I'm sure some of you are wondering why I haven't posted in days...Well my wife and I headed out on vacation and when we got back I saw my new property assesment!!!!WOW...35% increase!!!!So I immediately ran off to London!Not quite but I am in London for the next few weeks. I hope to continue to post as things come up.Keep reading...I'll keep postin...
Well here are a few rumors that have been circulating Caledonia in recent weeks:Village President Delagrave will not be running for reelection as Village President.Former Trustee Prott will run for the Village board next spring.The Planning commission is for sale! 50 acres in trust and we will waive any and all ordinances!Village Engineer will stay on the payroll after his retirement…as a contract employee, of course! Can you say “CA-CHING!”Susan “green-space” Greenfield will be running for Village...
I’ve been advocating for a while that maybe it was time that Caledonia severe their relationship with RUSD…I’m not the only one!!It looks like there is an under current calling for the same thing!Here is the article from the Journal Times:Seceding from Unified?It is VERY important that we analyze this situation carefully! Financial impact to the community and the ability to recruit high quality teachers is paramount. We need to be sure that this would be a sustainable situation. Village President...
Well the grand jury decided not to indict Rep. McKinney.For those that have forgotten the story…McKinney was not wearing her Congressional Pin when she decided to walk around security, ignored the Capitol Police Officers request to stop 3 times, and when the Officer grabbed McKinney, she turned and punched the Officer in the chest with a closed first.She claimed that the officer ‘racially profiled’ her in his attempt to stop her.Was this about race?...
I've been out of the country so this may seem like old news but...Rumor has it that Reince Priebus may become the next State Republican Party Chairman. I know Reince and feel that he would be a GREAT successor to Rick Graber.Reince has served us very well down here in the First District and has continued to impress us as treasurer of the State Party.While it will be sad to see Rick head off to Washington we all know that Reince has the ability to take our State Party to the next level.Good luck...
Now I’m sure that most of you out there are wondering why a conservative guy like me would recommend such a left leaning pile of s*** like this book. Well the answer is simple; we conservatives must begin to understand the depths that these people will go to in order to justify their beliefs.***WARNING***If you are not a true conservative I would caution your reading of this book because, as with any politically motivated book left or right, you...
Oregon is testing the first mileage-based tax that they hope will ultimately replace the gas tax. The gas tax is primarily used to fund the Department of Transportation so that it can build and fix roads. Oregon has not raised its gas tax in 13 years and is now looking for better ways to pay for the upkeep of the roads. The reasoning for this change is due to more people driving fuel efficient cars has lead the State to rethink the gas tax. Here is how it would work:The milage-fee project was...
Many people who know me will agree when I say that I am the type of person who will stew on issues until it is all consuming and I can’t think straight. Well folks that is what this referendum has done to me. I haven’t been posting much because I can not figure out why people are so DUMB!!!What I can’t understand is:When we have a school district that will blatantly use students to justify their own inept spending, why there isn’t more outrage;When we have children who can’t read or form coherent...
U.S.: Autopsy shows bomb killed al-Zarqawi The news media is really trying to be as anti-military as possible…the purpose of this head line and so many like it is to portray our good soldiers as bullies!...
In today’s Journal Times, an article by Dustin Block, points out that Mayor Becker has been honored by the local Sierra Club. The interesting part is the why he is being honored. It seems that Racine’s Mayor has decided to sign an agreement (similar in nature to the Kyoto Protocol) to reduce Racine’s carbon dioxide level 7% below the levels in 1990.So what does the Mayor have in store for us…making us hold our breath for 2 hours everyday? Mandate that all workers walk to work? Push 7% of the...
Caledonia and Sturtevant were the only communities that realize RUSD has failed us and wanted to hold them accountable.All the while Racine, Mount Pleasant, North Bay, Elmwood Park, and Wind Point said “YES! We want to see more of the same thank you!”When will we realize that doing the same thing we have always done will only result in the same substandard results?Maybe it is time to break up RUS...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is recommending a NO vote on the referendum.Excerpt from the Milwaukee editorial staff:We encouraged a "yes" vote in the June (2005) referendum, with the caveat that the district get its financial house in order and do more to rein in health care and other costs that were taking a steep toll on schools. We said then, "give the board the breathing space of a year to figure out how to meet its budget without asking voters for more money. And get ready to say 'no' if the...
It seems that Cynthia McKinney still has not been charged with attacking a Capitol Hill police officer back in March!A quote from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution:“Right from the start this U.S. attorney has handled this case differently from every other case,” said Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. “And it’s because she is a sitting congresswoman.”Full article here.Could it also be that the grand jury and the...
The news media is no longer satisfied with using the term “global warming” they have move to using the phrase “human-induced climate change!”DesertsHurricanesThis once again proves just how biased the media is…if Al Gore says it then it must be true!On the limited data we have it is true that we are in a period of global warming but to directly link this warming to a human induced change is preposterous! The only link I can see is that we exhale CO2 which means if every environmental wacko would...
I was just wondering if any of our Mayors are out doing who knows what with our tax dollars.Mayors live it up at Las Vegas meeti...
Remember to Vote on Tuesday...6/6/06.Think about it this way...Doyle is in town to rally the pro-referendum crowd so be sure to vote!!...
Just in case you haven’t heard a number of Milwaukee officials recently had a “brain storming session” where they thought a 7 county regional “cultural” tax would be a good idea.Milwaukee, like many counties in Wisconsin, is facing a large budget issue and the thought of a regional tax is making many salivate. In today’s Journal Sentinel Milwaukee’s Mayor Tom Barrett actually thought that any regional tax should “include help for City of Milwaukee police and fire services, Milwaukee County parks...
As many of you may know today is the day when Wisconsin’s new minimum wage takes effect. The minimum wage throughout all of Wisconsin is now $6.50. Not to be out done by Governor Doyle, President Hugo Chavez has proposed a minimum price for a barrel of oil of $50.00.Hmmmm…those Lefties must really hate free marke...
