Saturday, September 30, 2017

Shameless Wisconsin State Journal offers Scott Walker free space on op-ed page to campaign for third term



Quote from Gov. Scott Walker: State budget does a lot for education, taxpayers.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 9/29/2017)




Greetings from Submarine Gardens, Santa Catalina, California (Hats now optional!)


From Retiring Guy's postcard collection




Hours and pricing

Check out this clip from The Glass-Bottom Boat (1966).





Other greetings:
Flying fish boat tour, Santa Catalina, California.  (9/30;2017)
Crescent Avenue, Avalon, Santa Catalina, California.  (9/25/2017)
Transamerica Building, San Francisco.  (9/23/2017)
Golden Gate Bridge.  (9/10/2017)
Golden Gate Bridge.  (9/9/2017)
San Francisco Chinatown.  (9/8/2017)
San Francisco: Test your Segway skills on Lombard Street.  (8/30/2017) 
San Francisco Bay Area.  (8/26/2017)
San Francisco.  (8/26/2017)
Downtown San Diego.  (7/9/2016)
San Diego.  (6/25/2017)
San Bernadino, California.  (6/23/2017)
Sacramento Municipal Auditorium.  (6/18/2017)
Weinstock Lubin Department Store, Sacramento.  (6/17/2017)
Sacramento.  (6/17/2017)
Pasadena.  (6/14/2017)
Lake Merritt, Oakland.  (6/13/2017)
Oakland, California.  (6/12/2017)
Greyhound Bus Terminal, Los Angeles (6/11/2017)
Coffee Dan's, Hollywood.  (6/11/2017)
Brittingham's Radio Center Restaurant, Hollywood.  (6/10/2016)
Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel.  (6/9/2017)
Pershing Square, Los Angeles.  (6/8/2017)
Fox Carthay Circle Theater, Los Angeles.  (6/7/2017)
Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.  (6/4/2017)
Hotel Teris, Los Angeles.  (6/1/2016)
Broadway in Los Angeles.  (5/31/2017)
Los Angeles Civic Center.  (5/30/2017)
Southern California palm-lined street.  (5/29/2017)
Downtown Los Angeles.   (5/24/2017)
Giant Springs, Great Falls, Montana.  (5/23/2017)
Hollywood Boulevard.  (5/22/2017)
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.  (5/21/2017)
Brown Derby, Hollywood.  (5/20/2017)
Southern California.  (5/20/2017)
Mojave Desert (Joshua trees).  (5/20/2017)
Rose Hill Motel in Mena, Arkansas.  (5/20/2017)
Will Rogers Ranch.  (5/20/2017)
Grauman's Chinese Theater.  (5/18/2017)
Hollywood Boulevard.  (5/18/2017)
Barstow, California.  (5/17/2017)
California.  (5/14/2017)
Parklabrea Towers, L.A.  (5/14/2017)
La Jolla Children's Pool.  (5/13/2017)
Los Angeles.  (5/11/2017)
Laguna Beach, California.  (5/10/2017)
California.  (5/9/2017)
Los Angeles.  (5/9/2017)
California.  (5/8/2017)
Pomona College, Claremont, California.  (5/7/2017)
La Jolla, California.  (5/6/2017)
Hope, Arkansas.  (5/4/2017)
Bakersfield, California.  (5/3/2017)
Little Rock, Arkansas.  (5/1/2017)
California.  (4/28/2017)
Little Rock, Arkansas.  (4/19/2017)
Superstition Mountain, Arizona.  (4/15/2017)
Tucson, Arizona.  (4/12/2017)
Phoenix, Arizona.  (4/8/2017)
Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah.  (4/8/2017)
Dothan, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Mobile, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Anniston, Alabama.  (3/29/2017)

Greetings from the flying fish boat tour in Santa Catalina, California


From Retiring Guy's postcard collection





Related reading:
After 91 years, flying fish but no plying boat as the Blanche W ends its Catalina Island run.  (Los Angeles Times, 9/6/2015)
The 35 passengers aboard the Blanche W sat on gleaming mahogany benches on this cruise to see flying fish. Deckhand Maui Hernandez scanned the waves with a 40-million candlepower carbon-arc searchlight that came from a World War I battleship.  
"There's some!" she shouted. 
The passengers whipped around to see dozens of wriggling black-and-silver missiles soaring over the water. One rose about 7 feet, hovered like a butterfly and landed with a splash. Another torpedoed the side of the boat. Yet another glided into the gaping bill of a hungry pelican.

