In the Race - All Comments

re: Tough Love?

fvkeller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:31:10 GMT

Just when I was starting to have serious doubts about Schwarzenegger; genius move!

re: Ethics Board? We Don’t Need No Stink’n Ethics Board…

Greg Kowalski — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:17:15 GMT

Franklin doesn't even know what an Ethics Board is. We eliminated ours years ago, and no Alderman is willing to propose a resolution to bring it back.

re: Franklin Common Council Item G5 07/22/08

Janet Evans — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:51:59 GMT

Scott,

I left at 9:00 right when 76th street started - so thanks for the input on that...I'm afraid the 1/2 hour of citizen comment wore into my evening : ) Perhaps they will have to start meetings earlier...they seem to be going on pretty late nowadays!

Glad you were able to stay for these items...John ~ Sprawled Out has tapes of that part of the meeting, so perhaps he can cover it. But it is ridiculous that these meetings can't be broadcast. Check out the New Berlin School Board site...their webcasts are pretty cool.

Buckhorn...all this delay must mean someone slipped up in the investigation somewhere...don't you think? What do they expect us to think if they remain silent for so long....due process? Right.

I'll put up some more podcasts, hopefully tomorrow. As with transcribing,...it takes a little time to go through a few hours of tape.

re: Franklin Common Council Item G5 07/22/08

Scott Thinnes — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:20 GMT

Welcome to the 21st century... isn't broadcasting of these public meetings part of our agreements with our fabulous cable television company. That's what the public access channels are all about. Why can't our elected officials put these aspects of the agreements to use. So many more people could have access to what happens at these meetings on their own time.

I hope the public access channels work better than my "On Demand" channels.

Are you going to be covering the discussion of the rebuilding and improvement of 76TH street? I don't remember what item it was on the agenda. It may have been after you had to leave. This is an interesting and contentious topic. People need to know how the county is bullying and holding Franklin hostage over the proper and safe reconstruction of this increasingly used county roadway. We need to demand that our County Supervisors attend the council meetings where this item is on the agenda to answer to their constituents for the decisions made by county administrative staff. We pay a lot of taxes to Milwaukee County and we need them to maintain their roads in a safe condition.

Also, Steve Olson asked for an update on the Buckhorn Tavern situation. I expect it to be on the next meeting agenda. It's about time. Eddie Keck pleaded guilty a month ago and we spent possibly $5000 on a special investigator without so much as a peep out of the Common Council. They sure weren't talking that way back in January. In the beginning of June the special investigator gave the go ahead for the licensing committee to hold a hearing. Why didn't that happen. Weren't we paying this invesigator for his advise and determinations? Due process... this has been one big $$$$ stall.

Why were the Franklin Police reports, detailing the statements made by the bartenders available on the internet back in January while the investigation was still in progress. And then why did we have to protect the bartenders and bar (to obtain testimony against Eddie Keck) at the expense of the public's safety. That bar is still operating. Were those bartenders and that bar given prosecutorial immunity. After all who would want to willingly give testimony against someone that also incriminates themself.

re: Pull 'Em Up

J. Strupp — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:14:21 GMT

Prisoners weren't given belts because they were a popular method of commiting suicide so prison uniforms tended to sag and well.......now it's "fashion".

re: Pull 'Em Up

Janet Evans — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:57:31 GMT

No, Josh...not surprised by that. Hmm...Can't think of any reason why some guys would want their butts shown off while in prison. But that's another story.

At any rate, at least you know you can beat someone wearing their pants that way in a foot race.

re: Pull 'Em Up

J. Strupp — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:51:04 GMT

Would you be shocked if I told you that this "fashion" statement derives from wearing prison uniforms?

I didn't think so. Nice hey?

Forget About That Corn....

In the Race — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:03:05 GMT

photo by Future-PhD How about some algae? Certain strains of algae can be used and algae biofuel production

On A Hot Day, There's Nothing Like Cooling Off In The Water...

