Happy Solstice to ALL!

Roeknogize the Trew Sun King!

Harmon Settlement

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons - 
 
Yet another OUTRAGE! 
 
Approved by the Common Council.... 
 
 Reports have it the Harmons will receive a pittance amount for the 
wrongful death of their dog while the two law firms representing the 
plaintiff and the city will cash in on a sweet Sugar coated deal, each 
netting around $200,000.00 (two hundred thousand dollars each). 
 
Estimates exceeding $400.000.00 (four hundred thousand dollars) to 
settle the claim has been discussed and is in the works. 
 
The pitance amount the Harmons will receive will be less than 
$12,000.00 (twelve thousand dollars) for the wrongful death of their 
dog, that amount includes pain, suffering, humiliation and civil 
rights violations they endured. 
 
LET'S DO THE MATH 
 
+$400,000.00 dollars to the flea bag attorneys 
for processing paper. 
 
- $12,000.00 to the victims of the crime. 
 
This is how injustice* is rammed up the ass of 
 citizens in Racine county. 
 
We ask  the following of 
City Attorney Scott Letteney; 
Is this your sick sense of justice, 
$400,00.00 dollars to the attorneys? 
 
From the Racine Journal Times: 
"It is far better to put this case behind us all, in return for this 
fair settlement, than to allow the case to be a distraction."...Scott 
Letteney 
 
Let's see how this settlement works out: 
Approximately 97.5 % of the payout goes to the attorneys and 2.5% goes 
to the victims of the crime. Letteney has the audacity to call this a 
fair settlement. 
 
 
You may read more here: 
 
https://racinecountycorruption.blogspot.com/search?q=sugar 
 
One outrage after another! 
 
When will it end? 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 

Indications of more incompetence/collussion/malfeasance at City of Racine Attorney Office

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
 
*WOW* It is strange - but true - and WTF is happening - to make this happen? 
 
AND - What's the Bearded Lady gonna do? (that's Trish Hanson - the Ham 
Hanson - Racine County DA). And how is questionably competent City 
Attorney  City Attorney Scott Letteney and his potentially malfeasant 
staff involved in this? (Yet, once again - I recommend you FIRE! the 
City Attorney and his entire staff) 
 
RACINE — A Racine family is pursuing a civil lawsuit against Tyrone 
Buckley, the man who allegedly stabbed and killed Matthew Young the 
day after Labor Day during a fight in a church parking lot. 
 
The Racine Police Department found that Buckley had been acting in 
self-defense and didn’t forward the police report from the case to the 
Racine County District Attorney’s Office until 64 days after Young’s 
death. 
 
Buckley, who is a felon, was reportedly carrying a retractable knife, 
which appears to be illegal under state law since it is a misdemeanor 
for felons to be “armed with a concealed knife that is a dangerous 
weapon.” 
 
A knife to the heart: Questions remain after fatal September stabbing 
 
“Keep in mind that the burden of proof is lower in a civil action, so 
Mr. Buckley could be liable civilly, even if he’s not convicted 
criminally,” Ken Yandell, an attorney from De Los Santos Law Offices 
who has been hired by the Young family, said in an email. 
 
The incident is reportedly under investigation once again by the 
Racine Police Department and the Racine County District Attorney’s 
Office. 
 
Two separate law firms — including De Los Santos Law Offices — have 
reached out to The Journal Times to receive a copy of the police 
report the RPD provided in October, since department officials have 
said the case has been reopened and thus they cannot share documents 
related to an ongoing investigation. 
 
District attorney reviewing Racine stabbing death investigation 
 
In a statement, Yandell said: “The circumstances surrounding the 
incident are highly suspicious. The Young family is frustrated and 
deeply disappointed with their treatment by the Racine Police 
Department and (Racine County) District Attorney’s Office. The RPD and 
RCDA have kept the family in the dark for three-and-a-half months now. 
The family requested, and was denied, documents related to this 
incident. They were not given a copy of the 79-page report … The fact 
that it took nearly two months for the police to forward a copy of 
their findings to the RCDA seems unusual, given that a young man was 
murdered in cold blood.” 
 
Yandell added that the Young family never received a medical 
examiner’s report from the incident. He also said that, after 
receiving a copy of the police report from The Journal Times, “making 
sense of it is challenging because it is so heavily redacted,” since 
many but not all of the names mentioned have been blacked out. 
 