You can now ride the Cyclone, a 50-minute adventure that will set you back $34 -- $30, if you're a kid.  (Age not specified.)

Other greetings:
Crescent Avenue, Avalon, Santa Catalina, California.  (9/25/2017)
Transamerica Building, San Francisco.  (9/23/2017)
Golden Gate Bridge.  (9/10/2017)
Golden Gate Bridge.  (9/9/2017)
San Francisco Chinatown.  (9/8/2017)
San Francisco: Test your Segway skills on Lombard Street.  (8/30/2017) 
San Francisco Bay Area.  (8/26/2017)
San Francisco.  (8/26/2017)
Downtown San Diego.  (7/9/2016)
San Diego.  (6/25/2017)
San Bernadino, California.  (6/23/2017)
Sacramento Municipal Auditorium.  (6/18/2017)
Weinstock Lubin Department Store, Sacramento.  (6/17/2017)
Sacramento.  (6/17/2017)
Pasadena.  (6/14/2017)
Lake Merritt, Oakland.  (6/13/2017)
Oakland, California.  (6/12/2017)
Greyhound Bus Terminal, Los Angeles (6/11/2017)
Coffee Dan's, Hollywood.  (6/11/2017)
Brittingham's Radio Center Restaurant, Hollywood.  (6/10/2016)
Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel.  (6/9/2017)
Pershing Square, Los Angeles.  (6/8/2017)
Fox Carthay Circle Theater, Los Angeles.  (6/7/2017)
Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.  (6/4/2017)
Hotel Teris, Los Angeles.  (6/1/2016)
Broadway in Los Angeles.  (5/31/2017)
Los Angeles Civic Center.  (5/30/2017)
Southern California palm-lined street.  (5/29/2017)
Downtown Los Angeles.   (5/24/2017)
Giant Springs, Great Falls, Montana.  (5/23/2017)
Hollywood Boulevard.  (5/22/2017)
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.  (5/21/2017)
Brown Derby, Hollywood.  (5/20/2017)
Southern California.  (5/20/2017)
Mojave Desert (Joshua trees).  (5/20/2017)
Rose Hill Motel in Mena, Arkansas.  (5/20/2017)
Will Rogers Ranch.  (5/20/2017)
Grauman's Chinese Theater.  (5/18/2017)
Hollywood Boulevard.  (5/18/2017)
Barstow, California.  (5/17/2017)
California.  (5/14/2017)
Parklabrea Towers, L.A.  (5/14/2017)
La Jolla Children's Pool.  (5/13/2017)
Los Angeles.  (5/11/2017)
Laguna Beach, California.  (5/10/2017)
California.  (5/9/2017)
Los Angeles.  (5/9/2017)
California.  (5/8/2017)
Pomona College, Claremont, California.  (5/7/2017)
La Jolla, California.  (5/6/2017)
Hope, Arkansas.  (5/4/2017)
Bakersfield, California.  (5/3/2017)
Little Rock, Arkansas.  (5/1/2017)
California.  (4/28/2017)
Little Rock, Arkansas.  (4/19/2017)
Superstition Mountain, Arizona.  (4/15/2017)
Tucson, Arizona.  (4/12/2017)
Phoenix, Arizona.  (4/8/2017)
Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah.  (4/8/2017)
Dothan, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Mobile, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Anniston, Alabama.  (3/29/2017)

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: Proudfit and Regent streets widening (1955)

November 22, 1955


The following video starts at John Nolen Drive, continues along North Shore Drive and Proudfit Street to West Washington.





