Retiring Guy's Digest: 2014-10-12

Saturday, October 18, 2014

I think we should let Scott Walker's good pals Diane Hendricks, Sheldon Adelson, Richard Devos, Bob Perry, David Humphreys, and Sarah Atkins pay the bill

It appears that they can easily afford it.

John Doe legal tab nears $900,000 for taxpayers. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/18/2014)

Related posts:
Scott Walker busted for solicitation. (8/23/2014)
The transparency chronicles. (8/19/2014)
Scott Walker's John Doe woes enrich law firms. (7/22/2014)
Van Hollen donor sez Walker not target of criminal probe. (6/27/2014)
Francis Wilkinson calls Scott Walker a "numbskull". (6/23/2013)
Scott Walker runs for cover to the friendly confines of Fox & Friends. (6/21/2014)
The Ralph Randa resume, abbreviated. (5/6/2014)
One of the Governor's supporters thinks he needs to man up. (3/1/2014)
It's the same old song. (2/26/2014)
That's my story and I'm stickin' with it. (2/25/2014)
When you don't have anything of substance to say, spout talking points over and over and over again. (2/24/2014)
The Scott Walker interview that will keep on giving. (2/22/2014)
Another John Doe shocker: Scott Walker doesn't blame Jim Doyle. (2/21/2014)
John Doe shocker: Scott Walker lied to us. (2/20/2014)
Getting to know Scott Walker by the company he keeps. (2/20/2014)

This Statement Was Made by Someone with an A.B. from Princeton (cum laude) and a J.D. from Harvard (magna cum laude)

In other words, typical Ted "Pander" Cruz. (What should really scare you is that he's a Presidential wannabe with an enthusiastic fan base.)

Source of quote: This Week in God, 10.18.14. (MSNBC)

Public Library Circulation and Circulation per Capita: Alabama (1990-2011)

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries in the United States Survey (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011)

For latest statistics
Alabama Public Library Service, Statistical Summary for Fiscal Year 2013

Additional information
Alabama Public Library Service homepage.
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA): Alabama

Alabama's state library agency is in the "board or commission" category. (IMLS)

Wisconsin Public Library Taglines (Part 1)

Adams County

Lester Public Library of Rome

Ashland County

Vaughn Public Library, Ashland

Barron County

Barron Public Library

Cameron Area Public Library

Thomas St. Angelo Public Library of Cumberland

Rice Lake Public Library

Turtle Lake Public Library

Bayfield County

Forest Lodge Library, Cable

Burnett County

Larsen Family Public Library, Webster

Wisconsin Fall Election Preview: Assembly District 69

Republican incumbent vs. Democratic challenger

Bob Kulp, Republican incumbent

Campaign website
Facebook (1,187 likes)
Twitter (68 followers)
LinkedIn
Wisconsin Eye interview (8/26/2014)
Cash on hand (as of 8/18/2014): $19,587.05

Norbert Salamonski, Democratic challenger

Facebook (198 likes)
Wisconsin Eye interview (9/26/2014)
Cash on hand (as of 8/18/2014): $6,427.75

69th Assembly District. Includes portions of Clark, Marathon, and Wood counties.

Public libraries in the 69th Assembly District

Abbotsford Public Library

Colby Public Library

Dorchester Public Library

Granton Community Library

Loyal Public Library

Marathon County Public Library

Marshfield Public Library

Neillsville Public Library

Owen Public Library

Related posts and notes:

1st Senate District (9/6/2014)

1st Assembly District. (8/26/2014)
2nd Assembly District. 2-term Republican Andre Jacque (De Pere) is running unopposed.
3rd Assembly District. 14-term Republican Al Ott (Forest Junction) is running unopposed.

2nd Senate District. 7-term Republican Rob Cowles (Green Bay) is not up for re-election this year. Cowles also served in the Assembly from 1982 to 1987.

4th Assembly District. (8/27/2014)
5th Assembly District. (8/29/2014)
6th Assembly District. 4-term Republican Gary Tauchen (Bonduel) is running unopposed.

3rd Senate District: 3-term Democrat Tim Carpenter (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

7th Assembly District. (9/2/2014)
8th Assembly District. (9/3/2014)
9th Assembly District. 6-term Democrat Josh Zepnick (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

4th Senate District. Three-term Democrat Lena Taylor (Milwaukee) is not up for re-election this year.