“If Mr. Buckley is charged by the RCDA, I think a lot of our questions 
will be answered,” Yandell said. “Likewise, if the RCDA closes the 
case, and we are able to get an unredacted report and any other 
available records, we’ll be in a better position to pursue civil 
actions.” 
 
https://madison.com/news/local/courts/racine-family-suing-man-who-allegedly-stabbed-son-to-death/article_44f8e7f9-5478-55a7-9ab4-5fa36e3cd19d.html 
 
*WOW* - Let us hope that the allegations - ONE AGAIN! - aren't true - 
but most likely,  City of Racine Taxpayers will be paying for more 
legal assistance to clean up the mess. 
 
Time after time - lie after lie. 
 
(and) *FREE* Sandy Weidner! End the hate and oppression! 
 
End the deception and lies. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy

What's the Bearded Lady Gonna DO?

Racine family suing man who allegedly stabbed son to death 
 
RACINE — A Racine family is pursuing a civil lawsuit against Tyrone 
Buckley, the man who allegedly stabbed and killed Matthew Young the 
day after Labor Day during a fight in a church parking lot. 
 
The Racine Police Department found that Buckley had been acting in 
self-defense and didn’t forward the police report from the case to the 
Racine County District Attorney’s Office until 64 days after Young’s 
death. 
 
Buckley, who is a felon, was reportedly carrying a retractable knife, 
which appears to be illegal under state law since it is a misdemeanor 
for felons to be “armed with a concealed knife that is a dangerous 
weapon.” 
 
A knife to the heart: Questions remain after fatal September stabbing 
 
“Keep in mind that the burden of proof is lower in a civil action, so 
Mr. Buckley could be liable civilly, even if he’s not convicted 
criminally,” Ken Yandell, an attorney from De Los Santos Law Offices 
who has been hired by the Young family, said in an email. 
 
The incident is reportedly under investigation once again by the 
Racine Police Department and the Racine County District Attorney’s 
Office. 
 
Two separate law firms — including De Los Santos Law Offices — have 
reached out to The Journal Times to receive a copy of the police 
report the RPD provided in October, since department officials have 
said the case has been reopened and thus they cannot share documents 
related to an ongoing investigation. 
 
In a statement, Yandell said: “The circumstances surrounding the 
incident are highly suspicious. The Young family is frustrated and 
deeply disappointed with their treatment by the Racine Police 
Department and (Racine County) District Attorney’s Office. The RPD and 
RCDA have kept the family in the dark for three-and-a-half months now. 
The family requested, and was denied, documents related to this 
incident. They were not given a copy of the 79-page report … The fact 
that it took nearly two months for the police to forward a copy of 
their findings to the RCDA seems unusual, given that a young man was 
murdered in cold blood.” 
 
Yandell added that the Young family never received a medical 
examiner’s report from the incident. He also said that, after 
receiving a copy of the police report from The Journal Times, “making 
sense of it is challenging because it is so heavily redacted,” since 
many but not all of the names mentioned have been blacked out. 
 
“If Mr. Buckley is charged by the RCDA, I think a lot of our questions 
will be answered,” Yandell said. “Likewise, if the RCDA closes the 
case, and we are able to get an unredacted report and any other 
available records, we’ll be in a better position to pursue civil 
actions.” 
 https://madison.com/news/local/courts/racine-family-suing-man-who-allegedly-stabbed-son-to-death/article_44f8e7f9-5478-55a7-9ab4-5fa36e3cd19d.html 

Open Blog - Weekend

Will do.

Ziggy

To all the other drivers in the vicinity of Hwys 20 and 31:

FUCK YOU!

I usually drive the speed limit or 5 miles above.  But I'm not going to do 15 or 20 mph above the limit   You can ride inches within my rear bumper and I don't care.  

I have seen some insane stuff on the hwys here.  Lots of red lights run.  

Speaking of which, very early this morning I was at an intersection.  The lane to my left was left turn only.  My lane was straight ahead or right turn.  I was going straignt.  While waiting for the light, the guy behind me started beeping He had his right directional on.  Apparently, he wanted me to run the red light so that he could turn.  As I said above, fuck you!  When the light turned green, I took my foot off of the brake but didn't hit the accelerator.  I let it idle out.  The guy behind me was furious, leaning on his horn.  Ha ha!  Fuck you!

