Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Search Firm Proposals to be Placed on City Site

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Just heard from acting city manager John Fitzpatrick that the executive search firm proposals will be placed on the city's website som...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

We Need Local Architecture Critics!

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Bruce Murphy, who is arguably the best political writer in Wisconsin, in his most recent "Murphy's Law" column for Milwaukee ...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Woodstock Spirit In Baraboo

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Last September, while doing some research for the Woodstock unit of the rock music course, I discovered that the legendary Richie Havens wa...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

City Manager Search Firms

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The city of Oshkosh received proposals from three executive search firms wanting to help us hire the new city manager. A committee that incl...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Gannett Empire Invades College Press

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Remember that scene in Oliver Stone's Wall St. where young Bud Fox pleads with sultan of greed Gordon Gecko to tell him "how much i...

RIP: Pat Gentile

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At Monday's Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration, I heard from a friend that Pat Gentile recently passed away. Pat was a member of the ...
Friday, January 18, 2008

The Main St. "Vision"

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Today's Northwestern story on " Palmeri's Main St. Vision " is a bit misleading. First, Paul Esslinger was the one who fir...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Akcess Offering Reduced Occupancy Rate To Local Law Firm

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I attended today's meeting of the Redevelopment Authority to listen to Tim Rikkers of Akcess Acquisition Group provide an update on The ...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

On Obama: Confessions of a Public Speaking Teacher

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September of 2008 represents my 25th anniversary as a teacher of public speaking (PS). Most PS teachers, myself included, regularly bring in...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Kucinich Calling For New Hampshire Recount

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Dennis Kucinich, who came close to endorsing Barack Obama in Iowa, is now asking for a recount in New Hampshire. According to a Kucinich pr...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

The Minister Cheap Shots The CEO

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Minister Huckabee is running the ad below in Michigan. Listen to the cheap shot launched at CEO Romney in the last line. I think it's hi...
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Main St. Plan

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The Main St. reconstruction plan presented to the common council last night by DOT reps (see Northwestern coverage here ) is very much like ...
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Happy Birthday Jimmy Page

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Jimmy Page, legendary guitar hero of Led Zeppelin, turns 64(!) today. Zep are best known as heavy metal icons, but I think the album of thei...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Censored in 2007, Part 1

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If you get a chance to go to New York City, be sure to visit the Strand Bookstore at Broadway and 12th Street in Manhattan. They've got...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Happy Holidays

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I'll be in New York for the holidays. No more blogging until around January 5th. My Media Rant for the January 2008 Scene will be part ...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Save The Date: Feb. 11

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What Ever Happened to Good Government in Wisconsin? How Can We FIX it? Monday, February 11, 2008 6:30–8:00PM Room 227C – Reeve Memorial Unio...

Increase in Income Inequality Highest on Record

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From the Economic Policy Institute , summarizing Congressional Budget Office data: Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Corporate Tax Accountability Act

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The Institute for Wisconsin's Future recently released an important report, " Wisconsin's Revenue Gap: An Analysis of Corporate...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Big Media's Christmas Present

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From big media watchdogs stopbigmedia.com : Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to remove the longstanding “newspaper/broadca...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Dan Fogelberg

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Another fallen rock star-- Dan Fogelberg passed away today as a result of prostate cancer. Fogelberg was an activist on environmental and o...
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