Monday, February 22, 2010
CapTimes: Override Doyle Veto of DNR Reform
Wisconsin needs an independent DNR Secretary and agency---click on the post to read the CapTimes article today.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
"Truancy In Focus"---the podcast; Now on Mediafly; School Beat
The complete audio and selected video covering the discussion of "truancy" at EHS in 2008 has been placed on www.mediafly.com and syndicated nationwide so students can view it on their hand held computers if desired.
Click on the post and enjoy.
Click on the post and enjoy.
White House: Healthcare: The Risk of doing Nothing
The adverse events of doing nothing are already occuring. Click on the post for the story.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Brodhead Planning Second Referendum: Gazette
Click on the post for the story in the Gazette; Gina Duwe has the scoop.
Podcast Corner: "Living in the Floodplain"---the movie
This is the famous movie that won the Evansville Observer award for BBB acting in 2008. It stars the Wisconsin DNR and local Evansville residents. I have republished it in www.mediafly.com so viewers nationwide can view it on their blackberrys and portable hand held Iphones. Please do not view this movie while driving an automobile.
Click on the post to begin movie. Begin with first episode and it will automatically go to the next. Enjoy.
Click on the post to begin movie. Begin with first episode and it will automatically go to the next. Enjoy.
Lenten Meatless Corner===
Well, it's day two and I made it meatless yesterday, with meatless chili and a couple of veggie burgers and an omlette. Right now, 39 days ahead of me seems long---need some helpful ideas on menu.
Anyone who wants to post the day by day victories in the meatless journey, with recipies and thoughts, just post on comments.
Anyone who wants to post the day by day victories in the meatless journey, with recipies and thoughts, just post on comments.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Evansville Home Talent Baseball Bowling Tournament coming this Saturday--Jan 20th
Click on the post for the details.
Brodhead School Referendum Fails: Gazette
Click on the post for the scoop---and the citizen feedback in comments.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Podcast Corner: "The Art of Richard Krake"---the movie
The lecture of Richard Krake, painter, of Evansville, Wi given in 2009 at the Eager Free Public Library---has been placed in Mediafly format for easy viewing on your computer, mobile phone etc.
Allow mediafly to load the first clip and then sit back as each clip automatically loads. Click on the post to begin.
Please do not view this film while driving a car. Enjoy.
Allow mediafly to load the first clip and then sit back as each clip automatically loads. Click on the post to begin.
Please do not view this film while driving a car. Enjoy.
White House; Relief from Crushing Student Loan Payments
Click on the post for the latest from the White House.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Should 12th Grade be Eliminated?
In Utah cutting 12th grade is being considered----there could be an incentive to allowing students that have the credits to graduate early----click on the post for the full story. Just think of the budget savings. The kids could do senior prom on their own.
Minn: Deep Cuts Unveiled by Gov. Pawlentry: Will Wis follow suit?
Deep cuts for state aids to cities etc. are exactly what cities in Wisconsin have been bracing for in the coming Wisconsin budget. At the same time Minnesota is cutting small business taxes.
Click on the post for the full story in the StarTribune.
Click on the post for the full story in the StarTribune.
Podcast Feature; "So You Want a Patent?" Patents 101 with Charles Sara
From computer software to fishing lures, Charles S. Sara of DeWitt, Ross Stevens has had a broad career in patents----this presentation was held at the new Eager Building in Evansville, Wi and you can see the Monitor windmill in the background of the lower level.
Simply allow Mediafly to load the video and it will automatically go from one segment to the next. My favorite section is the one on fishing lures. Click on the post. Enjoy.
Simply allow Mediafly to load the video and it will automatically go from one segment to the next. My favorite section is the one on fishing lures. Click on the post. Enjoy.
Coffee Corner: Meet Me at Bradbury's
Trust me. There is just nothing like starting the morning off with a mocha or expresso and a crepe breakfast special at Bradburys.
If you ever wondered what the hubub was about in the Edgewater v the Mansion Hill neighborhood--- just have a breakfast at Bradburys and then stroll the neighborhood. Click on the post for an inside look at Bradburys. Enjoy.
If you ever wondered what the hubub was about in the Edgewater v the Mansion Hill neighborhood--- just have a breakfast at Bradburys and then stroll the neighborhood. Click on the post for an inside look at Bradburys. Enjoy.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wisconsin legislators raise question of jobs:
(Ed.note: This is the press release of Rep. Huebsch, who along with two others has asked for more information on the Clean Energy proposaL.)
2 Billion for Green Stimulus Yields Zero Jobs
In 2008, the wind energy industry employed 85,000 American workers. After collecting nearly $2 billion of federal stimulus funding in 2009, it still provides 85,000 jobs according the America Wind Energy Association. Without taxpayer subsidies in 2008, the industry added 13,000 jobs. With the subsidies last year, the industry lost 1,500 to 2000 manufacturing jobs and replaced them with temporary construction jobs that last an average of nine months and a handful of maintenance positions.
