Saturday, September 29, 2018
Slurs
Slurs and Offensive Language used by MTP Officials.... Is it sanctioned by WI Governor Scott Walker and Rep. Robin Vos? What will their response be?
MTP Attorney Alan Marcuvitz
Dear County Board,
Since it is now established fact, per the video, that Attorney Alan Marcuvitz, who is being retained by Village of Mount Pleasant, appeared to, in a Village meeting, refer to Residents as A "Bunch Of A**holes"- does this mean that the gloves are off - and anything goes?
See: https://www.facebook.com/abettermtpleasant/videos/vb.218609418471260/269833870330777/?type=3&theater
Is Village President David DeGroot - kind of a D*ck?
Nah - Village President David DeGroot is actually a frustrated Tea- Tard - another angry old White Man - but a Tea- Tard in name only - or a TINO - because he wants BIGGER government, MORE control, RAISES taxes, LIES to Residents, STEALS property which isn't his to take, and MILKS and BILKS residents like TRASH to be thrown away. While confused and ignorant Village Board members don't even understand what the "award of damages" implies - while they blindly follow Dear Leaders direction to vote "YEA". Perhaps this is the model World in which Mr. Terry Gou, CEO of Foxconn, normally operates under - and which the Village of Mount Pleasant, in it's quest to become a Third World Banana Republic, has adopted.
I'm guessing that a night at the David DeGroot residence is kinda like a night at the (now retiring) Police Chief Timmy Zarzecki's house:
Flying Doritos - broken drawers, things scattered about, a terrified Daughter, and yet another frustrated, angry White Man saying it's everybody else's fault..... ending in an arrest and a Police Chief claiming his wife is a Cra-zee B*tch off her meds. Kinda sounds like a Village Board meeting.
This sort of behavior needs to be censored and not tolerated at any and all levels of government - at least in a Democratic Republic.
I'm asking that the County Board investigates the claim by Attorney Alan Marcuvitz that MTP Residents are A**holes and act accordingly. It is time for this sort of behavior to end and those who are guilty of such to be fined and imprisoned.
Sincerely,
Tim & Cindy
Dear Village Board, RC Executive, Mr. Terry Gou, and Ms. Jenny Trick,
Dear Village Board, RC Executive, Mr. Terry Gou, and Ms. Jenny Trick,
Since it is now established fact, per the video, that Attorney Alan Marcuvitz, who is being retained by Village of Mount Pleasant, appeared to, in a Village meeting, refer to Residents as A "Bunch Of A**holes"- does this mean that the gloves are off - and anything goes?
See: https://www.facebook.com/abettermtpleasant/videos/vb.218609418471260/269833870330777/?type=3&theater
Is Village President David DeGroot - kind of a D*ck?
Nah - Village President David DeGroot is actually a frustrated Tea- Tard - another angry old White Man - but a Tea- Tard in name only - or a TINO - because he wants BIGGER government, MORE control, RAISES taxes, LIES to Residents, STEALS property which isn't his to take, and MILKS and BILKS residents like TRASH to be thrown away. While confused and ignorant Village Board members don't even understand what the "award of damages" implies - while they blindly follow Dear Leaders direction to vote "YEA". Perhaps this is the model World in which Mr. Terry Gou, CEO of Foxconn, normally operates under - and which the Village of Mount Pleasant, in it's quest to become a Third World Banana Republic, has adopted.
I'm guessing that a night at the David DeGroot residence is kinda like a night at the (now retiring) Police Chief Timmy Zarzecki's house:
Flying Doritos - broken drawers, things scattered about, a terrified Daughter, and yet another frustrated, angry White Man saying it's everybody else's fault..... ending in an arrest and a Police Chief claiming his wife is a Cra-zee B*tch off her meds. Kinda sounds like a Village Board meeting.
You know what Dave - I can't wait till City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason tells you to bend over and squeal like a Pig!
Squeal for me Dave!
Don't hate because I brought myself down to your level.
Dave, just sue me.
Because I need.the drama.
Sincerely,
Tim & Cindy
Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz
Dear City of Racine Alderpersons,
It is very distressing, but not surprising, that a concerned citizen who is monitoring the activities under the direction of Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz Courtroom, in regards to the Sandy Weidner Open Records Lawsuit, finds such activities to potentially be outside the legal guidelines established by the State of Wisconsin under which Courtroom proceedings are to be conducted.
