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Brady named Henrico Christmas Mother
Terry McConnell Brady, a retired Henrico County math teacher, has been named the 2012 Henrico Christmas Mother.
A native of Abingdon, Va., where she grew up on a farm with three brothers, Brady resides in the Tuckahoe District and is a long-time member of Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, where she serves as a Sunday school teacher and works in the outreach division. She also volunteers with Meals on Wheels and the American Cancer Society, and has been involved with the Henrico Christmas Mother program for three years.
Brady has been married to her husband, Patrick, for 48 years and they have three children and six grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family as well as reading and gardening.
The mission of the Henrico Christmas Mother is to provide new clothes, toys, books and food to qualifying families, the elderly, and adults with disabilities during the holiday season.
The 501(c)(3) organization is run by an all-volunteer Council consisting of former Henrico Christmas Mothers and representatives of each of Henrico County's five magisterial districts. This year's Henrico Christmas Mother Council officers include President Shelly Poole, Vice President Betsy Foster, Treasurer Mary Shaia, Assistant Treasurer Betty Lyon, Recording Secretary Robin Smith, Corresponding Secretary Karen Moore and Members-at- Large Charlotte Melton and Ruth Radzisauskas.
Donations of checks may be mailed to Henrico Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 70338, Henrico, VA 23255-0338. To make online donations or to learn about volunteering, sponsoring a family or applying for assistance, visit http://www.henricochristmasmother.org or call 236-9741.
MADD walk raises more than $26,000
The Central Virginia chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) hosted its annual Walk Like MADD fundraiser April 12 at Dorey Park in Varina. More than 20 teams of walkers raised money from individual donors by participating in the walk, and in total the event generated more than $26,000 in donations for the organization. > Read more.
Varina Ruritans honor students
The Varina Ruritan Club hosted the winners of its 2014 Environmental Essay contest at its monthly meeting March 11 in Varina.
The contest, in its eighth year, was for the first time open to students in grades 3-5 at Varina Elementary School. (It previously was open to Sandston Elementary School students.)
The meeting included the winners, parents of the winners, Varina Elementary principal Mark Tyler and several teachers who were in charge of the contest at the school. > Read more.
Baseball game to benefit Glen Allen Buddy Ball
For the fifth consecutive year, St. Christopher's and Benedictine will play a varsity baseball game at Glen Allen's RF&P Park as part of a fundraising effort for the River City Buddy Ball program.
The game will take place Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., and the teams hope to raise $3,000 through donations, raffles and other efforts. Admission to the game is free, but fans who attend are asked to donate funds for the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association's Buddy Ball program, which enables disabled children and teens to play baseball. > Read more.
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Do the Bunny Hop over to Meadow Farm on Saturday for an introduction to all the farm animals there! An introduction to "Global Sounds" – featuring Japanese, Indonesian, West African, Indian, and Brazilian music and dance performances – can be found at the University of Richmond. The University of Richmond will also host the annual Spider spring game, as well as the inaugural Spiders Easter Egg Hunt. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
A fun, fuzzy ride
'Muppets Most Wanted' worthy of its franchise
Do Muppets sleep? It's hard to say.
They don't really eat (or breathe, as far as anyone can tell). And only occasionally do they have visible, functioning legs.
As far as anyone knows, sleeping might be off the table. And that makes it very hard to accuse the Muppets of sleepwalking through their latest feature, Muppets Most Wanted – even if that's exactly what's going on.
Jim Henson's beloved creations were back in a big way after 2011's The Muppets, with fame and fortune and even an Oscar, a first for the group ("Rainbow Connection" was nominated, yet somehow failed to collect at the '79 ceremony). > Read more.
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Three words: Peet zah Stone.
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Anonymous : 1/21/13, 7:48 PM
Pizza Steel kicks the crap out of a pizza stone.
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Randy Rager : 1/21/13, 9:04 PM
Food blogging. *clap*clap*clap*"what's different between that and this?"The Hobart won't have a 40º difference between top and bot. If you put your pizza on the top rack of the regular oven, it's the same. I don't do this because I don't like my pizza topping scorched and dried out and looking like Pelosi's face."What's confusing me a little is the shelves are simple steel, and not that thick."Best to consult the pros when facing these 2-dimensional problems. You are dealing with temperature and moisture gradients. Thickness is the enemy of heat transfer. More steel, stone, whatever means slower heating of the food. It's just insulation. Pizza is flatbread which should bake quickly. So a thin aluminum pan on a rack works best unless …You need to deal with severe moisture content with lots of pizza toppings. Since I use a relatively cool EZ Bake Oven and load my pizzas like a chef's salad, I bake on a stone which is moisture permeable. Here is the secret of a great loaded pizza: Use tomato paste. Forget that stupid pizza sauce recipe from America's Test Kitchen. One 6oz can of paste does 2 twelve inchers. Mix the sauce with a little water and chill overnight to bloom the spices. Dial up the contrast with some vinegar and sugar. I dice 1 plumb tomato along with onion, green pepper, roast pork bits, etc. on top. Grated parmesan under the veggies for flavor; mozzarella on top for glue. We should chat about Pan de Jamón sometime, if you think you can handle that much meat.
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Helly : 1/21/13, 10:06 PM
Helly, are you SURE that you don't like cock?Casca
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Anonymous : 1/21/13, 11:40 PM
Well done Helly, although if I'd thought about it, and looked at the contraption closer I could have saved myself your consulting fee. The magic comes from heating elements on top, and under each shelve. Plus the thing is built like Hitlers bunker. While I can find a schematic of later versions of the Model 017, I can nowhere find an instruction manual. But then, why would I need one? Plug in, put in dough, take out pizza.!
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Rodger the Real King of France : 1/22/13, 8:26 AM
Helly with the Alton Brown food class! The next Food Network Star.Geo
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Anonymous : 1/22/13, 10:33 AM
Helly ... The next Food Network Star.WTF? WTFF?!.
# posted by
Rodger the Real King of France : 1/22/13, 12:02 PM
WTF?....WTFF?!Key words: "Alton Brown"!Geo
# posted by
Anonymous : 1/22/13, 12:24 PM
Helly, I want that recipe for the Pan de Jamón. Who do you want kilt to get it?(not sure if kidding here)Sir H the Comet
# posted by
Anonymous : 1/22/13, 6:28 PM
I wish you many years of happy baking with the Hobart, Rodge. But if your saintly wife gets tired of the junkyard look, get a Breville Smart Oven. Sir Comet, you can view my illustrated guide to Pan de Jamón here.
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Helly : 1/22/13, 10:54 PM
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Rodger the Real King of France : 1/23/13, 7:22 AM
If you live near a Farm & Fleet store, I highly recommend the Wisco Pizza Pal Plus. $89, but you can get it on sale there for $59. Makes any frozen pizza taste great, just like the old bar back pizza ovens. And it's Made in the USA!http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/469205-wisco-industries-inc-pizza-pal-plus-digital-snack-oven.html#.UQBNC2eoR8E
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Maybe Morgan Freeman was pandering for media attention and Internet clicks with his comment that President Barack Obama is not really America's first African American or black President. According to Freeman, President Obama is America's first mixed-race President. SOURCE: YAHOO'S MOVIES LINK: http://movies.yahoo.com/news/morgan-freeman-obama-not-americas-first-black-president-152604131.html
Freeman, of course, who is presumably African American himself, portrayed a president in "Deep Impact" the 1998 film release of Paramount and Dream Works. SOURCE: IMDb LINK: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/
The film was very profitable. It grossed $180 Million on a production budget of $75 Million. So everybody including Freeman made some pocket change from his fictitious portrayal of the President.