While President Obama’s “green collar jobs” scheme has done little for our economy or the record number of Americans who are out of a work, it’s been a boon for Europe and Asia. At least 6,000 new jobs have been created overseas by foreign firms that pocketed 79% of the $2.2 billion of American taxpayer subsidies, according to the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of Communication. Foreign companies received $1.6 billion for wind projects and another $190.4 million for geothermal projects. Less than one-third of that amount found its way to domestic firms. Of the $2.2 billion spent through 2009, a total of $1.9 billion has been funneled to wind energy projects.
Of the 1,807 turbines erected on 28 wind farms receiving those stimulus funds last year, foreign-owned manufacturers built 1,219 or more than 67% of them. Using estimates from the Renewable Energy Policy Project, a think tank that advocates renewable energy technology research, those 1,219 turbines may have created as many as 6,838 jobs overseas. According to the Investigative Reporting Workshop, “the helping hand from taxpayers seems to be largely bypassing American workers.”
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) told ABC News this week that “it makes people lose faith in government, and it frankly infuriates me.”
Five U.S. companies have received a only combined $290.7 million of the nearly $2 billion stimulus subsidies for wind energy projects, but the Obama Administration is still in spin mode. “Every dollar from the recovery act is going to create jobs for the American workers here in the U.S.,” said Matt Rogers, senior advisor to the Secretary of Energy for the Recovery Act.
Recognizing the futility of trying to pretend those 6,000-plus jobs exist within our borders, vice president for public policy at the American Wind Energy Association Robert Gramlich took a different tact. He said that providing subsidies for renewable energy projects “wasn’t a long-term jobs policy and it wasn’t really intended to be a long-term jobs policy.”
Taxpayers spent $1.05 billion on these renewable projects in the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2009. Another $3.08 billion will be spent by September 30 of this year and the program is set to peak at $4.46 billion in 2011. That’s a big ask of taxpayers for a program that isn’t a “long term jobs policy” anyway when the national unemployment rate hovers at 10% and 8.4 million Americans have lost their jobs since the recession began.
President Obama promised 17,000 green jobs, primarily in the wind energy industry. Last year, 10,000 mw of new wind generation – enough to power 2.4 million homes - came on-line and taxpayers bankrolled nearly $2 billion of subsidies. We don’t have a single new job to show for it. Even worse, the president’s program is short on cash and he’s asked Congress for another $5 billion. Here’s a look at where the money’s going:
· Spain’s Iberdrola S.A. is one of the largest operators of renewable energy worldwide and has received $577 million of stimulus grants to date. It expects to collect another $430 million from the U.S. government this year.
· China’s A-power is using 450 million U.S. tax dollars to help build a wind farm in West Texas. The project has created about 300 temporary construction jobs on-site and about 2,000 manufacturing jobs – mostly in China.
· A bankrupt Australian company, Babcock and Brown, used $178 million of stimulus funds to build a Texas wind farm with 118 turbines purchased from the Japanese company Mitsubishi.
· San Diego-based wind farm developer Cannon Power Group paid German giant Siemens half of its $19.4 million stimulus grant to install 114 turbines.
· Turbine component parts are being imported from China, Germany, Spain and Brazil - even the biggest and heaviest parts like blades and steel towers.
Further subsidizing Europe’s already heavily subsidized green energy industry isn’t just creating jobs there, it’s killing jobs here. Several U.S. wind-turbine companies announced layoffs in 2009, including plants in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Spanish manufacturer Gamesa, which is currently providing turbines for projects here, laid off 100 Pennsylvania workers last year. The Danish company Vestes halted production at a Colorado wind turbine blade plant last year.
A top union executive, united Steelworkers president Leo Gerard, is concerned about the trend and says the focus of policymakers should be on manufacturing and ensuring the jobs stay here. “If we keep following the trend lines of what’s existing, we’re going to end up with an inability to generate real wealth,” Gerard told the Investigative Reporting Workshop.
The push by Madison Democrats to pass Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Bill will only compound the problem. The bill requires electric consumers to pay $16.2 billion to build wind farms and meet a mandate of 25% renewable power in Wisconsin. The Doyle Administration’s own analysis indicates that only 2,000 of the 15,000 jobs the governor has promised to create are permanent. About 12,000 are temporary construction positions that will come and go over a 15-year period. The governor’s bill will do irreparable harm to Wisconsin’s economy and, based on what we’ve learned from the failed stimulus program, it will drive more manufacturing jobs to other states and, more likely, other countries.
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2 Billion for Green Stimulus Yields Zero Jobs
In 2008, the wind energy industry employed 85,000 American workers. After collecting nearly $2 billion of federal stimulus funding in 2009, it still provides 85,000 jobs according the America Wind Energy Association. Without taxpayer subsidies in 2008, the industry added 13,000 jobs. With the subsidies last year, the industry lost 1,500 to 2000 manufacturing jobs and replaced them with temporary construction jobs that last an average of nine months and a handful of maintenance positions.
