Hello, my waterlogged wonders. How are you?
Rain and/or snow today, then back into the deep freeze. Oh my.
No wonder that winter weather depresses people. I get depressed just writing about it. Well, January is all but gone. One more month and we can see daylight.
Spring is coming, I hope.
The Super Bowl is this Sunday. Who cares?
If the Packers are not in it, it means little to me. The Harbaugh brothers are coaching opposing
teams, but, again, that doesn’t pique my interest. I may watch/hear part of it if it’s on TV
while I’m doing something else. Some
people watch just for the commercials, but those will all be out on YouTube the
next day.
I read in the Journal Times about Racine
probably taking 785 streetlights off of the grid to balance the budget. How can City Hall justify that after all of
the money they’ve wasted on Mr. Mayor Dickert and his pet projects? It’s beyond ludicrous. Mr. Mayor breaks the law, but we have to pay
for it. That’s immoral.
Junior informed me of his latest career goal the other day:
professional wrestler. Oh dear. I asked him if perhaps a degree in accounting
or computer science or something else might not be a good idea just in case the
wrestling business doesn’t pan out. I
don’t think he heard a word I said. He
already has his professional wrestling name and personality picked out: Zoltar
the Zombie, who will eat “brains” during interviews and such. My, I’m so proud of my son the zombie. What’s nice is knowing that he changes his
career goal at least once a week.
Tomorrow he may want to be Zoltar the zoologist.
Finally, here is a video with suggestions on beating the
winter blahs:
That woman is so cheery that I get nauseous.
Thank you so much for stopping by this week. I’m delighted to have visitors to my blog,
irregular and otherwise. Please stop
every week and see what Madame Zoltar® has to say.
Banish the blahs with a few sips of Madame Zoltar’s
Blues-B-Gon™. madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.
Be careful walking and driving. This has to be one of the iciest winters
we’ve had in awhile. When you least
expect it, a patch is there. The days
are getting longer. Noctovision!
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I read in the Journal Times about Racine probably taking 785 streetlights off of the grid to balance the budget. How can City Hall justify that after all of the money they’ve wasted on Mr. Mayor Dickert and his pet projects? It’s beyond ludicrous.
That's a Dishonest John "Wag the Doggie" moment! The JT makes a big Splash! And City hall is engaged in furious activity rooting out every possible savings and working hard for the residents. See - Dishonest John has done all he can - there is nothing more to be done - so give generously, give often, and vote "YES". Besides, all that work tires a body and the mind. Time to visit a fish farm in Paris?
It appears that DPW head honcho Mark Yehlen has lots of experience with projects of this magnitude and their impact upon a community:
Fake Courtroom Helps Builders Plan For The Real Thing
In the unused cafeteria of the former Cradock High School, crews have built a mock courtroom to the scale of the proposed court space. There was a witness stand to one side, a judge's bench with desks for the bailiff and clerk, and two tiers of seats within the jury box.
The group walked around the room, debating how the clerk could better pass files to the presiding judge and where the attorney's podium should stand.
"It works wonders in helping people who are going to be using the building understand what they're going to get," said Jay Moore, whose firm, Moseley Architects, will design the court.
The new Circuit Court building will have five courtrooms, with more permanent materials than cardboard box "computers," plywood and unfinished drywall.
Moore's designs for the three-story facility, which will be built on the downtown roundabout, call for indentical courtrooms outfitted with carpeting, wood paneling behind the judges' bench and laminate desktops for the clerk and bailiff.
"If we don't get something right in the final design, we build it five times," Moore said.
"And correcting it is very expensive," added Mark Yehlen, assistant city engineer.
Circuit Court Chief Judge Mark Davis and Judge Johnny E. Morrison said building a mock courtroom was an idea recommended at a conference they attended last year.
The fake courtroom, which cost the city $10,000, will remain in the cafeteria in preparation for a final walk-through. Technological consultants also will assess the setup while planning for computer equipment and data cables.
But it's the comments that really tell the whole story, and make it seem as though the headline was ripped out of today's JT...
$10,000.00 for "cardboard box "computers," plywood and unfinished drywall"? Only the govenment would waist this kind of money like this. Better yet, all this material is re-usable! So for a couple hundred bucks worth of material that is reusable, the city is paying $10,000 of our tax money.
AND...
On top of the ridiculous amount of money that was spent for this court room mock-up is the fact that they paid contractors to do this work. Among the city staff is at least a half-dozen carpenters more than capable of building what you see in these photos.
Great training for a member of the Dickert Regime. I wonder what it will cost to save that $90,000?
With the vote for Racine's Referendum on raising the tax cap coming up, prepare to vote early, and vote often. There are many who depend upon you paying your fair share, so they can just get by.
Thank you, Mme. Z, for your blog. I say let Junior become a professional wrestler. At least it's not a sleazy job like being a politician.
THAT IS A FULL BODIED ARTICLE...
LOTS OF GOOD INFO.
Not many people can become professional wrestlers..credit to Junior. Keep posting about him, as I like his progress.
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