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Let the countdown begin....

WKOW

Wisconsin Rapids City Times

WLUK

Huffington Post

And on and on and on......

Drunk driving in Wisconsin is.....

That was then. This is now. The free market/small government Robin Vos.

That was then.  December 1, 2014

Wisconsin Watchdog

This is now.  ($3 billion in incentives to Foxconn has nothing to do with 'smaller government, free market ideas'.

(emphasis added)

As Eric Bott, director of the Koch Brothers-fueled Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin, pointed out at yesterday public hearing.

WDIO, 8/3/2017

Bott says the group is a free market advocate and as such "staunchly" opposes government tax incentives.

Other Foxconn posts:
Bloomberg sees short-term gain, long-term pain for Wisconsin's Foxconn deal.  (8/4/2017)
Sean Duffy gets it wrong.  (8/3/2017)
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn.  (8/3/2017)
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

John McCain has a message that's likely to initiate a Trump twitter rant

Quoted in McCain: a border wall won't stop illegal immigration.  (Axios, 8/4/2017)

Sounds like he's trying to have it both ways.

Orren Wood (1931-2017) Warren High School class of 1949

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1948 Dragon yearbook (no individual portraits of underclassmen)

1967 Warren City Directory

• [county section] Wood Cecile Tiona
• [county section] Wood Fred Tiona
• Wood Orren L (Joan M) lab NF h209 1/2 Madison av

1983 Warren City Directory

• Wood, Cecil treas Dana Lodge rTiona PA
• Wood Joan M Mrs lab NF h209 1/2 Madison Av

Orren has never reached the top 1000 baby names.  Let's take a look at son-in-law Todd.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Todd first appeared on the scene in 1936 and by 1959 has climbed his way into the top 100, where he spent a total of 27 years, peaking at #28 in 1964 and again in 1968-70.  He started to fall out of favor rather quickly starting in the 1990s and has not appeared in the top 1000 in 2014 and 2016.

Other class of 1949 members: 

Dorothea Giltinan Suppa.  (6/15/2017)
Ruth Bengston Thelin.  (4/27/2017)
Donna Wenzel Ponsoll.  (1/4/2017)
Margaret Eustace Sutter.  (11/17/2016)
Paul Mahan.  (7/17/2016)
Paul Briggs. (7/11/2016)
Mary Ann Harrison Hughes.  (3/29/2016)
Winona Ross Prosen.  (3/5/2016)
Bertie McConnell Glotz.  (9/26/2015)
Corrine Culbertson Ryan Shanshala.  (7/13/2015)
Nicholas Mangus II. (6/15/2015)
Teresa Nuhfer Sanden.  (4/13/2015)
Catherine Salapek Freeborough.  (4/10/2015)
Richard Sharp.  (3/22/2015) 
Richard Hamilton.  (12/17/2014)

Marcia Richardson Baker.  (3/7/2014)

Bloomberg sees short-term gain, long-term pain for Wisconsin's Foxconn deal

Editorial:  Foxconn's dubious deal.  (Bloomberg, 8/3/2017)

And what type of jobs, exactly? Mainly, the new plant will churn out LCD flat-panel screens -- a business beset by sluggish demand, rising competition and changing consumer tastes. Worse, such jobs are highly likely to be automated.

Related article:
Judging by CES, Here’s What the Future of TVs Is Gonna Look Like.  (Select/All, 1/6/2017)

OLED.

Other Foxconn posts:
Sean Duffy gets it wrong.  (8/3/2017)
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn.  (8/3/2017)
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Port Washington mercury vapors detected in Rhinelander

Reported in Wisconsin air monitors as far as 200 miles away report mercury pollution in Port Washington. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/3/2017)

221.3 miles, to be exact.

Sidebar:  From 10/12/2010 until 10/30/2012, Veolia Environmental Services employee Dennis Swiecichowski donated $5,371.06 to various GOP candidates, including $1,300 to Scott Walker.

The J-S article notes that "[t]he DNR says it is continuing to investigate the situation".

We await the results.

Sean Duffy gets it wrong

Source:  Sean Duffy's Twitter feed

Note the 2nd checked item:  $53,875 predicted base salary.

Sean, 'base' means 'minimum'.   Hasn't your staff read you the news yet?

...the investment would create 13,000 jobs, with an average pay of $53,000 plus benefits.

If one person earns an annual salary of $80,812, a second earn $53,875, and a $26,938, their average salary is $53,875.

Other Foxconn posts:
Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn.  (8/3/2017)
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/1/2017

The campaigns of Gov. Scott Walker and House Speaker Paul Ryan will launch digital ads Tuesday touting the decision by Foxconn Technology Group to build a plant in Wisconsin. 

The two Republicans are gearing up for the 2018 election, although Walker has yet to formally announce that he's running for a third term.

Scott Walker twitter feed, August 3, 2017

"They", of course, are Scott Walker and Paul Ryan.

"Ongoing excitement statewide"?  Sounds more like a 2-man circle jerk to me.