While President Obama’s “green collar jobs” scheme has done little for our economy or the record number of Americans who are out of a work, it’s been a boon for Europe and Asia. At least 6,000 new jobs have been created overseas by foreign firms that pocketed 79% of the $2.2 billion of American taxpayer subsidies, according to the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of Communication. Foreign companies received $1.6 billion for wind projects and another $190.4 million for geothermal projects. Less than one-third of that amount found its way to domestic firms. Of the $2.2 billion spent through 2009, a total of $1.9 billion has been funneled to wind energy projects.
Of the 1,807 turbines erected on 28 wind farms receiving those stimulus funds last year, foreign-owned manufacturers built 1,219 or more than 67% of them. Using estimates from the Renewable Energy Policy Project, a think tank that advocates renewable energy technology research, those 1,219 turbines may have created as many as 6,838 jobs overseas. According to the Investigative Reporting Workshop, “the helping hand from taxpayers seems to be largely bypassing American workers.”
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) told ABC News this week that “it makes people lose faith in government, and it frankly infuriates me.”
Five U.S. companies have received a only combined $290.7 million of the nearly $2 billion stimulus subsidies for wind energy projects, but the Obama Administration is still in spin mode. “Every dollar from the recovery act is going to create jobs for the American workers here in the U.S.,” said Matt Rogers, senior advisor to the Secretary of Energy for the Recovery Act.
Recognizing the futility of trying to pretend those 6,000-plus jobs exist within our borders, vice president for public policy at the American Wind Energy Association Robert Gramlich took a different tact. He said that providing subsidies for renewable energy projects “wasn’t a long-term jobs policy and it wasn’t really intended to be a long-term jobs policy.”
Taxpayers spent $1.05 billion on these renewable projects in the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2009. Another $3.08 billion will be spent by September 30 of this year and the program is set to peak at $4.46 billion in 2011. That’s a big ask of taxpayers for a program that isn’t a “long term jobs policy” anyway when the national unemployment rate hovers at 10% and 8.4 million Americans have lost their jobs since the recession began.
President Obama promised 17,000 green jobs, primarily in the wind energy industry. Last year, 10,000 mw of new wind generation – enough to power 2.4 million homes - came on-line and taxpayers bankrolled nearly $2 billion of subsidies. We don’t have a single new job to show for it. Even worse, the president’s program is short on cash and he’s asked Congress for another $5 billion. Here’s a look at where the money’s going:
· Spain’s Iberdrola S.A. is one of the largest operators of renewable energy worldwide and has received $577 million of stimulus grants to date. It expects to collect another $430 million from the U.S. government this year.
· China’s A-power is using 450 million U.S. tax dollars to help build a wind farm in West Texas. The project has created about 300 temporary construction jobs on-site and about 2,000 manufacturing jobs – mostly in China.
· A bankrupt Australian company, Babcock and Brown, used $178 million of stimulus funds to build a Texas wind farm with 118 turbines purchased from the Japanese company Mitsubishi.
· San Diego-based wind farm developer Cannon Power Group paid German giant Siemens half of its $19.4 million stimulus grant to install 114 turbines.
· Turbine component parts are being imported from China, Germany, Spain and Brazil - even the biggest and heaviest parts like blades and steel towers.
Further subsidizing Europe’s already heavily subsidized green energy industry isn’t just creating jobs there, it’s killing jobs here. Several U.S. wind-turbine companies announced layoffs in 2009, including plants in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Spanish manufacturer Gamesa, which is currently providing turbines for projects here, laid off 100 Pennsylvania workers last year. The Danish company Vestes halted production at a Colorado wind turbine blade plant last year.
A top union executive, united Steelworkers president Leo Gerard, is concerned about the trend and says the focus of policymakers should be on manufacturing and ensuring the jobs stay here. “If we keep following the trend lines of what’s existing, we’re going to end up with an inability to generate real wealth,” Gerard told the Investigative Reporting Workshop.
The push by Madison Democrats to pass Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Bill will only compound the problem. The bill requires electric consumers to pay $16.2 billion to build wind farms and meet a mandate of 25% renewable power in Wisconsin. The Doyle Administration’s own analysis indicates that only 2,000 of the 15,000 jobs the governor has promised to create are permanent. About 12,000 are temporary construction positions that will come and go over a 15-year period. The governor’s bill will do irreparable harm to Wisconsin’s economy and, based on what we’ve learned from the failed stimulus program, it will drive more manufacturing jobs to other states and, more likely, other countries.
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Republicans vote against payday lending bill--Brett Davis votes no: RockNetRoots
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Evansville Senior/Community Center History now on Mediafly.com
Click on the post for the view. Download to your Ipod, or computer. Enjoy.
