| ~ A B V H e a d l i n e s ~ Posted 2/23/06 - Anti-war activists storm Kohl campaign event "Too many innocent lives have been lost and too many dollars have been spent. We are here tonight to appeal to your conscience and ask you to sign a pledge." - Dem Attorney General Candidates Clash See the webcast of the Feb. 14 breakfast forum at the Madison Club with Lautenschlager & Falk - Dane County pledges $100K to protect & clean up lakes Studies show up to 89 tons of sediment, or eight dump truck loads - plus 363 pounds of phosphorus, enough to help produce 18,000 pounds of algae - dump into Lake Mendota from storm water runoff each year. ABV bets that Oshkosh also has serious sediment issues. Posted 2/14/06 - ABV Oshkosh Common Council Endorsements Posted 2/13/06 - BEST OF THE LOCAL WEB - TonyPalmeri.Com: Oshkosh Common Council Closed Meeting Illegal - PollyBlog: Petri Pointless Again - Lake Winneblogo: Palmeri Warned about Campaigning - ABV: the 54th District Race - RiseUpOshkosh: Districts for Common Council - Northwestern: Boundaries Focus of School Board Forum - EyeOnOshkosh: Esslinger Calls for Council Members to Recuse from Voting - Babblemur: Oshkosh Candidate Forum Posted 2/6/06 - Fox Valley Equality Conference on Feb. 25th - Steve Dedow and Bob Poeschl: "Health Care & the Labor Movement Today" on Radio Commentary this Friday, 2/10 Check out 90.3 FM this Friday from 6:20pm - 7:00pm for Winnebago County Labor Council President Steve Dedow and Wisconsin Green Party Co-Chair Bob Poeschl - Check out the ABV Town Square Blog - WI's dirty capital Posted 2/4/06 - McCabe: The Blind Leading The Bland "some have taken to calling the charismatically-challenged governor "Velcro Jim" because bad news seems to stick to him as easily as it slid off "Teflon Tommy" Thompson" - Rep. Scott Jensen's Plan Slapped Down Jensen goes on trial Feb. 21 on three felony charges and one misdemeanor charge - AT: UW Student Michelle Bogden runs for Common Council - OshkoshNews.org Voter Information Project Check out information on the common council and school board candidates in Oshkosh - Justin Mitchell Interviews Colin Crowley on Radio Commentary Posted 2/1/06 - Valley Fair Mall, Teen Center to be Razed - Mary Meyst For Oshkosh Common Council - Mary's Blog Mary is commenting on Oshkosh's top 10 issues. So far she has #10 - Citizen Statements, #9 - Miller's Bay, #8 Liquor Licenses........ more to come. READ BABBLEMUR'S INTERVIEW WITH MARY HERE - ABV: The 54th District Race - Gordo, Julio, and others? "Even the thought of a third party on the right or left will push the candidates to actually think outside of the party box" - Tony Palmeri's Censored in 2005, Part II Serving the "Have Mores", the ABV, and the small cost of war. Posted 1/30/06 - Ignorant Twit Statement of the Week Local journalist James Fitzhenry on Hugo Chavez, calling him, "a socialistic dictator wanna-be". We expect James to know very little about South American politics or the US role in political instability in the region, but foolishly we expected slightly more of an articulate criticism. - Welcome to Whole Foods - The Walmart of Organic According to CEO John Mackay, ""The union is like having herpes. It doesn't kill you, but it's unpleasant and inconvenient and it stops a lot of people from becoming your lover." - The AFL-CIO WI Health Care Plan See discussion on Eye on Oshkosh - Scam at UW Oshkosh Bookstore Posted 1/26/06 - WI Senate Overrides Conceal Carry Veto 5 Democrats joined Roessler,Ellis and the rest of the Republican Senate - Grand jury indicted in Doyle's administration ...two felony counts for her role in awarding a travel contract to a company whose executives donated $20,000 to the governor, saying she wanted to "cause political advantage for her supervisors." - Editorial: Doyle and the indictment - Will probe of travel deal expand? - Recent Wisconsin Political Ads - video and audio Posted 1/23/06 - Becky Katers: Three state senators stacked hearing The Legislature's circus was in town again. Republican senators Alan Lasee, Cathy Stepp and David Zien rigged another "public hearing" to parade their pet presenters first to ensure favorable news coverage for themselves - Tonypalmeri.com Update - Watertown City Council Votes Down Referendum Signatures, Faces Lawsuit - The Powers of the Oshkosh Plan Commission - The Joan Rivers Resort - Oshkosh consider's centralized food pantry Churches operate many of the food pantries in Oshkosh and the Hunger Task Force would like the ecumenical approach to continue even with a centralized pantry - Grand jury examines contract Doyle's $750,000 travel deal Big money deals, campagin contributions, good ol pals, and nuclear energy Posted 1/15/06 - Green groups promote unity An interesting idea for Oshkosh: the United Environmental Council. A group of respected individuals from various walks of Oshkosh life dedicated to no-nonsense environmental consciousness and preservation. Current Oshkosh rating - 0. - New Challenges for the Antiwar Movement in 2006 How Some Arguments Against the War Might be Twisted to Prolong It Posted 1/12/06 - US Lifts Longtime Drilling Ban on Alaskan Wildlife Habitat - Montana Power: Killing the Big Sky's Golden Goose |
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