Other Foxconn posts:
Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site.  (8/2/2017)
Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

The job hunt: This is the level to which most American workers have been reduced

Amazon’s Jobs Fair Sends Clear Message: Now Hiring Thousands.  (The New York Times, 8/2/2017)

Wherein we learn....

But wait!  There's more!

But there are questions about how long Amazon’s fulfillment jobs will exist, as robots and other forms of automation become more capable at doing the jobs that now require humans. 

Amazon is more aggressively using robots to help make the operations inside its warehouses more efficient. For now, the company said machines are not replacing people. Instead, they mostly move large shelves of merchandise to stations where orders are manually picked. 

Many academic researchers and start-ups are working on robots that have the dexterity to pick orders automatically. Amazon sponsors a competition to encourage engineers to build more advanced warehouse robots.

Married?  Have a couple of kids?  Better hope that both you and your spouse/partner get one of those Amazon jobs.  Fulltime employment at $12 per hour will put you just $360 above the federal poverty level for a 4-person household.

So what's with all this celebratory media coverage about the Amazon Job Fair?  It just shines a light on the very sad state of labor in the U.S.

And the leaks just keep on coming

OK, yes, he won the New Hampshire presidential primary with 35% of the vote.  But he lost the state to Clinton in the presidential election by 2,736 votes.

More from the leaky ship of state.

Trump urged Mexican president to end his public defiance on border wall, transcript reveals.  (Washington Post, 8/3/2017)

Jane Perry Campbell (1921-2017) Warren High School class of 1939

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1939 Dragon yearbook

Helen's high school activities:

Stenographers' Club (4); Glee Club (4).

1967 Warren City Directory  (no listings)

1983 Warren City Directory (no listings)

The popularity of Jane is graphed here. Let's take a look at Jess and Bess

Source:  Social Security Administration  

The best years for both Jess and Bess occurrerd prior to the 20th century.  Bess disappeared from view before the end of the 1920s, but Jess had strong enough legs to wobble through most of the 20th century.

Other members of the WHS class of 1939:
Helen Augusta Ashbaugh.  (7/10/2017)
Florence Scalise.  (1/9/2017)
Heath Ferrie.  (11/28/2016)
Ross Morell.  (5/18/2016)
Anna Mae Seder Bleech.  (3/22/2016)
Helen Huck Mead.  (12/7/2015)
John Shanshala.  2/28/2015)

UPDATE. Paul Ryan, cocooned

Quoted in House Speaker Paul Ryan faces voter frustration over 'very dysfunctional' D.C.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/2/2017)


Original 5/19/2017 post, "Paul Ryan in so many words:  "I'm perfectly content to be a lap dog"", starts here.

Quoted in Ryan defends no town halls, declines comment on Trump.  (Argus-Press, 5/12/2017)

In other words, he prefers to select the people with whom he wishes to meet and, as much as possible, control the environment.

About those office hours...

Melissa Byrne of UltraViolet was allowed in to speak to two women who appeared to be from Ryan's staff. She asked to speak to Ryan on the phone or to set up a meeting with him, but staff members refused, she said.

AND

Ryan's spokesman has said Ryan's office is accepting calls and mail only from 1st Congressional District residents.

Reported in About 70 protest at Rep. Ryan's Janesville office.  (Janesville Gazette, 2/22/2017)

Related reading:
Paul Ryan raised $657,000 while avoiding his constituents during recess.  (Intercept, 4/15/2017)

Golfer-in-chief Donald Trump and the White House dump

First Golfer: Donald Trump's relationship with golf has never been more complicated.  (Golf, 8/1/2017)

USA Today, 8/3/2017

Next thing you know, we'll be told it was just a joke.

Related link:
President Trump's golf club sightings.  (41 as of last weekend)

Increasingly, U.S. Senators have 3 words to say to President Trump: "Eat my dust"

All quotes from ‘Time to Move On’: Senate G.O.P. Flouts Trump After Health Care Defeat.  (The New York Times, 8/1/2017)

Donald Trump, jokester

New York Post, 2/2/2017

PBS News Hour, 7/31/2017

 Mini-me sez, "If it's good enough for Trump, it's good enough for me!"

The Hill, 8/1/2017

Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders

(emphasis added)

Reported in Foxconn's $3 Billion Tax-Break Deal Is A Loss For Smart Job Policies.  (Fast Company, 7/29/2017)

Related reading:
Foxconn could get up to $200 million in cash a year from state residents for up to 15 years.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/28/2017)

Other Foxconn posts:
Donald Trump pinches off another loaf.  (8/1/2017)
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Donald "Dean" Wester (1934-2017) Warren High School class of 1952

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1952 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory (no entries)

• Wester Enar (Bertha E) lab Wester Lbr h213 Madison av
• [county section] Wester Dean Clarendon
• [county section] Wester Madolyn Clarendon

1983 Warren City Directory

• Wester Bertha retd h213 Madison Ave
• Wester Donald E & Madolyn J; emp Warren State Hospital h4 Euclid Av

The popularity of Donald as a baby name is graphed here.  What if Donald's given name had been Dean?

Source:  Social Security Administration

Dean has been a relatively steady, though never a topnotch, performer, never falling out of the top 400.  His worst year:  1904 at #391.  His best years:  1967 and 1968 at #78.  And he's been on the comeback trail so far this century,  moving up 173 places since 2000.

