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Like all people who live along the shore of the great lakes were well aware of the constant contamination of our local natural wonders. Among these contaminants the raw sewage from Milwaukee is well represented.  during a average year it is blamed for many a closed beach.

Now however Milwaukee seems to have expanded it efforts into untreated trash, and its range to all the way across the lake.

It seems that our neighbors on the opposite side of the lake now have to close their beaches due to large amounts of floating refuse. Refuse that came complete with a return address of Milwaukee WI.

Hopefully they catch the person responsible and make them swim over for the clean up effort.

MLive.com

Coast Guard trying to solve mystery of trash washed ashore on Lake ...
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AP Photo/Ken GrabowskiManistee officials placed "Beach Closed" signs along the beaches after undreds of pounds of garbage washed onto Lake Michigan beaches. ...
Coast Guard seeks source of washed-up trash Chicago Tribune
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The findings from the most recent Badger Poll show that most Wisconsinites now think that the state is in bad times economically and they are not optimistic about the economy over the next 12 months. A quick run down of the findings shows that:

                        The economy and jobs are the most important problem facing the state, according to Wisconsinites. 23% of residents mentioned this issue as the most important problem, double the proportion that said so last December.

                        66% of Wisconsinites think the state is in bad times economically and nearly half of those think the economy in Wisconsin will get worse over the next 12 months.

                        Only 21% of state residents think the state is in good times economically, with one in five of those respondents believing that the economy will get worse over the next 12 year.

                        55% of state residents think that the national economy will get worse over the next 12 months. Only 19% think it will get better.

                        While 17% of Badger State residents overall said they are either extremely or quite worried about paying their bills, 31% of residents who live in households with incomes less than $40,000 a year said they are either extremely or quite worried about being able to pay their bills.

                        91% of all respondents said the price of gasoline is extremely or quite problematic.

                        75% of all respondents said the costs of Health Care are extremely or quite problematic.

                        67% of state residents said that the home heating and energy prices are extremely or quite problematic.

The full  poll results from the University of Wisconsin badger poll can be found here

Has anyone in town been to the new Cousins Subs lately? I recently went to the new one on 18^th st, and was surprised to find a pretty good sub there. The last time I had a Cousins sub it was a really dull sandwich with one topping. Hence the reason I avoided the places for many years. It seems that they have finally learned to make a pretty decent sub. That’s good for me since the subway on this side of town is gone, and I don’t think L&M meats or hungry head sub shop are going to be moving over here anytime soon.

At this time it looks like were going to be seeing many more of these sub shops opening up in the area. The ones in Kenosha are doing so well that the corporate big shots have set their minds to expanding in the southeastern Wisconsin area, specifically between here and Rockford Ill. This is a pretty good area to start in concidering that the main office is in Milwaukee. They are hoping to use their subs to attack everything within 400 miles of Milwaukee.

Are you interested in a franchise? If so they will be holding seminars which you can go and check things out if you want. Just visit the website and requester to attend. Pretty easy stuff.

Cousins Subs' franchise seminar is free and open to the public. To register, please visit www.cousinsfranchise.com/seminar.

For more information on Cousins Subs' franchise development please visit www.cousinsfranchise.com or call Kerry Espich at (800) 238-9736.

If by chance you do open a franchise:

Don’t forget who turned you on to it.

            Try using some sauces on the sub, mayo is good.

Well the local elections are over, and the candidates that I supported didn’t make it, so I get to call it all experience and move on. Of course cheering for the underdogs does tend to work that way in local politics.

I did get to learn a few things through all this though, it will be a help later when I assist other candidates. Notice that I said assist.

I did get to witness something I had known about for many years, voter apathy.

It pretty bad, when you live in a city of almost 100,000, but only about 15 thousand show up at the polls through out the city. Most of the candidates in the county won with less then 500 votes. In my district alone there are 12000 registered voters, but only about 7 hundred showed up and most of them were retired.

Which only means that older generations are the ones paying attention? This is really sad considering that they won’t be here much longer, who’s going to vote then. Many looked like death warmed over, but were still there, and willing to do their part. There were even times when we thought for sure that one person or the other was going to collapse. Oxygen tanks, wheelchairs, walkers and all. Hopefully as we get older, we will also begin to pay attention, or this country is in for a very difficult future.

I also noticed that the majority of the voters were woman. That alone is a major observation. Politicians should be paying attention to this. The woman will probably continue to lead in numbers of votes. That means less shaking hands and more kisses on the cheeks. Better also learn to like pictures of the grandchildren. Perhaps holding debates at the bingo parlor aren’t really out of the question. Perhaps buying all your baked goods from church bake sales would also be a good idea.

What I don’t understand is that It’s supposed to be the men’s responsibility to run a community, whether they like the hassle or not, and they just don’t show up like they should. Like it or not, society as a whole dictates that this is our burden, but yet, we don’t care .

Where are all the leaders? Where are all the guys who are willing to take care of business? I know where, at home, watching TV, refusing to get involved. Cussing about this person or that. The whole time allowing the country to go into the hands of that exact person. Next time you get mad at a politician, just remember he/she is there because you aren’t. They actually cared enough to try.( yep, that was a challenge, alright.)

Quit cussing and gripping guys, you let it be that way. And you just missed another chance to make it different. Instead your wife had to go do it for you. As usual. This is a real problem in society that needs to be addressed more.

Now, my next question is not so simple, who do I get to assist next?

We have more elections coming up this year. Perhaps one of you who are reading this will be running. If so, let us know in the comments. Perhaps you could be my next underdog to support. You never know!?