And, presumably, this is what Freeman and his handlers were seeking by having him take a swipe at President Obama. Afterall, every click counts!
Thankfully, Freeman was not the first African American actor to portray the President. That credit goes to Sammy Davis, Jr. in the 1933 release of "Rufus Jones for President." SOURCE: WIKI LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_president_in_popular_culture_(United_States) A number of other actors also preceded Freeman in the role.
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Want to know the most effective ab exercises? The American Council on Exercise found out just which exercises target the abs in the most effective way in an ACE-commissioned study.
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I have been going to Hair Essence for many, many years. Even when we moved down to Racine. I continue to drive up to the salon. Why? Simply put, the owner and stylists there are professional, personable and extremely up-to-date on the latest trends and fashions. Every business in a long relationship with a customer can encounter some blips in service. Carla and her staff bend over backward to work with customers when there is any misunderstanding. I have had other stylists (from other salons) compliment me on the cut or the coloring of my hair. These stylists at Hair Essence are constantly getting schooled on the new techniques and news in the salon world to keep them at the top of their skills. And you can't argue with the scalp massage thrown in for each and every shampoo! Wonderful!
Very unsatisfactory experience – My fiance chose hair essence to get her hair done for the wedding based on all the positive reviews that we encountered about the business. I went with her to trial run for hair and makeup because she wanted my opinion. The staff was very nice and friendly and the facility was nice. My fiance had Lauren, who was very personable, but relatively inexperienced. My fiance wanted a simple and clean french twist hair style. After the first try, it looked terrible and unfinished. So the stylist tried it again, the second time was just as disastrous. By the third try and two hours later, the stylist just couldn't do this basic style and asked the owner to intervene. The owner took over and did it very quickly and halfheartedly. It looked better, but still was messy, unfinished, and nothing like my fiance wanted to look like. At this point the owner and stylist are telling my fiance that this style will not work with her hair and that she needs to try something different. Mind you my fiance has medium length thick hair. So at this point my fiance and the hairstylist talk about a curly updo (which is the stylists specialty). So she proceeds with the new style. She is not taking her time because she has a upcoming appointment. This style ended up looking messy and was falling out before we even left the salon. The icing on the cake was the makeup, the stylist made her look like a whore. She came to the salon wearing no makeup and looked better than what she did after all of this. The stylist was very aware that she did a terrible job. The stylist offered another trial run for free, which the owner tried to counter act. My fiance told the stylist that she could do her own makeup and she didn't desire that service any longer. We proceeded to pay and leave. My fiance was so overwhelmed with how terrible everything looked, she went into the car and was crying. She removed the makeup in the car and took down her hair. Her grandma and I decided this was unacceptable and went inside to talk to the owner regarding a refund. The owner was apologetic and gave us 50%. She suggested it might be best that we try a different salon. We will not be going back to hair essence. My suggestion is to make sure that if you are a bride seeking an updo, look for an EXPERIENCED stylist. The stylist should be able to accomplish what you desire. You should NOT have to bend your wants to their abilities. This was a very terrible experience that should not happen to anyone else. It's less than a month until our wedding and its going to be difficult to find a place that is not booked. In the end nice staff, not experienced.
The very best – I have been going to hair essence for almost 15 years.
The service has always been outstanding and the people that work there not only know what they are doing, they love what they do. I would highly reccomed them if you are looking for a great haircut and friendly, professional service.
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poor management – I have been going to Hair Essence for a few years now. I recently had a haircut and a two foil highlight. 150.00 not including my 25 dollar tip. The color did not turn out like the hair swatches that we choose and after a day or two, i called to have it corrected. I had to wait a week to get in again, which i understood but then 2 days before the redo was scheduled i recieved a phone call from the owner stating i would have to pay again for the service. Now, i have been an ongoing client there, and they think requesting me pay another 150.00 a week later is good business sense. I cancelled the redo appointment along with my next hair cut appointment and following cut/color appointment because of how i was treated. Any salon can be nice to you, it is when things do not turn out as expected that you see their true colors and lack of appreciation for your hard earned dollar. Let me ad,i have had multiple facials, massages, make up consults, and purchase hair supplies and make up at Hair essence for the past two years. I get a hair cut and highlight every 6 weeks, and every other cut is a two foil highlight. I have spent a lot of money at this salon and i was told i would have to spend another 150.00 for a repeat service. I am shocked that they would treat any customer that way, let alone, a customer who spends that kind of money and walks away dissatisfied! I wrote the owner two emails and she ignored both of them. Look out for yourself and your friends,find another salon!
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Mother Nature has been working against me somewhat lately. Summer's here, and it's been raining quite a bit. That means two things: I've been riding the Enertia a little less, and I've been caught in the rain a few times.
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I think it's remarkable that the Gulf Oil Spill was the subject of my last 500 mile installment nearly three weeks ago, and that
they've just stopped the leak a few days ago it's still flowing countless barrels of oil. Everyone talks barrels of oil lately, but how does that translate to something more tangible. Media outlets are using square footage comparisons like US states and volume comparisons like gynasiums. Personally, I have a hard time understanding exactly what a barrel of oil means to me. Like any scientifically minded geek, I started researching a crunching some numbers.
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1 barrel = 42 US gallons
I originally thought that you could turn crude oil into any type of fuel to suit your needs. But upon reading up more on Oil Refining at HowStuffWorks.com, I discovered that refining oil isn't as much of a process of transforming crude to a particular fuel as much as it a process of separating the various hydrocarbons and using groups of those different hydrocarbons to make the fuel. Diesel is made primarily of alkanes with 12 or more carbon atoms.
Of the 42 gallons of crude in a barrel, an average of 9.21 gallons of diesel is refined. So here's the number of barrels of oil that haven't gone to diesel production for my truck because of my 1500+ miles on the Enertia.
101.9 g diesel * 1 barrel / 9.21 g diesel = 11.06 barrels of oil
This clears up a lot of my misunderstanding of the wildly fluctuating diesel prices. It's cheaper to refine diesel, but you only get so much of it per barrel of oil. Then when you account for the dramatic increase in demand (partly from the military campaigns in the Middle East), you start to understand why the price would go up more than the price of gasoline.
Barrels of Chain Lube
The next thing to figure out is how many barrels of oil have gone into lube for my chain. OK, that's mostly a joke, but I am having problems finding a light-weight chain lube that will still last and not sling off. I've been getting a lot of chain noise as well as physical knocking. This, of course, is exaggerated by the fact that the Enertia is quiet, low on vibration, and doesn't have cush drive or rubber mounts on the motor. I can actually feel when the master link goes around the super small front sprocket. I can alleviate this with a heavy application of lube, but it only lasts 1.5 days.
Brammo has been more than accommodating to my compulsion to fix this irritant, and has emailed me advice on proper adjustment and lube. They even sent me a new chain. I should have time to swap it out this weekend, so I'll comment on this thread if it makes a difference.