Other class of '52 grads:
Earl Henry Campbell.  (7/17/2017)
Theodore Shaw.  (6/7/2017)
Richard Suppa.  (5/27/2017)
Neil Siefert.  (4/18/2017)

Mary Anne Handest McHenry.  (3/23/2017)
Reynold Flatt.  (2/27/2017)
Donald Merkle.  (9/23/2016)
Minnie Bonavita Miller.  (6/10/2016)
Myra Wilson Babcock.  (5/19/2016)
Norma Pierce Nielsen.  (4/6/2016)
Santo 'Sam' Pascuzzi.  (2/14/2016)
Glenn Culbertson.  (10/23/2015)
Elizabeth Eggleston Hoffman.  (10/17/2014)

Donald Trump pinches off another loaf

State payments to Foxconn could begin before 2020.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 8/1/2017)

Other Foxconn posts:
Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation.  (8/1/2017)
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation

Photo by Retiring Guy

Foxconn legislation includes HQ retention incentive geared for Fiserv.  (Milwaukee Business Journal, 7/31/2017)

A color-coded list of Fiserv employees' campaign contributions.

Source:  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Pay to play.  Overall, they have donated $71,380 to mostly Republican candidates, of which $13,135 has been given to Scott Walker.

Perhaps the custom of bundling is undergoing a revival, at least metaphorically.

Related links:
Fiserv considering moving Brookfield headquarters.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/24/2017)
Fiserv could relocate HQ to downtown Milwaukee.  (Milwaukee Business Journal, 4/25/2017)
Fiserv CEO wants location of new headquarters to help recruit younger workers.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/24/2017)
Brookfield strives to keep Fiserv headquarters from leaving.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/17/2017)
Legislators propose incentive to keep Fiserv in Wisconsin.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/28/2017)
Legislative Fiscal Bureau Foxconn/Fiserv Legislation summary.  (8/1/2017)

Other Foxconn posts:
Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.  (8/1/2017) 
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos

Speaker Vos Announces Assembly Timeline on Foxconn Bill.  (8/1/2017 press release)

Vos has a lucrative side business

Original 8/1/2017 post, " No mucking up the works:  Apparently, any cautionary Foxconn testimony will be dismissed out of hand", starts here.

(emphasis added)

Reported in Assembly Leadership Calls For Hearings On Foxconn Incentive Package.  (Wisconsin Public Radio, 7/31/2017)

Other Foxconn posts:
Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State.  (8/1/2017)
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State

Photo credit:  Wisconsin State Assembly

This gushing sentiment concludes his 7/31/2017 letter to the editor, in which he also lays out this reasoning:

1.)  If we do nothing, we get nothing.  (True, but it'll prevent an annual heist of $200,000,000 from the state budget.)

2.)  Something that isn't yours doesn't cost you anything when you allow the owner to keep it. (I think we'd all be better off keeping our senses about this dubious deal.  And raise your hand if you want to live near this plant.)

3.) Completely unique industries that are thriving, profitable, and in high demand are the kind we want in the State.   (First of all, 'unique' is defined as being the only one:  SOLE. The use of 'completely' is superfluous.  And how is an assembly plant for electronics 'completely unique'?) 

Related posts:
Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent.  (7/31/2017)
UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy.  (7/30/2017)
A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania.....  (7/29/2017)
Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary.  (7/29/2017)
Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward.  (7/29/2017)
UPDATE.  The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin.   (7/20/2017)
While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India.  (7/8/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)
Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan.  (7/6/2017)
UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle.  (7/6/2017)

The White House mess: Most voters say chaos reigns, according to Morning Consult

Voters See White House in Chaos as Scaramucci Is Pushed Out.  (Morning Consult, 7/31/2017)

21% of Republicans -- obviously bullheaded, immovable, unbending -- say that things are going 'very well'.  

Related post:
UPDATE.The more the guy bellyaches, the wider the gap between approval and disapproval  (7/30/2017)

Carla Mae Gay (1941-2017) Warren High School class of 1959

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1959 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

• Gay Carla M nurse Brennan-Root Nursing Home r118 N Carver
• Gay Marion S (wid Carleton O) clk Warren Creamery Products h118 N Carver

1967 Warren City Directory

• Gay Carla M nurse (Pounds-A-Weight)  r118 N Carver
• Gay Marion S Mrs retd s h118 N Carver

After enjoying a modest period of popularity during the 1960s -- 10 years (1961-1970) in the top 100, peaking at #76 in 1965 -- Carla is now back to where she started from in 1926.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Other members of the class of '59
Sharron Lord Rose.  (6/29/2017)
Helen Long Sykes.  (5/24/2017)
William Sweigert.  (4/23/2017)
Raymond Kane.  (1/7/2017)
Suzanne Spattifor Carlson.  (6/27/2016)
David Valone.  (3/7/2015)
Daniel Otterbein.  (9/20/2014)
Jeanne Williams.  (5/25/2014)
Clara Swanson Carlson.  (5/22/2014)