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(2009/01/08)
On behalf of the La Crosse City Vision Foundation, I would like to thank the members of this community who volunteered their time and money to support our Downtown Street Lighted Holiday Wreath Decorations.
(2009/01/08)
Every day in La Crosse, emergency medical technicians with the La Crosse Fire Department and paramedics with Tri-State Ambulance answer the call to people with medical or traumatic emergencies.
(2009/01/08)
Citizens of the county must maintain their sidewalks or suffer a fine for not clearing their walks in a timely manner. The only pedestrian walkway from French Island to the North Side was not maintained and pedestrians are forced to walk in the street.
(2009/01/08)
I have often wondered why some people have a dislike, or even hatred, of someone of a different race or religion.
(2009/01/07)
This may seem like an odd letter to the editor, as I suspect that it is not very often that one writes to say that they are not running for a political office. Usually it is the reverse. But after literally hundreds of La Crosse residents encouraged me to once again run for mayor of La Crosse, I thought it appropriate to use this forum to thank them for their thoughtfulness, kindness and encouragement.
(2009/01/07)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will soon introduce a new economic stimulus package intended to create jobs and rebuild infrastructure. The goal is to have it approved by early in President Obama’s term.
(2009/01/07)
Wasting no time after the election, national and state politicians want to raise the federal gas tax by 40 cents and the state tax by 8 cents a gallon. They cite the low gas prices as creating the ideal time to tax us. Noteworthy is the fact that when we paid more than $4 a gallon and asked for a suspension of the taxes at that time, our request fell on deaf ears.
(2009/01/07)
What a tragedy! The death of Billy Harter is obviously a grievous loss for his family and the community. But I hope we can all use this as a learning opportunity to prevent future deaths and injury.
(2009/01/06)
City leaders should take a long-term view for the benefit of our city, and perhaps relying on global warming is a long-term solution to snow removal. But in the short-term, we are going to have significant snow events to deal with.
(2009/01/06)
Recent compliments for the leadership of state Sen. Sharon Erickson Ropes seem misplaced. Informing people of cuts to their programs because of Minnesota’s budget deficit doesn’t make her a great leader. The DFL Senate caucus to which Sen. Ropes clings to for guidance doesn’t even practice common sense.
(2009/01/06)
Unfortunately, one of the very few sidewalks in the town of Campbell, better known as French Island, has not been cleaned all year. On a recent night, this dangerous lack of snow removal caused a man to be hit by two cars and die.
(2009/01/06)
How are we to know the facts on critical issues when one source has conflicting data?
(2009/01/05)
On behalf of all Wisconsin residents we, the undersigned members of La Crosse Area Health Initiative, are requesting that our legislators act quickly to join Wisconsin with the 24 states of the United States that have passed comprehensive smokefree workplace policies.
(2009/01/05)
To Wayne Young: Your letter to the Tribune (Dec. 25) was the best I’ve seen on the credit card crunch. Of course you are right. These people who are in debt up to their eyebrows used their credit cards irresponsibly, so it is their own fault. And there will be whiners who expect the rest of us to bail them out. Same for the housing crisis. Many bought homes beyond their means, which resulted in foreclosures.
(2009/01/05)
Thomas H. Taylor’s guest view in your Dec. 15 Opinion page was quite interesting. This was in regards to the prayer death of Dale and Leilani Nuemann’s 11-year-old child. The Nuemanns are now being charged with second-degree reckless homicide.
(2009/01/04)
Congratulations to Jon Brenner! When my children were younger, I remember another parent commenting that their child was on the YMCA’s swim team just because Jon Brenner was the type of person they wanted to influence their child.
(2009/01/04)
I would like to thank all the county, town and city plowers. I think they have done a wonderful job this year with all the snow and ice we have had. You are doing a great job.
(2009/01/04)
As 2008 draws to a close, the Monroe County Habitat for Humanity board members would like to thank our communities for their outstanding support this year.
(2009/01/04)
I was recently contacted by a “friend of Franciscan Skemp” who, based on information regarding my son’s medical issues, has chosen to help my family through the holiday season. I don’t know who this man is or how he came to be the generous anonymous donor that he is, but I am writing this to him.
(2009/01/04)
Hillview Health Care Center staff and residents would like to thank the community for their tremendous giving spirit this holiday season.
(2009/01/03)
I’d like to thank the many people who’ve taken time during this busy holiday season to sign my nomination papers and share their feelings about the upcoming mayor’s race.
(2009/01/03)
A Christmas angel appeared to me on Christmas night! When I stopped for gas at the Kwik-Star in Clinton, Iowa, I discovered I had a flat tire. A Kwik-Star delivery truck driver from La Crosse walked up to my car and offered to change my tire for me. It was about 25 degrees out and raining.
(2008/12/30)
Citizens for Responsible Government wishes to thank and congratulate the 76 circulators and the 3,829 petition signers who have said they want to prevent the city of La Crosse from destroying an excellent, privately run ambulance service. In addition, a city-run ambulance would create havoc in our emergency medical services system.
(2008/12/30)
In response to Mr. Upton: As a proud “former” resident of the great state of Illinois, I first want to ask Mr. Upton if he has even lived in Illinois? Having been born, raised and educated in the “collar” counties of Chicago, I ask if he has family, friends or colleagues living in the state? My grandfather was a county treasurer of Hillside in the 1950s, and I have family in politics. The citizens of Illinois had three choices for governor. The Republican, Democratic and Independent parties push a platform and candidates to the voters who are forced to make a decision — “lesser” of the evils. Money from the parties and special interests play the key role. Do the citizens of Detroit deserve blame for their mayor’s sex and money scandal? Nixon/Watergate? Clinton/ Flowers, Lewinsky? Was the U.S. deserving of this? I think not.