Below is the body of the letter, from the concerned citizen, which documents such findings:
"Judge Gasiorkiewicz,
As an advocate for open records and free speech
(1st. amendment), I try to be a vigilant watchdog of selected court cases and proceedings.
After recently sitting in your courtroom hearing on Sept. 25th, it came to my attention through your doubletalk you had violated a most basic court procedure - failing to publicly post notice of the Sept. 25thcontempt hearing. Further, the future contempt hearing scheduled for Oct. 3rd is not posted for public notice as well. To knowingly conduct such public hearings without proper public notice is a serious breach of judicial conduct. (Please see attached WCCA captions and day of court hearing posting). The present WCCA format does not provide proper notice of such hearings. It is your judicial duty to assure that proper notice of any public hearing involving your court is timely and properly posted for public view according to state law.
Since you do not exercise proper procedures that are used in a daily basis to conduct court, it begs one to question your judgment and conduct during sealed hearings.
I strongly suggest you adjourn the Oct. 3rd hearing until you can provide proper public notice of such hearing.
In the very short time of monitoring this case, I have noted many errors, omissions and acts of judicial misconduct. As a Judge, you now have serious credibility gaps being your words do not coincide with printed court documents. I do not believe I need to school you on Wisconsin Statutes 757.14 and other equally important statutes that protect public access to the courts. Nor should I have to remind you of Wis. SCR’s and Statutes that regulate judicial conduct. Since you are an (honorable?) Judge, please conduct all future hearings in full compliance of Wisconsin laws.
You have been put on notice."
As an advocate for open records and free speech
(1st. amendment), I try to be a vigilant watchdog of selected court cases and proceedings.
After recently sitting in your courtroom hearing on Sept. 25th, it came to my attention through your doubletalk you had violated a most basic court procedure - failing to publicly post notice of the Sept. 25thcontempt hearing. Further, the future contempt hearing scheduled for Oct. 3rd is not posted for public notice as well. To knowingly conduct such public hearings without proper public notice is a serious breach of judicial conduct. (Please see attached WCCA captions and day of court hearing posting). The present WCCA format does not provide proper notice of such hearings. It is your judicial duty to assure that proper notice of any public hearing involving your court is timely and properly posted for public view according to state law.
Since you do not exercise proper procedures that are used in a daily basis to conduct court, it begs one to question your judgment and conduct during sealed hearings.
I strongly suggest you adjourn the Oct. 3rd hearing until you can provide proper public notice of such hearing.
In the very short time of monitoring this case, I have noted many errors, omissions and acts of judicial misconduct. As a Judge, you now have serious credibility gaps being your words do not coincide with printed court documents. I do not believe I need to school you on Wisconsin Statutes 757.14 and other equally important statutes that protect public access to the courts. Nor should I have to remind you of Wis. SCR’s and Statutes that regulate judicial conduct. Since you are an (honorable?) Judge, please conduct all future hearings in full compliance of Wisconsin laws.
You have been put on notice."
Again and again, it appears that the written rule of law is routinely violated by Officials who preside over City of Racine, Racine County, and State of Wisconsin, at every level. This practice needs to end and Governor Scott Walker needs to have his Department of Justice root out the cancer of lawlessness which is destroying Racine County.
The City of Racine Common Council needs to seriously consider firing City Attorney Scott Letteney and cleaning house internally of the Public Officials, elected and appointed, who continue to routinely and openly violate the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the Rights of Citizens; and end the regular practice of persecuting and harassing those who point out the lawlessness of elected and appointed officials.
See also: Unethical Judicial Conduct: http://www.jtirregulars.com/2018/09/2017cv001644-unethical-judicial-conduct_27.html
Sincerely,
Tim & Cindy
Friday, September 28, 2018
Facebook: 50 million user accounts affected by security breach
From The Journal Times.com:
Updated
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts.
The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global social media service.
In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited a bug that affected its "View As" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. That would let attackers steal the "access tokens" Facebook uses to keep people logged in. Possession of those tokens would allow attackers to "seize control" of user accounts, Facebook said.
Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement.
To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again. That includes anyone who has been subject to a "View As" lookup in the past year.
Facebook says it doesn't know who is behind the attacks or where they're based. In a call with reporters on Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company doesn't know yet if any of the accounts that were hacked were misused.
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/national/facebook-million-user-accounts-affected-by-security-breach/article_5e01e9bc-c7fd-5518-8b32-a4224413e7e8.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest
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| Mark Zuckerberg |
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts.
The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global social media service.
In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited a bug that affected its "View As" feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. That would let attackers steal the "access tokens" Facebook uses to keep people logged in. Possession of those tokens would allow attackers to "seize control" of user accounts, Facebook said.
Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement.
To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again. That includes anyone who has been subject to a "View As" lookup in the past year.
Facebook says it doesn't know who is behind the attacks or where they're based. In a call with reporters on Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company doesn't know yet if any of the accounts that were hacked were misused.
Read more: https://journaltimes.com/news/national/facebook-million-user-accounts-affected-by-security-breach/article_5e01e9bc-c7fd-5518-8b32-a4224413e7e8.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest
Four for Fridays
I dunno what happened to THB, so here are your questions for the week:
1) How are you?
2) What's your favorite TV show?
3) Who wonWorld War Two?
4) What's your favorite TV dinner?
Have a good weekend.
1) How are you?
2) What's your favorite TV show?
3) Who wonWorld War Two?
4) What's your favorite TV dinner?
Have a good weekend.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
2017CV001644 - Unethical Judicial conduct concerning unposted hearings
Judge Gasiorkiewicz,
Double talk, politics and complitic behavior have no business in any courtroom.
Legal Stranger
Honorable Eugene Gasiorkiewicz
Racine County Circuit Court
730 Wisconsin Ave.
Racine, Wi 53403 9-26-2018
Re: 2017CV001644 (SEALED CASE)
Judge Gasiorkiewicz,
As an advocate for open records and free speech
(1st. amendment), I try to be a vigilant watchdog of selected court cases and proceedings.
After recently sitting in your courtroom hearing on Sept. 25th, it came to my attention through your doubletalk you had violated a most basic court procedure - failing to publicly post notice of the Sept. 25thcontempt hearing. Further, the future contempt hearing scheduled for Oct. 3rd is not posted for public notice as well. To knowingly conduct such public hearings without proper public notice is a serious breach of judicial conduct. (Please see attached WCCA captions and day of court hearing posting). The present WCCA format does not provide proper notice of such hearings. It is your judicial duty to assure that proper notice of any public hearing involving your court is timely and properly posted for public view according to state law.
Since you do not exercise proper procedures that are used in a daily basis to conduct court, it begs one to question your judgment and conduct during sealed hearings.
I strongly suggest you adjourn the Oct. 3rd hearing until you can provide proper public notice of such hearing.
In the very short time of monitoring this case, I have noted many errors, omissions and acts of judicial misconduct. As a Judge, you now have serious credibility gaps being your words do not coincide with printed court documents. I do not believe I need to school you on Wisconsin Statutes 757.14 and other equally important statutes that protect public access to the courts. Nor should I have to remind you of Wis. SCR’s and Statutes that regulate judicial conduct. Since you are an (honorable?) Judge, please conduct all future hearings in full compliance of Wisconsin laws.
You have been put on notice.
Respectfully submitted,
Attached you will find your addressed letter and relating documents in support of this letter.
We have met in many venues, including Wis. Attorney General Brad Schimel's opioid epidemic meeting in Mt. Pleasant this last summer where you asked intelligent questions.
Sad to say in this case you have reached a low point for the advocates of the first amendment and public record seekers.
Adjournment of all hearings that the public has a right to attend in this case would be in order until your court can tame and control the WCCA monster you have created. Thousands of citizens every day utilize WCCA records for court information and the business of the court. Business of the court includes WCCA postings of future hearings. How is your court going to be compliant with state laws and the rights of citizens to have access and knowledge of court business if there is no notifications thru WCCA?
I have taken steps to secure the transcripts of yesterday's hearing. I believe your written court records concerning public vs. sealed hearings does not match your spoken words during the September 25th.hearing.
