On Why can't we leave the leaves?

Posted on November 10 at 8:45 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Honda guy - you better hope you don't get asthma or lose your job like I did. What a nasty mean thing to say to someone. You should be ashamed of yourself but I imagine that you have no shame.

People who are not nice are just unhappy. I feel sorry for you. I hope your life gets better and you learn that being kind has so many rewards in life.

On Why can't we leave the leaves?

Posted on November 9 at 2:43 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I was hoping we would address something much worse - people who burn leaves. Why are people burning leaves?!!

I know there aren't any asthmatics burning leaves - our symptoms are bad enough during the fall - we don't need to have to try to breathe through this unnecessary smoke. It should be banned - especially in valleys like where I live. Do you know that it gets into our houses? I can't even go out of the house without soon smelling like a bon fire. My asthma doctor asked if I live with a smoker when I arrived for my appointment. I told him about the leave burning, and he said how terrible it is for asthmatics.

We have outlawed smoking in restaurants and bars, so why is this still allowed?

And as a side note - do you realize that when you put another log on the fire, you put another nail in another person's coffin when you live in a valley - like the rock river valley? Do you realize that you may be giving asthma to your child or yourself?

Ann - this is the story. Could you please run it?

On Edgerton to consider 18.7% tax increase

Posted on October 25 at 8:12 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Right on clinical eye!

I could see helping the poor, but helping to put wealthy family's kids to school? Ridiculous!

Yes, as with the Octomom we have seen how much revenue you can rake in by just having kids. The more you have, the more you should pay. I wouldn't mind paying some, just not as much as someone who receives the benefit.

On Fewer and fewer GM workers remain in Janesville

Posted on October 24 at 4 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Correction: The Gazette did not ignore my information - I just found an email. Thanks Gazette and sorry about my slip.

On Fewer and fewer GM workers remain in Janesville

Posted on October 24 at 9:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Fort Wayne is working 50 to 60 hour per week right now. The new work rules say they can work you up to 12 hour days 7 days per week. We are back in the 1930s before we fought for workers rights! They can't take a sick day - even one they will be written up. No copy of the contract give so the workers are in the dark. They can't take a vacation day because there's no time they say.

They are going to work them until they die and then they won't have to pay any retirements.

I told the Gazette about that and they ignored it - instead they are writing this piece about how everyone should transfer.

Be warned those who remain!!! It's back to the dark ages.

On Can a Hooters girl coach Janesville high school poms?

Posted on September 4 at 8:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

The precedent that could be set (and I go by Queen Mrs. Masters Degree) is that we could then be forced to hire the President of NORML to be our next crossing guard.

You can call me names all you want, but guess what? I don't care. I laugh at you.

HA!

On Woman accused of holding daughter under water

Posted on September 4 at 8:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Parenthood is definitely a calling. If you are crazy, try not to have kids.

On Can a Hooters girl coach Janesville high school poms?

Posted on September 3 at 9:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

There has to be at least one girl who isn't dressing inappropriately at the high school and she is worth not corrupting with poor examples of what it means to be a woman in this society.

If we throw out the notion that we want to keep role models positive, then we have opened the flood gates to allowing persons of unethical character being around kids.

Put yourselves in the jobs of the school officials - what would you do? If you allow this, who knows what you will have to allow next based on precedent. You have to establish rules of conduct for school employees.

On Can a Hooters girl coach Janesville high school poms?

Posted on September 3 at 9:26 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Just because corporate America is pushing to have your daughter end up looking like a prostitute, doesn't mean you have to let her end up like that.

Mothers who let their daughters waltz around with their boobs hanging out are incompetent in their essential function to protect her.

On Can a Hooters girl coach Janesville high school poms?

Posted on September 3 at 9:24 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Frusion - no, I am not kidding. You know, its not a crime to have a different opinion than your own.

I think it's sad that girls are dressing so provocatively at a young age - but after all, our culture supports the notion that women are sex objects.

Certainly provocative outfits will attract the wrong kinds of suggestions. I remember wearing inappropriate outfits at their age and having some older man driving by in a car start hitting on me. Probably a pedophile. I can't believe my Mother let me wear those clothes (halter tops).

I stopped being treated like a piece of meat when I started covering up and that's the truth. With that came my self respect and later on, a Masters degree.

A job at Hooters is not the pathway to success - who was to know?