Orland organic ag magnate Charlie Johnson opines Socratically on the "community" thrift store being built on Madison's Main Street: Does anyone know if there was ever a professional study and/or survey taken verifying the feasibility of a new thrift store…
Madison's thrift store relaunched this month as an entirely private, public-subsidy-free project. The private developers began demolition of the old Jensen building this week to make way for their downtown dream project. But the thrift store has already received one…
Two noteworthy economic developments are afoot in Madison. First, I hear from my local correspondents that Lake Area Improvement Corporation director Julie Gross has officially endorsed—i.e., spent money!—on accessing materials produced by the Main Street program. The idea of the…
Five weeks after local boosters proposed a downtown development task force to the Madison City Commission, four weeks after a group of citizens stepped forward to volunteer their services for that task force, and three weeks after the Lake Area…
I think we're winning... and the LAIC may help us. No, Bulldog Media has not taken over the Madville Times. I maintain the opinion that the Lake Area Improvement Corporation, Lake County's quasi-private economic development corporation, has wasted perhaps millions…
Julie Gross made her first appearance before the Lake County Commission as Lake Area Improvement Corporation handout seeker on Tuesday. She requested $35,000 from county taxpayers. Technically, she made two requests: $10,000 to help cover her salary and other general…
Madison blogosphere neighbor John Nelson expresses his hope that the promotion of Julie Gross from Chamber of Commerce director to Lake Area Improvement Corporation director means better things for Madison. I want to be generous and look for signs that…
The second round of the French presidential election happens a week from today. Incumbent President and conservative Union for a Popular Movement leader Nicolas Sarkozy faces a stiff challenge from Socialist candidate François Hollande. (With that name, it's like America…
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