Category Archive: Cool Dudes
Cool Dude #4: The Voters
I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
I have fallen back on that quote often in my life. It comes as the closing paragraph in Abraham Lincoln inaugural address. I think …
Cool Dude #3: Jim Tipple
[A Note from Dino: We again want to state that these pieces are not about candidates. They are about people in office, already serving. It is not our intention to create buzz for candidates, or to show support one way or another. We believe that people who are willing to stand up and lead are cool dudes. Each and every one of them. Even if we do not agree with them. We also want to remind you, that we reserve the right to remove that that is uncivil or factually incorrect. We …
Cool Dude #2: Deb Hadley
(A note on Candidates, and Councilpersons pieces: I want to be clear that my writing these pieces is not an endorsement of any person. I have a clear view as to what I believe, and I have no problem with that view, but these pieces focus on the act of service. As always, we ask for your comments. We ask that your discussion be civil, fact-based, and respectful of these very real people who live in our city. These are people with children, with families, and with feelings like you and I. We are …
Cool Dude #1: Gary Barden
Gary Barden is a cool dude, and I have scars to prove it.
I think that I need to start off with something of a confession in the name of transparency. I have something that Gary Barden created tattooed on my body, and five friends have the same tattoo. My friend Scott Holt trusted Gary with the creative vision for his own identity, and Gary has produced the Annual Report, website and quarterly newsletter for one of the most influential foundations here in Wausau.
That all sounds really good, but what about that makes him cool? Its hard to …