In the Race — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:45 GMT

I prefer swimming holes, brooks and creeks..... When I was a kid...we lived near "Branch Brook"

re: About This "Roundabout" Situation

Bryan Maersch — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:54:02 GMT

But where is the bike path??????? Oh it's only on one side.

re: About This "Roundabout" Situation

Janet Evans — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:46:35 GMT

I don't know, Bryan...

I think Stonehenge may have been the first official "roundabout." And, I heard Al Gore invented it.

re: About This "Roundabout" Situation

Bryan Maersch — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:22:37 GMT

I believe the idea came from alien crop circles. But Agent Mulder can not confirm or deny the legitimacy of this allegation.

re: About This "Roundabout" Situation

Scott Thinnes — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Roundabouts may be a useful design if used in the few places where they should be used. Most European influenced roundabouts are large with several intersecting diagonal streets. The only thing I've seen here are at two street intersections and then some are just at entrances to parking lots. Why haven't we built them at the intersections of Forest Home - Oklahoma & 43RD Street, or Oklahoma - 92ND Street & Beloit Road, those are two examples of intersections where roundabouts should be used, but they would take up a huge amount of space.

They say they are safer. I've never seen a comparison given where they study a standard intersection for several years and then rebuild the intersection into a roundabout and compare the results. No, instead someone just ordains it a good idea and we start building them everywhere. They are terribly unsafe for pedestrians and bicyclists. And have you ever seen a semi tractor trailer try to negotiate one? If you're in one and see a semi coming, get out as fast as possible, especially if you're riding a bike. If you're in a car... expect to wait. Depending on the size of the truck and the diameter of the roundabout they can take up two lanes and the truck apron that is usually designed into the roundabout. Semi drivers must really love the roundabouts.

At the DOT meeting for the 27TH Street Corridor that I attended a few weeks ago, I saw the plans for the reconstruction of the road and they indicated that there are roundabout design alternatives for almost every intersection from Rawson Avenue south. I asked the traffic engineer if they had any roundabout plans for the intersections north of Rawson Avenue. I was told that the traffic volumes to the north were too high to accommodate roundabouts. So what's going to happen when the Boomgaard starts to boom in the years to come and we've got roundabouts at all of the intersections? Hey let's just rebuild the street... again.

On a related note... I've driven through the rebuilt Drexel Avenue between Loomis Road and Highway 100. Why is the rebuilt street four lanes wide east of the roundabout and then west of it, where all of the traffic congestion will begin to build as cars are slowing down and turning into or coming out of the shopp(e)ing center and subdivision, or approaching the busy Highway 100 intersection, the road is narrowed down to one lane in each direction with a wide center island and a bike lane out in the traffic?

Yabba Dabba Dubai: You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It To

In the Race — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:54:42 GMT

Back in June I blogged about vacationing in Dubai and their real estate dealings. Dubai prides itself

re: I Could See A Teenager Doing This, But...

steveegg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:58:20 GMT

Make it 3, and you got a deal :-)

Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers

In the Race — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:29:39 GMT

That and The Boy Who Cried Wolf ... How many other " stories " can we link to the salmonella

re: I Could See A Teenager Doing This, But...

Janet Evans — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:25:03 GMT

STEVEEGG...You caught me in a late night, one-eye-open post writing gaff. Yes...Breyer is the "victim" and the employee had the lapse regarding the opening of the door with sharing the files, as I had in my link.

I'll call you tonight at about 1:00 a.m. for a proof read :) Okay?

re: I Could See A Teenager Doing This, But...

steveegg — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:50:50 GMT

Two things:

- The reason why it's not done more-often at home versus at work is because the upload speeds of residential connections are still rather slow, especially when compared to business connections.

- While I would love to rip a new one into Justice Breyer, the only involvement he had was a business relationship with the company that breached his personal information. He wasn't the one sharing files on the 'Net.

re: No Major Problems

J. Strupp — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:50:02 GMT

Thanks Janet. I couldn't remember where I read about Lake Tai and Lilong but remembered the circumstances. This is the article I read a couple of months ago. Very good read.

re: Blimey!

Janet Evans — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:28:18 GMT

Yeah, and I think it's more "yuk, yuk, yuk," as in the Three Stooges, too!