10th Assembly District. Democratic newcomer David Bowen (Milwaukee) won a 4-way Democratic primary and is running unopposed.
11th Assembly District. Freshman Democrat Mandela Barnes (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.
12th Assembly District. (9/4/2014)

5th Senate District (9/8/2014)

13th Assembly District. Freshman Republican Rob Hutton (Brookfield) is running unopposed.
14th Assembly District. 2-term Republican Dale Kooyenga (Brookfield) is running unopposed.
15th Assembly District. (9/5/2014)

6th Senate District. Freshman Democrat Nikiya Harris Dodd (Milwaukee) is not up for re-election this year.

16th Assembly District. 11-term Democrat Leon Young (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.
17th Assembly District (sorry, somehow got lost in the shuffle; need to re-do)
18th Assembly District. Freshman Democrat Evan Goyke (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

7th Senate District. (9/9/2014)

19th Assembly District (9/12/2014)
20th Assembly District (9/13/2014)
21st Assembly District. Freshman Republican Jessie Rodriguez (Franklin) is running unopposed

8th Senate District. 6-term Republican Alberta Darling (River Hills) is not up for re-election this year. Darling also served 2 1/2 years in the Assembly (May 1990-January 1993)

22nd Assembly District. (9/14/2014)
23rd Assembly District. (9/16/2014)
24th Assembly District. 3-term Republican Dan Knodl (Germantown) is running unopposed.

9th Senate District. (9/15/2014)

25th Assembly District. Freshman Republican Paul Tittl (Manitowoc) is running unopposed.
26th Assembly District. (9/16/2014)
27th Assembly District. (9/18/2014)

10th Senate District. 4-term Republican Sheila Harsdorf (River Falls) is not up for re-election this year. Harsdorf also served 12 years in the Assembly (1989-2001)

28th Assembly District. (9/19/2014)
29th Assembly District. 4-term Republican John Murtha (R-Baldwin) is running unopposed.
30th Assembly District. (9/20/2014)

11th Senate District. (9/22/2014)

31st Assembly District. 2-term Republican Amy Loudenbeck (Clinton) is running unopposed.
32nd Assembly District. (9/21/2014)
33rd Assembly District. Republican candidate Cody Horlacker (Mukwanago) is running unopposed.

12th Senate District. First-term Republican Tom Tiffany (Town of Little Rice) is not up for re-election this year. (Tiffany also served in the Assembly for 2 years -- 2011-2013.)

34th Assembly District. Freshman Republican Rob Swearingen (Rhinelander) is running opposed.
35th Assembly District. Freshman Republican Mary Czaja (Irma) is running unopposed.
36th Assembly District. 5-term Republican Jeff Mursau (Crivitz) is running unopposed.

13th Senate District. (9/23/2014)

14th Senate District. 3-term Republican Luther Olsen (Ripon) is not up for re-election this year. (Olsen also served 10 years in the Assembly, first elected in 1994.)

40th Assembly District. 4-term Republican Keith Peterson (Waupaca) is running unopposed.
41st Assembly District. (9/27/2014)
42nd Assembly District. (9/28/2014)

15th Senate District. (9/29/2014)

43rd Assembly District (9/30/2014)
44th Assembly District (10/1/2014)
45th Assembly District. Democratic candidate Mark Spreitzer (Beloit) is running unopposed.

16th Senate District. 3-term Democrat Mark Miller (Monona) is not up for re-election this year. (Miller also served 6 years in the Assembly -- 1999-2005.)

46th Assembly District. 5-term Democrat Gary Hebl (Sun Prairie) is running unopposed.
47th Assembly District. (10/2/2014)
48th Assembly District. Freshman Democrat Melissa Agard Sargent (Madison) is running unopposed.

17th Senate District. (10/3/2014)

18th Senate District. Freshman Republican Rick Gudex (Fond du Lac) is not up for re-election this year.

52nd Assembly District. 2-term Republican Jeremy Thiesfeldt (Fond du Lac) is running unopposed.
53rd Assembly District. Freshman Republican Michael Schraa (Oshkosh) is running unopposed.
54th Assembly District. (10/7/2014)

19th Senate District. (10/8/2014)

55th Assembly District. (10/9/2014)
56th Assembly District. Freshman Republican Dave Murphy (Greenville) is running unopposed.
57th Assembly District. (10/10/2014)

20th Senate District. 2-term Republican Glenn Grothman (West Bend) is not up for re-election this year. Grothman is, however, running for the open seat in Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District.

58th Assembly District. Republican candidate Bob Gannon (Slinger) is running unopposed to replace Pat Strochota (R-West Bend).
59th Assembly District. Republican candidate Jesse Kremer (Kewaskum) is running unopposed to replace Dan LeMahieu (R-Cascade).
60th Assembly District. Republican candidate Robert Brooks (Saukville) is running unopposed to replace Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg), who unsuccessful ran for Wisconsin 6th Congressional District.

