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LEAVE RIB MOUNTAIN ALONE
We, the people of Wisconsin, love our Rib Mountain State Park. We have listened to the proposal for the expansion of Granite Peak Ski Hill and have some major concerns. Let’s think about snow run-off and how this impacts the load to our sanitation system and local homes. Let’s think about the increased traffic and impact to our roads and quiet neighborhoods. Let’s think about the ground water impact as more and more water is taken from the Rib River.
We would like proof that expansion will not produce “glade skiing” where the hill removes undergrowth and coats ...
WOMEN’S MARCH ON MADISON
Set your calendars! It's a new year with many opportunities!
January 21 we will have a bus going to Madison for the March on Women (everyone is included).
This march is in solidarity with those in Washington D.C. on that day.
We will leave the Universalist Unitarian Church parking lot, 504 Grant Street, Wausau at 9 AM sharp!
Be ready to board at 8:40 AM.
We will march from Library Hall, 728 State Street, Madison to the Capitol.
The end time is approximately 3 PM.
Speakers will include Senator Lena Taylor.
There will be performances by ...
NORTH CENTRAL ORGANIZING COOPERATIVE
We would like to invite you to learn more about what our early adopters are calling the "North Central Organizing Cooperative". Late last week about 60 progressives came together to launch a member-owned organization that will fight for you, but ONLY if we identify over 250 people in roughly 60 days!
Two weeks ago supporters joined together in Wausau and shared big ideas about how we can make our region a better place to live and work! Check out this 2-minute video on Middle Wisconsin’s page.
These Organizing Cooperatives already exist in Milwaukee, Western ...
Random Acts of Outrage
A friend of mine once opined, “When it comes to politics, I think there are really two kinds of people: those who care, and those who don’t.” The more I think about it, the more I agree. I find I have a lot more in common with those people who hold completely opposite opinions than I do than with those who have none. There is a consideration and passion that fuels them that I recognize and respect, no matter how much we might disagree. And in our disagreements I often find myself admitting the weaknesses in my own arguments, and conceding some logic I might find in ...
New Non-Profit Starts with Goal of Stopping More Enbridge Acquisitions
By Mark Borchardt
All signs indicate Enbridge plans to take more property for expanding their easement and adding more oil pipelines.
Enbridge has: surveyed additional property along the entire pipeline route through Wisconsin,
convinced the state legislature to change Wisconsin eminent domain law in Enbridge’s favor,
announced to investors their plans for a new pipeline on new land next to Line 61 through Wisconsin.
If you are like me, you already live with four pipelines in an 80 foot wide swath through your property. When Enbridge takes more land, it ...
WALK FOR WATER
You can walk for water on Saturday, September 17 with the first ever Central Wisconsin Water Walk organized by the Central Wisconsin Nature Foundation.
This ten-mile walk is to make us aware of our precious water supply and how we need to care for it.
The Central Wisconsin Nature Foundation is a group working with the town of Rome and the Wisconsin River Power Company to preserve Twin Lakes Nature Preserve. They have made a trail, built a little free library and plan to build a nature center on the property located off of Adams County Z.
The Central Wisconsin ...
BUILDING LOCAL ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITY WEALTH
Henry George in his classic Progress and Poverty (published in 1879) said that all wealth resulted from the labor of the worker. The worker used his skill and creativity to transform natural resources into things to satisfy human needs and desires. This process was the basis of capital as well as all economic activity. Capital did not create jobs, workers did.
The current paradigm says economic growth, jobs, and prosperity are created from the top down. Give the super wealthy more and they will “invest” in the economy, jobs will be created, and everyone else will ...
STAND PROUD: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN SPIEGELHOFF
Many of us came to know John through his work representing employees. John was a fine person who cared about people being treated fairly and with respect. He lived his values. This showed in his commitment to both the union members he represented and the communities in which he worked and lived. All of us at MiddleWisconsin.org will miss John and want to thank his family for sharing him with us.
"Stand Proud" is union song, written by Paul Hambleton and performed by "The Great Schools Union Band" in 2005. The "GSUB" consists of Paul Hambleton, Mary Bell, Glenn Schmidt ...
PART I: MINUTES REGARDING THE PEACE MARCH FROM THE COUNTY’S DIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMISSION IN APRIL 2016
(Editor's Note: The following is a record of the Diversity Affairs Commission meeting on April 22, 2016 at 9 a.m. in the Employers Resource Conference Room of the Marathon County Courthouse, 500 Forest Street, Wausau. You can read about the goals of the march as reflected in the minutes. The commission's discussion on the nature of the goals took place before the successful motion made in the county meeting to support the march.)
The original can be found here: https://www.co.marathon.wi.us/Portals/0/Departments/MCB/Archives/Boards%20Committees%20Commissions/Diversity...
PART II: OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE MARATHON COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCING RETENTION OF VON BRIESEN & ROPER, S.C. TO INVESTIGATE
(Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the Marathon County Executive Committee meeting on Friday, June 3, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. in Assembly Room B-105, 500 Forest Street, Wausau. The committee and other individuals went into closed session to discuss a personnel matter before they returned to open session and the chairperson announced that Von Briesen & Roper, S.C. has been retained by the county to do an investigation on an employee matter.
Recording secretary excused from closed session meeting. Non-committee members attend. View minutes below.
The official ...