Friday, May 18, 2012
Fire fighters were still investigating the cause but warned residents to use extension cords for temporary wiring only and not place cords under carpets or furniture.
A fire caused $100,000 in damage to a deck and home on Tower Hills Drive, but the occupant and a pet dog and monkey escaped without harm. A neighbor called 911 at 3:48 p.m. Thursday and a worker at the neighbor's home notified the occupant there was a fire, Brookfield Fire Chief Charlie Myers said. A Brookfield firefighter suffered and was evaluated for heat exhaustion fighting the blaze in the 1000 block of Tower Hills Drive. The cause was under investigation but believed to be accidential. Myers reminded residents of two things: make sure they have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors on all levels of a residence. He added: "Extension cords should only be used for temporary wiring only and should not be placed under carpets or …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Now that the recall primary is behind us and messages from both sides are more targeted, Wisconsin voters are starting to get more decisive.
Gov. Scott Walker is up by six points against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, according to a new Marquette University Law School poll of likely voters. The results of the poll were released Wednesday during a segment of the on-going "On the Issues" series with Mike Gousha and Professor Charles Franklin. Polling of 704 registered voters took place between May 9-12, and the poll results include responses from 600 likely voters in the pool with a 3.8 percent margin of error. Only 3 percent of those surveyed said they are undecided. The voting sample was split at about 52 percent women, 48 percent men and 89 percent white and about five percent each for African Americans and Hispanics. Before the primary, registered voters had Barrett leading by…
Facing a recall election, the governor says new jobs numbers released Wednesday are a more accurate reflection of how the state is doing. Tom Barrett calls announcement a political stunt.
Gov. Scott Walker released a new set of job numbers Wednesday morning that showed the state gained 23,300 public and private jobs during 2011, up from a previously-reported drop of 33,900. The new numbers come from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, part of a national report due to be issued on June 28, according to an Associated Press report. With Walker pushing up the announcement so that it comes three weeks ahead of the June 5 recall election, reaction has been predictably and wildly mixed. Walker's campaign said the numbers more accurately reflect what is happening in the state. The data is comprised of reports issued to 96 percent of Wisconsin employers and makes the numbers "much more reliable," according to a news …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The 28-day residency requirement in the Voter ID law and the unique summer election cycle could cause a low college student turnout, so Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett met with students Monday afternoon to energize young voters.
In a normal election year, college students are encouraged to go out and vote at their nearest polling location, but the new Voter ID law and the unique summer election schedule will completely change how political parties get out the college vote. Milwaukee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett met with UW-Milwaukee students and faculty Monday afternoon to remind them not only to get out and vote in the June 5 election, but to vote using the same address they used in the May 8 primary election. Because of the new 28-day residency requirement included in the Voter ID bill, students that voted from their campus location in May will have to request an absentee ballot to vote from that same address when they go home for the…
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett rallies students to vote absentee in the historic June 5 recall election. Gov. Scott Walker announces 39 manufacturing jobs at Caledonia event. And more on recall trail.
With three weeks to go before Wisconsin's historic June 5 gubernatorial recall election, here are Monday's recall developments: Barrett Rallies Students to Vote Absentee The 28-day residency requirement in the Voter ID law and the unique summer election cycle could cause a low college student turnout, so Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett met with students Monday afternoon to energize young voters. Gov. Scott Walker Announces Manufacturing Jobs on State Tour He was at Jensen Metal Products in Caledonia Monday afternoon to announce the addition of 39 jobs. He earlier announced 350 new jobs at a plant in Neenah. Rep. Robin Vos Calls for Recall Reform With the 2011 and 2012 recall elections costing Wisconsin taxpayers tens of …
Three Bluemound Road properties have been sold, including the Elm Grove Uno's planned to become a Culver's restaurant, the Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee says.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Independent candidate Hari Trivedi says his pledge to return his annual salary if job growth fails is not an election gimmick. He challenged Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to match his pledge.
Taking a jab at Gov. Scott Walker's record on jobs, independent gubernatorial candidate Hariprasad "Hari" Trivedi says he's confident he can show positive job growth a year after the election — or he will return his full annual salary. "I do not believe either Scott Walker or Tom Barrett are capable of producing sustained job growth, given their records," Trivedi said. "If elected I am confident and committed to resolving this issue." Trivedi, whose campaign got a splash of attention when he aired television ads during the Super Bowl, insisted his pledge was not a gimmick. He challenged Walker and Barrett to match it. "Rhetoric is free. The citizens of Wisconsin deserve a more concrete commitment," he said on his website, trivgov.com. He …
President's campaign sends e-mail to Obama supporters urging them to vote for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in June 5 recall election of Gov. Scott Walker.
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is actively getting behind the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker from office, The Huffington Post reports. The campaign is focusing its efforts on educating and registering voters in advance of the historic June 5 gubernatorial recall election. Tripp Wellde, the Wisconsin state director for the Obama campaign, sent an email to supporters Thursday night, urging them to support Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Walker's Democratic opponent. The Obama campaign also hosted "Own Your Vote" events around the state this weekend, described as "organizing phone banks and knocking on doors to make sure Wisconsinites are registered and ready to own their vote on Election Day," according to The Huffington Post…
Bookmark Patch's Recall Coverage section for easy reference for the latest election developments — follow this link to brookfield-wi.patch.com/topics/wisconsin-recall-2012.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Studies suggest that the difficult-to-enter workforce is getting harder for college grads, with a higher percentage of recent grads taking longer to find a job than in years past.
College graduates' struggle to find a job in their fields has been a trend for some time now, but according to a Rutgers University study released Thursday, more recent grads are in worse shape. Of students who have graduated college since 2006, 51 percent have a full-time job, according to a HuffingtonPost.com report on the study. "The situation is even more dire for those who have graduated since 2009," the article said. "Fewer than half of college graduates from those years found their first job within 12 months of graduating, much less than the 73 percent of those who graduated from 2006 to 2008. Those who graduated since 2009 are three times more likely to not have found a full-time job than those from the classes of 2006 through 2008…
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