Duluth Trading expands marketing nationwide: Radio, billboards, video
Following a successful Christmas season, Duluth Trading Co, located in Belleville, Wis is expanding it's advertising nationwide in a series of radio, billboard and video spots.
Click on the post for a sample.
Click on the post for a sample.
Viking Fans urge Favre to Return; Give thanks.: Gazette
Click on the post for the scoop in the Gazette.
Pioneer Press: Classic Soucheray: Hey Kids, let's redesign government
Click on the post for a classic from Joe Soucheray. Enjoy.
WSJ: Madison Schools face huge budget gap
Click on the post for the latest. It is a time of bigtime problems to be faced, not a time to be distracted with distractions.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Nostalgia: Matt Gaboda 2009: a look back
(Ed.note: Matt Gaboda recently announced his candidacy for the 43rd District as an independent: This video clip is from the Town of Union Wind Turbine hearings that preceded the enactment of a Town of Union ordinance that regulated wind turbine setback.)
Matt Gaboda speaks of praise of the Town of Union research committee; Says that developers now saying they have more information is too little too late and simply a delaying tactic.
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Matt Gaboda speaks of praise of the Town of Union research committee; Says that developers now saying they have more information is too little too late and simply a delaying tactic.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Blogs; RockNetRoots raises questions on Gazette attack on Sheridan
Click on the post for the latest.
Brodhead Schools Face Referendum; Gazette
Are Brodhead families planning on defeat and moving to open enrollment? Click on the post for the scoop.
"When Mopping up the floor, for best results, shut the faucet off first" ----Frank Hardesty, 1975
Years ago, one of the directors of Payco American Corporation, Frank Hardesty, who gave seminars nationwide on management skills, had a favorite saying: "When mopping up the floor, for best results, shut the faucet off first."
He had many examples of this trait of human nature, where we attempt to solve the trappings of a problem, and leave the source untouched, or ....even worse....keep repeating the original error.
Tonight at the Evansville Common Council, the council will move into private session to deliberate on the purchase through eminent domain proceeding of land to be turned into a retention pond that will hopefully help mitigate the flooding on 6th street. It has been a long process since the flooding occurred a couple of years ago. A long painful process.
At the very same meeting, will be a presentation of Creekside Place, the new name of the Senior/Community Center, that has plans to place the new facility right on Allen Creek, and after engineers and other citizens have warned about the flood plain and why prudent construction does not occur in flood plains.
One step forward. One step back. You make the call.
He had many examples of this trait of human nature, where we attempt to solve the trappings of a problem, and leave the source untouched, or ....even worse....keep repeating the original error.
Tonight at the Evansville Common Council, the council will move into private session to deliberate on the purchase through eminent domain proceeding of land to be turned into a retention pond that will hopefully help mitigate the flooding on 6th street. It has been a long process since the flooding occurred a couple of years ago. A long painful process.
At the very same meeting, will be a presentation of Creekside Place, the new name of the Senior/Community Center, that has plans to place the new facility right on Allen Creek, and after engineers and other citizens have warned about the flood plain and why prudent construction does not occur in flood plains.
One step forward. One step back. You make the call.
Matt Gaboda Announces for State Assembly, District 43
Press Release February 8th, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Matt Gaboda
email: matt@mattgaboda.com
Phone: 608-219-8795
www.mattgaboda.com
Gaboda announces run for State Assembly
Matt Gaboda using unconventional methods to break the mold in Madison.
TOWN OF CENTER - Matt Gaboda, resident of Center Township, has officially announced his plan to become the independent State Assembly Representative in District 43. A citizen advocate for many years, Gaboda is ready to take his blue collar work ethic to Madison. Gaboda has promised to ONLY work for the people, and bring back the glory to Wisconsin.
“I’m not accepting contributions from lobbyists or PAC’s, no donations of over $100, and will only serve two terms,” Gaboda said. “That is just the start, I will lose 43 pounds by election day, to demonstrate the fat that can also be trimmed out of our state budget,” Gaboda added. Gaboda plans on unseating the incumbent, Tennessee native, Rep. Kim Hixson (D-Whitewater).
District 43 is located in parts of Rock, Walworth, Dane, and Jefferson Counties. Whitewater, Milton, Edgerton, Orfordville, Town of Beloit, and Footville are located in this district. Matt has lived on a farm and has also lived on Main Street, he knows what it takes to make it. Matt is just an average guy trying to do his part.
Matt lives with his wife Sarah, and their three children, in Center Township
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Matt Gaboda for Assembly, 8635 West Seeman Road, Evansville, WI 53536. www.mattgaboda.com
Paid for by Matt Gaboda for Assembly, Matt Gaboda Treasurer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Matt Gaboda
email: matt@mattgaboda.com
Phone: 608-219-8795
www.mattgaboda.com
Gaboda announces run for State Assembly
Matt Gaboda using unconventional methods to break the mold in Madison.
