Retiring Guy's Digest: 2020-07-26

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Greetings from Trump's America: Tipton County, Indiana, coronavirus hot spot

The New York Times

Source: Wikipedia (Tipton County, Tipton)

Tipton is the county seat and largest city in Tipton County.

As of July 25th, Tipton County has 96 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

23.0% - Tipton County
25.9% - Indiana
31.5% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

21.4% - Tipton County
16.1% - Indiana
16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

8.4% - Tipton County
13.1% - Indiana
11.8% - U.S.

Trump's America: older, whiter, less education, rural, double-digit percentage support for George Wallace in 1968

Source: Wikipedia

3rd party votes: 23.5% in 1992, 12.6% in 1996. 4.5% in 2016

(George Wallace received 11.4% of the vote in 1968)

Other Trump's America posts:
Alabama
Autauga County. (6/29/2017)
Bibb County. (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County. (12/12/2017)
Geneva County. (11/11/2017)
Marion County. (11/11/2017)

Arizona
Mohave County. (6/28/2020)
8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Cleburne County. (3/28/2020)
Faulkner County. (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County. (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County. (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County. (7/20/2017)
Shasta County. (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County. (4/25/2017)

Connecticut
Windham County. (1/13/2020)

Florida
Citrus County. (11/9/2019)
DeSoto County,. (9/9/2017)
Pinellas County. (3/14/2019)

Idaho
Kootenai County. (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County. (2/15/2018)
Franklin County. (2/27/2017)
Gallatin County. (7/21/2020)
Jersey County. (5/12/2019)
Jo Daviess County. (5/13/2018)
Knox County. (5/13/2018)
Macon County. (1/22/2020)
McHenry County. (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Scott County. (11/7/2019)
Stephenson County. (5/13/2018)
Whiteside County. (5/13/2018)
16th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Dearborn County. (3/16/2019)
Franklin County. (3/16/2019)
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County. (10/1/2017)
Howard County. (3/19/2019)
Huntington County. (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County. (3/10/2018)
Madison County. (3/16/2019)
Posey County. (10/21/2017)
Scott County,. (10/21/2017)
Union County. (3/16/2019)
Vigo County. (3/15/2019)
Wayne County. (3/16/2019)

Iowa
Adair County. (9/16/2018)
Adams County. (9/16/2018)
Allamakee County. (7/31/2018)
Appanoose County. (8/4/2018)
Audubon County. (4/26/2019)
Benton County. (8/2/2018)
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Bremer County. (8/2/2018)
Buchanan County. (8/2/2018)
Butler County. (8/6/2018)
Calhoun County. (9/6/2018)
Cass County. (4/3/2018)
Cedar County. (7/31/2018)
Cerro Gordo County. (8/6/2018)
Cherokee County. (4/29/2019)
Chickasaw County. (8/2/2018)
Clarke County. (8/8/2018)
Clayton County. (7/31/2018)
Clinton County. (10/15/2017)
Davis County. (8/3/2018)
Decatur County. ( 7/5/2018)
Delaware County. (7/31/2018)
Des Moines County. (8/1/2018)
Emmet County. (8/19/2018)
Fayette County. (8/2/2018)
Floyd County. (9/25/2018 update)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Fremont County. (3/24/2019)
Greene County. (9/6/2018)
Guthrie County. (9/16/2018)
Hamilton County. (4/2/2018)
Hancock County. (8/7/2018)
Hardin County. (4/2/2018)
Henry County. (7/9/2018)
Howard County. (1/16/2020 update)
Ida County. (4/28/2019)
Iowa County. (8/2/2018)
Jasper County. (8/5/2018)
Jefferson County. (8/1/2018)
Keokuk County. (8/2/2018)
Kossuth County. (8/18/2018)
Lee County. (8/1/2018)
Louisa County. (8/1/2018)
Lucas County. (8/5/2018)
Lyon County. (4/2/2018)
Madison County. (8/8/2018)
Marion County. (5/23/2017)
Mitchell County. (8/7/2018)
Monona County. (4/27/2019)
Monticello County. (1/13/2017)
Muscatine County. (8/1/2018)
Palo Alto County. (9/6/2018)
Pocahontas County. (9/6/2018)
Poweshiek and Webster counties. (2/7/2017)
Ringgold County. (8/8/2018)
Sac County. (4/28/2019)
Sioux County. (8/26/2018 update)
Tama County. (7/6/2018)
Taylor County. (9/16/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Van Buren County. (4/25/2019)
Wapello County. (8/3/2018)
Washington County. (4/2/2018)
Wayne County. (8/5/2018)
Webster County. (8/9/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Winneshiek County. (8/2/2018)
Worth County. (8/7/2018)
Wright County. (6/3/2019 update)