Other clippings files posts:
Northport connector.  (9/30/2017)
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017) 
Drake Street extension, a bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/26/2017)

From the Madison Public Library clippings files: The Northport Connector project (1960)

January 20, 1960

The following video starts at the white square at lower right in photo and ends below the 'o' in 'foreseen'.




Clippings file follow-up

October 31, 1960

Other clippings files posts:
Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017) 
Drake Street extension, a bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/26/2017)

Then and Now: Langdon Street and Memorial Union, UW-Madison


From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

Now


From the Madison Public Library clippings files


According to the article
Since 1957, some 30,000 of Madison's 46,369 American elms were lost to Dutch elm disease.

Related link:
Remembered Elms.

Other Madison Then and Now posts:
Memorial Union Theater, UW-Madison .  (9/29/2017)
Lake Mendota from Memorial Union Terrace.  (9/29/2017
Forest Products Laboratory.  (11/1/2015)
Sellery Residence Hall, UW-Madison.  (10/5/2015)
Loraine Hotel/Condominiums.  (10/5/2015)
A view from Bascom Hill.  (9/26/2015)
Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square.  (9/23/2015)
Park Hotel/Inn on the Park, Madison Wisconsin.  (9/8/2015)
U.S Post Office and Courthouse/Madison (WI) Municipal Building.  (9/2/2015)
City-County Building.  (9/1/2015)
Veterans Administration Hospital. (8/27/2015)
The Red Gym:  When will the unobstructed view return?  (7/22/2015)
UW-Madison College of Agriculture.  (7/22/2015)
Wisconsin State Historical Society.  (7/21/2015)
UW-Madison Memorial Union.  (7/21/2015)
240 West Gilman.  (9/6/2013)
North Carroll Street between West Johnson and West Gorham.  (9/5/2013)
East Mifflin & North Pinckney.  (8/30/2013)

Friday, September 29, 2017

Paterson New Jersey is ready for its close-up



Reported in In Undiscovered Paterson, Falls, Food and Fetty Wap.  (The New York Times, 9/14/2017)

Source:  Wikipedia

Perhaps the greatest movie ever with a $2,152,738 domestic gross.






In this case, the median dollar amount is much more instructive than the percentage increase




Wealth Grew Broadly Over 3 Years, but Inequality Also Widened.  (The New York Times, 9/28/2017)

The online headline is much better:  Feel That Post-Recession Bounce? The Rich Feel It the Most.

Then and Now: Memorial Union Theater, UW-Madison


Then.  Beyond the theater, the Chemical Engineering Building sits on the current site of Helen C. White Library.

From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

Now


From the Wisconsin Union Historical Timeline

1937 
On May 4, 1937, the Board of Regents authorizes the Union to proceed with plans for construction of the Union Theater and new west wing facilities. The concept of including a theater in the Union had existed during the early planning days before the Union was built, but a lack of funds prevented its construction until the late 1930's.

1939
The Union Theater opens with the performance of "Taming of the Shrew" staring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. The Theater Wing addition also includes new Hoofer quarters, a craftshop, and eight bowling lanes.

1969 
During the political and social unrest of the 1960s, Union programs reflect the times, including a week-long symposium called "The Black Revolution: To What Ends?" Speakers include Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, and Nathan Wright. Also in 1969, the University cancels a production of Peter Pan in the Play Circle Theater, which leads to a campus-wide ban on nudity in all University drama programs.



