On Janesville council discusses trash options
Posted on October 21 at 10:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Pete,
I fully realize that seniors call city officials regularly. They have the time to do so, which proves my point. I also realize that you're trying to be helpful, and your effort is appreciated and understood.
On Janesville council discusses trash options
Posted on October 21 at 11:25 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I've got two things:
1. With all due respect to senior citizens (I have a 70-year-old mother living in town), why is everything of convenience centered on people who have an unlimited amount of time in which to do things? I work an odd shift, my wife works days and has occasional night events come up, and we have children who are involved in things and have nightly homework. Adjusting compost site or landfill hours that are already too limited does not help those who face daily time crunches. I'm sorry, but saying time changes would confuse seniors isn't a good enough reason to not make this service available to working families.
2. I have nothing but appreciation for the city's police, fire, garbage, water, etc. people. I appreciate knowing there are people curtailing crime, putting out fires and picking up the trash (snow plowing is another issue, however). But I have to say this - it goads me that every time I drive out to the compost site, I have a guy sitting in a little booth doing nothing but telling me to turn left to dump my grass or go "all the way down" to dump branches. I've been there before when I swear the guy is watching television in there. Isn't there more this guy could be doing? Paperwork for the city, maybe? I realize he's trapped as he has to direct people, but I'd love to know what he makes an hour to sit in that little shack most of the time.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
On Student safety trumped Obama speech
Posted on September 14 at 11:57 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Bottom line is this: Right wingers had no problems with Ford spoke to students, when Reagan did it or when either of the Bushes did it. The problem is a Democrat is doing it and, as has been proven for some time now, the Republicans don't like to be fair. They like to push their agenda, lying if necessary, and then lie again if they don't like what the Democrats say. It's just another example, such as Bush's weapons of mass destruction and Palin's death panels. Just a crock being used as a smokescreen to keep the left from getting anything done so they don't show up the right, which accomplished nothing in eight years but get us into a needless war and waste so many taxpayer dollars that we'll never get this country out of debt.
On Church worker’s firing sparks protest
Posted on March 16 at 12:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Spokesman Brent King said that Catholics owe obedience to their pastor, bishop and the pope, because they represent Jesus."
This is why, despite being Catholic, I'm not as much of one as I used to be. I owe obedience to my Lord, not another human. And by the way, does this statement mean that if my child is a church server and the priest touches him in an inappropriate manner and tells him not to tell anyone that my child should be obedient and do so. Sorry, obedience is for dogs. Understanding, leadership and the ability to rationally explain things is for humans. Until the church goes back to that way of thinking, I'll continue my relationship with God on my own.
Posted on March 12 at 8:35 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
People:
The Gazette is a business. They made a business decision that they feel is in the best interest of their readers and subscribers, which is exactly what they should be doing regardless of the economy. Carriers, unfortunately, are a part of the service industry - as are any other employees at the Gazette whose jobs are affected by this move.
With all of the companies in Janesville that are closing down or laying off, you might think some of us would recognize the fact that the Gazette is trying to remain viable in a poor economy. Not many newspapers today are thinking about the future, which is why many of them are folding. And, sorry, but if losing a paper route is going to turn your honor student into a juvenile delinquent, you might want to look at your parenting skills moreso than the Gazette's change in delivery times.
Posted on February 19 at 8:38 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Put toll booths on all highways at all borders, but don't be putting them up near Madison or Milwaukee. Let the out-of-staters who have enjoyed the free ride for years pick up the check for a change. Do you really think a Chicagoan is going to blink at $2 to reach his summer home in Mercer? At the same time, there's no reason for the overtaxed residents of this state to have to come up with more money just to get to work in larger urban areas. Toll booths are a great idea, if done correctly.
On Favre's agent: NY Jets QB retiring
Posted on February 11 at 2:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I am 42 years old. I remember Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Fran Tarkenton - the list goes on and on. Brett Favre is the best quarterback I ever watched play the game of football. In time, people who are angry over the way he left Wisconsin will get over themselves, realize this is a business, and realize this probably wasn't the way Brett wanted it all to end. The man did as much, if not more, for the Packers than they wound up doing for him. In your heart, you know he'll always be a Packer and we'll always love him. Ten years from now in Canton, there will be a sea of green and gold, he'll talk about the glory years here and he'll cry. Hating is a waste of time. Remember the good stuff because in the end that's all that matters.
On GM offers buyout to laid-off workers
Posted on February 3 at 12:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
First off, people need to lay off granprixgirl. She has an opinion and, like the rest of you, she's entitled to it.
I'm not going to complain, I'm just going to share. My mother and father were both factory workers - not at GM, but at factories just the same. My mother has sciatica (look it up) and my father had back and knee problems his entire life because of work on a cement floor all day. Both broke their backs to put food on the table. However, together, they barely brought home $27,000 a year.
My folks insisted that I go to college, so I did. But we never had money to save, so I didn't. I took out a bank loan (somehow didn't qualify for student aid) and got my degree in communications. In the meantime, my friends got factory jobs. While I was "investing in my future," they were buying motorcycles and boats, driving souped-up trucks and taking vacations. I worked hard to get good grades, struggled for cash and, upon graduation, went to work to pay off my loans to the tune of $300 a month (which I did for nine years). They got "seniority."
When I graduated, I found a job paying me $25,000. Good money at the time. But today, in my early 40s, I make less than $40,000 a year as a college graduate.
Now here's the rub: Up until they were laid off recently, a good number of factory-types in Janesville were making more, with overtime, than I CAN. And I'm not talking about the 20- and 30-year GM people. I'm talking about folks who took a half hour to fill out an application rather than four years to earn a degree.
Am I bitter? Maybe. But mostly I'm thankful. I have a job (for now), and at least I use the degree I paid for. My only gripe is it would be nice to be a little higher on the income rung than a sanitation worker, but my career is what it is.
So in closing, sorry to hear of your plight grandprixgirl and the rest of you that are suffering. As for the GM folks, I'm sorry you lost your jobs, too. In this economy, no one can afford to be out of work because there are no jobs.
But those of you who have been fortunate enough to be backed for years by a strong union, allowing you to collect a large paycheck with little intellectual investment, please stop complaining now because your former entitlements are drying up.
Some of us have been struggling for more than the past month.
On Tubing tales
Posted on January 29 at 9:50 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Great, another way for today's youth to avoid any physical exertion.
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On Favre shakes off boos, Vikings beat Packers 38-26
Posted on November 3 at 12:10 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Brett Favre is a great quarterback. No one who knows anything about football can dispute that. His character, however, can certainly be drawn into question.
Remember folks, NFL football is a business. These guys play for money, not your love. Favre is no different, even though we all thought he was.
As for the game:
1. Johnny Jolly needs to be fined ... heavily.
2. Aaron Rodgers needs to run more wind sprints if he can't outrun a 300-pound defensive lineman.
3. Rodgers holds the ball way too long.
4. Rodgers needs to tuck the thing in and run more when the pocket breaks down.
5. Our offensive line sucks.
6. McCarthy needs to call more 3-step drop throws. Those actually worked but, once again, it wasn't until the fourth quarter that we figured that out.
7. We didn't get any more pressure on Favre this game than we did last game, save one series late.
8. Brad Childress, seriously?
9. Keep an eye on Spencer Havner and Clay Matthews.
10. Letting Favre go was the right move. It hurts now, and he's better than Rodgers right now. But two years from now, when Rodgers has some seasoning and looks like Favre did back in 1993 (and Favre finally is on the lawn tractor back in Mississippi), we'll be glad we started the process now rather than later.