by Vince Bushell
Well, the part that makes Pipkorn’s memorable was that there was almost never anyone there to take the money. There was a little slot in the side of the building and you shoved your buck or two – whatever the going rate for a bag of sand was – into the hole in the building where, I guess, it fell on the floor or into a box. People loved it, talked about it, and I doubt Pipkorn, whoever he was, lost much money.
Bikes for Tykes – Neighborhoods Picnic – Rockerbox MotorFest & PorkerFest – Community Steps – Diversity is Our Strength – ROMP – MORE Youth Inc. – CASH reports TDA relied on false information in its support of SEWRPC freeway expansion plan – RRA Annual Picnic – The Guardian
by Vince Bushell
It seems as if recently Riverwesters have been channeling Germany in the late ’30s with Maxists fighting Nazis. Racism has raised it’s ugly head and the Wobblies are trying to chop it off. The IWW, Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) are far left, and the Creativity Movement, which claims to be a “Church” is about as racist as you can get.
Alderman D’Amato extended a challenge for people to match his donation to help pay for the yard signs and within 30 minutes of the alderman’s donation, owners of Soapies Laundromat ($200) and Sunrise Foods ($250) stepped up and
made donations of their own.
We have an important meeting this Thursday featuring a proposal by our Treasurer Tom Stocco to build equity in RIC (Riverwest Investment Co-op), we have a new website nearly ready to be launched, we have to decide how to handle the opportunity to continue to co-sponsor a community education event on community investment, and we will also be ironing out a few wrinkles in our bylaws. And all in 90 minutes or less!
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