Compare postcard with 1945 photo on page 40

Other Madison Then and Now posts:
Lake Mendota from Memorial Union Terrace.  (9/29/2017
Forest Products Laboratory.  (11/1/2015)
Sellery Residence Hall, UW-Madison.  (10/5/2015)
Loraine Hotel/Condominiums.  (10/5/2015)
A view from Bascom Hill.  (9/26/2015)
Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square.  (9/23/2015)
Park Hotel/Inn on the Park, Madison Wisconsin.  (9/8/2015)
U.S Post Office and Courthouse/Madison (WI) Municipal Building.  (9/2/2015)
City-County Building.  (9/1/2015)
Veterans Administration Hospital. (8/27/2015)
The Red Gym:  When will the unobstructed view return?  (7/22/2015)
UW-Madison College of Agriculture.  (7/22/2015)
Wisconsin State Historical Society.  (7/21/2015)
UW-Madison Memorial Union.  (7/21/2015)
240 West Gilman.  (9/6/2013)
North Carroll Street between West Johnson and West Gorham.  (9/5/2013)
East Mifflin & North Pinckney.  (8/30/2013)

Then and Now: Lake Mendota from Memorial Union Terrace, UW-Madison


Then

From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

Now



From the Wisconsin Union Historical Timeline

1954 
Bermuda shorts are recognized as acceptable dress in the Union Cafeteria and Rathskeller, as well as on the Terrace.

1983
The Memorial Union Building Association provides funds for the necessary tools and dyes to ensure the on-going production of the beloved Terrace "sunburst' chairs, which have appeared on the Union Terrace since the 1940s.

1987
In the summer of 1987, a newly renovated Union Terrace opens, featuring additional seating and an outdoor Brat Stand. Thousands of visitors attend the grand re-opening festivities.

Compare postcard with 1929 photo on page 32

Other Madison Then and Now posts:
Forest Products Laboratory.  (11/1/2015)
Sellery Residence Hall, UW-Madison.  (10/5/2015)
Loraine Hotel/Condominiums.  (10/5/2015)
A view from Bascom Hill.  (9/26/2015)
Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square.  (9/23/2015)
Park Hotel/Inn on the Park, Madison Wisconsin.  (9/8/2015)
U.S Post Office and Courthouse/Madison (WI) Municipal Building.  (9/2/2015)
City-County Building.  (9/1/2015)
Veterans Administration Hospital. (8/27/2015)
The Red Gym:  When will the unobstructed view return?  (7/22/2015)
UW-Madison College of Agriculture.  (7/22/2015)
Wisconsin State Historical Society.  (7/21/2015)
UW-Madison Memorial Union.  (7/21/2015)
240 West Gilman.  (9/6/2013)
North Carroll Street between West Johnson and West Gorham.  (9/5/2013)
East Mifflin & North Pinckney.  (8/30/2013)

UPDATE. No availability right now at the 46-unit Mifflander


Photo by Retiring Guy

The Mifflander.

11/17/2016 update, "The Mifflander is going up across the street from the Ambassador West", starts here.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Here's what it's going to look like.  Sorta old school.



Original 8/8/2016 post, "Madison Isthmus apartment development: Then and now (1975 and 2016)", starts here.

Photo by Retiring Guy

2016 

Apartment owner criticizes city's condemnation park plan. (Wisconsin State Journal, 9/15/2015)
We may yet see a structure of a more horizontal nature here.  But Ron Fedler, owner of the Ambassador West apartments, 434 W. Mifflin St., said he intends to fight to keep his property. Fedler has owned the 40-year-old Ambassador West for the past 38 years. The complex has a mixture of efficiencies, one-, four- and five-bedroom units with rents starting at $649 for an efficiency.

Donald Trump's pants on fire



Quoted in Big winner under Trump's tax plan for 'everyday Americans': Donald J Trump.  (The Guardian, 9/28/2017)
Kansas passed a similar tax cut in 2012 and it almost broke the bank. The cuts had to be reversed as the state’s coffers dried up.  
“Trump is carving out a special loophole for his own businesses and calling it a small-business tax cut,” said TJ Helmstetter of the group Americans For Tax Fairness.
The tax plan that the Trump administration outlined on Wednesday is a potentially huge windfall for the wealthiest Americans. It would not directly benefit the bottom third of the population. As for the middle class, the benefits appear to be modest. 