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Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — The mother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds is continuing to call attention to the child's disappearance a year ago from her father's home in Waterville.
Trista Reynolds and LostNMissing are sponsoring a "Shining Hope for Ayla Event" on Saturday at the Riverton Community Center in Portland.
Ayla was 20 months old when she was reported missing the morning of Dec. 17. Police have called it a crime, but there have been no arrests.
Saturday's event features refreshments, a silent action and raffles. Attendees are asked to bring an unwrapped child's gift, which will be donated in Ayla's honor to children whose families lost their homes and belongings because of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey.


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Bill AB 895 is whizzing through the State Legislature at an alarming speed, considering the negative impact to voters in our state. The bill is still in committee for another hour. They plan to vote on it at 9:45am, today, April 1st. (No, this is not an April Fools joke.) CALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOW!
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- Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee), chairman and bill sponsor, (608) 266-2500
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- Sen. Alan Lasee (R-De Pere), (The number given is not working.)
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A Good Friday, Saturday, and Easter Sunday to you
Good Friday through Easter or Resurrection Sunday mark the most important 3 days for a Christian. It is during this time that Christians the world over remember the crucifixion, sacrificial death, and burial of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and celebrate His resurrection on Sunday.
If you do not have a church home, I would like to invite you to my church's services this weekend.
Easter Greetings to all.
This is a special weekend set aside for religious reasons and for family gatherings.
Election 2010
I have been mostly silent about the pending local elections because I think it's important for candidates to make their own case and voters to decide for themselves. Also, unlike the 2006 election, I consider both of the mayoral candidates to be well qualified. Thus, I will use this blog to make a few more or less neutral comments and have no intention to take a position for or against any candidate. I just think there are a few issues to clear up.
There is an old saying about elections that I've found to be true most of the time:
Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6, is the day residents of the City of Brookfield will elect their own CEO. The taxpayers are the final word on who will determine the future development, the future tax structure and the leader in charge of your money.
We all want the same thing, low taxes, a safe place to live , good judgment and sound independent decisions.
My Tuesday ballot picks: Gundrum, Reilly, Allgaier, Wilson, Ponto & Aldermen
Tuesday, April 6th, is election day in Wisconsin. On our ballot in Brookfield, Wisconsin, we choose 2 judges, 3 Elmbrook School Board members, Mayor of Brookfield, and 7 Aldermen - 1 for each district.
These spring elections are said to be nonpartisan but for some races, maybe we should call them NINO -- nonpartisan in name only?
Going from the general to the specific, meaning from races that affect all of Waukesha County to all of the Elmbrook School District, to the City of Brookfield, to the specific Aldermanic Districts, here are my picks.
Mark Gundrum for Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge
Mark Gundrum is the clear choice here. He is a conservative and former Wisconsin State Assembly Representative. Gundrum has an impressive page of endorsements including Scott Walker, Waukesha County D.A. Brad Schimel, Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner and Paul Ryan, and other conservative state legislators such as Ted Kanavas, Leah Vukmir, Rich Zipperer, and Neil Kedzie. (The incumbent Gundrum is running against is a Doyle appointee--need I say more?)
Paul Reilly for Wisconsin District II Court of Appeals Judge
I wasn't sure which candidate I was going to vote for in this race; both are Republicans and pretty conservative. Sometimes a preference gets down to personality or some other factor. On this race, I am deferring to the opinion of some people I trust: Julianne Appling of Wisconsin Family Action, an attorney with a conservative freedoms group, State Senator Ted Kanavas, Former Wauk. D.A. Paul Bucher, Wauk. D.A. Brad Schimel, and blogger Randy Melchert, who moderated a forum with both candidates last week. Radio Talk Show Host Jay Weber mentioned this morning he is also supporting Paul Reilly.
Randy Melchert includes some video clips of both candidates' closing remarks on his blog. I found Linda Van De Water's rather odd in that instead of telling the audience why they should vote for her, she spent the time talking against her opponent and bringing up some questionable incidents tied to her. Paul Reilly then clarified one of the incidents, though it seemed he would not have brought it up had Linda not mentioned it. He elaborated on his high 97% Qualified rating by the Waukesha County Bar Association and endorsements. Watch it for yourself.
3 positions on Elmbrook School District School Board. (All of Elmbrook School District residents vote for all 3 positions, regardless of Area.)
Glen Allgaier, Elmbrook School Board Area II
I am supporting Glen Allgaier for the Area II position. He is the more conservative choice and he has a proven record of making some tough decisions, which is why I wrote a letter to the editor in support of Allgaier for BrookfieldNOW's forum page. Board President Tom Gehl, had this to say about Glen, "I have come to know Glen very well over the course of the last three years and can say without reservation that in him, this community has an exemplary public servant. Not a good public servant – not a great public servant – an exemplary one."
Kathryn Wilson, Elmbrook School Board At-Large position
In addition to the Area II position, all Elmbrook residents vote for 2 At-Large spots on the board. Of the 4 people running, the one who receives the most votes will serve for 3 years. I hope this person will be Kathryn Wilson. Kathryn is very strong in the area of curriculum. She has been involved in Elmbrook curriculum planning and the Elmbrook Gifted and Talented Parent Advisory Board, to mention 2 areas of her school involvement.
I met with Kathryn Wilson; her approach is very analytical, which is what we need on the board. With the budgetary problems facing the district, we need someone who can clearly see a solution to our problems, rather than just react emotionally. Wilson is very familiar with the workings of the school district and board because she has been involved in Elmbrook schools for years. She will be able to "hit the ground running" to quote School Board Member Jean Lambert. Kathryn Wilson is also endorsed by my Alderman Lisa Mellone, who says, "I have always found Kathryn to be articulate, thorough, attentive to detail, and most importantly, one of the best listeners I have ever encountered. Her dedication and experience is evident..."
As for the other At-Large Board Position, I am at a loss; they are all for 4K, and I cannot support 4K at taxpayer expense. The candidate receiving the 2nd highest total will serve for 1 year as the At-Large representative. Bob Zeigler is the incumbent. Some might look at him as a "better the devil you know" candidate. Since the board has already heard all he has to say on the subject supporting 4K, for example, one might say he doesn't have much traction, and is more benign. Beth Horneffer has the support of some people, but she would still be a new voice in favor of 4K. Sandra Schultz is the 3rd pro 4K candidate. I have decided to NOT vote for any of them. We will end up with one of them; more than likely it will be Bob Zeigler.
Steve Ponto for City of Brookfield Mayor
When I met with Steve, one of the things he emphasized was his support for Brookfield's single family neighborhoods. He also told me how he was against light rail. On his campaign literature, he writes, "As a fiscal conservative, I oppose the federal and state governments wasting money they do not have on high-speed rail." If Steve Ponto wins, I hope to see more conservative stands protecting neighborhoods and against wasteful spending. He has been a member of the Republican Party for years--not just when he decided to run for mayor! Is Steve as conservative as I am? No, but I do believe he is the better choice.
City of Brookfield Aldermen - I live in District 7, one of 2 districts without a challenger. Here are my preferences if I lived in the other districts in Brookfield:
District 1 - Bill Carnell: Bill Carnell is the incumbent and has been doing a good job, I think. He is being challenged by an old time incumbent.