(2008/12/30)
Chuck Lee’s letter concerning the CapX2020 project that will bring huge power lines into the area brought up some excellent points. These lines will certainly have major impacts on the environment.
(2008/12/29)
The gasoline engine has been with us for more than 80 years and can be run on natural gas. America has an abundance of natural gas; it is cheaper than oil, and we are not depending on a foreign country for our supply. The use of natural gas would keep the money in the U.S., and alleviate the crises created by high oil prices.
(2008/12/29)
Here’s how to turn $60,000 into “peanuts” in one easy lesson.
(2008/12/29)
I am appalled that in this time of economic struggle, state and federal leaders are receiving pay increases — 5.3 percent state, 2.8 percent federal.
(2008/12/29)
Nearly 200 animal citations of over $240 went out last Wednesday.
(2008/12/29)
Regarding Barack Obama, I don’t think he is “the one.” He’s not “that one” (remember John McCain’s comment during the debate?) either. He seems like a really good guy. I think he’ll do a great job.
(2008/12/28)
As we go through the holiday season, there is a lot of talk about our fledgling economy. Though gas prices are going down, food prices are still high — and at a time when much celebration revolves around just that — eating.
(2008/12/28)
The recent news accounts about the law creating bailout money’s use for bonuses for executives, etc., reminds me of an old adage that I shall embellish:
(2008/12/28)
James Dobson reminds us that our country was first settled by God-fearing Christians, who like a man in a rowboat in a flood, eventually rescued and welcomed those with whom he most disagreed theologically right down to the most “evangelical” nonbeliever.
(2008/12/27)
We wish to extend a very special “thank you” to the visitors of Rotary Lights 2008 “A Million Mississippi Reflections.” New Horizons Shelter and Women’s Center was a recipient of your donated nonperishable food items on Dec. 3 and 14.
(2008/12/27)
During this past decade, the Diversity Foundation of Minnesota, the city of Winona and the Winona-Dakota Unity Alliance have focused efforts on Intercultural education and reconciliation with these displaced native peoples, whose ancestors once lived and called Minnesota their homeland.
(2008/12/27)
I want to publicly announce how proud I am of my children. I chose to be a stay-at-home mom because of the extra care that my youngest daughter needed.
(2008/12/27)
You see these big bailouts for company and bank millionaires. The veterans are not getting help. We have 66,000 veterans with mental problems. We have agent orange and gases used in the Vietnam War, a lot of veterans and no help.
(2008/12/25)
The people have spoken! The results of the health care referendum on the November ballot were a clear mandate to legislators that they must act this session to make sure every Wisconsin resident has access to quality, affordable health care. Seventy-four percent of voters statewide voted “yes” to the health care referendum, and in La Crosse County the percentage was even higher.
(2008/12/25)
I have to offer kudos to the village of Coon Valley for their ever-timely maintenance of our local park. I use the park almost every day as a portion of a long walk with my dog. Even after a serious snowfall, the “loop” through the park is always plowed within a few hours — and I appreciate that.
(2008/12/25)
The best gift you are able to give someone this year for Christmas, or any time of year, is a good ol’ hug. Hugs are underrated. They do not financially cost you anything, yet the gift of a hug is worth a million.
(2008/12/25)
Why Blagojevich? Arrogance. Money. Concern for self over good of the public. People always telling you how great you are. A feeling of entitlement. Support from a power-hungry, corrupt organization. Lots of money. And, here’s a big one, a public that has become used to “the way it is.” A public that has become cynical and has developed an attitude of what can I, the lowly individual, do, and you can’t fight city hall.
(2008/12/25)
I disagree with Margaret Anne Bishop’s letter of Sunday, Dec. 21. While alcoholism is a disease, it starts with behavioral choices by an individual. When one’s actions result in either real or potential harm to others, society has the right to protect itself using the legal system.
(2008/12/25)
This is just a thought about the Sunday, Dec. 21, front page.
(2008/12/25)
On Thursday, Dec. 18, I had a flat tire along Hwy. 16 just outside of La Crescent. I was trying to change the tire myself, to no avail. I couldn’t even break the lug nuts loose.
(2008/12/23)
I read Justin Ahrens’ letter about nor worshipping Jesus Christ with interest. He drew some interesting parallels in the stories of Jesus Christ and Santa Claus. Those parallels were exactly David Foss’ point. A good imitation will very closely mimic the real thing. I’m not taking issue with Santa. I’m staying out of that argument for goodness’ sake.
(2008/12/23)
I recently had the opportunity to explore my plan options under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. I was pleased to find out how affordable a plan that included a prescription drug benefit was.
(2008/12/23)
In the Dec. 16 Tribune, the following information was omitted from the letter to the editor: “Does Smoking Cause Lung Cancer?”
(2008/12/23)
This is in response to Richard Mial’s column on Sunday. If the atheists wish to have a display, that would have been fine with everyone, except the sign was put in place with wording structured to specifically degrade people who believe in God and thus religions that support this belief. This was the objective of the Freedom From Religion folks: To anger people by being obnoxious.
(2008/12/23)
One of Barack Obama’s main agenda items as he is preparing to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States is to create a new energy policy that reduces our dependence on foreign oil by increasing offshore oil production, investing in plug-in electric vehicles and developing renewable energy technologies.
(2008/12/22)
Wednesday’s letter from Silky Schliesman about the Employee Free Choice Act (a misnomer if there ever was one) was conspicuously lacking any real information on this act. The substance of the act is to deny employees the American tradition of the secret ballot when voting for or against unionization.
