Tony Palmeri's Media Rants

Welcome To Tony Palmeri's Media Rants! I am a professor of Communication Studies at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. I use this blog to try to promote critical thinking about mainstream media, establishment politics, and popular culture.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Was Process Discussed In Closed Session?

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Here's two quotes that make you go "hmmm . . ." Mayor Tower At Last Night's Mayor Debate : "We started the possibilit...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Draft Goals Released

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Just got an email from Assistant City Manager John Fitzpatrick releasing the 2009 Draft Goals for City Manager to the press. They were writ...
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Palmeri On WOSH Thursday Morning

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I'll be Bob Burnell's guest at 7:50 a.m. Thursday morning to talk about the flap over Tuesday's closed common council meeting. ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Northwestern: Setting goals for city manager should be public

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Read it here . Left unsaid in the editorial is why the newspaper asked sitting councilors to provide public evaluations of Mr. Rohloff if th...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Closed Meeting Update

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Now this is getting real interesting. Today the Northwestern, a paper that prides itself on being guardians of sunshine in government, ran a...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Condoleeza Clinton?

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Here's a stunner from Sec. of State Clinton in Beijing : "Human rights cannot interfere with the global economic crisis, the global...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Goal Setting And Closed Meetings

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In his January 30th, 2009 letter to the Oshkosh Common Council, Mayor Tower said this: "After speaking with Bryan, I've asked Lynn ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Thank You

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Many thanks to everyone who voted in yesterday's primary, and a special thanks to those who helped get the word out about my candidacy. ...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Deer Cull Halted . . . in Michigan

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Jo Egelhoff of foxpolitics.net forwarded this on. The city council of Rochester Hills, Michigan has called off a deer cull after dispatchi...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Friday The 13th In Oshkosh

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Just in from the Chief of Police: "We plan to continue the deer herd reduction activity on the National Guard Armory property on Friday...
Monday, February 09, 2009

Deer By Numbers

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I think by the time the City Council approved hiring sharpshooters to thin the deer herd in the Osborn Ave. area, there was general agreemen...
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Friday, February 06, 2009

Marley And Me

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Today is the late Bob Marley's 64th birthday. Reggae music had been around for a long time, but most people in the USA weren't fami...
Thursday, February 05, 2009

When I found out about deer concerns

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Today's Oshkosh Northwestern editorial , which seems to bend over backwards to provide some defense of what is now widely recognized as ...
Sunday, February 01, 2009

Censored in 2008, Part 2

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Censored in 2008, Part 2 Media Rants By Tony Palmeri From the February, 2009 edition The Scene Last month I identified half of the top ten ...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Deer Culling Update

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From City Manager Mark Rohloff's Weekly Newsletter: "Chief Greuel and I discussed the process that resulted in the deer culling ...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Candidate Forum

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You can find last night's Common Council Candidate Forum here . As an incumbent, I have to say that I was impressed by all of the challe...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Deer Hunt Begins Friday

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The Council just received an email from the Chief of Police, with the subject title "Urban Deer Reduction Activity." It says this:...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Thirty Days

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In his January 16th, 2009 newsletter, City Manager Rohloff says this: "Our agreement with Oshkosh River Development allows me to grant ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Obama on Government Accountability

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I was impressed with what President Obama had to say today about government accountability and transparency. A portion of his remarks appea...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

This Land Is Your Land

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A man in the coffee shop the other day told me that some on the right wing were complaining that the excesses of the Obama inauguration were...
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I teach Communication Studies (First Amendment, Classical Rhetoric, Civic Engagement, Rhetoric of Rock Music) at UW Oshkosh. Served two terms on Oshkosh City Council. Originally from Brooklyn, NY.
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