I'm tired of spending half my time waiting at stoplights and I'm tired of the idiots on the road.  The Christmas shopping season really brings them out.  My fix?  I start my shopping at 6 - 7 AM now.  Get it done quick and get off the roads. 

I resent my dependence upon a vehicle here and need to learn how to walk again.  There's probably assholes on the sidewalks, too.

Four for Fridays!

Good morning everyone I hope all of you had a good week. It is the Christmas weekend and travels are going to be busy so I hope everyone stays safe. Here are your questions.

1) Do you have plans to travel?

2) If you do have plans to travel are you going to see family or friends?

3) Did you finish your Christmas shopping or is last minute shopping?

4) Do you enjoy the Christmas Holiday?

Have a Merry Christmas and be safe!

Open Blog - Winter Solstice

And so it begins.

"Council approves Harmon settlement second time around"

From The Journal Times.com

RACINE — The City Council on Tuesday approved a settlement that stemmed from the 2016 killing of a family dog by police during a “no-knock” search warrant.

In a 10-2 vote — with ‘no’ votes from 6th District Alderman Sandy Weidner and 5th District Alderman Steve Smetana — the council approved a total settlement of $10,000 for the Harmon family.

In return, the family’s lawsuit against the city is to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can not be filed again, and there would be no admission of liability by the City of Racine or the individual officers named in the case.

“The City of Racine supports its police officers, who have a very difficult and potentially dangerous job to do every day,” said City Attorney Scott Letteney. “It is far better to put this case behind us all, in return for this fair settlement, than to allow the case to be a distraction.”

Smetana declined to comment on his “no” vote because the discussions regarding the case had been closed to the public. Weidner said that while she fully understands why her fellow aldermen supported the settlement, she is concerned with the message the decision to settle sends.

“I’m concerned with what settling it would do with the morale of the Police Department,” Weidner said. “When we continue to settle cases as we do, we look like an easy mark for attorneys that will take clients that don’t have a case.”

Read more:  https://journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/council-approves-harmon-settlement-second-time-around/article_7309b650-ca78-5ea5-9cc4-f76b7ed46dfb.html


Chief Art Howell's enforcer shoots 'em and we, the taxpayers, pay for 'em.  Sweet deal.

Why Everything That Needs To Be Fixed Remains Permanently Broken

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, 
 
Just in case you missed what's going on in France: the status quo in 
Europe is doomed. 
 
The status quo has a simple fix for every crisis and systemic problem: 
 
 
 
    1. create currency out of thin air 
 
    2. give it to super-wealthy banks, financiers and corporations to 
boost their wealth and income. 
 
    One way these entities increase their wealth and income is to lend 
this nearly free money to commoners at much higher rates of interest. 
I borrow from central banks at 1% and lend it to you at 4.5%, 7% or 
even 19% or more. What's not to like? 
 
    If a bank is insolvent, it can borrow money at 1% from central 
banks. If Joe Blow is insolvent, the only loan he can get is at 23%, 
if he can get any credit at all. 
 
    3. China has a variant fix for every financial crisis: build tens 
of millions of empty flats only the wealthy can afford as second or 
third "investment" flats. If the empty flats start dropping in price, 
government entities start secretly buying flats to support the market. 
 
    4. Empty malls, bridges to nowhere and ghost cities are also a 
standard-issue fix in China. Built it and they will come, until they 
don't. But who cares, the developers and local governments (i.e. 
corrupt officials) already pocketed the dough. 
 
    You see the problem: making rich people richer doesn't actually 
fix what's broken, it only makes the problems worse. So why can't we 
fix what's broken? 
 
It's a question that deserves an answer, and the answer has six parts: 
 
    1. Any meaningful systemic reform threatens an entrenched, 
self-serving interest/elite which has a tremendous incentive to 
squash, co-opt or water down any reform that threatens their monopoly, 
benefits, etc. 
 
    2. It's far cheaper in cash and political capital to block 
something than it is to push through a reform that reduces the skims 
and scams of entrenched, self-serving interests. 
 