Honorable Eugene Gasiorkiewicz
Racine County Circuit Court
730 Wisconsin Ave.
Racine, Wi 53403 9-26-2018
Re: 2017CV001644 (SEALED CASE)
Judge Gasiorkiewicz,
As an advocate for open records and free speech
(1st. amendment), I try to be a vigilant watchdog of selected court cases and proceedings.
After recently sitting in your courtroom hearing on Sept. 25th, it came to my attention through your doubletalk you had violated a most basic court procedure - failing to publicly post notice of the Sept. 25thcontempt hearing. Further, the future contempt hearing scheduled for Oct. 3rd is not posted for public notice as well. To knowingly conduct such public hearings without proper public notice is a serious breach of judicial conduct. (Please see attached WCCA captions and day of court hearing posting). The present WCCA format does not provide proper notice of such hearings. It is your judicial duty to assure that proper notice of any public hearing involving your court is timely and properly posted for public view according to state law.
Since you do not exercise proper procedures that are used in a daily basis to conduct court, it begs one to question your judgment and conduct during sealed hearings.
I strongly suggest you adjourn the Oct. 3rd hearing until you can provide proper public notice of such hearing.
In the very short time of monitoring this case, I have noted many errors, omissions and acts of judicial misconduct. As a Judge, you now have serious credibility gaps being your words do not coincide with printed court documents. I do not believe I need to school you on Wisconsin Statutes 757.14 and other equally important statutes that protect public access to the courts. Nor should I have to remind you of Wis. SCR’s and Statutes that regulate judicial conduct. Since you are an (honorable?) Judge, please conduct all future hearings in full compliance of Wisconsin laws.
You have been put on notice.
Respectfully submitted,
___________________
Legal Stranger
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Dear Madame Zoltar
In the Irregular Football League, my Screaming Psychics have worked themselves up into 3rd place, behind Ms, THB's Mighty Bears and Mr. hale-bopp's Half-Astrophysicists.
The Orbliterators are headed for the toilet. While we fight it out in the Super Bowl, Mr. OrbsCorbs' team is playing in the toilet bowl.
It looks like the Sandy Weidner contempt case might actually be won by her. At the least, they can't "disappear" her anymore. I hope that once her new lawyer and her win the case that she gets some sort of financial reimbursement. This kind of garbage can ruin someone even if they are innocent. Go Sandy Go!
The rhetoric is heating up as the November election draws nearer. The only one I know to vote for is Dr. Ken Yorgan for the congressional seat that Paul Ryan is leaving. No matter which party you vote for, you're voting for criminals. You have no idea how many times I've thought of resurrecting the fathers of our country. Let them beat the poop out of the phony baloneys who lie to us each day. What would Thomas Jefferson say about Donald Trump? Probably, "hang him!"
Expect to be buried in campaign literature and hounded by robocalls. If only all the money that is spent on campaigning was spent on fixing our roads, fixing our schools, fixing our government. It's disheartening to watch. All that waste, all that blabber, all thise lies. It never ends. As soon as you shoot down one corrupt politician, another one pops up. Endless nothingness.
Enjoy what's left of the decent weather. The days grow shorter and colder. The turning leaves are pretty, but we all know what comes after fall: winter. And with that comes the dreaded s-word.
I love you all and thank you for reading my blog today. The more readers I have, the happier I become.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Offensive Holding
From The Shepherd Express:
“The only way a Republican can be elected in this country, in my opinion, when the people are in their right minds, is if the Communists select him. The Republicans should be very glad that there are Communists around the world who will elect Republicans by embracing them.” Shazam!
And for those Republicans who think President Orange Circus Peanut is the greatest thing since President Orange Hair, Mort could tell you this: “Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.” Ba-ding!
Jeez louise, I’m still on hold and so not fully focking engaged here. Besides, this pecking away with one hand is for the focking birds, so what’s say we dip into Artie’s Joke Bag and just call it a day.
Since it’s now football season, how ’bout this one: So this family of pro football fans from Chicago heads out one Saturday to do their Christmas shopping. While in the sports store, the young son picks up a Green Bay Packers jersey and says to his older sister, “Hey Sis, I’ve decided to become a Packer fan and I’d really like this for Christmas.” She can’t believe it, smacks him on the head and says, “You better go talk with mom.”
