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We're almost there. Please go click for the Pack to help get soup for Green Bay shelters!

Thanks to the Press Gannett for the reminder.

Helping Haiti

I lived in California for a few years and once experienced a 4.0 earthquake. Many people don't understand that each number in front of the decimal represents a 10x increase in strength of a quake. In otherwords, the 7.0 that happened in Haiti is 1000 times stronger than that little 4.0 that made a mess by knocking stuff off of shelves. I wonder how many of the earth quake resistant structures required in California would survive a 7.0? Now I imagine the structures in a poor country with basically no building codes and am quite sure that the limited images we are seeing can't do the breadth of devastation justice. Television & radio programs, Facebook walls and rss feeds, emails and texts-- even former presidents-- are all buzzing with how we can help. If you have the ability, every little bit matters when people are dying. Please consider doing what you can.

Foreclosure record in 2009, 2010 could be worse.

The headline says it all.

If you are at risk of losing your home please seek help right now.

The Taxpayers

Everyone in Green Bay has a right to know about the ongoing and possible consequences of a million dollar lawsuit against the city. #4 on this agenda. The meeting is at 5:30 tonight.

Renard Island Update

My goals for Renard Island remain:

* Safest practical closure. I remain hopeful that if clay is provided it will be used to prevent precipitation washing PCBs out of the island.

* Permanent foot and emergency traffic access to the island. (My understanding is that it's too shallow for any rescue boats to get close.)

Ideally past Green Bay Council and Brown County Board members would have had the vision to block a dump next to is among the busiest parks in Brown County. They didn't. Apparently the "we could use it for..." argument won the day. OK, how about we remember that now? Please at least consider leaving the infrastructure in place required to access the island. Without that it can never be used for anything.

The Daily Show

Brian Williams: Why Jon Stewart Is Good For News - In short, I agree. Jon does have an obvious point of view, none the less I agree that his show serves a purpose. I've seen Jon verbally eviscerate people holding diverse points of view. This show picks fun at lazy, misleading, and/or disingenuous reporters and public figures of all persuasions and that's a good thing. Reporters and public figures should worry about someone turning their words in to a joke. It makes reporting better. It makes "talking points" more accurate and honest. I wish there were more shows out there that clarified the news by simply pointing out absurdities. I wish we had coverage like it in North East Wisconsin.

Local Elections...

...are here. Click to learn who is asking you for a job.

Home Builder Expo

Kudos to the builders for the Paul's Pantry and Red Cross support at The Home Expo event in Green Bay. If you are interested in building or remodeling, you might want to check it out Jan 28-31.