District 2 - Terry Halmstad: I believe Halmstad to be the more fiscally conservative candidate and more willing to protect his district from undesirable development. Terry would get my vote.
District 4 - Mark Nelson: Mark Nelson could be more bold in his opposition to the mayor's agenda but at least he seems kind in his remarks. His instincts are often good; I just wish he would follow through more. His opponent is far too new to Brookfield and doesn't seem to understand the city's role in school district business (which is NONE.)
District 5 - Sheila Buechel: I met Sheila Buechel at one of the mayor forums and was excited about her candidacy. She will be a breath of fresh air for District 5 and seems well prepared to take on the job of alderman. Another bonus, should Sheila win, think of how much shorter the council meetings will be! ;-)
District 6 - Jerry Mellone: Jerry Mellone has worked so hard for his district; they are fortunate that he is running again. Mellone fought valiantly to try to prevent Calhoun Road from being widened to the extent it was but was foiled by the likes of both District 2 aldermen, who pretty much disregarded the Master Plan. (Mellone's opponent has lived in Brookfield for only about a year.)
District 7 - Lisa Mellone: Lisa is unopposed here in the 7th District, but she deserves mention as an outstanding Alderman. What a pleasant change from our former Alderman often referred to as "Mr. Rolodex". Lisa Mellone works very hard for her district and follows through on resident concerns. Some day, I hope to draw that little connecting arrow next to her name for Mayor of Brookfield!
So, there you have it: My ballot picks for tomorrow. Be sure to look into the issues and candidates for yourself and vote.
BrookfieldNOW has devoted a lot of space to the school board, mayor and aldermen races. Check out their election coverage:
BrookfieldNOW Letters to the Editor
BrookfieldNOW Brookfield/Elm Grove Voters Guide
Other blogger's ballot picks: Cindy Kilkenny How I'll Be Voting
Randy's Picks - April 6, 2010 Spring Election Guide for Wisconsin Tomorrow
Past Post: Tuesday's Primary Ballot Picks
Obama on nuclear weapons: Speak softly and carry NO stick
Children born in the 1950s grew up during the height of the cold war. I was one of them. We were issued stainless steel I.D. bracelets--complete with religious preference...just in case? Besides fire drills, we had numerous duck and cover drills at our grade school, practice runs for evacuating the school, and once were told to go home during the school day and rehearse going into our basements or wherever we planned to hide out if we were nuked.
All of this weighed heavy on my young psyche. But at least we knew if we were attacked, we had President Kennedy who had the will and the means to retaliate. His will and means gave an enemy pause before pushing the button.
President Kennedy had the Minuteman Missile, the Ace in the Hole, technology that was begun under President Eisenhower in 1958 and completed just 8 days after the Cuban Missile Crisis began in 1962, as a deterrent. President Kennedy embraced the space race and developing weapon technology.
Nearly 50 years after those troubling years, is the United States still on top of their nuclear and counter anti-missile technology? Are we still developing more defensive Star Wars type anti missile shields and weaponry?
No. Instead we have a President who seems bent on destroying any lead we had in the space race by de-funding NASA's new Constellation moon project in favor of researching and monitoring climate change for now, and a "heavy-lift" rocket--10 years or more away. Unlike President Kennedy, Obama spurns our position of superiority and technical strength.
President Obama recently announced a US and Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty, which will limit both sides to 1,550 warheads, as if Russia is our only opponent that has nukes. (Countries with nuclear weapons, going from friendly to hostile to suspected, include the UK, France, India, Russia, China, North Korea, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, and Syria.) Remember that Russia is helping Iran build a nuclear power plant, a partnership that makes the "United States uncomfortable", and is also cozying up to Venezuela by selling $5B in other weapons.
Just last month an aide said "the administration [has] rejected proposals that the United States declare it would never be the first to use nuclear weapons."
But Obama announced yesterday that he "was revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons, even in self-defense... ...For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons or launched a crippling cyberattack." (My emphasis)
I always thought the best strategy in warding off conflict was to speak from a position of power, not outline specifically what you would or wouldn't do. You know, Speak softly and carry a BIG stick.
Considering Obama's new direction of "...developing no new nuclear weapons, including the nuclear bunker-busters advocated by the Bush administration", we have a very weak president who likes to Speak softly, and carry NO stick. That position can only be called, "naïve and dangerous."
More Reading: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Heritage Foundation: The Road to a New Nuclear Arms Race, "Unfortunately for Americans, President Obama's new strategy will have the exact opposite result of its intended effect. Instead of incentivizing countries to give up nuclear ambitions, it creates new incentives for them to maintain or develop their own nuclear programs. First look at the Russians, who clearly still see their nuclear weapons as the cornerstone of their defense, no matter how much President Obama wishes it were otherwise. Moscow has no interest in diminishing its own nuclear arsenal, but it is perfectly happy to allow the Obama administration to weaken the U.S. deterrent until it is on equal footing with Russia's currently mediocre might. ...A country like Iran is equally unimpressed with President Obama's unilateral disarmament strategy." (My emphasis)
Past Posts: Obama, JFK, technology, & the Cuban Missile Crisis...chilling
Dangerous month, dangerous world, dangerous ideas
Closing Election Comments
The votes are in! No need for elaborate analysis, the results speak for themselves. I'll try to provide some election information that is always available but rarely asked for.
I attended both the Ponto and Speaker election night parties. Jeff Speaker was the most poised and accepting person in the room. He accepted the voter's decision with grace and dignity. In my opinion, he was secure in believing he faced some tough choices and made the correct decision. I don't think he'll do a lot of second guessing. Steve Ponto's party was, not surprisingly, much more boisterous. Steve was constantly getting phone calls from the press and well wishers. Quite a few Waukesha County Republican Party leaders were there, even though mayor is supposed to be a non-partisan position. Steve has had a lifelong dream of significant elected service and this was his night.
Flighty Enough
Driven by innate desire,
Puppy or Adult
Puppy vs. Older Dog
If you are contemplating adoption of a rescued dog for your family, you have already taken a great first step. Now there are a number of questions remaining- what type of dog should I adopt? Male or female? What age?
Dog walking at Elmbrook Humane Society
Thoughts that cross my mind while walking dogs:
If it's winter- How long will it take me to get past the river and back, am I wearing enough layers, and will I slip, fall, and look ridiculous doing it.
Volunteering at Elmbrook Humane Society
The comment/question that most people make when they first walk into an animal shelter has to be "I don't know how you can work/volunteer here. It must be so depressing. I would want to take them all home." If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that I would be a very rich person indeed! The fun part is, I get to spend the next few minutes as we walk down the hallway towards the viewing area for the cats and dogs telling them that at Elmbrook - nothing could be further from the truth. Elmbrook Humane Society is a happy place. Sure the animal's stories might have started off a bit sad, but the happy endings more than make up for it. Everybody has a perfect fit - that's the great thing about Elmbrook. We draw a diverse group of generous, kind-hearted people ready to bring a pet into their homes. We find homes for all sorts of animals, young and old, healthy and special needs. Somebody is always somebody's special soulmate.
And as shelter workers and volunteers, we CAN'T take them all home - that's called hoarding. There is nothing better than seeing the pleasure and excitement in someone's eyes when they've found just the right fit for their lifestyle. At Elmbrook, sure, we love animals, but we especially love people because it's people that make it all happen - adopt the animals, donate the money and supplies and energize us when they send their Happy Tales for our bulletin board.