TOWN OF CENTER - Matt Gaboda, resident of Center Township, has officially announced his plan to become the independent State Assembly Representative in District 43. A citizen advocate for many years, Gaboda is ready to take his blue collar work ethic to Madison. Gaboda has promised to ONLY work for the people, and bring back the glory to Wisconsin.
“I’m not accepting contributions from lobbyists or PAC’s, no donations of over $100, and will only serve two terms,” Gaboda said. “That is just the start, I will lose 43 pounds by election day, to demonstrate the fat that can also be trimmed out of our state budget,” Gaboda added. Gaboda plans on unseating the incumbent, Tennessee native, Rep. Kim Hixson (D-Whitewater).
District 43 is located in parts of Rock, Walworth, Dane, and Jefferson Counties. Whitewater, Milton, Edgerton, Orfordville, Town of Beloit, and Footville are located in this district. Matt has lived on a farm and has also lived on Main Street, he knows what it takes to make it. Matt is just an average guy trying to do his part.
Matt lives with his wife Sarah, and their three children, in Center Township
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Matt Gaboda for Assembly, 8635 West Seeman Road, Evansville, WI 53536. www.mattgaboda.com
Paid for by Matt Gaboda for Assembly, Matt Gaboda Treasurer
Blogs: White House: The Open Government Dashboard
Click on the post for the progress that is being made on transparency.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Will Evansville Teen Center cut services 49%?
(Ed.note: The following is a section of the January 2010 Evansville Common Council minutes)
. Cothard made a motion, seconded by Culbertson to approve agreement with YMCA of Northern Rock County for operation of youth program (revised proposal from YMCA, no recommendation from FLR). Braunschweig stated the City budgeted a 29% cut in funds, yet the YMCA is proposing a contract that has a 49% cut in services. Council discussed the effects the service cuts would have and suggested alternative school sponsored programs. Council stated they needed more information in order to make a decision and no vote was taken on the original motion. Decker volunteered to attend the Youth Center meeting on Monday, December 18th. In addition, a member of the Youth Center and the School District would be invited to the February Council meeting. Braunschweig made a motion, seconded by Ringhand to table the item until the February meeting. Motion approved 8-0.
. Cothard made a motion, seconded by Culbertson to approve agreement with YMCA of Northern Rock County for operation of youth program (revised proposal from YMCA, no recommendation from FLR). Braunschweig stated the City budgeted a 29% cut in funds, yet the YMCA is proposing a contract that has a 49% cut in services. Council discussed the effects the service cuts would have and suggested alternative school sponsored programs. Council stated they needed more information in order to make a decision and no vote was taken on the original motion. Decker volunteered to attend the Youth Center meeting on Monday, December 18th. In addition, a member of the Youth Center and the School District would be invited to the February Council meeting. Braunschweig made a motion, seconded by Ringhand to table the item until the February meeting. Motion approved 8-0.
Video: PBS: "The Warning"---the movie
Before the financial meltdown, one woman stood up and warned...and was disregarded. PBS has the story. Click on the post for the free movie.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Mailbag; I and E Club Meeting next Wednesday: February 10th
Evansville Area I&E Club Meeting
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 pm
Eager Economy Building, 7 E. Main St., Evansville.
The club welcomes not just inventors and entrepreneurs, but also established businesses, new businesses, and investors. Keep in mind, invention is more than just creating new gizmos, it is innovation too. It can be creating a new service, process, concept, mind-set, message, or strategy which is better than the existing alternatives. You never know who you might meet and what you might learn!
The Guest Speaker for the February meeting will be announced at the meeting. The club will be raffling off the best-selling book entitled, Guerilla Marketing on the Front Lines donated by Hoffmeister Engineering and Surveying, Inc. Refreshments this month will be sponsored by Allen Realty, Inc.
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 pm
Eager Economy Building, 7 E. Main St., Evansville.
The club welcomes not just inventors and entrepreneurs, but also established businesses, new businesses, and investors. Keep in mind, invention is more than just creating new gizmos, it is innovation too. It can be creating a new service, process, concept, mind-set, message, or strategy which is better than the existing alternatives. You never know who you might meet and what you might learn!
The Guest Speaker for the February meeting will be announced at the meeting. The club will be raffling off the best-selling book entitled, Guerilla Marketing on the Front Lines donated by Hoffmeister Engineering and Surveying, Inc. Refreshments this month will be sponsored by Allen Realty, Inc.
Video; Nostalgia: 2008: School: Mr. Pierick:" Slow Down"
Video: Ad Hoc Committee: 9-10-2008: Mr. Michael Pierick looks at process as 11 year target---nothing will happen till the current debt is paid from the high school, unless there is an emergency.
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Video: Driver alert:
The Observer has posted this as a public service announcement. Click on the post.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Snowmobile Trail on Agenda at Public Works Tonight
NOTICE
The regular meeting of the Public Safety Committee for the City of Evansville will be held on the 3th day of February, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., on the 3rd floor of City Hall, 31 S Madison Street, Evansville, Wisconsin. Notice is further given that members of the City Council might be in attendance.
