Waukesha’s storied 2011
Let’s take a look back at 2011 at the events that made Waukesha a little more like Waukesha, or WackySha, or even WiggySha. Biggest story of the year: Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus...
View ArticleCleaning up post-holiday to-do list
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jan 12, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:6A Cleaning up post-holiday to-do list Lots of local issues to address in new year Now that the...
View ArticleSpillover into the hallways and onto Main Street
A lot of passionate people, a standing room only crowd, tonight at the city of Waukesha’s Ordnance and License committee meeting tonight. I got there late and discovered that the extra chairs in the...
View ArticleMain Street closures affect entire community
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jan 26, 2012; Section:Opinion; Page Number:8A Main Street closures affect entire community Council has role to play in closing decisions I haven’t seen that...
View ArticleJames Wigderson and his critics, live on Friday nights
As some of you may have read in Saturday’s Waukesha Freeman (just a dollar but chock full of coupons), some unnamed people are upset enough at what I write that they want Freeman Friday Night Live to...
View ArticleNew day for BID
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date: Sep 20, 2012; Section: Opinion; Page: 8A New day for BID Board has chance to restart almost from scratch Sometimes change comes swiftly. The announced...
View ArticleHistory wasn’t made in Waukesha last night
Sounds like last night’s Harley celebration in downtown Waukesha did not attract the hoped-for crowds last night. I’m sure there will be lots of finger pointing and complaints by some event organizers...
View ArticleAre the Waukesha Freeman and other vendors of Friday Night Live endorsing...
Slightly different case than the Farmers’ Market, but the Freeman Friday Night Live Facebook page (presumably run by the Downtown Business Association) also has an endorsement of Mayor Jeff Scrima. The...
View ArticleWhat overexuberant volunteer will Scrima blame this on?
I bet the folks at the Waukesha Freeman will be happy to know that “Freeman Friday Night Live” is endorsing Mayor Jeff Scrima again. Hey, it’s their name attached. And here’s the Farmer’s Market...
View ArticleMain Street in Waukesha will be navigable on Friday
City of Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly confirmed to me in an email this afternoon that with only two stages on Friday night for (don’t call it Freeman) Friday Night Live, Main Street in Waukesha will be...
View ArticleWaukesha Friday Night Live problems
After three weeks of increasing reports of teenagers causing problems at the weekly downtown music event, the police are stepping up their presence, according to the Waukesha Freeman (three quarters...
View ArticleLet’s keep Waukesha’s Main Street open
Waukesha Freeman 8/13/2015 Page A6 Opinion Let’s keep Waukesha’s Main Street open Waukesha police have stepped up their presence at the downtown event Friday Night Live. With the extra police downtown,...
View ArticleWhen the cops handcuff business in Waukesha
As I mentioned in my Waukesha Freeman column, the 5k “Run from the Cops” event will be shutting down Main Street in the city of Waukesha on Friday, August 21st, along with Friday Night Live. The “Run...
View ArticleChief Jack should run for mayor
At Monday night’s Ordinance and License Committee meeting, city of Waukesha Police Chief Russell Jack offered all sorts of opinions on providing street closing permits to Friday Night Live....
View ArticlePerspective needed downtown
Waukesha Freeman Page A6 Opinion 3/17/2016 Perspective needed downtown We don’t close the streets everywhere else Listening to the wailing and gnashing of teeth, the plague of locusts will be returning...
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