21st Senate District. (10/14/2014)

61st Assembly District. 7-term Republican Samantha Kerkman (Town of Randall) is running unopposed.
62nd Assembly District. Freshman Republican Tom Weatherston (Racine) is running unopposed.
63rd Assembly District. (10/10/2014)

22nd Senate District. 5-term Democrat Bob Wirch (Kenosha) is not up for re-election this year. (Wirch also served 4 years in the Assembly.)

64th Assembly District. 7-term Democrat and Minority Leader Peter Barca (Kenosha) is running unopposed.
65th Assembly District. Freshman Democrat Tod Ohnstad (Kenosha) is running unopposed.
66th Assembly District. 4-term Democratic incumbent vs. Libertarian challenger.

23rd Senate District. (10/15/2014)

67th Assembly District (10/16/2014)
68th Assembly District (10/17/2014)

Pierce County: Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013

2010 population: 41,019

Public libraries in Pierce County

Indianhead Federated Library System

% change (1996-2013)

Circulation: 80.6%
Program attendance: 91.5%

Line graphs data source: Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

Related posts: (with 1996-2013 % changes)

Adams County. (9/1/2014)

Circulation: 320%
Program attendance: 132%

Ashland County (9/2/2014)

Circulation: 13.5%
Program attendance: 116%

Barron County (9/3/2014)

Circulation: 32.1%
Program attendance: 237%

Bayfield County (9/4/2014)

Circulation: 127%
Program attendance: (7.2%)

Brown County (9/5/2014)

Circulation: 35.2%
Program attendance: (22.3%)

Buffalo County (9/6/2014)

Circulation: 1.9%
Program attendance: 812%

Burnett County (9/7/2014)

Circulation: 104%
Program attendance 466%

Calumet County (9/8/2014)

Circulation: (32.7%)
Program attendance 20.0%

Chippewa County (9/9/2014)

Circulation: 24.6%
Program attendance 28.8%

Clark County (9/10/2014)

Circulation: 21.6%
Program attendance 86.5%

Columbia County (9/11/2014)

Circulation: 40.5%
Program attendance 84.2%

Crawford County (9/12/2014)

Circulation: 58.1%
Program attendance (28.3%)

Dane County (9/13/2014)

Circulation: 83.0%
Program attendance 246%

Dodge County (9/14/2014)

Circulation: 53.9%
Program attendance 186%

Door County (9/15/2014)

Circulation: 23.2%
Program attendance (7.1%)

Douglas County (9/16/2014)

Circulation: 81.1%
Program attendance: 33.9%

Dunn County (9/17/2014)

Circulation: 14.2%
Program attendance: 178%

Eau Claire County (9/18/2014)

Circulation: 23.7%
Program attendance: 86.6%

Florence County (9/19/2014)

Circulation: 251%
Program attendance: 195%

Fond du Lac County (9/20/2014)

Circulation: 24.2%
Program attendance: 72.6%

Forest County (9/21/2014)

Circulation: 68.4%
Program attendance: 261%

Grant County (9/22/2014)

Circulation: 44.3%
Program attendance: 87.9%

Green County (9/23/2014)

Circulation: 14.4%
Program attendance: 111%

Green Lake County (9/24/2014)

Circulation: 33.8%
Program attendance: 125%

Iowa County (9/25/2014)

Circulation: 39.8%
Program attendance: 122%

Iron County (9/26/2014)

Circulation: 5.4%
Program attendance: 121%

Jackson County (9/27/2014)

Circulation: 57.3%
Program attendance: 52.3%

Jefferson County (9/28/2014)

Circulation: 19.9%
Program attendance: 68.3%

Juneau County (9/29/2014)

Circulation: 41.9%
Program attendance: 166%

Kenosha Public Library (9/30/2014)

Circulation: 10.7%
Program attendance: 62.5%

Kewaunee County (10/1/2014)

Circulation: (3.4%)
Program attendance: 186%

La Crosse County (10/2/2014)

Circulation: 54.6%
Program attendance: 31.9%

Lafayette County (10/3/2014)

Circulation: 55.2%
Program attendance: 67.0%

Langlade County (10/4/2014)

Circulation: 13.4%
Program attendance: 136%

Lincoln County (10/5/2014)

Circulation: (22.5%)
Program attendance: (35.3%)

Manitowoc County (10/6/2014)