Related reading:
'We are a cautionary tale': Kansas feels the pain of massive Trump-style tax cuts In 2012, Kansas did what Donald Trump wants to do: it introduced huge tax cuts to try to boost growth. Today, the state is out of money – and residents are angry.  (The Guardian, May 15, 2017)
The plan’s similarity to the one that has left Kansas in crisis is “unbelievable”, according to Duane Goossen, the former Kansas secretary of administration. 
The economic spirit behind Trump’s plan is Arthur Laffer – the go-to guru of “supply-side economics” since the Reagan era, and one of the architects of Kansas governor Sam Brownback’s original tax plan.

UPDATE. In light of WEDC's abysmal track record in getting it right, it's best they take no action


Photo credit:  WEDC

Quoted in WEDC board evaluates $3 billion Foxconn deal but takes no action.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/28/2017)



Original 8/16/2017 post, "WEDC hasn't done its Foxconn homework yet and GOP committee members are fine with that", starts here.


Reported in Wisconsin hasn't finished financial checks on Foxconn as $3 billion deal quickly advances.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/15/2017)


Other WEDC posts:
Dynamic Recycling CEO Miles Harter donates $3,075 to GOP candidates, company will get up to $535,000 in state income tax credits.  (8/14/2017)
 All told, the Kerns have donated nearly $400,000 to Republican and conservative candidates.  (8/14/2017)
WEDC at the ready to verify Foxconn job numbers.  (8/12/2017)
VF Corp. in Wisconsin: That was then, this is now.  (4/4/2017)
Scott Walker: Wisconsin is open for business 'for the people who truly need it'.  (8/31/2016)
Scott Walker and WEDC: The Hillises giveth, and the Hillises taketh.  (8/29/2016)
UPDATE: Apparently, WEDC CEO Mark Hogan is willing to do Scott Walker's bidding til heat is on.  (7/14/2016)
Does this sound like openness and transparency in government? (7/14/2016)
The best and the brightest: Scott Walker-appointed WEDC CEO Mark Hogan.  (5/9/2016)
Welcome to North Mendota Energy and Technology Park (Brought to you by WEDC).  (5/3/2016)
Samantha Kerkman's "good night for Wisconsin" doesn't see the light of day.  (2/17/2016)
Dear Scott Walker, WEDC is the agency that received the scathing, damning, critical audit.  (1/14/2016)
Robin Vos sez, "They don't want rebranding because they think WEDC's brand is OK."  (12/30/2015) WEDC board members say, "Gee, maybe we should start vetting requests for financial assistance." (12/14/2015)
Scott Walker's growing list of things worth considering: U.S.-Canada border wall, wreaking havoc in Washington, tougher penalties for WEDC fraud   (9/8/2015)
Todd Jensen, former WEDC underwriter, provides the recipe for the current agency disaster.  (8/9/2015)
We know Scott Walker didn't graduate from college, but apparently he hasn't been paying attention to anyone but himself since kindergarten.  (6/25/2015)
4:24 p.m. Friday WEDC news dump.  (6/20/2015)
The stink of WEDC follows Brenda Hicks-Sorensen to Nebraska.  (6/16/2015)
Scott Walker tries to run, but there's no place to hide.  (5/26/2015)
No matter how you slice it, Alberta, it's still stinky cheese.  (5/23/2015)
Joint Finance Republicans to Scott Walker:  "You're Fired!".  (5/21/2015)
Chairman of the Board of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation -- Nice work if you can get it.  (5/20/2015)
It's story time.  (5/18/2015)
From the pay-to-play archives: The William Minihan-Scott Walker connection.  (5/17/2015)
What's wrong with this Scott Walker headline?  (5/16/2015)
Chairman of the Board Scott Walker's BIG, BOLD idea.  (5/8/2015)
Based on WEDC's previous track record, this is what came to mind when I saw first saw this headline.  (4/2/2015)
Apparently, being the CFO of WEDC is not much of a resume-builder.  (3/13/2015)
WEDC's revolving door.  (9/12/2014)
Here's how the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is "Reinventing Economic Development".  (8/24/2014)
Company looks to expand its business geographic focus?  (8/14/2014)
Scott Walker and the horrible, terrible, no good, very transparent day.  (7/28/2014)
Kestrel Aircraft: All these incentives, but no construction, no jobs.  (7/13/2014)
The Eaton Corporation/WEDC timeline of shame.  (7/10/2014)
Wisconsin featured in report on privatized state economic development agencies.  (10/25/2013)
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation pledge: Following the money.  (7/23/2013)
Incompetence rewarded.  (5/9/2013)
And while we're at it, let's take a look at WEDC 's core values. (5/9/2013)
WEDC Public Information Officer Resigns After 1 Month on the Job.  (5/9/2013)
Plenty of time for messaging but none for fixing what ails WEDC.  (5/9/2013)
Previous WEDC audits?  What previous audits?  (5/8/2013)
Are you seeing a trend yet?  (5/8/2013)
Echoes.  (5/7/2013)
Get me rewrite.  (5/4/2013)
Legislative Audit Bureau Report on Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation: The "Cliff Notes" Version.  (5/3/2013
"Tales of woe never end at WEDC."  (4/25/2013)

