As someone who assists in the stewardship of public resources by keeping an eye on how government entities function, there is a certain sense of satisfaction in seeing two former administrators at UW-Oshkosh criminally charged with misconduct in officer for illegally binding taxpayers to debts accrued by a private entity and making secret payments to…… READ MORE
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The “Other” Event City
It turns out the city of Oshkosh is not the only one in Wisconsin dealing with being the “Too Many Events City”. An article in yesterday’s edition of the Capital Times details how the city of Madison is being overwhelmed with demand for services, street closures and park takeovers on a scale even worse than…… READ MORE
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
The police and fire scanner in our Newsroom is an integral tool for the job we do–allowing us to monitor emergency situations throughout the listening area. Owning a scanner used to be a rarity. There were always a few people around town that might purchase one for their homes or have one of those old school multi-band…… READ MORE
Weapon of Choice
I would like to credit the Canadian people for their thoughtful and measured response to yesterday’s mass killing in downtown Toronto. Ten people died, another fifteen people were injured in this latest incident–but few, if any, chose to focus on the weapon used in the attack. It would have been easy to do, given that the…… READ MORE
That’s a Bad Look
At first, I thought it was some kind of a joke. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers showed up for game three of their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis Friday night with identical gray suits. Identical all the way down to the pants legs failing to come to the top of the…… READ MORE
Baby On Board Everywhere
“History” was made yesterday as Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth brought her ten-day old infant daughter to the floor of the Senate to cast a vote. Senate rules had to be amended for the occasion–as until now, children were barred from a place where representatives of the people vote on the most-important matters facing our nation. …… READ MORE
Smaller Event City
For years now we’ve been telling you about the strain being “Wisconsin’s Event City” has been putting on the city of Oshkosh. Huge amounts of overtime for police and fire personnel, the inability to take vacations for city employees, wear and tear on equipment, and general fatigue on those of us who live here and…… READ MORE
Coming Full Circle
There is a certain irony in the national trend of converting former big box retailers and department store buildings into storage units. There are companies that now specialize in converting what used to be retail space into individual and business storage. One such company is currently working to convert the former K-Mart/Sears store here in…… READ MORE
Walk This Way
If you tune into the Milwaukee Bucks-Boston Celtics playoff game tonight, I want you to check out how may times Giannis Antetokounmpo commits a traveling violation. I don’t mean how many times he is called for traveling–because that number will likely be zero–but the actual number of times he takes far more than the two…… READ MORE
Sneaking Suspicions
We hear from law enforcement all the time, “If you see something, say something”. But what do you do when saying what you have seen can be considered “culturally insensitive”? Living and working just off of Witzel Avenue, I’ve driven past the “health spa” that was busted for alleged prostitution last week. I always…… READ MORE