Public Safety Committee
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 6:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting
Evansville Council Chambers
31 S Madison Street
Evansville WI 53536
PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING ADDRESS CHANGE
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Motion to approve the January 6, 2010 regular meeting minutes as printed
5. Citizen appearances other than agenda items listed
6. Evansville Police Report
7. Evansville Medical Service Report
8. Old Business
A. Discussion regarding the Snowmobile Trail within the City of Evansville city limits.
9. New Business
a. Motion to recommend to Common Council approval of the 2010 Joint Powers Agreement between Rock County and the City of Evansville for Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
10. Motion to adjourn
The regular meeting of the Public Safety Committee for the City of Evansville will be held on the 3th day of February, 2010 at 6:00 p.m., on the 3rd floor of City Hall, 31 S Madison Street, Evansville, Wisconsin. Notice is further given that members of the City Council might be in attendance.
Public Safety Committee
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 6:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting
Evansville Council Chambers
31 S Madison Street
Evansville WI 53536
PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING ADDRESS CHANGE
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Motion to approve the January 6, 2010 regular meeting minutes as printed
5. Citizen appearances other than agenda items listed
6. Evansville Police Report
7. Evansville Medical Service Report
8. Old Business
A. Discussion regarding the Snowmobile Trail within the City of Evansville city limits.
9. New Business
a. Motion to recommend to Common Council approval of the 2010 Joint Powers Agreement between Rock County and the City of Evansville for Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
10. Motion to adjourn
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Nostalgia: 2007: The Coach House Fire
Photo compliments of Jeff Vrstal. Double click for largest version.
Nostalgia: 2007: "Superbowl Punk"--FICTION-- Dateline Normal, Mn.
A classic tale from Normal, Mn., on "Superbowl Punk," the classic 1985 Chicago Bears and the global impact of punk on financial affairs, and even on the Normal School District
School Facilities Committee meets next Monday---land purchase on agenda
Click on the post for the full agenda.
The New Retirement: Forget Golf: Forget Florida, Arizona; Focus on Carolinas, Affordability in Spotlight
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Monday, February 01, 2010
Woodworkers mentor Evansville Students: Gazette
The Gazette has the scoop. Click on the post. Good news for the Evansville community. Woodworking as a hobby is nice, but woodworking that mentors and links the generations is a mission that can produce results, tangible and intangible. Congrats to the Woodchucks.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Minutes: ULDC: Will Evansville dismiss erosion control? Build right on Allen Creek?
Click on the post for the recent minutes. Shades of the Edgewater hearings....bold punk is building right on the water edge.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Evansville Planning Commission Meets Monday: From Condos to Rental Units ----
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Windmills on Parade 2009 Podcast Featured
Click on the post for the new Evansville Windmills on Parade 2009 podcast. It can be seen by clicking the post for the hipcast version, or searched for on Itunes or Mediafly.com, broadcast nationally. It can be viewed on your Iphone or smart phone and downloaded for free. Enjoy.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
NYT: OpEd; Paul Friedman: "Adults Only Please."
Click on the post for his analysis of last night's State of the Union speech.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Evansville Senior Center Podcast Featured
Click on the post for a special free podcast site of all the audio and video concerning the deliberations and development of the Evansville Senior/Community Center. These podcasts will be syndicated nationally on Itunes and Mediafly, and available for free download on your Iphone or Ipod. Stay tuned. It's a fast paced mobile world, and the Evansville Observer is working to provide some fun stuff to listen to.
Evansville Senior/Community Center---The History
Audio: The Kickoff Meeting: October 2007
Video: 12/07: Senior Center: Phil Kress of Board of Directors gives introduction
Video; 12/07 Boris Frank speaks on his role with Senior Center
Video: 12/07: Kent Knutson as donor representative speaks
Video; 12/07: Dean Schultz of Exel Engineering Speaks
Audio: Uncut; 12/07: What is the size of the proposed senior center? Dean Schultz responds
Audio: Uncut: 12/2007: Is the site in the flood plain? Dean Schultz explains
Minutes; 2/2008: Luncheon: Getting it all with Fund Raising...or taxes?