    3. Entrenched, self-serving elites are disconnected from the real 
world of the commoners; they live in protective bubbles, from 
you-can't-fire-me job security to gold-plated healthcare to generous 
pensions to access to central bank credit lines-- all of which is 
unavailable to the commoners wearing yellow vests. As a result, their 
grasp of the real problems is unrealistic, as the real-world 
experience of the bottom 90% is an abstraction. 
 
    4. Entrenched, self-serving elites are protected from the 
disastrous consequences of their policies and self-serving greed. In 
Taleb's terminology, they have no skin in the game: policies can be 
complete failures but nobody's fired, and nobody's pay is cut. 
 
    5. The Neofeudal "fix" to all crises, and social and financial 
problems--enriching the already rich and empowering the already 
powerful--signals the entrenched elites that the system is working 
just fine: if it's working great for me and my cronies, so clearly 
it's working great for everyone. 
 
    6. The corporate media and the social media giants are entrenched 
interests, and so it serves their interests to ceaselessly promote the 
status quo Neofeudalism as the cat's meow and marginalize dissenters, 
skeptics and reformers. 
 
Just in case you missed what's going on in France: the status quo in 
Europe is doomed. The status quo fixes of enriching the already rich 
as the solution to every problem have gutted the social contract and 
destabilized the economy. Giving more nearly free money to banks, 
financiers and corporations is only going to speed the dissolution of 
the Eurozone and the existing social order. 
 
Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-19/why-everything-needs-be-fixed-remains-permanently-broken 

10 Best Jobs You Never Knew Existed

Open Blog - Thursday

Friday sure looks good from here.

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, boys and girls!  Most of the snow has melted and there's no prediction of it for the coming week.  Maybe winter is over.  Who knows, with climate change messing things up?  A friend mentioned the other day tulips and the possibility that they would end dormancy early because of the weather.  I hate it when that happens.  The bulbs send up a shoot and then a frost kills it.  My advice if a bulb breaks dormancy and sends up a shoot: pile on the mulch.

By the way, Merry Christmas.  My next blog is scheduled for the day after Christmas, so I thought I'd say it now.  May all your dreams come true, and may a ton of love happen to you.  I  hope you get the toy you wanted.

The Green Bay Packers are a joke.  The most expemsive player in the league and they can't even make it to the playoffs.  I'll say it again: they should have kept Mike McCarthy and looked for ways to dump Aaron Rodgers instead.  The last few games mean nothing now.  It would be a good time to test the second string.  Someone might sneeze and give Aaron Rodgers pneumonia.  Better keep him off of the field.

Here are the standings from the Irregular Football League:

It looks like the Half-Astrophysicists won't take first place this year.  That will be either the Brooklyn Bombers or the Racine Irregulars.  The Mighty Bears might take third place.  I, of course, am in last place.   The Orbliterators are just above me, in 5th place.  Go get them Racine Irregulars and The Mighty Bears!

Here's a video treat from legal stranger:

Wouldn't it be something if the people of Racine rose up against corruption the way that the people of Athens did?  Chase the dirty politicians out of office.  Huh, then I think there would only be a few left.

I'm so glad that the appelate court sided with Sandy Weidner in the witch hunt by the city of Racine.  Let's sit on Letteny and shave his beard off.  I have a weed wacker that oughta work.

I love you all. May your holidays be blessed.

madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com

Be nice to each other and remember the reason for the holiday.  This is supposed to be a time of peace.  Let's make it so.
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Open Blog - Wednesday

Enjoy the day.

Calling JT Publisher Mark Lewis....

America's dying industries: 
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/18/americas-dying-industries-businesses-losing-most-workers/38693221/ 
 
8. Newspaper publishers 
 
• Employment change 2008-17: -50.3% 
• Employment total: 160,739 
• Wage growth 2008-17: -17.8% 
• Avg. annual wage: $32,765 
 
Newspaper publishing is one of only eight U.S. industries that employs 
less than half as many workers as it did in 2008. There are now just 
160,739 newspaper publishers workers in the United States, compared to 
more than 320,000 a decade earlier. While people still read 
newspapers, many who do subscribe to the digital version, reducing the 
need for those who print physical copies. Industry workers today are 
making less money than industry workers in 2008. Since that time, the 
industry's average annual wages dropped 17.8%, one of the larger 
declines of any industry.

Blitzened Upon the Midnight Beer

From The Shepherd Express:

by Art Kumbalek

Dec. 18, 2018

4:13 p.m.