The RoJo Chronicles: A simple explanation for our simpleton senator



Explained in PolitiFact: It's inequitable that 3 states get 36% of Obamacare funding, Ron Johnson says.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/29/2017)

Other RoJo posts:
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson is a liar.  (9/24/2017)
UPDATE. Our Dumb Senator -- now in its 7th year!!!  (8/16/2017)
Jeff Sessions UPDATE. Man who snookered Wisconsin voters while sitting by fireplace needs lessons in anatomy, rectitude.  (3/6/2017)
Chicken Man town hall update.  Ron Johnson on line 1.  (2/26/2017)
Ron Johnson in so many words:  "SIEG HEIL!"  (2/14/2017)

Thursday, September 28, 2017

UPDATE. And this corrupt sleazeball can certainly afford to do so



Reported in Tom Price ‘Regrets’ Chartering Flights at Taxpayer Expense.  (The New York Times, 9/28/2017)


Original 5/7/2017 post, "The corrupt Tom Price, Trump Secretary of Health & Human Services", starts here.


Sources:

Related reading:
Tom Price Is the Walking Definition of an Appearance of Corruption.  (Slate, 1/17/2017)
Tom Price is a perfect representative of Trumpian corruption.  (New Republic, Jan. 2017)
HHS Nominee Tom Price Facing Allegations Of Corruption, Insider Trading.  (Crooks and Liars, 1/18/2017)

Lincoln County becomes 6th county to implement vehicle registration fee



Lincoln County Board approves $20 vehicle registration fee increase to close $600,000 budget gap.  (WJFW, 9/26/2017)

Related posts:
Milwaukee County looks to go to the head of the class with wheel tax advisory referendum.  (3/21/2017)
Additional jurisdictions likely to add their names to Wisconsin wheel tax list.  (8/20/2016)
Add Fort Atkinson to the list of municipalities assessing a wheel tax.  (2/24/2016)
Sheboygan Common Council wheel tax vote: The yeas, the nays & the chickenshits.  (10/14/2015)
Sheboygan Council Vice-President tells his colleagues not to pee their pants at upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting.  (10/11/2015)
Sheboygan Common Council ponders an annual $20 wheel tax.  (8/25/2015)
Janesville becomes 5th community to impose a wheel tax.  (12/1/2011)
Three Dane County supervisors propose wheel tax.  (11/9/2011;  it didn't fly.)
Hudson lawmaker puts his finger on Janesville's pulse.  (10/20/2011)
Mayville retains its wheel tax.  (10/13/2011)
Wheel tax proposed in Janesville.  (10/12/2011)

Have you been to Pittsburgh lately?