(2008/12/22)
In David Foss’ Dec. 7 letter to the editor titled “Stop worshipping Santa Claus,” he states that Santa Claus gives us nothing, he is a worthless character of our imagination, and we must discontinue the lunacy of worshipping him because he is a fictitious character. The admiration of Santa Claus is offset by the increasing disregard of Jesus Christ according to Foss. I ask, though, what if we stop worshipping Jesus Christ?
(2008/12/22)
This is a response to Sally Oswalt’s letter to the editor titled “They can’t prove there is no God.” I can agree we atheists may not be able to prove there is no god; however, we are not the ones making the claim.
(2008/12/22)
This is a response to Sally Oswalt: “They can’t prove there is no God.”
(2008/12/22)
The rumbling sound of engines, cities that never sleep, and the endless circus of people heading to work, is the present world we all live in; the image we see every day.
(2008/12/22)
I feel a strong need to respond to David Papke’s (Dec. 17) letter calling for the press to do more “looking into Obama’s connections in Illinois.” Beginning with a crude cheap shot comparing Chicago politics to a house of prostitution, the letter proceeds to offer only one fact: That President-elect Obama’s designated chief of staff has represented a U.S. congressional district previously represented by corrupt individuals.
(2008/12/22)
As a former Reagan Republican, I appreciate the righteous indignation of the Senate Republicans over the proposed bailout of the auto industry. I wonder where that was when they were bailing out Wall Street.
(2008/12/21)
I read with equal portions of shock, dismay and ire the front page article in the Dec. 9 Tribune giving coverage to a call by some Wisconsin district attorneys to raise the pay for district attorneys currently in office, to enforce an additional “alcohol/sin tax” and to use such moneys gleaned to facilitate the hiring of additional district attorneys.
(2008/12/21)
I recently discovered that Wisconsin BadgerCare uses dental providers in the state of Minnesota rather than in Wisconsin. I am told the reasoning behind this is because the potential providers in our area of Wisconsin will not accept BadgerCare payments.
(2008/12/21)
What is Christmas all about? Is Christmas about presents, Santa, Rudolph and family traditions? Or is it all about something else?
(2008/12/21)
Congratulations to the La Crosse Tribune for the cartoon on its Dec. 11 opinion page. While probably not intended, it illustrated perfectly life on a corner lot during winter in La Crosse in regard to keeping crosswalks clear of snow.
(2008/12/20)
I feel bad for the family of the guy who died in the hospital after getting sick in the County Jail.
(2008/12/20)
Betty Gundersen, was involved in numerous projects and causes. One of those was being a founding leader of the
(2008/12/20)
The current foreclosure crisis is affecting the entire housing market.
(2008/12/18)
I would like to echo the concerns of Shelley Stover for the homeless population in La Crosse as reflected in her letter to the Tribune on Dec. 4. I applaud her compassion for those who are often overlooked and her insight for the need for more shelter beds.
(2008/12/18)
My husband is a volunteer firefighter, and I’m incredibly proud of him. He’s fortunate to serve with a group of people who are kind, compassionate and look out for each other. Their leadership is serious about their safety and make sure they’re well-trained and doing things by the book (thanks, Chief and AC).
(2008/12/18)
To you who want to experience the true enchantment of this holiday season, treat yourself and your family to the La Crosse Community Theater production of “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
(2008/12/17)
We do indeed have a parking/snowplowing problem, and it is only getting worse. When is the only time during winter months that you can ignore alternate-side parking and not be ticketed? Answer: When it’s snowing and the plows are out. Hardly makes sense, does it?
(2008/12/17)
Barack Obama has promised to help pass the Employee Free Choice Act, a bipartisan bill that would make it easier for workers to form unions and stay in the middle class. I hope our new leaders in Congress will pass the Employee Free Choice Act and make the economy work for everyone.
(2008/12/17)
After attending the Xcel Energy public meeting about the CapX2020 power line project, I am very concerned about the alternative route that would bring the line through La Crescent and La Crosse.
(2008/12/17)
On the Tribune Web page on Monday, Dec. 15 we find an article entitled “Obama: Probe shows no contact in Ill. gov scandal.”
(2008/12/16)
I am writing in response to Jennifer Dausey’s letter in Sunday’s Tribune, in which she expressed her dismay about the Xcel energy garbage incinerator, stating that it did not fit with her expectations of La Crosse as a progressive town. Unfortunately this letter seeks to spread fear rather than to inform and lacks the critical thinking skills I expect from a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student.
(2008/12/16)
The average person diagnosed with lung cancer dies in one year.
(2008/12/16)
Please don’t miss something very special this holiday season: An outstanding exhibit at the Swarthout Museum in the La Crosse Public Library, Ninth Street entrance.
(2008/12/16)
They took a hard-earned $700 billion from taxpayers. They gave it to banks and investors who caused the recession by high interest rates to people who couldn’t pay back. They took hard savings from investors. They took the money the rest of us lost. The bailout was to save peoples’ homes and savings.
(2008/12/16)
La Crosse can benefit from simple improvements. Recycling can quickly bring revenue back to local business. Public transit can reduce traffic for regular drivers. Home insulation jobs can be created by homeowners who wish to insulate to save money on fuel. Installing solar panels on roofs can not only save on building owners electric bill but create surplus to sell back to utility.
(2008/12/16)
In reference to the letter, “What happened to alternate-side plowing?” Dec 11, I could
(2008/12/15)
The United States has been a world leader, and other countries have eagerly followed our economic endeavors.
(2008/12/15)
I was in La Crosse on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to attend the International Mountain
(2008/12/15)
I see the Freedom From Religion Foundation folks are rattling their swords again. If they were to read our Constitution, they would find that Americans were created free and equal and are entitled to enjoy that freedom to speak, worship, work and whatever else freedom is interpreted to mean.