And off he goes with the Green Bay Packer jersey in hand and says to his mother, “Hey Mom, I’ve decided I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this jersey for Christmas.” The mother is outraged, smacks him on the head and says, “Go see your father.”
So the young lad finds his father and says, “Dad, guess what? I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this Aaron Rodgers jersey for Christmas.” The father is so beside himself that he whacks his son on the head and says, “No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT piece of crap!”
About a half-hour later they’re all back in the car heading toward home. The dad turns to the boy and says, “Son, I hope you’ve learned something today.” The son says, “Yes pop, I have. I’ve only been a Packer fan for about an hour, and already I’ve learned to hate you Illinois sons-of-bitches.” Ba-ding!
Hey, considering the health care mess we’ve got these days—with these health insurance companies trying to figure a way to bill you for each and every breath you take—I say laughter is the best medicine, which reminds me of a little story: Guy goes to see his doctor for a checkup (a “checkup”—those were the days, ain’a?). “So Doc, think I can live to be a hundred?” Doctor says, “Well sir, do you smoke or drink?”
“Neither done either one,” the guy says. The doctor continues, “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, fool around with loose women?” The guy says, “Never done any of those things, either.”
“Well sir,” doctor says, “why the hell do you want to live to a hundred for?” Ba-ding!
Got time for one more? A lesson for you’s thespians out there about commitment to the part: This guy walks into a pet store and says, “I’m playing Long John Silver in our community theater production of Treasure Island, and I’m looking for a parrot. Can you sell me one?” The pet-store owner says, “You don’t want a real parrot. It’ll squawk all the time and crap on your shoulder, and what if it flies off during the play?” The guy says, “But I really need to be as realistic as possible.” The pet-store owner says, “I’ve got a stuffed parrot you can use. Can you pick it up Thursday?” And Mr. Actor says, “Thursday? No can do. I’m scheduled to have my right leg amputated below the knee.” Ba-ding!
Yes sir, still holding on the best I can ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
From: https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/offensive-holding/
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, right now I’m on hold with Social Security. It’s been at least about a day and a focking half by now and the hell if I’m going to put the phone down and maybe lose my well-earned place in line; so I’ll have to peck away at this essay one-handed. Could take some time, not to mention that the repetitive “hold music” is making me more than a bit queasy. I wonder if they ever tried this tactic with the terrorists down by the Guantanamo. Cripes, at this point I’ll confess to anything just to bring this ordeal to a close, what the fock.
Anyways, so we still don’t know beyond a shadow doubt about Russian collusion and Trumpel-thinskin in the 2016 election, it seems. But from a historical perspective let me tell you that the other day I stumbled upon a re-broadcast of the old “The Dick Cavett Show.” One of the guests on the show was the great political satirist Mort Sahl (still with us). And here’s a quote by Mort from March 3, 1972, a few days after Dick Nixon’s return from his China jaunt:“The only way a Republican can be elected in this country, in my opinion, when the people are in their right minds, is if the Communists select him. The Republicans should be very glad that there are Communists around the world who will elect Republicans by embracing them.” Shazam!
And for those Republicans who think President Orange Circus Peanut is the greatest thing since President Orange Hair, Mort could tell you this: “Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.” Ba-ding!
Jeez louise, I’m still on hold and so not fully focking engaged here. Besides, this pecking away with one hand is for the focking birds, so what’s say we dip into Artie’s Joke Bag and just call it a day.
Since it’s now football season, how ’bout this one: So this family of pro football fans from Chicago heads out one Saturday to do their Christmas shopping. While in the sports store, the young son picks up a Green Bay Packers jersey and says to his older sister, “Hey Sis, I’ve decided to become a Packer fan and I’d really like this for Christmas.” She can’t believe it, smacks him on the head and says, “You better go talk with mom.”
And off he goes with the Green Bay Packer jersey in hand and says to his mother, “Hey Mom, I’ve decided I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this jersey for Christmas.” The mother is outraged, smacks him on the head and says, “Go see your father.”
So the young lad finds his father and says, “Dad, guess what? I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this Aaron Rodgers jersey for Christmas.” The father is so beside himself that he whacks his son on the head and says, “No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT piece of crap!”