From Retiring Guy's postcard collection


Reported in Why the Future Looks Like Pittsburgh.  (CityLab, 9/24/2017)


The smell of pork: "A measure inserted into the recently approved state budget"



State Budget Helps New Village Burdened With Paper Mill Debt.  (Wisconsin Public Radio, 9/26/2017)

This budget insertion avoids the need for those pesky public hearings and legislative debate.

What's wrong with this picture?


(Photo by Retiring Guy)
While Ms. Szczygiel and her husband have been upbeat about how the various new developments, along with Montreal’s many festivals and events, have made the city more dynamic and increased tourism, she acknowledged there is a downside. 
“We are unfortunately in for a lot of construction,” she said. “But hopefully it will lead to long term benefits for business owners.”
Word searches for 'affordable' and 'unaffordable' in the above article = 0.

Here's the downside:  Montreal is becoming an increasingly unaffordable place to live.



Wednesday, September 27, 2017

What could possibly go wrong after being named a Best of Racine County establishment


September 24, 2017. 
2017 Best of Racine County results: Good Food categories.  (Racine Journal Times)



Monday, September 25, 2017
Social media brick.

Photo credit:  LinkedIn

Quoted in Reefpoint Brew House co-owner suggests killing kneeling NFL players in Facebook comment.  (Racine Journal Times, 9/27/2017)

Reefpoint Brew House.  (Keepin' it off their home page.)

Rick Pitino: From Hall of Fame to Hall of Shame



In a word:  sordid.  The move came one day after federal prosecutors accused two unidentified Cardinals coaches of directing money provided by the university’s apparel partner, Adidas, to two high school prospects, and three months after Pitino and his program were sanctioned by the N.C.A.A. for a scandal in which prostitutes were provided to players and teenage recruits.

I move the following changes be made to the eligibility criteria for coaches.


I suspect the Naismith folks will take a 'boys-will-be-boys' approach and look the other way, which is why I suggest 3 words be added here.

Sourcesame as above

Related article:
Kentucky basketball: No talk of removing Rick Pitino from UK Athletics Hall of Fame.  (SEC Country, 9/27/2017)

Dorothy Anderson Turner (1929-2017) Warren High School class of 1948



1948 Dragon yearbook

Margaret's high-school activities:
Girls' Club (2, 3, 4); Stenographers' Club (4); Dramatic Club (2, 3); Student Council (2);  Carnival (2, 3).

1967 Warren City Directory
1983 Warren City Directory
  • Shattuck John lab United Refinery h18 Maple Pl North Warren
  • Turner Mary P studt r16 Park St
  • Turner Wm C emp Whirley Ind r 16 Park St
  • Turner Wm J & Dorothy A; sls mgr Whirley Industries h16 Park St

The popularity of Dorothy as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look a daughter-in-law Loretta, since Sven and Svea never appeared among the Top 1000 baby names.


Loretta was a very steady performer from 1900 to 1960, never dropping below #138 and peaking at #62 in 1938.  Loretta Young's movie credits date back to the late 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1940s -- she won a Best Actress Oscar for The Farmer's Daughter (1947) -- when she really hit her stride.  Nevertheless, she probably deserves some credit for that 1930s bump.  She quickly fell our of favor after 1970.

Other class of '48 graduates:
Margaret Mathyer Conroy.  (4/26/2017)
Ruth Figliuzzi.  (11/5/2016)
Donna Mack Schuler.  (3/19/2016)
Carol Jean Niver Hampson.  (10/22/2015)
Frank Marlett.  (9/13/2015)
John Giltinan.  (7/76/2015)
Lela Nichols Akeley.  (6/24/2015)
Ella Atwell Blum.  (12/24/2014)
Betty Carlson Johnson.  (10/26/2014)
H. Kent Peterson.  (10/1/2014)
Kenneth Lundahl.  (9/21/2014)
Carl Leave.  (12/26/2013)

Wonder if November 2016 outcome had anything to do with Walker administration decision


Source:  Kenosha County

Kenosha Made $300 Million Incentive Package Offer To Foxconn.  (WLIP, 9/27/2017)
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian withdrew Kenosha from consideration for Foxconn after the state would not guarantee reimbursement for any of the expenses from the incentives.

