WORKERS’ MEMORIAL CEREMONY APRIL 28
Every year on April 28th we remember those workers who died on the job.
Please join the Marathon County Central Labor Council AFL-CIO Sunday April 28th for the Workers Memorial Ceremony to remember the workers killed on the job in Marathon County.
Where: Workers’ Memorial Site (next to the Opportunity Inc site, formerly known as the VFW)
388 River Drive Wausau, WI 54403
Date: April 28th, 2019
Time: 5:00 p.m.
For information contact Marathon County Central Labor Council AFL-CIO @ 715-370-8908 or email marathonctylabor@gmail.com
Action Alert
Stopping Trump #39’s assumption of emergency powers will require massive citizen
action. The House and Republican controlled Senate have voted to overturn the declaration.
But Trump vetoed the resolutions. Overriding a veto will be very difficult and will only happen
with extraordinary public pressure.
Lawsuits have been filed to end the declaration. But these may take years to resolve and the
outcome is not assured. Most federal judges have been appointed by Republican presidents.
Historically the courts, especially the U.S. Supreme Court, have been ...
MODERN MONETARY THEORY UNIT I: MONEY AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6MGX1AKFm4
Let us take a moment to look at what was actually said in this 2005 discussion between Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank, Allen Greenspan, and Congressman Paul Ryan. The subject, of course, is Social Security:
Congressman Ryan: “Do you believe that personal retirement accounts can help us achieve solvency for the system and make those future retiree benefits more secure?”
Chairman Greenspan: “I wouldn’t say the pay-as-you-go benefits are insecure in the sense that there is nothing to prevent the Federal ...
Local people reduce their carbon footprint
On April 30th Clean Green Action hosted a Climate Change Forum at the Fine Arts Center in McMillan Memorial Library. Professor Emeritus Alan Haney reported from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
“The IPCC was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environmental Program in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization to provide a sound scientific interpretation of the vast amount of information on climate change,” explained Haney. “IPCC enlisted the cooperation of nearly 1000 scientists from countries all over the world, including ...
Letter to the Editor
Editor:
For the past several years, people in the Wausau area have been voicing their concerns regarding the contamination issues from the Crestline/SNE/Wauleco site going back to 1946.
The Penta soaked through the soil and into the groundwater. Over many decades, hundreds of thousands of gallons of water contaminated with Pentachlorphenal, or Penta a wood preservative that was used at the site, have been pumped into the Wausau Waste Water Treatment plant. Some of this has been released into the Wisconsin River.
As recently as January 21, 2019, Penta reared its ...
Action Alert
“IF YOU ARE NOT OUTRAGED YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION” Action Alert #3
What are the presidential emergency powers? The are many laws that allow a president to assume extraordinary “emergency” powers. The Brennan Center for Justice has identified 136 potential emergency powers available from such declarations. Many of these are reasonable responses to real emergencies. But others could be abused and used for political purposes.
A few of the more dangerous powers include; the use of the military in domestic law enforcement, freezing assets and blocking financ...
Wauleco Wood Waste Burning Plan
Site investigation Work Plan
Wauleco Wood Waste Burning
BRRTS#02-37-000006
Wausau, Wisconsin
March 15, 2019
Prepared for Wauleco, Inc.
Prepared by TRC Environmental Corporation of Madison, Wisconsin
This letter to the editor will highlight two sections of the 140-page Site Investigation Work Plan.
Section 3 Introduction
Section 3.2 Purpose and Approach
“The Purpose of this Site Investigation Work Plan (SI Work Plan) is to respond to the request in the WDNR letter to ‘address aerial deposition of contaminants associated with the combustion ...
Vote Tuesday, April 2
April 2 is Spring Election Day in Wisconsin. Important races are being held in state, county, municipal, School Board and other areas.
Voter turnout for this type of election is often very low. Please remember to add your voice by voting.
An extremely important statewide race on April 2 is the seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Voters will elect the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, replacing retiring Justice Shirley Abrahamson.
Why is this race so important? There are many lawsuits that may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court, including:
The ...
Women 4 Women
You are invited to Women 4 Women. Special guest is Matt Rothschild who will speak on the issues of Voting,
Gerrymandering and
Money in our Elections.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
6:00-7:30 PM
Marathon County Democratic Office
833 South 3rd Avenue (enter on the Sherman St. side)
Matt Rothschild is the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
Prior to joining the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign at the start of 2015, Matt worked at The Progressive magazine for 32 years. For most of those, he was the editor and publisher of The Progres...
Pilgrimage To Peace
“Pilgrimage to Peace” Panel on Israel and Palestine
Greater Wausau Area
Monday, April 1 - Immanuel Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m.
630 Adams St.
Obada Shtayeh
Suzann Mollner
Wausau
Tuesday, April 2 - YWCA, 6:30 p.m.
613 5th St.
Wausau
Wednesday, April 3 – Holy Cross Clare Center, 6:30 p.m.
1600 O’Day Street
Merrill
As part of a national tour by Churches for Middle East Peace (www.cmep.org), please join us for their panel presentation! Join Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) staff Sara Burback, Director of Outreach and ...