About a half-hour later they’re all back in the car heading toward home. The dad turns to the boy and says, “Son, I hope you’ve learned something today.” The son says, “Yes pop, I have. I’ve only been a Packer fan for about an hour, and already I’ve learned to hate you Illinois sons-of-bitches.” Ba-ding!
Hey, considering the health care mess we’ve got these days—with these health insurance companies trying to figure a way to bill you for each and every breath you take—I say laughter is the best medicine, which reminds me of a little story: Guy goes to see his doctor for a checkup (a “checkup”—those were the days, ain’a?). “So Doc, think I can live to be a hundred?” Doctor says, “Well sir, do you smoke or drink?”
“Neither done either one,” the guy says. The doctor continues, “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, fool around with loose women?” The guy says, “Never done any of those things, either.”
“Well sir,” doctor says, “why the hell do you want to live to a hundred for?” Ba-ding!
Got time for one more? A lesson for you’s thespians out there about commitment to the part: This guy walks into a pet store and says, “I’m playing Long John Silver in our community theater production of Treasure Island, and I’m looking for a parrot. Can you sell me one?” The pet-store owner says, “You don’t want a real parrot. It’ll squawk all the time and crap on your shoulder, and what if it flies off during the play?” The guy says, “But I really need to be as realistic as possible.” The pet-store owner says, “I’ve got a stuffed parrot you can use. Can you pick it up Thursday?” And Mr. Actor says, “Thursday? No can do. I’m scheduled to have my right leg amputated below the knee.” Ba-ding!
Yes sir, still holding on the best I can ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
From: https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/offensive-holding/
Attend the Sandy Weidner Hearing
9 AM on the seventh floor of the courthouse. Open to the public. Please attend and show your support for Sandy.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Alderwoman faces contempt of court in records case
From The Journal Times.com:
Updated
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge could decide during a secret hearing that an alderwoman is in contempt for complaining about his decision to seal her open records lawsuit.
Racine Alderwoman Sandy Weidner says City Attorney Scott Letteney last year asked the city's Ethics Board to review emails Weidner sent to constituents, saying they contained confidential information.
Weidner sued, demanding copies of the emails. She says Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz sealed the case in February and in April ruled some of the emails are confidential but some aren't.
Weidner told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week that she couldn't believe the judge would seal an open records case. Now she's scheduled to appear at a closed hearing Tuesday where Gasiorkiewicz could decide to hold her in contempt.
The judge's clerk didn't return a message.
From: https://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/alderwoman-faces-contempt-of-court-in-records-case/article_04f961b7-03cf-5051-971c-419ca626bbfd.html
It's good that the AP is carrying the story. That might put a little more heat on Letteney and Gasiorkiewicz.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge could decide during a secret hearing that an alderwoman is in contempt for complaining about his decision to seal her open records lawsuit.
Racine Alderwoman Sandy Weidner says City Attorney Scott Letteney last year asked the city's Ethics Board to review emails Weidner sent to constituents, saying they contained confidential information.
Weidner sued, demanding copies of the emails. She says Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz sealed the case in February and in April ruled some of the emails are confidential but some aren't.
Weidner told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week that she couldn't believe the judge would seal an open records case. Now she's scheduled to appear at a closed hearing Tuesday where Gasiorkiewicz could decide to hold her in contempt.
The judge's clerk didn't return a message.
From: https://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/alderwoman-faces-contempt-of-court-in-records-case/article_04f961b7-03cf-5051-971c-419ca626bbfd.html
It's good that the AP is carrying the story. That might put a little more heat on Letteney and Gasiorkiewicz.
City of Racine seeks sanctions against alderman who spoke about secret open records case
From JSOnline:
Ald. Sandra Weidner told the newspaper she was in the midst of running for mayor last summer when City Attorney Scott Letteney called a closed-session meeting of the Executive Committee and urged all council members to attend. She said he gave a PowerPoint presentation of roughly 30 emails, most of which were hers, characterizing them as improper sharing of confidential information with the public
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Sandy Weidner(Photo: Mark Balwinski)
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"Wisconsin does not and should not have secret courts, especially when it comes to the litigation of open records issues," Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said in a call-to-action email to dozens of other news outlets urging further coverage.