The package included:
  1. $90,000,000 direct payment to Foxconn
  2. $9,250,000 for new fire station
  3. $3,000,000 for new police station
  4. $450,000 for transit expansion
  5. $1,000,000 for international customs office at Kenosha airport
  6. $115,000,000 for water utility projects

Other Foxconn posts:
UPDATE: Racine County official offers rah-rah, no specifics on Foxconn county sales tax.  (9/26/2017)
Blasting, billowing, bursting forth with Foxconn nonsense: Scott Walker goes Moody Blues on us.  (9/20/2017)
A big part of the reason Foxconn chose Wisconsin is.....Chicago, that toddlin' town.  (9/20/2017)
Van Wanggaard wets his pants over Foxconn vote.  (9/13/2017)
Foxconn job projections: Reality bites a hole in Scott Walker's bubble world.  (9/10/2017)
Wisconsin:  Mississippi of the North.  (9/8/2017)
Wisconsin GOP reorganizes state's court system to accommodate Foxconn.  (9/6/2017)
Full court press: Scott Walkerr appointee and GOP campaign donor Jay Risch touts 'monster' Foxconn project .  (9/6/2017)
Foxconn will provide no benefits to St. Croix County, but this $600 million infrastructure project already has.  (9/5/2017)
Actually, this is a clear sign of Scott Walker desperation over Foxconn deal.  (9/2/2017)
UPDATE. Another example of Foxconn lack of specifics.  (9/1/2017)
Two months ago, Pennsylvania was the leading candidate for Foxconn assembly plant.  (8/30/2017)
UPDATE. How Scott Walker and GOP state legislators view Dane County.  (8/29/2017)
Our sloganeering governor: Scott Walker takes playing politics to new heights.   (8/24/2017)
GOP hypocrisy: Fiscally conservative, small-government, free-market guy signs off on Foxconn deal.  (8/24/2017)
About those Foxconn environmental exemptions, Wisconsin (Prepare for the worst).  (8/24/2017)
The Scott Walker Foxconn inflation factor: Do I hear 60,000?!!!!  (8/23/2017)
WEDC CEO Mark Hogan announces symmetrical distribution of Foxconn salaries.  (8/23/2017) Wisconsin DOA Secretary Scott Neitzel gazes into his crystal ball.  (8/23/2017)
Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) wets his pants over Foxconn vote.  (8/21/2017)
So excited: Rep. James Edming (R-Glen Flora) wets his pants over Foxconn vote.  (8/18/2017)
Rep. Warren Petryk (R-Eleva) wets his pants over Foxconn vote.  (8/18/2017)
Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa) wets his pants over Foxconn vote.  (8/18/2017)
The lemony flavor of the Foxconn lure.  (8/18/2017)
Dear Politifact, there's a big difference between "is bringing" and "is pledging".  (8/18/2017)
WEDC hasn't done its Foxconn homework yet and GOP committee members are fine with that.  (8/16/2017)
UPDATE. Funny how there's all this talk about Foxconn jobs that pay well below the alleged average salary.  (8/12/2017)
Reggie White:Green Bay Packers:: Foxconn:Wisconsin (Scott Walker analogy reveals his crazed desperation).  (8/10/2017)
Foxconn has been looking to replace workers with robots for at least 2 years. (8/9/2017)
Scott Walker and Terry Gou share a laugh at Wisconsin taxpayers' expense.  (8/8/2017)
Really, Ray, all this and heaven too provided by a factory to assemble display panel screens?  (8/6/2017)
That was then. This is now. The free market/small government Robin Vos.  (8/4/2017)
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)