(2008/12/15)
Here are some rules for public spitting: If you drive, buy several boxes of tissues and keep a box beside you in your vehicle.
(2008/12/14)
Big solutions are needed for growing transportation problems.
(2008/12/14)
We don’t need Chicago-style politics here or in the rest of the country. Wisconsin should learn a lesson from the “pay for play” corruption exposed in Illinois. We need a new ethics law to prohibit individuals or entities with existing state contracts of more than $50,000 from contributing to entities like the “Friends of Jim Doyle.”
(2008/12/14)
In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken. Everyone went to his town to register. Joseph went up from Nazareth to Bethlehem with Mary, who was expecting a child. While they were there, she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger, because people were too busy Christmas shopping to provide them a room.
(2008/12/14)
Being a student attending the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, I expected to find a city overflowing with progressive ideas. And while the city itself is comfortable and welcoming, I found the information about Xcel Energy’s “waste-to-energy” program to be extremely disheartening.
(2008/12/13)
I am astounded that in this day and age, the Rev. Thomas J. Smith of La Crosse would continue to perpetuate the falsehood that there is some God-given inalienable right to life. If that were so, we wouldn’t be witness to the greatest genocides in human history.
(2008/12/13)
Holiday celebrations require party hosts and partygoers to think ahead to plan what food to serve, what music to play or what gift to bring. And most adults also are including the most important element of the perfect party plan — the designated driver. According to a survey conducted by TNS Custom Research, more than 137 million American adults have been designated driver or been driven home by one.
(2008/12/13)
If you want to have a truly meaningful Christmas we recommend that you volunteer to ring a bell for the Salvation Army.
(2008/12/13)
One can define “government” as an institution that provides necessary services that would regularly not be provided by the free market due to lack of profitability.
(2008/12/11)
To the young men who drove by our peaceful gay rights march on Sunday and yelled, “Homos!” Yes, you are right, we are Homo sapiens, just like you. Thanks for noticing.
(2008/12/11)
On Nov. 25 and Dec. 5, the Tribune published “Our view” editorials titled: “Ambulance opposition shows leadership gap” and “Big mayoral turnout shows concern about city issues.” The La Crosse Tribune editorial staff recognizes that city officials are not listening to the residents. Thank you to the Tribune staff for listen-ing. You get it, city officials do not.
(2008/12/11)
I couldn’t help but comment on a recent Jerome Christenson column, “Finding the gratitude in Thanksgiving.” That poor couple could find nothing to be thankful for. I have to wonder how many blessings that couple is missing while they focus on the negative?
(2008/12/11)
My three female roommates and I just came in from shoveling our vehicles out so we would be able to get to class. And when I say shoveling our vehicles out, I don’t mean just the snow on top of them and a little around the sides, I mean doing what the city of La Crosse plows are supposed to be doing.
(2008/12/10)
The U.S. auto industry has once again become the whipping boy for those who would have us see it flounder and fail, rather than use government tax money to bail it out.
(2008/12/10)
Once, years ago, I listened to a radio debate between the national party chairmen of both the Democrats and Republicans.
(2008/12/10)
First, let me say my sympathy is with the family of Robert Hawkins Jr. No parent should have to go through that. I am furious at some of the comments I read on the La Crosse Tribune’s Web site regarding this story.
(2008/12/09)
In the past 50 years, we have seen progressive changes in civil rights, medicine, education, politics, accessibility, lifestyle choices and acceptance of differing abilities.
(2008/12/09)
Bailing out corporate America is insane. Yes, jobs will be lost, but it’s only a matter of time before these companies eliminate these jobs anyway to foreign countries.
(2008/12/09)
Hank Zumach (Dec. 3 letter to the editor) recounts the sad history of religion-motivated murders and juxtaposes it against the Christmas season’s mantra of “peace on earth, and good will toward mankind.” Jesus taught us that “blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9),
(2008/12/09)
This is in reference to Hank Zumach’s Dec. 3 letter to the editor, “A failure of religious leaders.” To keep it short, it’s not the religious leaders’ failure, it’s the moral failure of man dating back to the garden and the fall.
(2008/12/09)
I went looking on the Internet for a picture of Jim Lafky after I heard he had died. I didn’t find one. I had him as an English 101 professor for two semesters in 1963-64 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Lafky made a strong impression.
(2008/12/09)
Dec 5 would have been my son’s, David Gore-Tracy’s, 21st birthday. After losing a child to a terminal disease, it takes time to come to terms with certain issues. As I face David’s birthday again, my mind returns to thoughts of all the wonderful people who put him first in their lives.
(2008/12/08)
“Proposing Hwy. 33 from La Crosse to Portage become a state and nationally designated scenic byway.” Great idea.
(2008/12/08)
“Should we be talking about this?” I hear it. I often see the expression in people’s faces. And I definitely sense it whenever a controversial topic comes up in conversation. The topic here is racism. And the answer to the question is yes! We should be talking about it. And in light of a recent letter to the editor (Dec. 3) regarding the Tribune’s Community Thanksgiving story, I am talking about it now.
(2008/12/08)
Our De Soto Middle School seventh-grade class questioned the choice to publish the article “Kids gone bad? Students lie, cheat and steal, but say they’re good people” on the front page of a recent Tribune.
(2008/12/08)
In the recent Tribune article about the ongoing debate over the North-South Corridor, the current Wisconsin Department of Transportation La Crosse area director was quoted as saying he didn’t care how it was done, as long as the red lines were turned to blue.