Kansas
Anderson County. (7/5/2020)
Bourbon County. (1/3/2020)
Clark County. (3/21/2017)
Comanche County. (12/22/2018)
Doniphan County. (3/27/2019)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
Phillips County. (7/20/2020)
Sumner County. (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Bell County. (6/4/2018)
Carter County. (1/4/2020)
Elliott County. (7/18/2019)
Hancock County,. (10/21/2017)
Henderson County. (1/22/2020)
Jackson County. (12/9/2017)
Knott County. (1/5/2020)
Knox and Whitley counties. (2/17/2017)
Lee County. (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County. (3/22/2018)
McCreary County. (3/21/2020)
Perry County. (10/10/2017)
Pike County. (11/1/2019)
Rowan County. (6/4/2018)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,. (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish. (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County. (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Alcona County. (1/27/2020)
Alpena County. (1/28/2020)
Bay County. (7/4/2019)
Cheboygan County. (1/31/2020)
Crawford County. (1/30/2020)
Eaton County. (6/26/2019)
Huron County. (1/27/2020)
Iosco County. (1/27/2020)
Lake County. (9/16/2018)
Lapeer County. (7/5/2019)
Macomb County. (11/29/2017)
Monroe County. (3/9/2019)
Montmorency County. (1/29/2020)
Ogemaw County. (1/30/2020)
Oscoda County. (1/30/2020)
Otsego County. (1/30/2020)
Presque Isle County. (1/209/2020)
Roscommon County. (1/30/2020)
St. Joseph County. (6/5/2017)
Saginaw County. (7/4/2019)
Tuscola County. (7/5/2019)

Minnesota
Chisago County. (6/20/2018)
Clay County. (11/14/2019)
Itasca County. (5/12/2018)
Jackson County. (1/20/2020)
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Lincoln County. (7/21/2020)
Mower County. (5/12/2018)
Nobles County. (1/26/2018)
Stearns County. (6/21/2019)
Steele County. (6/9/2019)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

Missouri
Atchison County. (3/25/2019)
Butler County. (7/22/2018)
Holt County. (3/25/2019)
Livingston County. (1/12/2020)
Marshall County. (7/26/2020)
New Madrid County. (4/23/2019)
Newton County. (1/18/2020)
Pike County/Bowling Green. (5/23/2019)

Montana
Valley County/Opheim. (5/27/2019)

Nebraska
Boyd County. (4/14/2019)
Burt County. (3/27/2019)
Keya Paha. (4/14/2019)
Knox County. (3/28/2019)
Nemaha County. (3/27/2019)
Richardson County. (3/27/2019)
Sioux County. (12/22/2018)

New Jersey
Monmouth County. (3/5/2020)
Sussex County. (12/1/2019)
7th Congressional District. (4/14/2017)

New York
Broome County. (2/14/2019)
Cayuga County. (2/13/2019)
Cortland County. (2/14/2019)
Essex County. (11/29/2017 update)
Franklin County. (2/9/2019)
Fulton County. (2/10/2019)
Herkimer County. (2/10/2019)
Orange County. (2/15/2019)
Oswego County. (2/11/2019)
Otsego County. (2/12/2019)
Putnam County. (2/27/2018)
Renssalaer County. (2/13/2019)
St. Lawrrence County. (2/8/2019)
Seneca County. (2/14/2019)
Sullivan County. (2/15/2019)
Warren County. (2/11/2019)
Washington County. (2/11/2019)
19th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Bladen County. (5/29/2020)
Hyde County. (11/10/2019)
Robeson County. (12/1/2017)
Union County. (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Burleigh County. (12/6/2019)
Sargent County. (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County. (12/9/2017)
Ashtabula County. (2/18/2019)
Belmont County. (7/17/2018)
Columbiana County, (12/11/2017)
Coshocton County. (3/6/2019)
Defiance County. (3/21/2017)
Erie County. (3/5/2019)
Gallia County. (2/23/2019)
Guernsey County. (2/27/2019)
Henry County. (7/25/2020)
Highland County. (3/19/2017)
Huron County. (6/19/2017)
Jackson County. (6/6/2017)
Jefferson County. (2/20/2019)
Lawrence County. (2/25/2018)
Marion County. (7/14/2018)
Meigs County. (2/22/2019)
Mercer County. (12/8/2019)
Miami County. (6/11/2020)
Morgan County. (10/10/2017)
Muskingum County. (2/26/2019)
Ottawa County. (3/5/2019)
Portage County. (3/7/2019)
Sandusky County. (3/5/2019)
Shelby County. (3/2/2018)
Trumbull County. (4/3/2017)
Tuscarawas County. (1/25/2019)
Van Wert County.  (4/12/2017)
Wayne County. (5/6/2018)

