Recall petition signatures
Here is the link with all of the signatures collected for the Walker recall. I was able to open some of them but not all of them. Some of the forms only have 4-5 signatures per page.
http://webapps.wi.gov/sites/recall/Recall%20Petitions/Governor/GOV%201601-1650.pdf
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Lund resignation for eligibility of pension?
I am just wondering since John Lund has now resigned and he was not fired and has not yet been convicted of any wrongdoing, was it done so that he would still be eligible for a pension?
Does anyone know the rules on that and how something like this deal would work?
If he is convicted, will that have any affect on his pension later?
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Pit Bulls legal or illegal?
No other dog has had so much media coverage in the last 15 years as the Pit Bull. It’s tough not to be emotional one way or the other about these canines, especially if you’ve owned one or two or three, or if you or a loved one has been involved in a bad incident involving a Pit Bull. One side says Pits are dangerous and should be banned. The other side says they are loving, safe dogs and it’s the owners who are to blame for any “bad” Pits. What is the truth? Somewhere in between.
“Pit Bull” can refer to either the American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) breed or a type of dog who has Pit Bull traits. It’s all muddled at this point with Breed Specific Legislation, which bans or restricts some breeds, lumping Boxers and Dalmatians in with pits and other bully breeds (such as the American Staffordshire Terrier. Most Pit Bulls on the street are mixes though there is still breeding of the APBT. Responsible breeding produces a stable, talented dog while breeding for dog fighting must, of course, be stopped.
It gets more confusing when trying to identify just how many Pit Bulls are responsible for dog or human attacks. When you see the term “Pit Bull” in the press, it can refer to any type of dog. More often than you’d think, a dog who attacked someone and is labeled Pit Bull, is actually a mutt or a different breed altogether. Even if a picture is attached and it looks like a Pitbull, it could be any number of mixes which produce similar characteristics. Really, when you think about it, condemning a dog based on his physical traits is declaring his guilt based purely on his appearance – this is what BSL is about.
But there are the sensible people who honestly feel that Pitbulls, and any dog that resembles one, are a danger to society. Often, these folks don’t know much about dogs and certainly not much about Pits. But they are being bombarded with almost all bad press about these dogs. It is evident that the media fuels misconceptions about Pits and stirs up the public. And the statistics behind the fury are less than accurate. Even the Center for Disease Control, which puts out many of the stats, states that dog bite and dog attack data cannot be gathered accurately. But, still, the section of society that does not feel safe with Pit Bulls has a right to be heard. And, considering the bull they are fed about Pits, it’s no wonder they don’t believe the Pit Bull supporters.
Below are 10 common misconceptions about Pit Bulls which both support and contradict the general views of either “Pit Bulls are dangerous” or “Pit Bulls are just like Golden Retrievers.” Just as it’s tough to be unemotional about these dogs, it’s also tough to be unbiased (especially when the author of this article owns three of them) but a valiant effort has been made. I was always told that Pit bulls were illegal in the city limits of Antigo and yet I see them all over.
Moving Forward
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Antigo Daily Journal downplaying local drug busts
Not a big surprise, but, apparently Freddie thinks that the Antigo drug bust has gotten more attention than it deserves, according to his “Bits and Pieces” on January 28… http://antigodailyjournal.com/full.php?id=14142
Why would the events create a “tough time” for the Journal? Are these people harrassing them? Or does Freddie just have a hard time publishing not-so-flattering news about his friends or what? News is news and last time I checked, the Journal is a NEWSpaper.
Freddie needed to “reminded” by a friend that authority figures & drug charges are something that should be reported.
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Drug testing should be a violation of our rights
I have understood that the reason the laws were drawn up the way there were is because the Government can not tell us what we can and can’t ingest. That would be a violation of our rights. So, instead they created the laws so that it is illegal to POSSESS drugs, MANUFACTURE drugs, etc., but, not INGEST drugs.
With that being said, shouldn’t it also be a violation of our rights to be drug tested? If no one has a right to tell us what we can and can’t ingest then how is drug testing legit? It ASSUMES the fact that if you have drugs in your system, then at some point you POSSESSED them, and so you broke the law. This is completely ridiculous to me.
Another thing that is ridiculous is how the drug companies have created synthetic heroin and many other variations of drugs that resemble our current “illegal” drugs. It’s OK for people to be on those because they are prescribed. Not much different than medical marijuana in my opinion.
I think our government is too big as it is, and we should not be controlled by them in this manner. If we want to kill ourselves with drugs, we should be able to. It should be our right.
Just for the record, I am NOT a crackhead.
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Not only does it seem that Antigo has hit the big time, now Shawano has also with the controversial high school newspaper column.
Excerpt: SHAWANO, Wis. — A gay couple with school-age children is outraged over a column in a local high school newspaper that cites Bible passages and calls homosexuality a sin punishable by death…
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-15/gay-parenting-shawano/52567228/1
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The Irish Rail (aka Polar Country Club)
A few days ago I drove past the Irish Rail (the old Polar Country Club) and noticed the Irish Rail sign has been taken down. Does anyone know if it is under new ownership?
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Polar Country Club has been around many many years and was a legend in itself (ask anyone 65 years or younger). It has survived different owners, remodeling, fires, etc but yet always managed to keep its customer base…especially those who lived in and near Polar. That all changed when it became the Irish Rail and people stopped going there.
I hope it is under new ownership and I hope the new owner can regain the loyal customers that the Irish Rail lost.
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Shouldn’t an Impartial Judge be handling the Teachers Drug Cases?
On WSAW tonight with an interview with Sheriff Greening, he admitted that he knows many of the people involved in the current drug investigation that includes Teachers, Principals and Coaches. I do not think it would be far-fetched at all to make the assumption that the Judge also knows these people and is treating them with favoritism.
I can not recall a case where there were so many felony drug counts against someone and they were not put in jail, have a cash bond set, and if after a week or so were unable to post that bond, it would be reduced to a signature bond. I thought this was common procedure.
These people that are involved in the community, and with our children, should be held to a higher standard and should also be made an example of. It makes me sick when people in positions of authority are NOT treated as such and get special treatment because of who they know.
I think a Judge from some other area, far away from Antigo, should be in charge of these drug cases. I don’t think a Lincoln county Judge or Forest County Judge would be good enough, as I am sure they too would be favoring these people.
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