He's undoubtedly the best president we ever had.
President Trump is no more a racist that I am or anyone reading this letter is.
His premature death prevents even the possibility of ever hearing him admit his guilt or of publicly seeing him condemned for his monstrous crimes.
Building a new shelter will not bring domestic violence into the Elkhorn area because domestic violence already is in the Elkhorn area.
Enough of the opinion columns from Marc Thiessen. His American Enterprise Institute biography states Thiessen “writes about presidential leadership.” Nothing could be further from the truth.
Everyone deserves fair housing opportunities. Over the past nine months, I have had the opportunity to work with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, City of Beloit, Rock County and other engaged community members to study barriers to fair housing and recommend goals and strategi…
Over the past year, New Beginnings APFV has developed a solid plan to move its offices and add a small domestic violence shelter to the former Aurora Medical Clinic at 20 N. Church Street in Elkhorn.
The ICE raids carried out in Mississippi last week are an unconscionable stain on our country. How many children have been violently separated from their parents with no reassurances of being reunited with their families? This is an escalation of the already inhumane practice of family separ…
In 2017, Donald Trump quietly rolled back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with severe mental health problems to buy guns. At that time, the National Rifle Association said the Obama rule infringed on Second Amendment rights to buy guns, even though the regulation speci…
Three years ago, I was lucky enough to attend a workshop organized by the Oak Hill Cemetery Preservation Society and led by Jason Church, a well-known cemetery advocate from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), a subdivision of the National Parks Service.
The next time you’re at the store and you hear a clerk ask for an ID for a tobacco purchase, please join Youth2Youth 4 Change in saying, “Thank you.” Retail clerks play a key role in decreasing youth access to tobacco by routinely carrying out the law--not allowing youth under 18 to purchase…
Mass shootings in America have become almost commonplace, the most recent in Texas and Ohio. After each one, many individuals and organizations express profound sadness and grief and search for answers to the questions of why and what can we do to prevent such tragedies.
Donald Trump has succeeded in building his wall, a Republican wall of silence.
Thank you for the Wednesday editorial regarding overnight parking. Once again, the not-in-my-backyard set is being proved wrong about those being forced to live in their cars. The vast majority of the people who have been thrust into this situation are there through no fault of their own.
Coward is a term that does not come close to defining the scum that chooses to murder and main unarmed, non-combatant members of the general public, including children.
The chairs of the towns surrounding the Rock Koshkonong Lake District are responding to the RKLD chair’s attempt to discredit members of the RKLD Board who are attempting to get information by open records request into the financial records of the lake district. More than $4 million has been…
Contrary to a letter Tuesday ("Scientists cry wolf about climate change"), there is no “drop dead” date for effects of climate change. However, scientists with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) insist “scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal.”
Regarding the Tuesday headline (Page 6B) for President Trump’s White House statement on the El Paso and Dayton shootings (“Trying to heal, Trump decries bigotry”)--really? Our divider-in-chief was reading someone else’s words from a teleprompter because, as everyone knows, if you want to hea…
I wish to thank the many sponsors and individuals for their work with the Rock County 4-H Fair. I have attended every year since 1961, sometimes only sporadically. This year, I attended three days and was greeted with wonderful weather. Nobody can take credit or responsibility for that, but …
Tyler August, why do you not support the rights of the disabled? The state Assembly representative’s unwillingness to speak out against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ crusade against the disabled shows that neither men have any regard for many Wisconsinites and the law. Vos’ denial of simple ac…
Did you realize we were all doomed in 2000? Read these excerpts from a June 30, 1989, Associated Press story, "UN predicts disaster if global warming not checked" by Peter Spielmann.
The Russian proverb “Trust, but verify” was used ironically by President Reagan after signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Mikhail Gorbachev. These were wise words then, just as they are today.
This letter is a collective response from myself and the 11 students in the UW-Whitewater Counseling Foundations course to the June 30 story by by Catherine Idzerda, "'If not us, who?' Janesville School District hopes to provide therapy for struggling students."
Thank you, Rock County Courthouse.
