Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Miller's Bay Pier Construction Starts Today (4/30)

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And at least one group of city residents is very pleased (click image):
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

What the Wright Flap Is Really About

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Jon Stewart gets it: So does Andrew Sullivan : Obama is a freshman senator; he is 46 years old; he is African-American; he is a liberal - ev...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Not A Very Bright Light

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Lori and I attended a private screening of the new Martin Scorsese directed Rolling Stones rockumentary " Shine a Light " on Frida...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Chamber Purchase: NOT a Backup Plan

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By now all readers of this blog have heard that the Akcess Aquisition Group's proposed office building is in trouble. The most troubling...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Northwestern Credits Blog

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On April 20th this blog reported on citizen Russ Meerdink's discovery that the EAA has not been paying for traffic services provided by...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Happy Earth Day

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And please check out some great UW Oshkosh events happening this week.
Sunday, April 20, 2008

EAA: More Taxpayer Fleecing Discovered

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Last year T2T reported that a 1986 waiver granted by then Oshkosh city manager Bill Freuh resulted in the Experimental Aircraft Associatio...
Friday, April 18, 2008

News and Advertising at Gannett

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From a Louis Hau essay on forbes.com called " Newspapers confront the enemy within ": Like it or not, the newspaper industry's...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Cost of Spring yard clean up ad

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The ad below will run twice in the Oshkosh Northwestern. For that privilege, Gannett collects $815 of taxpayer money. NOTICE OF CITY OF OS...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

Why no fierce bid competition in Oshkosh?

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From today's Fond du Lac Reporter : Fond du Lac Public Works Director Mark Lentz said the city — and ultimately, the taxpayers — will sa...
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Friday, April 11, 2008

Waste Hotline + Budget Committee

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The Legislative Audit Bureau now provides citizens with an opportunity to report fraud, waste, or mismanagement involving state resources. ...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Government on the Cheap?

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I ended up voting against increasing the council/mayor stipends last night not because I don't think an increase is needed, but because ...
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Monday, April 07, 2008

Dylan Wins A Pulitzer Prize

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Bob Dylan won a special Pulitzer Prize today for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical composit...
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Friday, April 04, 2008

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV

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The best short essay I've ever seen on Martin Luther King, Jr. is Jeff Cohen's and Norman Solomon's (1995) "The Martin Luth...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Barack Lemberger

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About a year ago, the Oshkosh Common Council asked representatives of the Oshkosh Area School District to participate in a Council workshop ...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Baseball Owners and Big Media Strike Out on Decency

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The new Scene arrives today. With another season of baseball upon us, Media Rants takes on one of most shameful parts of the modern game: t...
Monday, March 31, 2008

RIP: Robert L. "Doc" Snyder

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Bob "Doc" Snyder, the founder UW Oshkosh campus radio station WRST-FM 90.3 , died last Wednesday after suffering a stroke. For mor...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Council Compensation in Other Cities

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Before last Tuesday's meeting, Councilor Burk Tower provided each of us with a summary table of compensation for elected officials in co...

How I spent my spring break

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UW Oshkosh has been on spring break this week. Here are some of my highlights from the week: *Monday: Two hour meeting of the Oshkosh Housin...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Cutting Corners v. Credibility

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Today's Oshkosh Northwestern editorial urges the city not to "cut corners" on the convention center upgrade. Original estimat...
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