"The public has a right to know when public officials seek to quash our right to know."
Ald. Sandra Weidner told the newspaper she was in the midst of running for mayor last summer when City Attorney Scott Letteney called a closed-session meeting of the Executive Committee and urged all council members to attend. She said he gave a PowerPoint presentation of roughly 30 emails, most of which were hers, characterizing them as improper sharing of confidential information with the public
The committee then recommended, and the Common Council approved, asking the city's Ethics Boards for an advisory opinion on whether the emailing activities violated Racine's ethics ordinance.
Weidner said she and her attorney sought copies of the presentation's slides but were denied by Letteney, who said he could not disclose things presented or discussed in a closed session. So Weidner filed a petition for a court order under Wisconsin's open records law.
But at the first hearing on the case, in January, Racine County Circuit Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz, after meeting with lawyers in his chambers, told others there for the hearing that they had to leave because he was sealing the case. It can't be found on CCAP, the state's online court records index, and if you search by the case number, the result says only that the case is sealed.
Tech upgrades for autonomous vehicles to aid Foxconn are part of widening plans for I-94
From JSOnline:
The massive $496 million reconstruction of the I-94 North-South freeway that widens the road from three lanes to four in each direction is being built with infrastructure for an altogether different motoring experience.
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Vehicles that handle some of the duties of driving.
The 18.5-mile upgrade that runs from south of College Avenue to Highway 142 in Kenosha County is intended to ease congestion on a roadway where traffic is expected to grow from a current range of 83,000 to 153,000 vehicles a day to 100,000 to 200,000 vehicles daily by 2034, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Another key focus, state officials say, is that the upgrade will help Foxconn Technology Group automate the shipping of goods and people for its Mount Pleasant campus, and move freight from Mitchell International Airport to operations in Racine County.
The tech upgrades being built into the freeway were a key selling point when Wisconsin received a $160 million grant for the project from the U.S. Department of Transportation in June.
Autonomous driving faces hurdles
But the rollout of so-called autonomous technology, which allows vehicles to drive themselves or take over some functions of driving, is uncertain.
Widespread autonomous driving still faces regulatory hurdles as the automotive industry wrestles with a host of issues, including fatalities in some test cars such as those involving Uber and Tesla.
A Wisconsin DOT spokesman said his agency can’t say what types of new driving innovations will be in place when all eight lanes of I-94 open by Memorial Day 2020 or when work is finished in 2021.
“Nobody knows for certain at this time,” said Michael Pyritz of the DOT. “This is a rapidly evolving technology.”
In a statement, Foxconn did not provide specific timelines for the use of autonomous vehicles. But the Taiwan-based company said it views the technology as an integral part of its $10 billion operation that will produce liquid crystal display panels.
Foxconn said its first building will be completed by the end of this year and expects some business operations to start then or in early 2019
Pregnant women shouldn't smoke cannabis to ease morning sickness
Dear Doctor: I read that more women are using marijuana for morning sickness. This doesn’t seem like a good idea, but for women with severe morning sickness, might it be an option? Could it really hurt the baby?
Dear Reader: Marijuana refers to the flowering annual Cannabis sativa. It’s a complex plant packed with phytochemicals with a number of potential (and one recently FDA-approved — we’ll get to that in just a moment) medical applications. While it’s true that smoking cannabis has been shown to ease nausea, when it comes to morning sickness, we do not recommend it. Cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, and at the state level is subject to a tangled and often conflicting patchwork of regulations. That means many of its prospective medical applications have not yet undergone the robust and rigorous study needed to ascertain efficacy, safety and dosage parameters.
For women considering smoking or ingesting cannabis while pregnant, it’s important to understand that the placenta allows its psychoactive component, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, to reach the developing fetus. Some research has put the amount at 10 percent of what the mother receives, a concentration that rises with repeated use. Some studies have suggested a link between cannabis use in pregnant women with low birth-weight babies and impaired neurological development. As we said earlier, medical research into cannabis is in its infancy. Until we have a better understanding of the outcomes of its use during pregnancy, the recommendation from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is that women who are pregnant, as well as those who plan to be, should not use cannabis.