One of the questions often asked of adopters is "Will you be taking your dog to obedience classes?" The answer often surprises me as most potential adopters answer the question with a confident "only if the dog needs it". As someone who has adopted several dogs and fostered hundreds, I can tell you that most dogs "don't need it" at all because they are VERY good at being dogs! They dig, bark, jump on people, potty in the house and do all the other "doggie" behaviors that sometimes drive us crazy and they do it all without training! However, most IGs we see in rescue are here because they outsmarted their last owner, didn't listen, jumped on people, barked, came IN the house to potty vs. freezing outside like a silly big dog, etc. In other words, they were masters at doing what they do best, being a DOG!! They need no class or training. It comes naturally! Dogs will be dogs and are quite happy doing so, however it's we humans that have a problem with some of their so "inappropriate behavior". (Don't even get me started on poop eating, rolling in worms, humping and many other dogs behaviors we humans find intolerable)! So does your dog "NEED an obedience class?" Mostly likely if he could talk he would say "NO Way" but most humans I know do! Because it is we humans who want the dog to not only live in our world, but to behave the way WE think they should in our world, so it's up to us to train them how! We, the humans, need an obedience class to teach them these things!
The World's Ugliest Dogs
They had me at "ugliest." I was compelled to watch the episode of Dogs 101 on Animal Planet in which they profiled the world's ugliest dogs. As the proud parent of a Neapolitan mastiff and English mastiff, my tastes in dog beauty definitely run to the large, wrinkly, slobbery ones! The Chinese crested and some other hairless dogs were discussed, and then they moved on to my favorite: the Neo! I heard once that the breed standard calls for the dog's appearance to create fear in the onlooker, but all it creates in me is the urge to rub behind the dog's ears and reach up under his lips to scratch his chin. The lips also make good handles for gently pulling the dog down for a kiss! When we adopted our Neo, Dozer, from Neo rescue, his foster mother told me that he gave gentle kisses, "although not everyone likes to be kissed by a Neo."
I've found that the dogs I think are the cutest at Elmbrook are ones that others may put on the ugly list. I love Staffordshire terriers and other pit bull mixes, dogs that get wrinkles on the top of their heads when they are confused or thinking hard, and dogs who need to have their water bowl rinsed out (due to slobber) rather than just refilled. Others may flock to the Labs or beagles or German shepherds, but these dogs are the ones that catch my fancy.
A few days later, when flipping through the channels, I saw there was a different show on Dogs 101. This time, they were focusing on the world's cutest dogs. I was about to change the channel when a new category of cutest dogs came up: so ugly they're cute. Now that's my kind of dog!
Come see us at Petsmart
One of my favorite things to do is take dogs from the Elmbrook Humane Society to PetSmart in Brookfield. Adoptable dogs are at the store from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturdays (new dogs come at 1 p.m.). It's a great field trip for the dogs, who welcome the chance for a car ride, attention from lots of people, and the opportunity to meet other friendly dogs in the store. It gives them a break from the kennel at the shelter and provides lots of time to practice good dog and people social skills with a friendly volunteer. The Elmbrook station and dogs are located at the front of the store, so there's usually plenty of action with people coming in, checking out, and browsing through the merchandise that's near us. Once the dogs figure out that we're not going out the door even though it keeps opening in front of us, we're ready to say hi to anyone who comes in! Some people are dog lovers who can't have a dog for various reasons -- not home enough, not allowed by a landlord, family member's allergies -- but need to get their "dog fix." Some are people who came to do their shopping but were captivated by the dogs we brought and just had to come over and say hi. Still others are people who are actively looking for a dog to adopt. The great news for these people is that if they see a dog that they want to adopt, they can fill out the application right there at PetSmart and have it faxed over to the shelter. Because applications are evaluated in the order they are received, this saves their spot in line if other people are also applying to adopt the dog. They have an hour to either call the shelter or stop by to follow up on their application and find out what the next steps are. I love this chance to chat with fellow dog lovers about the adoptable dog and learn about the dogs in their lives. We get caught up talking about the canines who've captured our hearts -- and the dog who's available for adoption loves the chance to soak up some petting, meet some new dogs, and show off any commands he or she knows. So come see us at PetSmart! We'll be waiting for you.
A Perfect Match
It is always a happy time when a homeless pet finds their "forever home". Sometimes, however, it seems the match was just meant to be. Such was the match I witnessed this week.
Volunteer Appreciation Month
April 26, 2010
Elmbrook (past, present, and future) leaves a LEGACY for education!
In 2009, the EEF established a permanent endowment in honor of its 50th anniversary. This endowment is currently held by the Waukesha County Community Foundation. It is an integral component of the Elmbrook Education Foundation's long term funding strategy and provides yet another opportunity for the community to get involved in supporting our community's public schools and their students.
In addition to the endowed and restricted scholarship funds highlighted in a prior post, the following endowment sub-funds have been established by our community.
- The EEF BOARD LEADERSHIP FUND was first established by Dr. Jeff Kalenak, an EEF Board Member from 2003-2009. Past, currrent, and future EEF Board members will be developing this fund in support of the Foundation's long term endowment goals. Community members may also make a donation to this fund in honor of someone that has provided leadership to the Foundation.
- The ELMBROOK STAFF LEAD THE WAY FUND was developed by Elmbrook staff as part of their annual non-profit donation appeal. This fund is now a permanent part of the annual staff appeal to provide staff the opportunity to be part of sustaining and growing Foundation programs to better support the District's needs in the future. Community members are also invited to make donations to this fund in honor of a favorite teacher, coach, administrator, etc. (for memorials, retirements, etc.).
- The BROOKFIELD CENTRAL ALUMNI FUND and the BROOKFIELD EAST ALUMNI FUND have been developed on behalf of Elmbrook's alumni and the families of graduating seniors who may wish to make a gift on behalf of their student. Donations can be made on behalf of a graduating class (i.e. as in the case of a reunion donation) and/or in honor of a teacher, coach, administrator, school, program, etc..
Crossroads office building, in Brookfield, sells for $1.2 million
A 20,000-square-foot office building at Crossroads Corporate Center, in the Town of Brookfield, has been sold for $1.2 million.
Told Development Co. sold the building, 21075 W. Swenson Drive, to Janesville-based Mid-America Bank, in a transaction brokered by Jeno Cataldo, Tim Brunow and Stephanie Krolikowski, all of NAI MLG Commercial.


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DELAWARE A life-size metal figure is among the sculptures featured in the latest exhibit at Ohio Wesleyan Universitys Richard M. Ross Art Museum. The bright red bloke has his head cocked to one side and his mouth drawn into an astonished o.
The sculpture created by Gambier artist and Kenyon College professor Barry Gunderson is aptly titled Man Surprised By The Things Hes Made. The sculpture looks over a collection of 50 smaller metal sculptures that Gunderson playfully refers to as UMOs Useless Metal Objects.
In all, Gunderson has created 50 UMOs, and the Ross Art Museum exhibit marks the first time they will be displayed in one place. The welded-and-painted aluminum sculptures are included in a larger exhibit titled From Liverpool to Ohio with Stops in Between, which will be on exhibit at the Ohio Wesleyan venue from Jan. 15 through Feb. 17.
