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Milwaukee's Daily Magazine for Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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June 17, 2013
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36488   Reader submitted blog Dairyland Youth Kickstarter
Your generosity will fulfill '80s punk band Dairyland Youth's teenage dreams of playing to a capacity crowd in Asia! Dairyland Youth formed in 1986 in Wisconsin, by 4 teenage nerds in a basement, who imagined 27 years later to be invited to play anywhere- let alone a massive show in front of...
Posted by wwerk at 10:32 a.m. | Talkbacks
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June 4, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog Freedom v Security
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons.....against unreasonable searches.....shall not be violated....."  4th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (partial text)The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday  (June 3, 2013) that taking a DNA swab from the m...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 11:52 a.m. | Talkbacks
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May 23, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog No bid? No way!
"Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee  (support) giving Gov. Scott Walker broad authority to sell....state property without seeking competitive bids....." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 22, 2013,  page 1AUnder the plan approved for inclusion in the state budget &...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 9:26 a.m. | Talkbacks
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May 1, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog Hunger Games at Guantanamo
"100 of the 166 prisoners at Guantanamo were...participating in the hunger strike....'I don't want these individuals to die' (President Barack Obama)"   Associated Press, May 1, 2013 When Irish Republican Army  (IRA) prisoners did the same thing in 1981, British Prime Min...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 9:45 a.m. | Talkbacks
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April 18, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog Conservatives Curb County Board
Yesterday  Assembly Republicans passed a bill that would diminish the authority of the Milwaukee County Board, cut its budget by two-thirds and reduce the term of supervisors from four  to two years.  The bill also provides for a referendum in April , 2014, on cutting  the sup...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 12:17 p.m. | Talkbacks
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March 17, 2013
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36294   Reader submitted blog Legends of Vampires forever Changed - Local author published a real page turner! "Ravenswynd Legends
Sharon Ricklin Jones grew up here in Milwaukee. As a member of Romance Writers of America, Sharon has just published Vol 1 of Ravenswynd Legends, a four volume romance vampire story like never written before. Once in a decade or two an author enlightens their readers and takes them on an astonish...
Posted by secklin at 3:26 p.m. | Talkbacks
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Feb. 26, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog Residence Requirement
Governor Scott Walker has proposed that Wisconsin bar  cities, villages and school districts from requiring employees to live in their communities.  Is that a good idea?Cities, like Milwaukee,  impose this  requirement  primarily to spur  demand for city  housin...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 10:46 a.m. | Talkbacks
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Feb. 21, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog Serious County Reform
All the recent fuss about reforming the government of Milwaukee County has been about the size and pay of the County Board.  There is no ideal size, but  a smaller board could probably  handle the workload just as well as the 18 members we have now.  Cook Cou nty, Illlinois, (...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 10:40 a.m. | Talkbacks
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Feb. 19, 2013
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Community Blogger   Reader submitted blog is milwaukee a great city?
People have been fighting over whether or not, Milwaukee is a great city, but I think that there a bigger and better things to fight over, like what would make Milwaukee not be a great city. Its real easy to dismiss Milwaukee as not being hip or not being like other cities, without looking at wha...
Posted by bbrehmer at 8:01 p.m. | Talkbacks
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Feb. 6, 2013
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35924   Reader submitted blog The Dave Clarke .44
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has urged  county residents to arm themselves  and take firearms training  in order to protect their homes from criminals.  Is that a good idea? Clarke, who was appointed Sheriff by  Republican  Acting Governor Scott McCal...
Posted by Glazerbeam at 9:25 a.m. | Talkbacks
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