Williams County. (3/21/2017)
Wood County. (3/6/2019)
Wyandot County. (5/4/2018)

Oklahoma

Bryan County. (5/5/2017)
Nowata County. (5/5/2018)
Osage County/Fairfax. (5/12/2019)

Oregon

Douglas County. (5/17/2017)
Union County. (6/16/2020)

Pennsylvania

Beaver County. (2/8/2019)
Blair County/Altoona. (4/28/2019)
Bradford County. (2/18/2020)
Cambria County/Johnstown. (6/3/2017)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)
Elk County. (3/24/2019)

Erie County. (10/11/2018 update)
Fayette County. (7/25/2018)

Greene County. (5/3/2017)
Lawrence County. (2/5/2019)

UPDATE. Luzerne County. (1/14/2017)
Lycoming County. (1/28/2020)
McKean County. (2/17/2020)
Mercer County. (2/9/2019)

Northampton County. (7/20/2017)
Old Forge (Lackawanna County). 3/18/2019)
Pike County. (2/23/2020)
Potter County. (2/17/2020)
Susquehanna County. (2/18/2020)
Tioga County. (2/17/2020)
Warren County. (6/30/2019)
Wayne County. (2/18/2020)

Williamsport. (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District. (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County. (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Charles Mix County. (11/11/2019)
Lawrence County,. (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County. (12/10/2017)
Carter County. (2/24/2020)
Lake County. (12/22/2018)
Marion County. (4/1/2017)
Maury County. (10/31/2017)
Roane County. (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County. (4/26/2017)
San Jacinto County. (5/13/2020)
Shackelford County. (2/26/2018)

Virginia
Alleghany County. (3/4/2020)
Bath County. (3/6/2020)
Bland County. (2/16/2020)
Buchanan County. (12/13/2019)
Carroll County. (2/28/2020)
Craig County. (3/3/2020)
Dickenson County. (2/15/2020)
Floyd County. (2/27/2020)
Franklin County. (3/2/2020)
Frederick County. (2/15/2020)
Giles County. (2/26/2020)
Grayson County. (2/27/2020)
Henry County. (3/12/2020)
Highland County. (3/10/2020)
Lee County. (2/15/2020)
Patrick County. (2/29/2020)
Pulaski County. (2/26/2020)
Russell County. (2/15/2020)
Scott County. (2/16/2020)
Smyth County. (2/16/2020)
Tazewell County. (2/16/2020)
Washington County. (2/16/2020)
Wise County. (11/9/2019)