(2008/12/07)
In response to letter writer David Blackey’s opinion of Walmart’s negligence in the tragedy of Black Friday, I would like to offer another perspective. There are more to blame than the “evil” corporation. Maybe there is something that could have been done differently. I am sure that Walmart is taking a serious look at its Black Friday procedures for next year.
(2008/12/07)
I hope that our federal leadership has the courage to attach a fuel-based consumption tax increase to the upcoming fiscal stimulus bill. It wouldn’t stop the inevitable devaluation of the dollar, but it would help move us toward a greener economy.
(2008/12/07)
Well, it is soon that time of year to focus our attention on the Jolly Old Elf. It’s time to show Mr. Roly Poly our thankfulness for all that he has done for us throughout this year. Our potbellied, nonexistent friend has known our every need? He has always been available? He has always been concerned and capable of meeting our needs and lifting our burdens? This is true about our porky Mr. Ho Ho? Can a mockingbird yodel?
(2008/12/07)
La Crosse An open letter to President-elect Barack Obama: You have been elected to what I think is the most powerful office in the world. I hope and pray that you use the Constitution with its freedom of speech and freedom of religion articles to guide you and the Declaration of Independence, which says, “All men (people) are created equal.”
(2008/12/07)
Last Friday I was sorry to see the one-inch notice of Jim Lafky’s death and watched for a full obituary the next day, which didn’t appear. I worked in the Dean’s office at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse during Jim’s career at UW-L.
(2008/12/06)
Last Sunday (Nov. 30) was not a good day. The Packers lost, and the north-south corridor was on the front page of the Tribune. The article, itself, was fairly balanced, but I wish our local newspaper could come to terms with the fact that the corridor is not a regional issue. It is a city of La Crosse issue only, and that makes Tom Faella’s La Crosse Area Planning Committee irrelevant.
(2008/12/06)
To help the economy, we are encouraged to buy things we can’t afford and don’t really need and often don’t really enjoy. Then when we have our necks stretched way out, the rug is pulled out from under us. Then the victims reward the rug pullers with huge amounts of money.
(2008/12/06)
Recently Xcel, Dairyland and nine partners in the massive power line proposal placed an ad in the Tribune. Although many residents may attend their Winona (5 to 8 p.m. Dec 8, Riverport Inn), La Crescent (5 to 8 p.m. Dec 10, American Legion) or Centerville, Wis.
(2008/12/06)
On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That document, its history and current events provide just cause for celebration.
(2008/12/04)
On Nov. 11, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted unanimously to deny Alliant Energy’s proposal to construct a $1.26 billion coal-fired power plant in Cassville, Wis.
(2008/12/04)
What a gift to our community when the Coulee Region Gospel Choir partnered up with Sand Lake Wesleyan Church to present two performances of the musical “Child of the Promise” this past weekend!
(2008/12/04)
Homelessness is a serious social problem in the city of La Crosse that cannot be ignored any longer. There are at least 500 people without a home who live in La Crosse.
(2008/12/04)
As a kid in La Crosse, I vividly recall walking to the lagoon to ice skate and then walking home. I recall the pain of the blood coming back into my fingers and toes at home. This week it is in the 70s in Tucson every day. Now, just why did I leave La Crosse?
(2008/12/03)
The random slaughter of innocents in Mumbai last week. The ongoing live burial of young girls in Afghanistan because they want to choose whether to marry. Hindus and Muslims killing each other in India and Pakistan. Christians and Muslims killing each other by the hundreds in Nigeria. Muslims’ attack on the United States on 9/11. Jews justifying military conquest because their God promised them the land more than 3,000 years ago. Irish Catholics and Protestants killing each other for 350 years. Christian Germany trying to exterminate the Jews.
(2008/12/03)
Regarding the Tribune’s Friday coverage of the truly wonderful La Crosse Community Thanksgiving Dinner, I must respond.
(2008/12/03)
I’ve been reading with increasing alarm at how flippantly cold some of the online readers have been becoming, especially in terms of economics. More and more I’m hearing boastful people praising themselves for having their share and bemoaning those who “burden” them by being poor. Some fellow wishes that there was a county poor house.
(2008/12/02)
Friday evening, while working the Rotary Lights, I was blessed in seeing a mother give her five children a dollar each to put in our basket. The children looked like they were 3 to maybe 10 years old. One of the middle children asked the mother why they were giving the money. The mother said “to help those that were worse off than we are.”
(2008/12/02)
I agree with Harry Griswold’s letter urging the United States not to abandon the Iraqi government. If we hold in our hands the countries of Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia, we hold the models of defeat.
(2008/12/02)
Prosecutors in New York are considering criminal charges against members of the early morning crowd that “stampeded” at 5 a.m. at Wal-Mart on aptly named Black Friday, and resulted in the death of a low-wage seasonal employee.
(2008/12/02)
This past Thanksgiving weekend, I was talking politics with one of my friends and the topic of Barack Obama’s security came up. My friend told me that at his workplace, his co-workers have betting pools for when Obama’s assassination will be. If Obama is assassinated on the day predicted, that person wins the money in the pool.
(2008/12/01)
There seems to be a separation from reality in La Crosse: spending money we do not have, wasteful spending and a poor policy of not using our tax dollars wisely.
(2008/12/01)
A rose by any other name smells as sweet. We are on the road to recovery. As a nation we are united.
(2008/12/01)
The La Crosse Common Council recently finished discussing the new city budget for 2009. In their infinite wisdom they could not find it in their hearts to cut even $10,000 out of a $64 million budget. Instead, they chose to raise La Crosse property taxes!
(2008/12/01)
In the spirit of the original Thanksgiving, this holiday season two Winona State University student organizations are seeking your assistance to give back to Native Americans in the same spirit of generosity with which the native tribes welcomed the newly arrived immigrants.