I am an avid reader of The Gazette for many years. I have noticed you have covered one side of the opioid crisis blame game in the courts these days. I am a victim of the other side of the story. It seems we have forgotten about the American Medical Association, doctors and medical instituti…
If you now are going to allow the homeless people to sleep in their cars at Traxler Park, what are you going to do for the homeless when the weather gets colder? I have a thought: How about taking a vacant building the city of Janesville owns and let the homeless sleep in one of the vacant b…
I am so blessed to be part of the ECHO volunteer community, but I am really concerned about our dwindling finances. We are truly a local social service organization that relies on funding from the greater Janesville area. Our board of directors is made up of more than 35 members, including m…
We have reached an ominous milestone in our demand for Earth's natural resources and services. Earth Overshoot Day occurs July 29 this year, the earliest ever. Humanity has consumed a year's worth of Earth’s resources and services in the first seven months, exhausting nature's budget for the…
I am concerned over your public attack against a decision by Judge Kristine Drettwan concerning a zoning citation issued by Walworth County to John Neighbors. I am troubled that as journalists, you used your Wednesday editorial ("Just another coincidence") not only to criticize Judge Drettwa…
I keep hearing of this "party of Lincoln," but all I see are politicians backing a man who expounds hate for those of color and those with different sexual orientations, religions and cultural backgrounds. When will we see this party of Lincoln rather than the timid followers of the hate, wh…
It’s Rock County fair time. Joseph A. Craig devoted time and resources for development of our fair. Craig was raised on a farm near Pittsburgh. Early in his youth, Craig came with his parents, locating in Momence, Illinois, where his father opened a farm implement store.
The summer musical at Parker High School is most spectacular. "42nd Street" tap dances into your heart and soul with a fantastic group of students putting their all into a true Broadway performance. Every scene with dancing, singing and elegant costumes will leave you in awe.
A report in the Guardian on Saturday claims that John Bolton’s national security team was directly involved in manufacturing the Gibraltar incident where an Iranian oil tanker was seized by British marines. The Iranian tanker remains impounded at Gibraltar. The Guardian said it seems “Britai…
Doesn't it just warm the cockles of your heart and give you that warm fuzzy feeling all over to know that our congressional representative, Bryan Steil, finds President Trump's xenophobic, racist, bigoted, sarcastic tweets personally attacking four duly elected black, Muslim and Latino congr…
Democrats continue to call Republicans "racist" every chance they get. I believe we should explore that a little.
The July 7 story, “Schools struggle with how to teach about slavery” (Page 12B), deserves a review. “Teaching about slavery is hard," says the Southern Poverty Law Center. After all these years of rising illiteracy, one would hope schools would finally focus on reading in kindergarten, not s…
The city of Janesville has 2,645 public fire hydrants throughout the city: in yards, along roadways and near street corners. Fire hydrants are installed for the safety of the community and to help reduce insurance rates. They are also used by our water department as a way to keep our water s…
Every citizen is entitled to live in safety. Home ownership is not a prerequisite. Whether you own your home, rent one or live in your vehicle, one should be able to be safe. Providing a safe place for those who are homeless is an obligation, just as is providing safety for homeowners. In ei…
Wisconsin has an opportunity. The Republicans are concerned about the governor having power to create spending in the budget with a veto. While I fully agree with Gov. Tony Evers that education funding should be increased, I agree with the Republicans that it should not have been possible fo…
It is appropriate that the truth about Paul Ryan is being exposed, not only by Donald Trump but by other significant sources. It's absurd for Ryan to call out Trump for knowing nothing about government because Trump is second to none on implementing his policies, and Ryan couldn't even make …
The Janesville city fathers have provided “easy access” to the downtown Rock River.
It's about time Traxler Park is considered as a site to allow homeless people to park overnight! I talked about this location on Feb.10 at the Janesville City Council meeting.
United Way Blackhawk Region is proud to serve as part of the Finding Opportunities to Collaborate and Unite Services (FOCUS) coalition, and we applaud the efforts of this multidisciplinary team, as it works to identify innovative strategies to address homelessness in our community. As we’ve …
Scott Warren regularly left water, canned food, blankets and clothes along migration corridors in Arizona’s border with Mexico. His hope was to prevent more of the 8,000 deaths that have occurred in these borderlands since 1990. Warren was arrested in January 2018 by border patrol agents for…
Concerning the pier at the ARISE Town Square, it looks like the law of unintended consequences strikes again! They put a child magnet, the "Bubbler," a stone's throw from the steps down to the river with a pier, and no one thought, "Uh, could something bad happen?" So now we need a "study" t…
Many major party candidates for president have received voluminous coverage in the media, perhaps due to the bumbling, shouting, gesticulating, name-calling and all those other things we should not be hearing from our political representatives. But there is one major party candidate who radi…
Recently, the last Nuremberg prosecutor, 99-year-old Ben Ferencz, said the U.S’s detention of children is a “crime against humanity.”
This past week has been remarkable in miraculous news. A child was swept away by the Rock River but did not drown. Instead, he was rescued and brought to safety. When I read that story, I thought, 'I told you so!' It is because I have been telling everyone I know that the new ARISE Town Squa…
The recent retirement of Kandu Industries Executive Director Gary Bersell, as reported in The Gazette, caused me to reflect on what a great asset Kandu is to the Janesville community. Kandu provides employment for a segment of the disabled population that generally has been unable to find ot…