Switching gears, we heard from many of you after the publication of the column about CBD, or cannabidiol. CBD is one of over 100 cannabinoids found in Cannabis sativa and unlike THC, is not psychoactive.
CBD has been shown to have analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-seizure and anti-anxiety properties, and has great therapeutic potential. We stated that despite the explosion of CBD products now available, none were FDA-approved.
At the time we wrote the column, this was indeed true. However, several weeks later — and thank you to everyone who wrote in with updates and clarifications — the first CBD medication received FDA approval. Called Epidiolex, it’s a treatment for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome, two rare and severe forms of epilepsy. The former begins between ages 3 and 5, and the latter begins in infancy. Epidiolex is the first FDA-approved use of CBD, and the only treatment for Dravet syndrome to get FDA approval.
Since cannabis remains a controlled substance, the Drug Enforcement Administration must also provide regulatory approval for Epidiolex. Once the DEA schedules its use, the question of availability moves to the state level. Many small pharmacies and at least one national chain, Rite Aid, have already stated that they will stock and sell the drug once it has cleared all regulatory hurdles. The drug, created by the British company GW Pharmaceuticals, will be manufactured in England and exported to the United States. Because Epidiolex is an FDA-approved pharmaceutical, only stores with pharmacy licenses will be allowed to sell it.
From: https://journaltimes.com/print_specific/column/pregnant-women-shouldn-t-smoke-cannabis-to-ease-morning-sickness/article_0a005244-4571-561e-a71e-eb1ad03ba609.html
Cannabis should be treated like alcohol. Pregnant women have to be careful what they ingest. No reefer, no alcohol, no tobacco, etc.
From: https://journaltimes.com/print_specific/column/pregnant-women-shouldn-t-smoke-cannabis-to-ease-morning-sickness/article_0a005244-4571-561e-a71e-eb1ad03ba609.html
Cannabis should be treated like alcohol. Pregnant women have to be careful what they ingest. No reefer, no alcohol, no tobacco, etc.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
California Judge Rules Kindergartener Can Bring Cannabis Oil To School For Epilepsy
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| In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, photo, a syringe loaded with a dose of CBD oil is shown in a research laboratory at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) |
A California judge has ruled that a 5-year-old girl from Santa Rosa can take cannabis oil while at her public kindergarten. The law in her municipality banned medical marijuana on school grounds and on her school bus, but now, Brooke Adams, who suffers from a form of epilepsy which causes her to have seizures several times a day, can get the life-changing medicine she needs when she needs it.
he Press Democrat says that Judge Charles Marson ruled that kindergartener Brooke Adams can continue attending Village Elementary School in Santa Rosa with is what he calls “emergency medicine.” This ruling by Marson goes against the order from the Rincon Valley Union School District, which claimed that allowing THC oil on school property violated state and federal laws.
Brooke’s mother, Jana Adams, burst into tears when she got the good news this week.
“I was so overwhelmed with emotion and joy that we don’t have to fight anymore after a battle of over two years. I’m grateful that we had this ruling so she can just go to school like any other child and we don’t have to keep pushing to get what she needs.”
Read more: https://www.inquisitr.com/5083940/california-judge-rules-kindergartener-can-bring-cannabis-oil-to-school-for-epilepsy/
UN: Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016
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| FILE- In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo, a customer checks bottles of imported wine at a supermarket in Beijing. The World Health Organization said in a report published Friday Sept. 21, 2018, that drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, with Europe having the highest global per capita alcohol consumption. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, FILE) |
Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said.
The U.N. health agency also warned that current policy responses are not sufficient to reverse trends predicting an increase in consumption over the next 10 years.
In a new report Friday, the agency said that about 237 million men and 46 million women faced alcohol problems, with the highest prevalence in Europe and the Americas. Europe has the highest global per capita alcohol consumption, even though it has already dropped by 10 percent since 2010.
Around a third of alcohol-related deaths were a result of injuries, including car crashes and self-harm, while about one in five were due to either digestive disorders or cardiovascular diseases. Cancers, infectious diseases, mental disorders and other health conditions were also to blame.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/excessive-drinking-killed-million-people-2016-58011194
Alcohol - 3 million
Marijuana - 0