(2008/12/01)
I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the efforts of Barnes & Noble to support the Pajama Program and Valley View Mall’s drive to collect new books for children in need.
(2008/12/01)
La Crosse county surveyor Bill Jung recently announced his plans to retire. This may not seem to impact most of the residents of La Crosse County, but if you own land, Bill has had a positive impact on you and your land. If you are a land surveyor, Bill had a positive impact on your livelihood.
(2008/11/30)
The election is over. The people have spoken. Now is the time for the new administration to display a degree of prescience, something that has been sorely lacking from our political scene. There are pressing problems crying for attention. They include:
(2008/11/30)
The La Crosse County Jail inmates think they should be staying at a first-class hotel with gourmet meals. They are eating a lot better than some people who are not in jail.
(2008/11/30)
Republicans have had total control of the government for most of the past eight years, they have controlled the House of Representatives for the past 14 years (except 21 months), and they have the financial support of the nation’s largest corporations, including those that own the media.
(2008/11/30)
Those who launch pre-emptive attacks (based entirely on lies) on others who have done nothing wrong, deserve to be treated as common criminals.
(2008/11/30)
I enjoy subscribing to your paper and have done so for about a year. However, I am not happy with the new logo on the front page — it is generic and bland and looks like it could be on the front page of any (lesser) paper in the country.
(2008/11/29)
Alliant Energy’s proposal to utilize biomass at a new power plant in Cassville would have benefited our environment, energy supply and economy. Therefore the Public Service Commission’s recent denial of the proposal was short-sighted.
(2008/11/29)
Living with traumatic brain injury is one thing, but living with brain injury and post-traumatic depression is difficult and challenging.
(2008/11/29)
The League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area wishes to thank the Heileman workers union again for a generous gift given in the past. In 1996 with the closure of Heileman Brewery, the union had to choose how to dispose of its political action fund, which could only be used for voter education.
(2008/11/27)
This thanksgiving season, let’s remember how Thanksgiv-ing started and what we should be thankful for.
(2008/11/27)
Alpha Xi Delta thanks all those in and around the La Crosse Area who donated to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF during Halloween. Your support is much appreciated.
(2008/11/27)
Response to “Don’t Bash Obama” writer:
(2008/11/27)
I heard on a CNN newscast that union workers at Chrysler average $75 per hour. Toyota workers average $48 per hour. Maybe if union workers at Chrysler averaged $50 per hour they wouldn’t be in financial trouble.
(2008/11/27)
The recent murder of Alisha Sidie reminds all of us that domestic violence is not a phenomenon that exists somewhere else but is right here in our own community. Now two young children have lost a mother to a shooting and a father to prison. These situations are tragic for all of us, not just this family. We all deserve the right to live a life free from violence, especially in our homes.
(2008/11/26)
In light of the recent election, there has been a lot of discussion about race issues. The United States has an African-American president-elect, but does that mean that racism is no longer as prevalent as it was in the era of Martin Luther King?
(2008/11/26)
A note to the Valley View Mall management and staff. A thank you is due for the service you make available to the walkers in this area.
(2008/11/26)
As a member of the New Horizons Shelter Board for nearly a decade in the 1990s, I was appalled and disappointed when I learned of the La Crosse County Board’s recent decision to cut funding for New Horizons Women’s Shelter.
(2008/11/26)
Community Columnist Terry Schmeckpeper took the words out of my mouth and put them
(2008/11/25)
I must take issue with council president Bill Harnden’s ill-reasoned response to Dorothy Lenard’s candidacy for mayor of La Crosse. Mr. Harnden says that council members should not run for mayor because doing so “has a tendency to paralyze the council.” If I follow this reasoning, members of the state Legislature should not run for governor and certainly members of Congress should not run for the office of president of the United States.
(2008/11/25)
We have won the war in Iraq. How can we even think of throwing that hard-won achievement down the drain?
(2008/11/25)
I would like to recognize and thank a great asset we have in this community, the DaCapo Concert Band. These talented musicians of all ages perform tirelessly and unselfishly in diverse venues ranging from concert halls to nursing homes. In particular, on behalf of the UW-L Foundation, I want to thank them for sharing their time and talent at the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center on Saturday, Nov. 8. The band performed its Together, We Serve concert as a fundraiser for the Veterans Hall of Honor to be constructed as part of the new Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex at UW-L.
(2008/11/25)
I have been reading with interest efforts to change the provision of Emergency Medical Services in La Crosse. I am retired from a local trauma and emergency center where I worked as a social worker for 20 years. During those 20 years I witnessed firsthand the professional care that Tri-State paramedics provided to the citizen’s of La Crosse.
(2008/11/25)
I would like to address the point of view provided by Tribune copy editor Al Swift on Tuesday Nov. 18. Are you serious? Mr. Swift, the main point you get at is that you believe lower-level employees got Detroit’s Big Three into this mess and they need to basically “suck it up” and take pay cuts to get them out.
(2008/11/25)
I have a lot to be thankful for this year. First, I’m thankful that I was able to have two angels from last year, called transponders, for help when I hit a deer up on the back road going to Cataract. Then I asked them to call a friend of mine to come with me.
(2008/11/22)
Recent letters have accused Barack Obama of being “a baby killer and a murderer.”
(2008/11/22)
I am befuddled and dismayed at the most recent demonstration of a city administration that is compelled to antagonize and engage in wasteful conflict with private enterprise.
(2008/11/22)
I recently finished reading “Fleeced” by Dick Morris. One of the chapters, “Teachers Are Leaving The Profession — Too Much Stress, Too Little Pay” points out that one third of all new teachers quit after three years, and by five years almost half are gone.
