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Recycle Your Computers May 16-18

by Cheryl Mathis on May 15th, 2008 • One Comment »

The City of Wausau will be accepting appliances for disposal the weekend of May 16-18, but they will not be accepting computers.
In order to accommodate people who wish to dispose of computer equipment, the Good News Project will accept computers and televisions for recycling on Friday from 10 to 4, on Saturday from 10 to 2 and again on Sunday from noon to 4. The cost for recycling is 25 cents per pound.
“We provide a low cost service to the community, help keep the environment clean and help fund local nonprofits,” says Tom Fladland, operations director for Good News Project.
All …

Activities, Bulletins, Community, Economy, Environment, Wausau

City of Wausau Committee Appointments

by Dino Corvino on April 14th, 2008 • No Comments »

In case you were wondering who on the City Council is tasked with what?  Well, this document should be able to answer these questions.  In the past, these appointments have led to some clashes on the Council, and these might as well.

Your City government is yours though.  That is something that should not be forgotten.  These people are voted for by you, and for you.  They are acting in a role of service, as such we should thank them.  But also we need to be a part of this process.

Committee Appointments

City Council, City Government, City Hall, Community, Development, Economy, Government

Leftist Claptrap in a Time of Righteousness

by Tom Neal on March 11th, 2008 • 5 Comments »

I don’t know what all I’m trying to accomplish by writing this article. Venting, yes. Provoking response, maybe. Affecting/changing alternate opinions, not likely. Rambling on in a stream-of-consciousness rant, most likely. Wasting my virtual breath, hope not.

Last week, I read an article on cnn.com about a Congressional hearing in D.C. on the subject of CEO compensation (i.e. huge salaries and perks) even in cases when those executives’ companies have performed miserably. While that story dealt with individuals walking away with dozens, even hundreds, of millions of dollars when their companies are tanking, it brought to mind recent developments in our …

Economy, Politics, Wausau

Librarian Demotions: Not Merely Unfair

by Barry D. Liss on February 27th, 2008 • 6 Comments »

What are we to make of the demotion of the 3 librarians at the Marathon County Public Library?  Good business?  Solid fiscal prudence?  Oh, I don’t think so.  It’s shoddy and negligent – embarrassing to the whole community.  What happened here?  Nothing less than an outrageous incursion of a corporate value structure poorly overlayed on top of a public good.  It’s unfair and I call rot nihilism.  Had people in positions of power acted with greater prudence, this lament would be unnecessary.

The quotes by those sitting atop the hierarchy strike me as doubly wretched in that they render forth two …

Economy, Marathon County Library, Wausau, Work