meeting

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Here's some highlights from last night's Common Council meeting. *Before we got to citizen statements, Councilor Bain read this stat...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

R.I.P: Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto

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New York Yankees' Hall of Fame shortstop and broadcaster Phil Rizzuto died today at the age of 89. I grew up watching Yankee games on W...
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Northwestern Should Apologize For 100 Block Role

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The Oshkosh Northwestern Editorial Board's outrage over the 100 block and call for future transparency is amusing given that the paper ...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

The Real Problem With Workshops

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As reported in the Northwestern, Councilor Bain is proposing a new ordinance that would dedicate the first Tuesday of each month to worksho...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

Media Rant: Looking For Love In The Immigration Debate

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Lori and I are off to Kansas City and a few other towns and so I won't be posting again until late next week. The August issue of the Va...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Racine, Haunted City

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Labor activist Roger Bybee has a great piece in the July issue of The Progressive, " Racine, haunted city: look what happens when indus...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Last Tuesday's Meeting

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Another long meeting (including workshops and an executive session we were not out of city hall until 1:45 a.m.) which would have been even ...
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Monday, July 23, 2007

A Cheap But Funny Shot

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All seven members of the Common Council and City Manager Wollangk received a letter dated July 20 from "Impatient Taxpayer." S/he...
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Convention Center Workshop: Public Comment Allowed

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After Tuesday night's Common Council business meeting, there will be two workshops: one dealing with the water utility and one dealing ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Council Update

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Here's some Common Council happenings: 1. We had a special meeting tonight to discuss the creation of new boards and commissions. We r...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Business As Usual Test, Part 2

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Yesterday I applied the Business As Usual Test (BAUT) to the Convention Center remodeling resolution. Today I'll apply the test to the ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The Business As Usual Test

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At Tuesday night's Common Council meeting I announced that from now on I plan to apply the "Business as Usual Test" to every e...
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Monday, July 09, 2007

Kunstler on Live Earth

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I don't always agree with sprawl debunker James Howard Kunstler, but his writing never fails to crack me up. Here he is today blogging...
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Friday, July 06, 2007

Kraft Opinion On Plan Commission Vote

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City Attorney Warren Kraft, in response to an inquiry from Department of Community Development Administrative Assistant Darlene Brandt, has ...
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Plan Commission Vote

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First of all, do you think the Chamber of Commerce has enough representation on the city's Plan Commission? (Some people think that 3 un...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Music, Politics, and the Summer of Love

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That's the title of the July Media Rant . The piece mentions Tom Waits' "The Day After Tomorrow." Read the rant to fin...