Last year, I fought and eventually prevailed in restoring most of the cuts to the operating hours of Janesville pools. This year, many people in our community and across the state, are struggling during these times of record high temperatures, while too many have no working air-conditioning at all. Though in most years, making [...]
Governor WalkerOn 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 WalkerThis morning our local elected officials got hit by the Gazette with the double wammy of criticism for signing petitions calling for recall of Governor Walker. This was done via a guest editorial and a letter from a resident (himself a member of Janesville’s Transportation Committee). None of these were written by anyone on the [...]
Eau Claire, Governor Walker, Leader Telegram, Scott WalkerCouple of City Council-related stories ran in the Janesville Gazette over the past few days I would like to address: #1. Janesville resident hot as budget cuts force shorter pool hours — GazetteXtra During the budget discussion last year, I spoke strongly and on several occasions in favor of keeping the pools open and not cutting [...]
City Council, Councilmember Kathy Voskuil, Ethics Policy, Governor WalkerThis morning, following Councilman Perrotto’s phone call to Dan Conry, Dan asked me to stop in, which I did. Dan and I spoke for a few minutes on the air. Here’s a link to the podcast. http://wclo.com/podcasts/dan-conry-show/2011/mar/31/yuri-rashkin/ Janesville Gazette also wrote a story about the Forward Janesville dinner featuring Governor Walker and events that followed [...]
Dan Conry, Going Forward, Governor Walker, WCLO1. I could. I did what many people felt they could not do. Many people at the dinner could not get up and leave without potentially endangering many business and professional relationships, or at least they felt that’s what they would be doing. Others wanted to stay out of curiosity to see what the Governor [...]
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