Anyways, this week I choose not to belabor the craft of a finely honed essay, ’cause I beseech you, who the hell’s going to read it what with the holidays, with or without Jesus, upon us? You’re all too busy with your fruitcakes and with your focking relatives (to whom it applies, please excuse the redundancy) to read anything I’ve got to pitch your way. Besides, right now I’m awfully busy trying to locate my mistletoe belt buckle. Cripes, I hope I didn’t lose the goddamn thing somewheres.

But before I go, I’ll give you’s a nice little retelling of a favorite Christmas story of mine that you can present to loved ones this season, perhaps in lieu of a regular gift, you cheap bastards.
So, one Christmas Eve long, long time ago, Santa’s getting ready for his yearly trip ’round the world like always, but he’s running into all kind of problems every time he turns around. All of a sudden five elves have the flu-like symptoms and are way too sick to work and the rest of the elves can’t pick up the slack, so now’s Santa got a case of the heebie-jeebies from being way behind schedule. Then on top of that, the Mrs. tells Santa that her mother was coming to visit for a couple weeks, and now he’s really in a bad mood.
So he goes out to harness the reindeer, and he discovers that three of them are about to give birth and another two had gone AWOL over the fence to who knows where. Now he’s really stressed out. And then while he’s loading the sleigh, one of the floor boards cracks, his big bag of toys tears, falls to the ground, and now he’s got toys all over the gosh darn place.
Santa’s really beside himself, so he goes back into the house for a cup of coffee and a quick shot or three of whiskey, only to find the bottle empty and now he knows why the elves were too sick to work. Then he accidentally drops the coffee pot, which shatters into hundreds of tiny pieces all over the kitchen floor. He goes to get the broom to clean up the mess only to discover that mice had eaten all the bristles.
And just then, wouldn’t you know, the doorbell rings. Santa goes to open the door, cussing all the way. And there, holding a Christmas tree, stands the chirpiest, most cheerful angel you ever did see. The angel looks up at Santa and says, “Hi ya’, Santa. I’m Harold. What a wonderful, wonderful day. Merry, merry Christmas to you, and look at this beautiful, beautiful tree I have just for you. Hey Santa, where would you like me to put it?”
And that is how the tradition of an angel stuck on top of the Christmas tree began. Ba-ding!
One more thing, for those generous souls who just may wonder what a guy like me would truly appreciate for Christmas, my wish list remains unchanged from any other year:
• A busload of Vegas showgirls.
• Case of Pall Malls and a boatload of Old Crow to wash ’em down with.
• My own private compartment on all buses that run the No. 30 or 15 line. (Hey, one of my favorite movies all-time is Todd Browning’s Freaks, but I’d rather watch it than be in it, I kid you not.)
So, there you go. Happy holidays, merry Christmas, joyous whatever-it-is-you-got-deserves-celebrating. And to all: I hope you get what’s coming to you, right here, right now, and I mean that in the best way, whatever that means.
So be damn sure to celebrate this holiday good and plenty. You just can’t ever be 100 per-focking-cent sure that it may not be the last one you’ll get; so make it a good one, what the fock, ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

From:  https://shepherdexpress.com/advice/art-kumbalek/blitzened-upon-the-midnight-beer/

Fox Scam

Dear City of Racine Alderpersons, 
 
When Mayor Cory Mason (D) - who has expanded the Mayor's office to 5 - 
which the Common Council recently approved - in spite of my 
objection.... acts in lock-step with out going and lame duck Governor 
Scott Walker and Robin Vos -  to approve the questionably legal 
Foxconn legislation and actions - "for the better good" he threw his 
cards in with Robin Vos, Scott Walker and the R's. 
 
Then retired RPD Police Officers  - double dippers every one of 'em  - 
show up in governing bodies of one sort of another. 
 
Wahlen and Wangaard come immediately to mind. 
 
A Better Mount Pleasant sends: 
 
So much to unpack in this article about how a prepackaged Foxconn deal 
was rammed through Mount Pleasant headed by David DeGroot for Village 
President with only days on the job and a massive crush on both Scott 
Walker and Donald Trump. Not only did he not know enough to even ask 
questions - he wouldn't have dared to upset his political idols. 
 
On a personal level, however... 
 
