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Where’s Your Jesus Now?
Jesus H. Obama, that is.
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Mayor Pave Hogwild For Highways
Mayor Pave’s continuing pursuit pork and a more perfect Schaumburg.
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Peak Oil and Places that Suck
Places that suck need massive inputs of concentrated energy to function. Right now, that concentrated form of energy tends to be oil. Oil feeds our deathmobiles which are the only means of access to places that suck. But the ride is getting rougher in those paved paradises, with higher prices here & yet higher prices…
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Sanitary Sprawl
Madison continues its subsidization of outer-ring aldermanic districts; this time via extravagant sewerage projects.
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Growth Machine’s Filthy Water Imperils Mayor Pave’s Growth Machine
The contamination at this proposed well site on Madison’s far southeast side has been known for a long, long time. Staff is portrayed as astute, even heroic, in “their” (latter day) decision to nix the well at this contaminated site. Nothing could be further from the truth. It was the brave stand made by a…
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Our Incandescent City Council
I live for these told-ya-so moments…. A couple of years ago our city council was mulling a ban on incandescent light bulbs, and mandating compact fluorescents. It was well-intentioned, given our current energy gluttony, but misguided in its application. I encouraged my friends on the council to avoid an ordinance that dictated a certain type…
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NYC Makes Space for People
I’m not a huge fan of Bloomberg,* but it is great to see that he has empowered a visionary Transportation Commissioner to make NYC a more livable place for pedestrians & bicyclists. Janette Sadik-Khan has been very aggressive in taming NYC’s streets to the benefit of people (as opposed to cars). Her latest project hints…