Audio: Zoning: 12/07: Is I1, light industrial
Public Works; Sauer Speaks: 02/26/2008: Re: site plan for senior center; questions re siting placement; incomplete application
Public Works; Site Plan: 3/18/2008; City Administrator speaks of Zone Administrator role or lack thereof
Wietecha: 04/08: Common Council must make "independent determination"
Plan: 5/5/2008: Observer asks re delay on flood plain data
Video; 03/09; Senior Center cuts bathroom/fitness area/adds woodchucks
Audio: Uncut: Plan: 03/09: Ringhand explains changes to Community center design plan
Minutes; Community center; Case Validation Task Force; 8/25/2009
Minutes; Community Center; Case Validation Task Force: 09/09/2009
Minutes: 9/21/2009: Case Validation Task Force
Minutes; Case Validation: 10/26/2009
Why It's a Community Center
Evansville Senior/Community Center---The History
Audio: The Kickoff Meeting: October 2007
Video: 12/07: Senior Center: Phil Kress of Board of Directors gives introduction
Video; 12/07 Boris Frank speaks on his role with Senior Center
Video: 12/07: Kent Knutson as donor representative speaks
Video; 12/07: Dean Schultz of Exel Engineering Speaks
Audio: Uncut; 12/07: What is the size of the proposed senior center? Dean Schultz responds
Audio: Uncut: 12/2007: Is the site in the flood plain? Dean Schultz explains
Minutes; 2/2008: Luncheon: Getting it all with Fund Raising...or taxes?
Audio: Zoning: 12/07: Is I1, light industrial
Public Works; Sauer Speaks: 02/26/2008: Re: site plan for senior center; questions re siting placement; incomplete application
Public Works; Site Plan: 3/18/2008; City Administrator speaks of Zone Administrator role or lack thereof
Wietecha: 04/08: Common Council must make "independent determination"
Plan: 5/5/2008: Observer asks re delay on flood plain data
Video; 03/09; Senior Center cuts bathroom/fitness area/adds woodchucks
Audio: Uncut: Plan: 03/09: Ringhand explains changes to Community center design plan
Minutes; Community center; Case Validation Task Force; 8/25/2009
Minutes; Community Center; Case Validation Task Force: 09/09/2009
Minutes: 9/21/2009: Case Validation Task Force
Minutes; Case Validation: 10/26/2009
Why It's a Community Center
Milton Schools continue enrollment drop----Gazette
Decline is forcasted to level off and then in the future will rise gradually--does this sound familiar?
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Energy Corner: WPPI Energy Deals with State of Wisconsin Questioned on Cost Surprise
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Whats Happening Corner: Be Prepared
In reviewing what folks all across the world have been reviewing on the Evansville Observer, it has amazed me that the post regarding this has been upmost in their interest.
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Evansville Police Commisison Hearings now on the Evansville Observer
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Chili Cook- Off Coming February 20th
Organization: Evansville Community Partnership
Contact Info: Jim Brooks, Community Coordinator
608-882-0598 ecpi@litewire.net www.evansville-wi.net
10th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Dinner
Saturday, February 20, 2010
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Grove Campus & Field House
Parking: 320 Fair Street or 420 S. 4th Street
ADMISSION: $17 IN A DVA NCE • $22 AT THE DOOR
Kids 13 and under get in free with adult
More info:
Evansville Community Partnership’s 10th annual Chili Cook-off and Dinner will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2009 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at The Grove Campus, 320 Fair Street . Tickets are just $17 prior to the event and $22 at the door. Kids 13 and under enter free with adult. All adult paid ticket will receive a hand-thrown pottery chili bowl made by local potter, Matthias James. Patrons also enjoy sampling chili from the chili chef contestants, mixing and mingling with friends old and new, listening to musical entertainment, bidding at the fabulous silent auction with dozens of items donated by local businesses, door prizes, fun contests, activities for the kids, raffles, and all-you-can-eat chili and spaghetti dinner. Two Wii gaming systems will be raffled at the event. More information is online at www.evansville-wi.net .or contact Jim Brooks, ECP Community Coordinator, via phone at 608/882-0598 or via e-mail at ecpi@litewire.net.
Contact Info: Jim Brooks, Community Coordinator
608-882-0598 ecpi@litewire.net www.evansville-wi.net
10th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Dinner
Saturday, February 20, 2010
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Grove Campus & Field House
Parking: 320 Fair Street or 420 S. 4th Street
ADMISSION: $17 IN A DVA NCE • $22 AT THE DOOR
Kids 13 and under get in free with adult
More info:
Evansville Community Partnership’s 10th annual Chili Cook-off and Dinner will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2009 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at The Grove Campus, 320 Fair Street . Tickets are just $17 prior to the event and $22 at the door. Kids 13 and under enter free with adult. All adult paid ticket will receive a hand-thrown pottery chili bowl made by local potter, Matthias James. Patrons also enjoy sampling chili from the chili chef contestants, mixing and mingling with friends old and new, listening to musical entertainment, bidding at the fabulous silent auction with dozens of items donated by local businesses, door prizes, fun contests, activities for the kids, raffles, and all-you-can-eat chili and spaghetti dinner. Two Wii gaming systems will be raffled at the event. More information is online at www.evansville-wi.net .or contact Jim Brooks, ECP Community Coordinator, via phone at 608/882-0598 or via e-mail at ecpi@litewire.net.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Running Corner: Shamrock Shuffle Coming March 14th----
Time to start training. Click on the post for the info.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Evansville Health Club: Nostalgia: Feb 2008: Two Year Anniversary
Justin Schott of Evansville Health Club welcomes the Evansville community to the new facility.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
"Buy a Winch--know how to use it": Soucheray; Pioneer Press
Classic Soucheray....Click on the post for the latest.