This is a guy who sent out a press release which alleged I egged his 
house - and even though the police report identifies the suspects as 
four teenagers - he still maintains it could have been a political 
attack. A single egg on his driveway. 
 
This is a guy who said I used a profanity - repeatedly - during public 
comments at a village meeting, which he admits he didn't hear. The 
reason? Because I didn't. That didn't stop him from trying to ban me 
from speaking ever again until I submitted a written and oral apology 
to him first. Yes, Ew. 
 
This is a guy who after he was censured for his actions against me (as 
well as another resident and a village trustee whom he both threatened 
to have removed by the police) began wildly ramping up the rhetoric on 
the abusive hate website created to intimidate, humiliate and sexually 
harass me and other trustees. 
 
This website tried to have me removed from a community board of 
directors, insinuated I was having extramarital affairs, announced a 
fake meeting using my home address, and then someone associated with 
it followed me to a restaurant and wrote about what I ate and where I 
sat. 
 
Why? 
 
Because I have the audacity to ask questions and expect accountability 
from my local government. Because - every so often - I am right and 
people agree with me. Because I had the nerve to support candidates 
for election David DeGroot and his friends opposed. 
 
This isn't about the intrigues of local government and personality 
clashes. It's about shutting me up and shutting down any effort to 
question or criticize our local officials - by anyone. 
 
This effort continues still by Village Hall staff who quietly solicit 
my friends for assistance. 
 
There has been, and still is, little disagreement that these actions 
are disgusting, and at times, have been very frightening to me. 
However, what it more frightening is that our village could be facing 
two more years of this kind of embarrassment, incompetence and 
intimidation. 
 
For people who have tried to appeal for help from their village, who 
are facing eminent domain actions, who feel they have been mistreated, 
who are concerned about their property taxes, about flooding and host 
of other issues - my personal complaints are trivial and utterly 
irrelevant. 
 
However, when the right to voice your opinion is intentionally 
subverted through the means we have seen employed by our Village 
President - unfettered and unchecked by his colleagues - we are all in 
a lot of trouble. 
 
See also: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/national-podcast-dives-into-foxconn-debate/article_593715f7-d2df-5616-874d-270781c7cd5b.html#comments
 
Cindy and I agree with the conclusion - that we are all in trouble.... 
as Foxconn - in a recent meeting with City of Racine Water Utility 
Manager Keith Haas - could not identify any products which it intended 
to produce at the Mount Pleasant, WI facility currently under 
construction. 
 
Its all a lie. 
 
Time to stop committing financial crimes against the hard working 
people of the City. 
 
Time to Stop. PERIOD. 
 
And stop bowing down to the demands of Property Tax Cheat Mayor Elect 
(or NOT!) Cory Mason... 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 

Open Blog - Tuesday

Spread the news.

Dear Village of Mount Pleasant Trustees, RC County Exec, Jenny Trick & Foxconn CEO Terry Gou,

A Better Mount Pleasant sends: 
 
So much to unpack in this article about how a prepackaged Foxconn deal 
was rammed through Mount Pleasant headed by David DeGroot for Village 
President with only days on the job and a massive crush on both Scott 
Walker and Donald Trump. Not only did he not know enough to even ask 
questions - he wouldn't have dared to upset his political idols. 
 
On a personal level, however... 
 
This is a guy who sent out a press release which alleged I egged his 
house - and even though the police report identifies the suspects as 
four teenagers - he still maintains it could have been a political 
attack. A single egg on his driveway. 
 
This is a guy who said I used a profanity - repeatedly - during public 
comments at a village meeting, which he admits he didn't hear. The 
reason? Because I didn't. That didn't stop him from trying to ban me 
from speaking ever again until I submitted a written and oral apology 
to him first. Yes, Ew. 
 
This is a guy who after he was censured for his actions against me (as 
well as another resident and a village trustee whom he both threatened 
to have removed by the police) began wildly ramping up the rhetoric on 
the abusive hate website created to intimidate, humiliate and sexually 
harass me and other trustees. 
 
This website tried to have me removed from a community board of 
directors, insinuated I was having extramarital affairs, announced a 
fake meeting using my home address, and then someone associated with 
it followed me to a restaurant and wrote about what I ate and where I 
sat. 
 
Why? 
 
Because I have the audacity to ask questions and expect accountability 
from my local government. Because - every so often - I am right and 
people agree with me. Because I had the nerve to support candidates 
for election David DeGroot and his friends opposed. 
 