Gunderson will give an illustrated talk Thursday, Jan. 17, at 3:15 p.m. in Room 101 of nearby Edgar Hall, 35 S. Sandusky St. An artists reception will follow immediately afterward until 6 p.m. at the Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St. Both events are free and open to the public.
During a recent visit to Delaware, Gunderson explained the artistic journey that led to his new exhibit. Its a geographical and mental journey, he said, incorporating 3-D artworks inspired by visits to England (Liverpool), France (the Gardens of Versailles), the Midwest (as he traveled from Ohio to his native Minnesota), and even dreamland (as he whimsically explored the thoughts that keep people awake at night.)
Gundersons teaching sabbatical in Liverpool resulted in A Door of Ones Own, a series of painted wood sculptures inspired by the abundance of duplex-style townhouses (terrace houses) and the efforts of their owners to display their individuality through paint and other decoration. To make these objects more sculptural rather than architectural models, they are exhibited on the walls with the roofs thrust out into the space of the gallery, Gunderson explains in his artist statement. My consistent love of form, color, and texture are again prominent in this series.
The trip to France inspired A Second Look at Versailles, a sculptural interpretation of portions of the Gardens of Versailles. Simulated shadow play became a very influential character in each piece, he states.
The long car rides from Ohio to Minnesota inspired Dirt, a series of painted wood sculptures that explores the abstract patterns of plowing, tilling, seeding, and growing. The sculptures also were inspired by Gundersons appreciation of the artwork of Grant Wood, best known for the iconic painting American Gothic.
Gunderson said he never visits a place with a preconceived goal of the artwork he will create. Instead, he allows himself to be inspired by what he sees. This Man Surprised By The Things Hes Made has taught sculpture at Kenyon since 1974. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, completed graduate work in studio art at the University of North Dakota, and earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture/painting from the University of Colorado.
Ohio Wesleyans Ross Art Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is fully handicap-accessible and admission is always free.
Published on January 15, 2013


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A little less government, a little more ideology please
Calls for more "evidence-based policy" in Australia are routine. For former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, under whose watch very little reform occurred, it was "at the heart of being a reformist government".
But more "ideology-based policy" is what this country needs. Evidence is useless without underlying principles to guide what to do with it. Statistics are often crafted from poor data and reported tendentiously.
As the government mulls over a successor to Gary Banks, the outgoing chairman of the Productivity Commission, it would be wise to select a man or woman with a hardnosed attachment to a few key economic and political principles.
Sharing David Hume's assumption, for instance, that "every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, than private interest" when designing public policy, would foster a healthy scepticism of bureaucrats' incentives to provide objective advice and act 'in the public good'.
Understanding what Frederic Hayek called "the pretence of knowledge" - the widespread but mistaken idea that governments can aggregate sufficiently accurate and timely information - would limit policy makers' desire to disrupt the most efficient method yet found for allocating resources and sustaining prosperity: a free market.
Together with Adam Smith's timeless observation that "the whole or almost the whole public revenue is in most countries employed in maintaining unproductive hands [and] little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of affluence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice", Australian policy makers have a ready-made reform agenda without any need for 'evidence'.
How can we improve productivity in Australia? Shrink government and thereby expand the fraction of the labour force producing goods and services people are actually willing to pay for.
At the federal level, abolish patently absurd departments and their attendant expenditures - such as 'innovation', 'climate change', 'agriculture', and 'families'. At the state level, contract out the management and operation of hospitals and schools and deliver subsidies direct to the people consuming these services.
Health and education have no more right to be nationalised than the production and sale of food, which in private hands has proved a marvel of efficiency, diversity and customer satisfaction. Health and education are `important'; but so is food.
At the local level, sack diversity officers and community outreach programs in favour of fixing potholes and approving new developments.
One might be sceptical principled policy ever existed. It did, with the accompanying economic miracle to boot.
John Cowperthwaite, the British finance secretary in colonial Hong Kong in the 1960s, was largely responsible for Hong Kong's spectacular ascent from colonial backwater to gleaming, dynamic economic powerhouse. He kept the state to an absolute minimum and refused to collect official statistics; in a decade real wages grew 50 per cent and poverty collapsed by two thirds.
There wasn't an evidence-based policy' in sight. Cowperthwaite knew from first principles that "in the long run, the aggregate of decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is less likely to do harm than the centralised decisions of a government, and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster."
Not only does evidence-based policy' thwart sensible reform with a barrage of data, the very process of producing statistics and 'evidence' encourages governments to meddle with the economy.
No-one would pay to know Australia's gross domestic product or supposed aggregate productivity, for instance. Australia would be far freer and more prosperous if government produced fewer statistics.
Australian businesses do not even measure their productivity in the way the Australian Bureau of Statistics does. They are more interested in profit, a far more reliable indicator of success.
To the extent any principle guides modern economic policy it is a crude utilitarianism that mandates fleecing the many to curry political favour with the few.
New government spending proposals think the $6.5 billion a year earmarked for Gonski review or the $8 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme give no consideration whatsoever of the economic costs, let alone the moral justification, of increasing the massive burden on Australia's dwindling group of taxpayers.
Perhaps macroeconomic policy is even worse. Governments' attempts to `stimulate' their economies with borrowed money rob future generations of their income without asking, justified only by the flimsy and highly disputed theory that such action helps `growth' in the present.
Equally, monetary policies that artificially create money increase the risk of inflation without seeking permission from hapless savers.
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hawker says:
Yes, more ideology. As long as it's my kind of ideology of course.
But then, what else would you expect a blinkered ideologue to say?
Steve says:
Wow! Just wow. When the evidence doesn't agree with your pre-conceived view of the world, then let's dismiss it.
I'm sick of this completely untested Ayn Rand ideological BS. It's like a religion to these mathematically illiterate economists.
acotrel says:
'But more "ideology-based policy" is what this country needs.'
More ambition and a better appreciation of the 'big picture' is what this country needs. The paradigm shifted with globalism and the GFC, so the rules have changed. It is time to loook forward and imagineer our future, instead of driving the car looking into the rear vision mirror. We should look at the risks, and manage our way towards our national goals, and forget ideology !
acotrel says:
'Australian businesses do not even measure their productivity in the way the Australian Bureau of Statistics does. '
And how might that be ? The ABS has stated that the ratio of profit to wages bill is a poor measure of productivity because it does not take into account investment in company infrastructure. Yet we still have toe-cutters getting around sacking people and selling the idea that they have achieved a productivity gain. Changing processes to improve value adding is beyond them, they don't teach that at university !
'The system runs on bullshit' ! A deskilled company is a non-existent one !
acotrel says:
'Perhaps macroeconomic policy is even worse. Governments' attempts to `stimulate' their economies with borrowed money rob future generations of their income without asking, justified only by the flimsy and highly disputed theory that such action helps `growth' in the present.'
You are obviously referring to Rudd's stimulus package. I'd point out that it occurred post GFC - the paradigm has shifted .
Fiddler says:
Agree with most of it, except for the health and education should still be publicly held.
You are dead right on stopping collecting stats. I work for an organistation where about 30% of the staff are solely employed in analysing statistics that in no way help the other 70%. Oh and the other 70% spend most of their time reporting statistics to the 30%.
