By Kenneth Artz Karen Hyde, an Xcel vice president, told a Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) administrative judge in August hearings that the company failed to meet expectations regarding its Boulder SmartGridCity project because there were “unreasonable expectations from our customers in Boulder.” When Xcel launched Boulder SmartGridCity in 2008, the utility said its aim…
Gary Wickert
The Anti-God Party
A funny thing happened on the Democrats’ way to their national convention in Charlotte last week – they forgot God. On Monday, when their party’s platform was released, it was conspicuously missing a reference to “God,” which had mysteriously been removed. Democrat delegates booed, jeered and shook their fists when the party chairman, Los Angeles…
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Steve’s Say . . . Bugline Paving Project Opposed By Menomonee Falls Taxpayer Association
By Steve Welcenbach According to the August 15 Sussex Sun, an informal, open-house style hearing regarding the proposed Bugline trail paving project was organized by the Waukesha County Parks staff for Wednesday, August 29th from 5-7 PM in the Quad/Graphics room at Pauline Haas Public Library on Main Street in Sussex. Since its inception, the…
Keith Best
Letter To The Editor
August 16, 2012 I live in a county that Congressman Paul Ryan (VP candidate) represents. I have been to over a dozen of his townhall meetings. I have seen gyms and auditoriums filled with apprehensive seniors listen to Ryan as he addresses where America was, is now, and where it’s headed. When he concludes he…
Howard Sachs
True caring, compassion and social justice
By Howard Sachs I’m part of a minority within a minority: a Jewish Republican who volunteers for the Jewish Republican Coalition and Republican Party. I know Jews take pride in being socially conscious and compassionate. However, I also know there is a tension in the American Jewish world over defining these virtues. Now that the…
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Bishop Calls on All Christians to Leave Democratic Party
Bishop E.W. Jackson is making a war cry: “Let God’s people go!” Jackson, a Marine Corps veteran, graduate of Harvard Law School and adjunct professor of law, is echoing the words of Moses in a campaign to persuade Christians of all races that the time has come for a wholesale exodus of Christians from the…