Can you Hear me Now?----Police Antenna needs cited
I remember the old movies with Rampart Base etc,,,,and it is always nice if one can hear the base....check out the minutes about the poor antenna currently for the Evansville Police Station. And there is nothing in the budget for a new one or for a solution?
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Click on the post for the public safety minutes.
How big a Financial Meltdown is needed to provoke Change?
The recent financial meltown, the largest financial disaster since the Great Depression has resulted in the bailout of Wall Street Banks--- and they have responded by taking large bonuses from the money of the bailout and at the first opportunity after recovery-- have stoutly resisted any efforts to put regulation that ensures the "public trust" back into banking...and they have branded anyone who wishes some regulation as "Anti business." HUH?
It kind of makes you wonder how big a financial earthquake might be necessary before Wall Street gets it.
It kind of makes you wonder how big a financial earthquake might be necessary before Wall Street gets it.
Prince composes "Purple and Gold" Minn Viking fight song: Pioneer Press
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Eager Library Book Sale---Tomorrow, Preview for Friends of Library Tonight
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Mailbag: Matt Gaboda Writes: Candidate for 43rd Assembly Seat
I just wanted to let you know that I did officially file with the GAB and am now a candidate for the 43rd Assembly District seat. I am running as an independent, and thought I would let you know. I have a website at www.mattgaboda.com, for more information. The 43rd Assembly District includes part of the Evansville School District, so if any of your readers have questions for me, they can feel free to contact me via my website.
Blogs: Wake Up Mayor Dave
Click on the post for the latest from Mayor Dave.
Wake up.
The blogs have the speed to respond to local news---you have even created one since traditonal news is dead. No longer are there any reporters to pander to your output--you can type it yourself. yo.
Most blogs even allow imput--so readers can respond--and many have 'moderation" to control inappropriate content and yet allow dialogue. It would be nice if you did.
Wake up.
The blogs have the speed to respond to local news---you have even created one since traditonal news is dead. No longer are there any reporters to pander to your output--you can type it yourself. yo.
Most blogs even allow imput--so readers can respond--and many have 'moderation" to control inappropriate content and yet allow dialogue. It would be nice if you did.
StarTrib: St. Paul Schools face 28 Million deficit; Cut 1 layer of management
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Yahoo: New York Times to charge for articles on web: 2011 target
All across America traditional newspapers are filing bankruptcy. A new business model is evolving that involves giving some articles for free, and then additonal content-- whether it be video or audio, or more detailed business content--- charged for.
The Evansville Observer is currently implementing this mix of free and paid for "added value" content.
Any news system that assumes that the reporters are paid nothing, results in content that is...well...worth nothing...Reporters..and newspapers have to be paid in order for information to flow with any quality.
Click on the post for the full story about the New York Times.
The Evansville Observer is currently implementing this mix of free and paid for "added value" content.
Any news system that assumes that the reporters are paid nothing, results in content that is...well...worth nothing...Reporters..and newspapers have to be paid in order for information to flow with any quality.
Click on the post for the full story about the New York Times.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Breathalyzer tests for Wisconsin legislators proposed
Recently in a lunchroom discussion, a worker mentioned to me that in summary of his 20 years of experience as a bartender on the Capital rotunda area, the one idea he had was to have a breathalyzer installed at the entrance to the Wisconsin State Legislative Chamber......It would serve as an upgrade ........
Poms in the Spotlight: Evansville School Board; 1/18/2010
The Evansville School Board had a discussion item on Monday night that discussed the current pom dress policy. Input was heard from parents, poms and board members.
Pom parents asserted that the current restrictions on pom attire reflect the application of the formal handbook dress code rather than an athletic dress code and that this is not realistic, and should be applied to all sports, not just poms.
The athletic director, Brian Cashore, clarified that currently under a private contract, the athletic uniforms are not purchased with taxpayer money, but with consession money not part of the school district budget.
40 Minutes of this school board discussion can be found in the Evansville school board archive on the right side of the Evansville Observer. Selected video will be coming tomorrow.
Pom parents asserted that the current restrictions on pom attire reflect the application of the formal handbook dress code rather than an athletic dress code and that this is not realistic, and should be applied to all sports, not just poms.
The athletic director, Brian Cashore, clarified that currently under a private contract, the athletic uniforms are not purchased with taxpayer money, but with consession money not part of the school district budget.
40 Minutes of this school board discussion can be found in the Evansville school board archive on the right side of the Evansville Observer. Selected video will be coming tomorrow.
School Beat: January Evansville School Reports
On virtual school options, open enrollment, Race to the Top and summer school being eliminated....click on the post for the full details.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Duel in the Dome---Showtime today---: Star Trib
Favre v Romo. Should be fun. Click on the post for the story.
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