Washington
Grays Harbor County. (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County. (3/25/2018)
Boone County. (3/23/2018)
Brooke County. (3/17/2019)
Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
Doddridge County. (3/19/2019)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Greenbrief County. (12/14/2018)
Hancock County. (3/17/2019)
Hardy County. (2/15/2020)
Harrison County. (3/19/2019)
Jackson County. (6/18/2017)
Lincoln County. (3/21/2019)
Logan County. (3/21/2019)
Marion County. (3/18/2019)
Marshall County. (2/7/2018)
Mason County. (12/16/2017)
McDowell County. (7/10/2017)
Mercer County. (3/20/2019)
Mingo County. (3/25/2018)
Summers County. (3/25/2018)
Wayne County. (3/24/2018)
Wetzel County. (3/19/2019)
Wood County. (1/15/2019)
Wyoming County. (3/20/2019)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district. (1/27/2018)
Adams County. (2/6/2017)
Barron County. (1/3/2020)
Buffalo County. (3/19/2017)
Burnett County. (2/24/2018)
Clark County,. (8/13/2018)
Crawford County. (5/14/2018)
Florence County. (11/13/2019)
Fond du Lac County. (3/7/2018)
Forest County. (6/16/2019)
Grant County. (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County. (1/26/2018)
Jackson County. (3/8/2018)
Johnson Creek. (1/21/2017)
Juneau County. (2/23/2017)
Lafayette County. (5/16/2018)
Langlade County,. (6/9/2019)
Lincoln County. (1/14/2020)
Manitowoc County. (8/10/2017)
Monroe County. (3/8/2018)
Oconto County. (7/24/2018)
Oneida County. (4/24/2017)
Pepin County. (12/21/2017)
Price County. (12/23/2018 update)
Richland County. (11/10/2017)
Rusk County. (6/30/2019)
Sauk County. (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County. (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Trempealeau County. (5/28/2019)
Vernon County. (5/14/2018)
Waushara County. (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County. (11/27/2017)
Wood County. (3/8/2018)

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Wisconsin 2020 elections: Who's running in the 25th Assembly District

Photo credits Wisconsin State Legislature (Tittl)

Manitowoc County Democratic Party (Trask)

Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc) won a 4th term in the Assembly. Looks as though he can serve as long as he wants. Trask must be getting his name out the old-fashioned way, as he doesn't have much of a presence on social media.

Sources include Wisconsin Elections Commission

Source: Ballotpedia

The Art of the WIGOP Gerrymander

Source: Ballotpedia

In Pierce County, Wisconsin, covidiots get their undies in a bundle over a matter of clarity and consistency

Wisconsin Department of Human Services

Candidate leads protest of Pierce County health officer proposal. (Eau Claire Leader Telegram, 7/28/2020)

County Board Chairman Jeff Holst of Hager City said the proposal would make county codes consistent in their wording with state statutes, making it clear that the county health officer has the authority to issue citations when residents fail to comply with a county health order.

If the measure is approved, the health officer still would answer to the Board of Health and the County Board, Holst said. “

It’s not the intention of Pierce County to shut down the county,” he said. “We don’t have the cases of COVID-19 like some other counties to do that.”

Pierce County's rate of positive cases per 100,000 people is 382.2, which puts it well below the state average of 883.4. On the other h and, the county doubled its number of confirmed cases in July.

Related posts:

Wisconsin COVID-19 cases mapped and graphed. (updated daily)

Brown County. GET ME REWRITE: 5 white guys don't get their way on the Green Bay Common Council. (7/22/2020)

Chippewa County. Wisconsin News: Chippewa County public health director favors mask requirement, and so should all county residents. (7/22/2020)

Clark County, Wisconsin: "A lot of people are very scared of the virus, for good reasons." (7/16/2020)

Douglas County. City of Superior City Council to residents: #WearADamnMask. (7/23/2020)

Grant County Board of Supervisors engages in government malpractice. (7/21/2020)

Iron County. Wisconsin coronavirus hot spot. (7/27/2020)

Jefferson County. Covidiots on parade at Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting. (7/28/2020)

Pepin County. In one week, Pepin County Wisconsin went from a 13.8 to 206.6 positive Covid test rate per 100,000 people. (7/13/2020)

Racine County. GET ME REWRITE. Face masks: Response to public health crisis or political litmus test? 15 Racine alders make the call. (7/23/2020)

Sauk County. Covidiots on parade at Sauk County Board of Supervisors meeting (chapter 2). (7/25/2020)
Wood County. Dear Wood County residents, It's not a time for complacency. Best, Retiring Guy. (7/11/2020)

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Wisconsin News: Covidiots on parade at Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting

The willfully ignorant -- conspiracy theorists, Trumpists, anti-maskers, Fox News viewers, whatever else ya got -- come out in force. Like zombies in the night.

They are not paying attention to any kind of rational discussion. Too busy mainlining Trump's tweet and Fox News.

County board chairman expands on heated session. (Lake Mills Leader, 7/28/2020)

A lot of the members of the crowd that gathered at the Fair Park Activity Center July 14 were upset. Many shouted at the board, while others spent the first half-hour of the session telling supervisors that they did not want the county intruding on their lives in the COVID-19 outbreak, or at any other time.

Jefferson County is #16 on the positive test rate hit parade.

Covidiot wake-up call