This isn't about the intrigues of local government and personality 
clashes. It's about shutting me up and shutting down any effort to 
question or criticize our local officials - by anyone. 
 
This effort continues still by Village Hall staff who quietly solicit 
my friends for assistance. 
 
There has been, and still is, little disagreement that these actions 
are disgusting, and at times, have been very frightening to me. 
However, what it more frightening is that our village could be facing 
two more years of this kind of embarrassment, incompetence and 
intimidation. 
 
For people who have tried to appeal for help from their village, who 
are facing eminent domain actions, who feel they have been mistreated, 
who are concerned about their property taxes, about flooding and host 
of other issues - my personal complaints are trivial and utterly 
irrelevant. 
 
However, when the right to voice your opinion is intentionally 
subverted through the means we have seen employed by our Village 
President - unfettered and unchecked by his colleagues - we are all in 
a lot of trouble. 
 
See also: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/national-podcast-dives-into-foxconn-debate/article_593715f7-d2df-5616-874d-270781c7cd5b.html#comments
 
Cindy and I agree with the conclusion - that we are all in trouble.... 
as Foxconn - in a recent meeting with City of Racine Water Utility 
Manager Keith Haas - could not identify any products which it intended 
to produce at the Mount Pleasant, WI facility currently under 
construction. 
 
Its all a lie. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
Tim & Cindy 

Nutjob and MTP President David Degroot is an even greater threat to Democracy that Boss Vos

A Better Mount Pleasant sends: 
 
So much to unpack in this article about how a prepackaged Foxconn deal 
was rammed through Mount Pleasant headed by David DeGroot for Village 
President with only days on the job and a massive crush on both Scott 
Walker and Donald Trump. Not only did he not know enough to even ask 
questions - he wouldn't have dared to upset his political idols. 
 
On a personal level, however... 
 
This is a guy who sent out a press release which alleged I egged his 
house - and even though the police report identifies the suspects as 
four teenagers - he still maintains it could have been a political 
attack. A single egg on his driveway. 
 
This is a guy who said I used a profanity - repeatedly - during public 
comments at a village meeting, which he admits he didn't hear. The 
reason? Because I didn't. That didn't stop him from trying to ban me 
from speaking ever again until I submitted a written and oral apology 
to him first. Yes, Ew. 
 
This is a guy who after he was censured for his actions against me (as 
well as another resident and a village trustee whom he both threatened 
to have removed by the police) began wildly ramping up the rhetoric on 
the abusive hate website created to intimidate, humiliate and sexually 
harass me and other trustees. 
 
This website tried to have me removed from a community board of 
directors, insinuated I was having extramarital affairs, announced a 
fake meeting using my home address, and then someone associated with 
it followed me to a restaurant and wrote about what I ate and where I 
sat. 
 
Why? 
 
Because I have the audacity to ask questions and expect accountability 
from my local government. Because - every so often - I am right and 
people agree with me. Because I had the nerve to support candidates 
for election David DeGroot and his friends opposed. 
 
This isn't about the intrigues of local government and personality 
clashes. It's about shutting me up and shutting down any effort to 
question or criticize our local officials - by anyone. 
 
This effort continues still by Village Hall staff who quietly solicit 
my friends for assistance. 
 
There has been, and still is, little disagreement that these actions 
are disgusting, and at times, have been very frightening to me. 
However, what it more frightening is that our village could be facing 
two more years of this kind of embarrassment, incompetence and 
intimidation. 
 
For people who have tried to appeal for help from their village, who 
are facing eminent domain actions, who feel they have been mistreated, 
who are concerned about their property taxes, about flooding and host 
of other issues - my personal complaints are trivial and utterly 
irrelevant. 
 
However, when the right to voice your opinion is intentionally 
subverted through the means we have seen employed by our Village 
President - unfettered and unchecked by his colleagues - we are all in 
a lot of trouble. 
 
https://www.facebook.com/abettermtpleasant/

Open Blog - Monday

Agreed.

Subject: From time to time....

Interesting... 
 
Fer de Lance: 
 
This briefing presents the basic concepts of Soviet scalar 
electromagnetic weapons, some of the major types available, and 
evidence of their widespread testing. 
 