That 30% constantly come up with new ways to get more statistics making the 70% do more paperwork and less actual work.
acotrel says:
'How can we improve productivity in Australia? Shrink government and thereby expand the fraction of the labour force producing goods and services people are actually willing to pay for.'
So you are saying that logistics systems which support soldiers on a battlefield are unecessary, and we don't even need to count the dead ?
We can improve productivity by establishing common goals and motivating trained people to work towards them while managing the risks, and concentrating on 'continual improvement' . Perhaps you need to read the biography 'Monash - the outsider who won a war' ?
Tubesteak says:
A million times yes.
Nothing works when you hand administration over to the hand-wringers, bedsitters and bleeding-hearts. You just end up with a lot of money wasted on people trying to feather their own nest while they invent boogeymen to jump at.
Humans were once tribes of hunters and gatherers. Then we became towns and cities of workers and producers. We need to get back to this fundamental way of being. Individual rationale for individual gain. Let each man rise and fall of his own choosing and his own endeavour.
Philosopher says:
Impressive! Mr Creighton attempts to bolster his polemic through selective, non-contextual quotes from Hume and Smith, whilst disregarding competing ideas of the role of the state (polis?) from Plato, Locke, Hobbes, Mill and others, which deal with ideas of justice, freedom, universal rights and welfare. Amusing how homo ecomomicus perennially complains about the inefficient meddling of government that supposedly hampers the markets, when the very idea of a free market (invisible hand) is in fact a theory, a model. Laughable also that the author describes our retail food duopoly (Coles and Woolworths) as 'a marvel of efficiency, diversity and customer satisfaction.' Was this a nod-nod wink-wink joke? Ha ha! This is why most public intellectuals in this country get short thrift in Europe and the US.
AdamC says:
To start with, I totally disagree on the statistics point. The author's argument that the government should stop collecting statistics lest it be tempted to try to plan the economy on the basis of those statistics is utterly underwhelming. In the absence of statistics, governments would simply make policy on the basis of the conventional wisdom. At least, with decent statistics available, it is possible to challenge some of this conventional wisdom. For example, that we are working longer hours. (False) That the world population is growing at an 'out-of-control' rate. (Wrong.) Or that Australians' living standards are falling. (Utter BS).
I agree with your other points. Sadly, the public mood tends to demand government 'do something' in response to just about every perceived social evil. Indeed, we now live in an age where even private evils, like smoking, drinking and being overweight, are regarded as legitimate targets for state intervention. That is certainly an area where the 'evidence' in support of government action is usually laughably unbalanced and misleadingly presented.
Ultimately, the public in Australia is only ever prepared to put up with very incremental economic reform. For example, despite its obvious benefits, the public rejected Work Choices on the basis of a seemingly religious conviction that it went 'too far'. (Whatever that means.) Likewise, despite an overwhelming consensus in the policy community, neither side of politics seems prepared to even countenance raising the GST.
The fundamental question is how can we create some sort of public constituency for small government and economic rationalism in Australia, as seems to exist in emerging (or, in truth 'emerged') Asia?
fml says:
A little less government, a little more deregulation please
All this regulation is constipating me
A little more profits and a little less tax
A little less talk and a little more spark
Close your heart and open up your mouth and government satisfy me
Satisfy me government
sunny says:
"the aggregate of decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is less likely to do harm than the centralised decisions of a government"
The individual judgement of a mortgage lender would tend not to lend money to a person who probably can't pay the money back. But when the regulatory shackles are off those individual businessmen are going to get their heads together and get a little bit creative. Like Hey, let's on-sell the risk element of a loan as if it's some kind of product, removing the risk from us the lender, but we still collect our cut. Multiply this type of dodgy transaction by several million and hey presto the ground falls out from under the economy.
Economist says:
There's nothing wrong with having a wish list I just wish people would be a little more pragmatic.
Without a doubt government's can be a pain in the arse, but why not start small. Government's expect small to medium businesses to be our tax collectors, to manage monies into our retirement funds, to be psychologists in dealing with their workers problems, they're expected to aid in family management by providing flexibility, they even assist in the management of welfare by providing Centrelink their payroll records for those partly on welfare and then their is compliance with a raft of other legislation depending on the service they offer. While technological development has aided in providing this information they're expected to employ a raft of expert accountants, managers etc. Let's focus on making this easier for business.
Yes even in healthcare and education there are ways of improving administration, but you can't ignore evidence based policy, you can't ignore the fact that many government interventions save lives, protect consumers.
Despite the fact that my pseudonym is Economist I fundamentally believe that the private sector is far from efficient, that left to it's own devices it costs society more than it saves. That's not to say there aren't practices that the private sector employs that are efficient and effective, but there is a lack of accountability. For example the GFC wiped out people retirement savings/ compensation payments, but we can't expect them to live on nothing so now they access government safety nets of old age and disability pensions. That the private sector can hide behind price increases when they make mistakes, that there is no perfect competition.
Without a doubt some deregulation has improved our standards of living as has government intervention. It's a constant swings and round abouts.
Richard says:
I would appreciate a little less government in my life and less layers of Government would be appreciated. Which layer do we remove in order to achieve this ?.
Stephen Scott says:
Political ideology is killing democracy. It divides us, when we need unity more than at any other time. This vacuous, mythological class-based divide of political agendas is flawed, false and fatal to our future.
We are one country. We don't need ideology. We need ideas.
Big Jay says:
Interesting article. But every good point he makes tends to countered by some tripe, which is a shame.
More than a few points;
The author didn't propose to measure productivity either. People always seem to screw this up, but the way I see it, it is just output divided man-hour of input. That's it. So sacking public servants (or cutting penalty rates) doesn't increase this output/person, it just changes what is produced or who shares the profits.
Hong Kong is a tax haven. That's why its an economic powerhouse. They don't necessarily produce anything amazing there (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) it's just a big regional corporate admin centre.
"increasing the massive burden on Australia's dwindling group of taxpayers." This is complete BS. Most Australian "FAMILIES" aren't heavily taxed, 40% pay no net tax. (Skilled) Immigration is at historical highs, so that is a growing base of taxpayers.
"Health and education have no more right to be nationalised than the production and sale of food…" I'll agree the Green revolution after WWII (say 1950-1990) was amazing and all private, however, I've never seen private health and education produce good outcomes. I can see what happens in the private health market in USA and can also see whats the manipulation (and screwing over) on global food markets.
"At the local level, sack diversity officers and community outreach programs in favour of fixing potholes and approving new developments." Hahaha fair enough, till you start complaining about how many people work in the bureaucracy doing approvals, and why it takes as long as it does.
"even if often mistaken, is less likely to do harm than the centralised decisions of a government, and CERTRAINLY THE HARM IS LIKELY TO BE COUNTERACTED FASTER." That last bit is a good point, totally agree.
For me, I agree govt should produce less stats. Govt should move people from office based work on to the tools fixing potholes, painting train stations and building infrastructure (like canals). So agree with the author there.
In terms of productivy improvement, I hate the "govt need to get out of the way" slogan, its simplistic rubbish for the Ayn Rand faithful. To increase output per person Australia should;
* encourage productive investment (maybe better depreciation allowances) rather than speculation ie. building houses and factories rather than buying existing houses and shares on the ASX.
* Get an education to those that aren't getting it.
* Infrastructure - drought proofing, road/rail/ports.
