A barb against Walker and his crony Republican redistricting legislation. We unfortunately will have at least a decade of very bitter and very expensive elections, recall elections, recounts, and court appeals, as well as capitol protests, and marches, as a result of this legislation. - Dave Searles
On Aug. 16, family and friends of the late Bud Zeitler held a corn boil in his memory at the VFW. A super big blossom to the Wegmueller family for donating the corn and to Julie and Jim at the VFW for getting things ready, cooking the corn and providing food. Blossoms also to all the others who brought food and came to remember our friend. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Bader, out of town on business, called to express their appreciation and to contribute to the event. Bud was very dedicated to the VFW and the corn boil, and we hope we can continue this in his memory. Once again, blossoms to all that took part. - Bill and Gloria Riese
A blossom to those who've had economic education (especially those charged with governance of this state.) They know there are only two major fiscal policy items Congress or a State Legislature can do: 1. tax 2. spend. (Refusing to consider tax increases is like trying to fight with one hand tied behind your back; and we cannot afford to lose our country to foreign investment.) So we can raise taxes on the wealthiest (or so-called "job-creators," who have not been creating many jobs lately, unless we're talking corporate jobs gone overseas, where we collect no revenue in the form of payroll taxes, income taxes, excise taxes, etc., and no jobs are created here.) Or one can correct wasteful spending in government. Wisconsin's the state that'll spend $5 to make sure no state employee is reimbursed for an extra $1 of travel expense, so it's rather unlikely we can find much spending to cut.
A blossom to those who support job-creation programs. Local jobs mean money spent here on necessities of life, which helps create more local jobs, or at least support the ones we have. All of us who are low and middle income spend nearly everything we earn. Unlike the wealthiest, who are still making money by the bucket-load, mostly don't spend money in rural communities, and are sitting on some of the largest corporate profits in decades. We need work done to further wind and solar power to decrease the long-term energy costs to our schools and public buildings -- as well as insulation work, besides the work currently needed on existing infrastructure, schools and hospitals. - Anonymous
A barb to the U.S. Secret Service and President Obama (if he knew about it) for sending the two security buses to Canada to be outfitted at a cost of $1 million for both buses. What? There aren't any U.S. companies that could have completed that work? For a president who hasn't stopped talking about creating jobs, I did not know he was talking about how many Canadian jobs he had created. Also, who does the accounting for the Secret Service? In the past, why did they lease a bus and then spend tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars to retrofit the bus for security on the bus and then send the bus back when the lease runs out? If you are going to spend money fixing something up, buy it first, and there would have been numerous instances where the vice president, senators, etc. would have needed and used such a bus. - A taxpayer
Blossoms to all the firms along Monroe's Business Highway 11 stretch that's been under construction for so long. Kudos to you all for hanging in there and we hope all work is completed successfully soon!
A barb to anyone who believes that it's fair to hit state-union employees with an across-the-board 11-percent pay cut when food, housing, medical and gasoline prices are high. Perhaps for those making over $80,000 per year, it's do-able, but not for the average family. The current state budget gives corporations a $93 million tax savings, while walloping working families with a $98 million drop in Homestead & Earned Income Tax credits. How does "give to the richest and rip-off the poorest" square with Christian beliefs? - Anonymous
A barb to Adam Krebs. I think it is horrible, disrespectful and unsportsmanlike for the comments he made about Mount Horrible in the paper. Mt. Horeb-Barneveld has become a very good football program; you have the gall to call them Mount Horrible. You owe the readers, and above all the fans of the team, a big apology. Shame on you. - Ernest F. Beutel
A big blossom to the Hometown Discount Store. I was very impressed with your store. It was clean and very well organized. The employees were so nice. The prices were real good. Keep up the good work. I will be back to shop for sure. - Anonymous
On Aug. 16, family and friends of the late Bud Zeitler held a corn boil in his memory at the VFW. A super big blossom to the Wegmueller family for donating the corn and to Julie and Jim at the VFW for getting things ready, cooking the corn and providing food. Blossoms also to all the others who brought food and came to remember our friend. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Bader, out of town on business, called to express their appreciation and to contribute to the event. Bud was very dedicated to the VFW and the corn boil, and we hope we can continue this in his memory. Once again, blossoms to all that took part. - Bill and Gloria Riese
A blossom to those who've had economic education (especially those charged with governance of this state.) They know there are only two major fiscal policy items Congress or a State Legislature can do: 1. tax 2. spend. (Refusing to consider tax increases is like trying to fight with one hand tied behind your back; and we cannot afford to lose our country to foreign investment.) So we can raise taxes on the wealthiest (or so-called "job-creators," who have not been creating many jobs lately, unless we're talking corporate jobs gone overseas, where we collect no revenue in the form of payroll taxes, income taxes, excise taxes, etc., and no jobs are created here.) Or one can correct wasteful spending in government. Wisconsin's the state that'll spend $5 to make sure no state employee is reimbursed for an extra $1 of travel expense, so it's rather unlikely we can find much spending to cut.
A blossom to those who support job-creation programs. Local jobs mean money spent here on necessities of life, which helps create more local jobs, or at least support the ones we have. All of us who are low and middle income spend nearly everything we earn. Unlike the wealthiest, who are still making money by the bucket-load, mostly don't spend money in rural communities, and are sitting on some of the largest corporate profits in decades. We need work done to further wind and solar power to decrease the long-term energy costs to our schools and public buildings -- as well as insulation work, besides the work currently needed on existing infrastructure, schools and hospitals. - Anonymous
A barb to the U.S. Secret Service and President Obama (if he knew about it) for sending the two security buses to Canada to be outfitted at a cost of $1 million for both buses. What? There aren't any U.S. companies that could have completed that work? For a president who hasn't stopped talking about creating jobs, I did not know he was talking about how many Canadian jobs he had created. Also, who does the accounting for the Secret Service? In the past, why did they lease a bus and then spend tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars to retrofit the bus for security on the bus and then send the bus back when the lease runs out? If you are going to spend money fixing something up, buy it first, and there would have been numerous instances where the vice president, senators, etc. would have needed and used such a bus. - A taxpayer
Blossoms to all the firms along Monroe's Business Highway 11 stretch that's been under construction for so long. Kudos to you all for hanging in there and we hope all work is completed successfully soon!
A barb to anyone who believes that it's fair to hit state-union employees with an across-the-board 11-percent pay cut when food, housing, medical and gasoline prices are high. Perhaps for those making over $80,000 per year, it's do-able, but not for the average family. The current state budget gives corporations a $93 million tax savings, while walloping working families with a $98 million drop in Homestead & Earned Income Tax credits. How does "give to the richest and rip-off the poorest" square with Christian beliefs? - Anonymous
A barb to Adam Krebs. I think it is horrible, disrespectful and unsportsmanlike for the comments he made about Mount Horrible in the paper. Mt. Horeb-Barneveld has become a very good football program; you have the gall to call them Mount Horrible. You owe the readers, and above all the fans of the team, a big apology. Shame on you. - Ernest F. Beutel
A big blossom to the Hometown Discount Store. I was very impressed with your store. It was clean and very well organized. The employees were so nice. The prices were real good. Keep up the good work. I will be back to shop for sure. - Anonymous