- Scalar Electromagnetics is Electrogravitation - 
 
Scalar electromagnetics is an extension of present electromagnetics 
(EM) to include gravitation. That is, it is a unified, and, what is 
more important, it is a unified engineering theory. Its basis was 
initially discovered by Nikola Tesla. 
 
In the scalar EM extension, EM field energy can be turned into 
gravitational field energy and vice versa. This exchange can be 
patterned and localized. in specific areas or objects. Such a 
controlled change of electromagnetics to gravitation is not possible 
in the normal EM or physics presently taught in Western textbooks. 
However, the bits and pieces of the theory have been scattered through 
the physics literature for some time, but no orthodox Western 
scientist seems to have realized that these anomalous portions could 
be integrated into a startling new physics. Unorthodox experimenters, 
inventors, and scientists have made discoveries in this arena for 
several decades, but again have not realized the exact implications or 
the precise manner in which their results could be combined with 
present electrical physics. 
 
http://www.cheniere.org/books/ferdelance/intro.htm 

SMOKING GUN: Hard Evidence Shows Camp Fire Was Manmade, Genocide and Mass Destruction of Paradise Carefully Planned

Interesting.... 

http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=110720

Impoverishing the Masses is Conservation by Other Means

PARADISE, Calif. — California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is 
asking for a rate hike of almost $2 billion from customers, saying 
more than half will go toward wildfire safety. 
 
In a proposal submitted Thursday to the California Public Utilities 
Commission, PG&E is asking for $1.1 billion in new revenue in 2020, 
including $576 million for the Community Wildfire Safety Program, $273 
million toward liability insurance, and $209 million for core gas and 
electric operations. 
 
The proposal asks for another $454 million in 2021 and $486 million in 2022. 
 
If the commission approves the hike, ratepayers could see their bills 
jump more than $10 a month. 
 
Californians already pay one of the highest prices in the nation for 
electricity. According to the US Energy Information Administration, 
last year’s average monthly bill was $101.49. 
 
The proposal does not include money for potential claims from the 2017 
and 2018 California fires, PG&E says. 
 
A class action lawsuit filed last week accuses the utility of 
negligence and poor maintenance of electrical infrastructure. 
 
“Even though PG&E knew that its infrastructure was aging, unsafe, and 
vulnerable to weather and environmental conditions, it failed to 
fulfill these duties, and failed to take preventative measures in the 
face of known high-risk weather conditions, such as de-energizing its 
electrical equipment,” the lawsuit states. 
 
Another suit calls the Camp Fire an “inevitable byproduct of PG&E’s 
willful and conscious disregard of public safety.” 
 
In a PG&E report this week, the company outlined employee reports of 
damaged power towers minutes before the Camp Fire broke out. One 
employee called 911 the day the wildfire started after spotting flames 
close to a high-voltage tower in Butte County. 
 
That was 15 minutes after a transmission line went out near that location. 
 
On Wednesday, the state’s insurance commissioner reported $9 billion 
in insured losses from the 2018 wildfires. 
 
“The tragic deaths of 88 people and over $9 billion in insured losses 
to date are shocking numbers — behind the insured loss numbers are 
thousands of people who’ve been traumatized by unfathomable loss,” 
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said. 
 
The utility could see $26.5 billion in liability costs, co-head of 
Utilities, Power Equipment & Renewable Energy at SSR, Hugh Wynne said. 
It might be less if the company isn’t found to have started one or 
more of the 2017 and 2018 fires. 
 
Link: https://fox6now.com/2018/12/14/utility-company-proposes-2b-hike-to-electric-bills-with-half-going-toward-wildfire-safety/?fbclid=IwAR2ykVIp-ZJSneN_trFS7x7iyilqjtqC1Ek916H7d_heKQL2pgjQ8N3G0u4
 
 It's just one step closer to the end of Industrial Civilization, that 
transient pulse dependent upon limitless cheap energy on a Finite 
Planet. 
 
The Olduvai Gorge Theory: (that) the Stone Age was "sustainable" 
civilization won't outlast fossil fuels: 
 
Link: http://www.oilempire.us/olduvai.html

European oil consumption after North Sea Peak Oil

Matt sends: 
 
Conclusion: Peak oil and climate change are an incredible double whammy 
 
http://crudeoilpeak.info/european-oil-consumption-after-north-sea-peak-oil