On March 29th, 2011, I went to Forward Janesville annual dinner, like I have every year during my service on the council. I shook hands, ate the meal, listened to speeches. After all, the main reason for me to be there, was to support our local businesses who do so much for our community. Then, [...]
Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Holiday Inn, Scott WalkerThanks to social media, namely Facebook with a tablespoon of Twitter, I have been able to get the message about my campaign for the 44th Assembly District seat, out to the entire state and beyond. A number of my supporters do not live in Janesville, which is where the 44th District is, and some do [...]
Eau Claire, United States, Wisconsin Help, Yuri RashkinThe following letter was published in the Janesville Gazette on February 22, 2012: “Monday night, Feb. 13, the Janesville City Council approved $9 million worth of incentives for a company that promises to create 125 jobs in Janesville in the next three to five years. We can debate whether or not this was a good [...]
Janesville City Council, Janesville Gazette, Yuri RashkinCheck out the first in the series of short testimonials by Janesville residents in support of my candidacy for the 44th Assembly District. The first video features Burdette Erickson, 4th Ward activist, who offered to hold a fundraiser for me as soon as he heard that I was running for the Assembly. I am honored [...]
Assembly District, Burdette Erickson, Janesville City Council, Yuri RashkinI served with Tom McDonald for four years on Janesville City Council and I feel strongly that Tom will make an excellent judge for Rock County. Job of a judge requires knowledge of the law, remaining cool under pressure, being able to control the court room, and always thinking about the long term impact of [...]
Janesville City Council, Rock County1. The right skills. I bring people together. As a business person and a leader of community organizations, I know that we succeed by working together. For too long, Madison has been a place where good ideas go to die in the partisan machinery, and it needs to stop. Whether a union or a business [...]
Assembly District, Janesville City Council, Janesville Mile, Yuri RashkinThis is my platform and it spells out that which I believe – my values. These are based on what I have seen, experienced and learned, and I want to share these with you. Thank you for taking the time to read and I hope that you will consider getting involved in our campaign to [...]
Janesville City Council, Janesville Noon Lions, Scott Walker, Supreme CourtI don’t have too much to add to what Marcia Nelesen wrote in the Janesville Gazette about last night’s meeting: Janesville City Council to spend more on business incubator — GazetteXtra other than to reiterate that decision affecting the stoplight at West Milwaukee and Academy Street was a difficult one. I have a tremendous amount of [...]
Janesville City Council, Marcia Nelesen, Public Works, West MilwaukeeAs I’ve been very busy with several projects, here is a quick catch up: 1. I couldn’t be happier that the council reversed its earlier decision and restored hours at city pools. Back in October when we were discussing the budget, I could not find a “second” to bring this issue to a vote. Last [...]
Janesville City Council, Last Monday, Open Records Request, Sound OffOn Monday night, Janesville City Council discussed a proposed Code of Conduct, referred to by Gazette and WCLO as Code of Ethics. Here’s the news story by Marcia Nelesenthttp://www.gazettextra.com/news/2011/jun/29/janesville-city-council-discusses-code-ethics/ Here’s my appearance this morning on WCLO’s Your Talk Show with Stan Strickerhttp://wclo.com/podcasts/your-talk-show/2011/jun/29/city-council-ethics-and-project-1649/ Here’s the video of the discussion:http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYuri#p/a/u/0/xEms7we2cUs
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