These are turbulent times. And not just the last year and a half, but specifically the last 3 days, when right here, in Janesville, a group of individuals produced and distributed a flier they delivered to sleeping residents. A flier attacking our teachers, our school district and our community. This was also an attempt to [...]
Does Representative Knilans, Janesville Gazette, Joe Knilans, Representative Joe KnilansThis past Sunday, many Janesville residents discovered an unusual flier with their copy of the Janesville Gazette. Decorated with what the flier calls “Local Education Facts”, the two-sided flier features the names, positions and salaries of many WEAC members working for Janesville School District. The quotes used for the “Local Education Facts” are looking to [...]
Janesville Gazette, Karen Schulte, Local Education Facts, WEACWhen I announced my candidacy 4 1/2 years ago, I was told that I am a good guy but good guys from out of town don’t get elected to Janesville City Council. Today, I am glad because I believed in Janesville and Janesville proved me right. Though I am a naturalized citizen, it is here [...]
City Council, Gazette Sound Off, Janesville Gazette, JATV, Steve SheifferWith the Spring election being only one day away, people are asking me who I support and who they should vote for tomorrow. This happens every election, and that is why I have come out with my official endorsements for Janesville City Council: Farrell, Murray, Smillie and Southers. I hope you will support these fine [...]
Janesville GazetteMany questions are being asked these days about the future of traditional media. One of the more interesting ones is, how does traditional media – newspapers, TV, radio – find its place in today’s culture, and remain relevant and important to its readers; now that the world has seemingly dived head first into Facebook and [...]
Janesville Community Page, Janesville Gazette, JCP, TVThe 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 RashkinOn the day when families gather together to celebrate the birth of Prince of Peace, Janesville Gazette chose to unleash its strongest attack to date on local residents looking to make a difference. Using the story about local candidates’ party affiliation as the premise for its criticism, Gazette went on to highlight candidates active in [...]
Councilman Liebert, Councilmember Liebert, Janesville Gazette, Merry ChristmasAnna Marie Lux of Janesville Gazette wrote a very nice story about me playing piano for silent movies. Here are some excerpts: “Key performer: Piano player does the talking in “silent” films He is best known as a Janesville City Council member But professionally, he plays and teaches piano. Recently, he began doing something he [...]
Janesville Gazette, Luther Memorial Church, Moscow, Pink Floyd MoneyAs I was compiling another round up of Wisconsin political news for my website Defend Wisconsin News Round Up (www.DefendWisconsin.blogspot.com), it occurred to me that a lot of lawmakers in our state are proposing constitutional amendments. And since this seems like something that a local newspaper would consider perfect material for an editorial (in my [...]
Assembly Democrats, Greg Peck, Janesville GazetteHere’s the Janesville Gazette story about Art Infusion Along the Janesville Mile – the next incarnation of the Chalk Walk. Organizers hoping crowds, dollars will flock to Janesville art event — GazetteXtraAnd here is the video by Bob Webster of Marsh Creek Outdoors documenting the first Janesville Mile Chalk Walk, which took place in October, [...]
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