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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Trump pitches Mexican border wall tonight; Candidate Walker pined for one across Canada.

Gee, what if:
Scott Walker says building Canada border wall is a 'legitimate issue'
Looks pretty simple, no?


Posted by James Rowen at 4:23 PM  

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Spring comes into Milwaukee like a lion

Spring comes into Milwaukee like a lion
Reclaim that 'Great Place on a Great Lake' motto, Milwaukee

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan
on the Milwaukee Lakefront

The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum

The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunset on the lakefront, summer 2018

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan
Below Olmsted's Lake Park

Milkweed along Lake Michigan

Milkweed along Lake Michigan
South of the water treatment plant

Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall

Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.

Flooding, rains expand the Milwaukee River

Flooding, rains expand the Milwaukee River
August, 2018 storms energize the Milwaukee River past Shorewood

From the shoreline, looking east across Lake Michigan

From the shoreline, looking east across Lake Michigan
Between Bradford Beach & Linnwood Water Plant

Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan

Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan
On the Downtown Riverwalk, looking to the Hoan Bridge

Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun

Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun
86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade

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What water, wetland protection is all about

"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.

Lake Michigan in winter

Lake Michigan in winter
Milwaukee skyline

Corporate WI wants the water

Big business, firmly in control of all three branches of Wisconsin government, is launching a permanent grab for water that the state constitution says belongs to all the people. Will the big donors prevail, too? An earlier warning, here.

Banned in Milwaukee

Banned in Milwaukee
The right, suburbanites say "No light rail for Milwaukee."

James Rowen's Bio

James Rowen is an independent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as the senior Mayoral staffer in Madison and Milwaukee and for newspapers in both cities. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.

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