(2008/11/22)
Homelessness does not discriminate. Families with children, single adults, teenagers and elderly individuals of all races struggle with the devastating effects of homelessness. People become homeless for a variety of reasons: eroding work opportunities, lack of affordable housing, declining public assistance, health or medical issues, and fleeing domestic violence to name a few.
(2008/11/20)
These are hard economic times. Many of us are tightening our belts. As we think about buying gifts for the holidays, how can we best spend our money?
(2008/11/20)
People talk about the need for a new economy to fit the new world’s changes. Our only economic plan is to continue growth, keep ahead of the world with high technology, and pushing trade with other countries to make up the difference for our own bad economy. We also must improve our education and access to education in physics, math and engineering.
(2008/11/20)
Unfortunately, La Crosse County board members chose not to support La Crosse County women and children who have been affected by domestic violence for 2009 by reinstating the $35,724, which had been included in the county budget in previous years.
(2008/11/19)
The first thing Alisha Rowlee would do when she saw you would be to blow you away with the brightest, most dazzling smile you’ve ever seen. Then, as you uncontrollably grinned back at her with the biggest smile you’d had the joy of feeling all day, you could see the wheels start to turn. She was trying to figure out a way to make you feel better, no matter how good you already felt!
(2008/11/19)
We very much enjoyed reading the excellent article on adult learners by KJ Lang on Nov. 16. The article brought to our attention a learning population of our community that is growing by great numbers.
(2008/11/19)
Forty-five years after Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, this country has elected its first African American president. I think if King were alive today he would be proud of the strides we have made as a country against racism, as well as continuing to dream of a world where it did not exist.
(2008/11/19)
I would like the public to react to the Bryan Stanley release in any and every way they can. From my own personal experience with a relative diagnosed with schizophrenia and on medications for 45 years of her life, I, too, am concerned that Stanley as well as the public needs to be protected.
(2008/11/19)
Time and time again I was subject to issue ads on television, which you addressed in an “Our View” editorial Nov. 14. In Monroe County, Dan Hellman, Lee Nerison and Dan Kapanke were slammed again and again in negative ads before the election.
(2008/11/18)
We are currently faced with some daunting economic and social challenges in our state and in our nation. Without question Wisconsin’s budget woes will either leak or flood into each of our personal and professional lives. Hopefully we have leaders who possess the precise combination of fortitude, creativity and vision to set us on a path to stabilize the current economic turbulence.
(2008/11/18)
As voters across the United States prepared to head to their local polling stations, they were bombarded with campaign promises and media narratives of each candidate.
(2008/11/18)
“La Crosse doesn’t have a homeless problem, the few that are homeless want to be, and besides, they are not residents of La Crosse anyway.” That statement is made time and time again by community members from all walks of life. The truth is many of the homeless in La Crosse are lifelong residents who want to stay in this area and have lost jobs due to layoffs, lack of opportunities and low wages.
(2008/11/17)
I was in a situation recently that made me think. My job sometimes involves supporting people who are homeless. I’ve arranged a few “blind” meetings, sometimes at neutral locations, and this always leaves me in a strange state.
(2008/11/17)
With gratitude and humility I thank all of the voters of the 32nd state Senate District.
(2008/11/17)
It seems to me that the Obama bashers have three main topics. One: Obama is a weakling and will let other countries tromp all over us. Two: Obama will turn the United States into a socialist’s dream. Three: Obama will somehow hypnotize every female into having an abortion.
(2008/11/17)
The story about the men of the Red Arrow brought back memories of my father, Eddie Weber Gorsline. He enlisted on Feb.8, 1917, in Viroqua and was in the Red Arrow Division in World War I. I have a copy of his honorable discharge. On the reverse it is stated — Character: Excellent. He was discharged 4-15-19 at Camp Grant, Ill.
(2008/11/17)
On behalf of Downtown Mainstreet Inc. and all of our downtown community, I would like to thank the La Crosse City Vision Foundation for their contributions in beautifying our historic downtown for the Holiday Season.
(2008/11/17)
The final paragraph of my op-ed column, “The cost/benefits of the candidates’ health care plans” was inadvertently left out of the Sunday Nov. 2 edition of the La Crosse Tribune.
(2008/11/17)
A big thank you to Applebee’s of Onalaska for a true show of real appreciation to all the veterans in our community. Thank you for giving out free meals on Veterans Day.
(2008/11/16)
The county of La Crosse does not recycle plastic. Instead, we send it to the French Island Xcel Energy incinerator. This program is called the “waste to energy program.” The city of
(2008/11/16)
Since most Coulee Region residents are in favor of adding fluoride to their drinking water, it’s apparent that people in this part of the world are in favor of mass medication. It is also apparent that most of us are brainwashed by the medical and dental professions.
(2008/11/16)
Earlier this fall, I wrote an opinion piece and contacted individuals about a project called Messages from America.
(2008/11/16)
This letter is in regard to the recent announcement that another $180,000 will be spent in the Coon Creek system to improve habitat for trout and other animals.
(2008/11/16)
I am a paramedic and emergency medical services educator in the La Crosse area. I am a tax-paying resident of the city of La Crosse and have worked in this EMS system for more than 30 years. A recent study done in Los Angeles (involving one of the nation’s largest fire departments) was presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians on Oct. 27.
(2008/11/15)
I don’t get it. Why was attorney Michael Ablan ticketed for merely knock, knock, knocking on Dylan’s door?
(2008/11/15)
Now the car manufacturers are throwing their hats into the ring for our tax-paid dollars. This may be necessary to save thousands of good-paying jobs and to keep those jobs inside of this country. When Chrysler was in trouble last time, the money was given directly to the company and it still reduced jobs, bought up suppliers and built factories in Mexico. So if Chrysler set the standard on that deal, how would we trust all of the companies not to take our money and run?