Damian says:
More ideology? The great problems of our democracy at the moment are that we have too much ideology, and not enough thinking. This is why politics here (and worse in the US) is framed as a contest between good and evil, and not as a discussion of ideas.
I agree that we need to more economic thinking, but it needs to be sound thinking, not more ideological economics. Ideological economics like the idea that borrowing to stimulate demand is always bad, rather than thinking through the point that it is a choice between borrowing, and letting aggregate demand collapse leading to less government revenue and therefore borrowing - possibly more than would be required to take the Kaynesian approach, and being left at the same time with increased joblessness and increased welfare dependancy.
when Hayek argued in Law, Legislation and Liberty for free markets on the the basis of informational constraints he was (aside from perpetrating a false dichotomy that one either has a command economy or laissez-faire) making an ideological point as well as a practical one; and the practical argument was based on an idealised concept that does not actually exist in the real world. The informational constraint argument is very persuasive and it is one reason among others that I agree that free markets are a good thing; all other things being equal; but very frequently they are not, and economics is a tool, not a holy book.
I always find it interesting that the one part of economics that actually looks closely at the world (as opposed to glancing at the world and claiming that the world is wrong if it doesn't fit the models), behavioural economics, is considered somewhere between a joke and heresy by the broader economics community.
the apologist says:
Great article. Excellent. Great use of the Hong Kong case study too. Two thumbs up.
Esteban says:
Adam Creighton it is time to cut to the chase and join the Liberal party.
If you can rise to the top and implement your ideas the country will be saved after all.
Stop wasting your time agitating the left on punch your country needs you.
In politics you must cater for the masses so please be careful about using words like "ideology" which carry negative connotations.
Describing the idea of smaller government as an ideology simply puts people offside before even contemplating the idea.
In modern politics it is good if you have policies but as the ALP have demonstrated you can have crap policies and good spin and you can still win the election.
Rose says:
This is one of the largest pieces of rubbish I have attempted to read in a long time. I got just a little way in and had to check your bio and discovered you were formerly a senior economic adviser to Abbott. Is that the same Abbott that was referred to be Peter Costello as an 'economic illiterate'?
Ideology gets in the way, we have used ideology to guide us for centuries and it usually ends up failing us. We have never, ever attempted to follow evidence based policy that has not been bastardized by ideology.
John Howard took the Little Children are Sacred report and completely ignored every single recommendation, bar one, and instead we end up with an Intervention which is a big failure, Gillard an Rudd didn't have the guts to recognize that it was failing and extended it, too scared to override ideology with evidence. We have this blind commitment to a surplus, when we should be ensuring that whether there is a surplus or not that the effort should go into strengthening our economic systems.
Ideology is the cause of most of our political problems, it cannot save us, only true evidence based policy can!!
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Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) >Restaurants > Woodlands
3415 West End Ave, Nashville, TN | Directions 3720336.138152 -86.819738
Tue-Fri 11:30am-2:45pm, 5pm-10pm
Sat-Sun 11:30am-10pm
Excellent food, nice people – I would have given them 4.5 starts if I could. Really good food and a great bargain. Service is good - everyone is friendly and they are helpful with the menu. Seemed like almost everyone eating there was Indian or Middle Eastern - always a good sign in my mind when eating ethnic food. The only knock is that the room itself is about as bad as it gets visually. But, if you are with good company it's not really a distraction. I will be back often!
Best dosa in the US! – My fiance took me here for my birthday and I have to say this is the best dosa I've had since leaving India and it was at par with really good restaurants in India! I know the ambience isn't perfect but we didn't care. I had my favorite paneer rava masala dosa and my fiance had their masala dosa. Both were excellent. We have found our staple restaurant in the Nashville area!
Best South indian food – If you are from South India, you would know exactly what i am talking about. I have heard about this restaurant for a while but never tried it. I took my date once there and the food was delicious. Their South indian food; Dosas and Iddlies are very authentic. mmm..mm.mm. Just loved it. The service was a little slow but they were polite. It is also an inexpensive place to eat and that is a great plus. I have been there a few times after my first encounter and i would definitely recommend this place for some great south indian food.
The best Indian food I've had so far – I've been to almost all the area Indian restaurants and Woodlands is by far the best I have had. They bill themselves as vegetarian. However, you don't have to be vegetarian to fall in love with this restaurant. There is so much to choose from , it will please anyone. The lunch buffet changes daily and the service is really good. The decor may not be too hot, but it really doesn't matter once you've tried the fare. I do the lunch buffet at least once a week because it has such a great selection. I have done dinner twice and both times it was exceptional. OK...I sound like a commercial. It just seems that so many places have poor help or are overpriced these days...it is refreshing to find this place.
yum – The woodlands is delicious. Great service, generous portions and interesting choices. If you're bringing someone who isn't sure they're into vegetarian food, order #18 the Iddly Manchurian, its really delicious... and just reminiscent of meat to get them on board.
Yum, yum, yum! – I love food from India. Woodlands is where I go when I need a great meal with perfect flavors. Over the past decade I have been trying Indian food all over the nation and Woodlands is as good as I've found anywhere.
Great! – This is a treasure in the Nashville restaurant scene that I am happy to have found.. Lovely vegetarian Indian dishes, you will not miss the meat. I have not had such attentive service at a restaurant in a very long time. Arrive for lunch, and you will be able to sample many different dishes on the buffet.
Awesome Indian – We've been going to Woodlands since it first opened. The food is great - especially the dosas and the uppathams and the mushroom masala - and even the pickiest kid will love the fried iddlies. The lunch buffet is something special - they have a different menu every day, so you can go every week and eat different foods. The servers are knowledgeable, and will steer Westerners away from "Indian" hot dishes that would be too incendiary.
Woodlands is also a very friendly and welcoming place. When we don't go for a while, the hostess makes a point of welcoming us back, which is a nice feeling. As others have commented, the spartan decor doesn't detract from the dining experience. A couple of reviewers remarked on the presence of kids as a negative. Personally, I don't find that to be the case. With rare exceptions, the children eating at Woodlands are well-behaved and I find it a welcome change to see kids enjoying exotic food and not demanding chicken fingers. Woodlands isn't an elegant dining experience by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a homey place, even if you're not from Kerala.
Can't tear myself away... – Since discovering this lovely eatery about a year ago, I have needed my Woodlands fix at least every week. Who cares about what color the walls are or how the tables are arranged - this place is ready to cater to every need my mouth and stomach can express. While I do believe that southern Indian food will not be to everyone's taste, it can help to do a little reading about what spices are used in the cuisine and how they are used in the cooking in order better appreciate what you are eating. Thanks to Woodlands, I rarely want to eat out anywhere else! I can't find another place in this city where vegetarian food abounds (and I'm not a vegetarian) and where I can walk away completely satisfied without overstuffing myself.
Thanks Woodlands!
very impressed. – i had never had indian food before, but was looking forward to trying something i KNEW was vegetarian. i first went for dinner and was kind of put off because everything sounded the same and we didnt know what to order. i went back a week later for the lunch buffett. that was the best decision i ever made. everything on the buffett was labeled, so you know what you are eating. the staff even marks on a take out menu what was on the buffett so you are prepared for trips when the buffett is not available.
def. recommended. i am addicted to indian food now!
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