Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my spring robins!  How are you?  Slowly, but surely, we are approaching warmer temperatures.  Too slowly, unfortunately.  Maybe this will be one of those cold springs.  Everything is topsy-turvy in the weather these days.  Who knows?

You don’t have to be a psychic to predict the results of yesterday’s referendums to give the city a 5% levy every year and to fund Gateway’s expansion.  Both will be “No.”  For some inexplicable reason, politicians don’t understand that we have no more money for them to waste.  If we say no, then they borrow in our name and saddle us with more debt for decades.  Not much can be done, though, as long as voters elect the same old bums.  I sometimes think that if I can’t beat them, I might as well join them.  I try hard to be a crook, but I never succeed.

The stigma has been removed from criminals.  When I was young, having a child out of wedlock was a shameful thing.  Today, it’s almost the norm.  The same thing has happened with crime.  Indeed, in some neighborhoods, criminals are admired as successes. It’s like Bizarro World.

This Friday, April 5, is Downtown Racine’s first First Friday of the season:  http://www.racinedowntown.com/firstfridays.html  I hear that they can get 2,000, or more, visitors on a First Friday.  Where do they park all those cars? 

For those of us who hate robocalls and telemarketers, there’s good news: “2 Deterrents to Robocalls Win Contest by F.T.C.,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/technology/two-deterrents-to-robocalls-win-ftc-contest.html Some enterprising people came up with devices to block and stop the annoying calls.  Unfortunately, they say production is months away.  Until then, I will continue to put hexes on the callers.

To the right is a picture of me when I first started out as a psychic.  Not too bad, eh?

Finally, China is announcing more bird flu cases.  Oh my.  Our world is so interconnected that it won’t take long for the flu to spread.  Start wearing your surgical mask now and avoid the rush. 

Thank you, my dears, for reading my blog today.  I appreciate your visits more than you know.  We are family.

Election results before the election: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.

Enjoy whatever good weather we get.  There’s still some melting snow and slippery spots out there.  Be careful.  Have a wonderful week.  Suilline!