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WI Assembly District 10 – Up for grabs!

by RWCurrents

Open and transparent democracy is missing in action. Redistricting is  required every 10 years after the  census to assure  equal  representation  for  state  assembly  and senate  districts.  Since Republicans control the state senate, assembly and governor’s  office, they  took  advantage of the situation to draw lines  favorable to their  party without public  input  or  consultation  with  Democrats  in the  legislature. Republicans  say  the Democrats would have done  the  same.

 

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Peoples Publications Pizza Politics Public House

by RWCurrents

The evening of Thursday, June 21 started with a beer and Riverwest Co-op Café vegan tacos, music provided by Michael Bootzin. This was the celebration of People’s Books Cooperative’s (PBC) fifth anniversary, complete with candles and a vegan chocolate cake. It was also the public announcement of the move from their location on Locust east of Oakland to Center Street in Riverwest. Mike Gonzales, of PBC board did the talking. Gonzales called Riverwest the perfect location for their move. The neighborhood nurtures small business and supports the co-op movement. It seems there is no better place to celebrate than the Riverwest Public House a cooperative tavern dedicated to lending a hand to co-op ventures in the neighborhood. This event was part fundraiser and part political platform. (Learn more about People’s Books Cooperative at the end of this story)

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Clean Rivers Clean Lake

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Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. (Sweet Water)
Eighth Annual Clean Rivers Clean Lake Conference on April 30, 2012 at Discovery World

by Vince Bushell 

What struck me first and foremost about this conference was Melanie Ariens’s art. It was on display and hanging in the window in the long entrance way of Discovery World. Expanding on her metaphor, hanging there in the window was the familiar, her blue jean baby. Recycled, maybe a little worse for wear, but still functional, indeed vital for life.