Circulation: (11.6%)
Program attendance: 74.5%

Marathon County (10/7/2014)

Circulation: 29.7%
Program attendance: (2.4%)

Marinette County (10/8/2014)

Circulation: (14.3%)
Program attendance: (5.8%)

Marquette County (10/9/2014)

Circulation: 78.6%
Program attendance: 17.2%

Menominee County (10/10/2014)
Milwaukee County (10/11/2014)

Circulation: 3.6%
Program attendance: 28.4%

Monroe County (10/12/2013)

Circulation: (28.2%)
Program attendance: 19.7%

Oconto County (10/13/2014)

Circulation: 102%
Program attendance: 214%

Oneida County (10/14/2014)

Circulation: 33.5%
Program attendance: 162%

Outagamie County (10/15/2014)

Circulation: 50.8%
Program attendance: 79.6%

Ozaukee County (10/16/2014)

Circulation: 20.7%
Program attendance: 157%

Pepin County (10/17/2014)

Circulation: (4.0%)
Program attendance: 346%

Friday, October 17, 2014

Fall Foliage: Flaming Tree

Elizabeth Eggleston Hoffman (1935-2014) Warren High School Class of 1952

Warren Times Observer

The WCA School of Nursing operated from the late 1800s until 1964.

1952 Dragon yearbook

The #1 song on Billboard when the class of '52 graduated.

Apparently, It's OK to Plagiarize a Voter ID Law

Brought to you by Indiana

2011 Wisconsin Act 23

U.S. Appeals panel officially upholds Wisconsin voter ID law. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/6/2014)

Indiana's law served as the copycat ALEC model

Writing for the unanimous appeals panel, Judge Frank Easterbrook determined Wisconsin's law was essentially identical to an Indiana voter ID law that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in 2008.

League of Wisconsin Voters challenge voter ID laws as unconstitutional. (8/22/2011)

What's the matter with Wisconsin? (7/27/2011)
Wisconsin Legislative Council information memorandum. (7/15/2011)
Appleton Alderman Wants Pushback on State Voter ID Bill. (2/7/2011)

Voter ID in Wisconsin: A bill and a constitution amendment. (1/13/2011)

Related reading:
New G.O.P. Bid to Limit Voting in Swing States. (The New York Times, 3/29/2014)
ALEC Exposed: Democracy, Voter Rights, and Federal Power. (Center for Media and Democracy, 9/28/2012)
Right-Wing Operatives Take Up ALEC's Voter Suppression Agenda. (Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch, 4/19/2012)
Voter Suppression 101. (Center for American Progress. 4/4/2012)

Healthcare-Associated Infections in the United States Kill 99,000 Hospital Patients Annually

Transcript:

On any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients have an infection caused by their medical care. Almost half of these patients are 65 or older.

There are 5 places where patients are most likely to get infections:

in the bloodstream,

the urinary tract,

the gut,

and the two most common places are the

site of surgery and

the lungs.

The germs most likely to cause healthcare associated infections include:

C. difficile, or deadly diarrhea

Staph, including the drug-resistant type known as MRSA

a family of germs known as Enterobacteriaceae, that include CRE the "nightmare bacteria"

Enterococcus, which can be resistant to an important antibiotic, vancomycin, and

Pseudomonas, which can cause infections of the lungs and bloodstream.

One in every 9 patients who gets an infection will die during their hospitalization.

Over the last several years, great progress has been made in preventing some infections. For example, bloodstream infections in patients with central lines have been nearly cut in half in the last 5 years. But more work needs to be done. CDC's goal is to eliminate all healthcare-associated infections. We work 24/7 to save lives and protect people.

Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Not exactly a confidence builder.

The New York Times, 10/13/2014

Common Sense Leadership Blah Blah Blah

UW Madison - College Republicans, 11/17/2009

Kaufert for Assembly

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker endorses Doug Ducey for Arizona Governor

Kathy Bernier State Representative

John Torinus has made $18,850 in campaign contributions, mostly to Republicans

The most recent being $1,000 on June 23, 2014, to the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Former Commerce secretary's 2006 assessment of Mary Burke: 'She's a disaster'. (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/17/2014)

The 2006 email from Nettles included a forwarded message from Serigraph CEO John Torinus in which he shared his personal assessment of Burke based on a conversation with her after a meeting of Milwaukee’s regional economic development group.

“She sees a continuing need to have a war chest to help individual companies for political reasons, but doesn’t really believe that many of these projects are justified,” Torinus wrote. “She said she is getting unending requests from companies for ‘corporate welfare.’”