(2008/11/15)
It’s too easy for our politicians to order our military to make war on countries for little reason. Where is the news media? Why are they not filming at Dover Air Force base unloading caskets like they did during the Vietnam War?
(2008/11/15)
Within the past year, the prices of staple foods such as rice, grain, oil and sugar have increased 50 percent. Rice prices alone have risen by 90 percent. And poor countries are struggling to feed their people. While not a full solution to the problem, debt cancellation can provide money to impoverished countries that can be used to provide basic social services and alleviate some of this new burden of poverty imposed by the food crisis.
(2008/11/13)
Reading David Nuland’s letter, “Don’t Support Barack Obama,” seems to be very troubling for many respondents. As a grief counselor, however, I will admit that this is what happens to people who experience loss.
(2008/11/13)
Now that children are done masquerading around as witches, pirates, devils, ghosts, Dracula and other creatures for that very ungodly and unChristian holiday, Halloween, I have a few questions.
(2008/11/13)
Congratulations are due to the Democratic Party/mainstream media for running a successful campaign to get their candidate elected. By carefully editing the news, bending, twisting, and sometimes ignoring the fact, they put forth an agenda that the American people could not refuse. So now we have Obama, Reid and Pelosi in complete control of our country. What can we expect?
(2008/11/13)
In response to the letter from David Nuland, and the ensuing discussion, I feel some people seem to be missing what Mr. Nuland was trying to say. Granted, I believe some of the language he used and the claims he was making were unfounded and hurtful, but there was a grain of truth to what he was saying.
(2008/11/13)
In 1999, Tommy Thompson came up with a Task Force on Technical Education to determine how we could better prepare our workforce to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
(2008/11/12)
Concerning David Nuland’s letter to the editor, “Don’t Support Barack Obama” is moot; he’s already been “supported” (read backed, chosen, elected by, etc.) by the majority of voters.
(2008/11/12)
I read Mr. Nuland’s opinion with mixed agreement. I, too, wonder where this cooperation and bipartisan spirit was during the temper tantrum that has marred the last eight years. The current calm that now enfolds the nation, although welcome, reminds me of a small child in line at the grocery store who throws a fit and then abruptly changes mood when the demanded candy is proffered.
(2008/11/12)
This letter is written to help straighten out any confused conservatives out there. The election is over, Obama won. The call to not support our president-elect is just outright un-American. To try to still push points that were beaten into Americans heads in all of those pre-election slander campaigns is not necessary or helpful. Obama won!
(2008/11/12)
Isn’t it sad to read the letter from David Nuland of Galesville that was printed in Monday’s Tribune? He is so filled with hate that he is willing to forget all of the problems facing our nation.
(2008/11/12)
The election last week was about a lot of things: fixing our economy, expanding access to health care, protecting our civil liberties and bringing a responsible end to the war in Iraq — just to name a few. At the end of a spirited debate, Americans took control of their destiny and cast their vote; in doing so they made history.
(2008/11/12)
I would like to congratulate our new state Rep. Chris Danou on his victory. I am certain he will work for the best interests of the people of this district, and wish him all the best in doing so.
(2008/11/11)
I empathize with Kathy Krajewski of Onalaska who wrote in last week’s Tribune that her military son had to pay overnight charges to have his vote sent in on time to count. I too have a son who was away on Election Day. He applied for an absentee ballot ahead of time but he and others in his company never received them in time for the election.
(2008/11/11)
Two faces stand out in my mind from poll watching Nov. 4. An older man learned when he arrived at the La Crosse Public Library that he did not have the right documents to register.
(2008/11/11)
Working as a La Crosse tour guide has given me the opportunity to hear firsthand the complimentary comments about La Crosse from people all over the United States and internationally. Each have their own personalities and points of interests.
(2008/11/10)
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act is up for reauthorization in 2009. Because of this, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is considering how to respond to the Amethyst Initiative, which would like to rethink the drinking age. I am student at Western Technical College and I do not support this act. I understand that a lot of rights are given when a person turns 18. I also understand that colleges get the brunt of the current issues associated with the 21 year old drinking age. However, by possibly lowering the drinking age aren’t we passing the burden down to the community, tavern league, and high schools? By allowing students between 18 and 20 years old into our drinking culture is setting the community and the students up for failure.
(2008/11/10)
The Peru free trade agreement expands the broken NAFTA model, which has sent good U.S. jobs out of the country, hampered our ability to ensure the safety of imported food and products, displaced millions of poor farmers in Mexico, undermined our attempts to protect the environment and more. And, in addition to devastating effects in the United States on jobs and wages, the Peru FTA could unbelievably lock Peru into a privatized social security system, the same system that the Democrats fought against here in the United States. All of this to boost the profits of just one company - Citibank - that is invested in Peru’s unpopular privatized system.
(2008/11/10)
I have found it amazing to read the sudden call from the left for cooperation and bipartisanship now that the election is over. The left is trying to bill itself now as the party of acceptance and benevolence since the election of Messiah Obama.
(2008/11/10)
From Nov. 1 until April 1, the alternate side street parking ordinance is enforced. I believe this ordinance should only be enforced during snow emergencies. Last year, the city of La Crosse wrote about 20,000 tickets for alternate-side parking. This averages about 132 tickets per night. Last year there were only four times out of the 151 days were there was a real snow emergency.
(2008/11/09)
I am thankful for Interlibrary Loan. This arm of the La Crosse Public Library with its diligent staff has been instrumental in allowing me to pursue a passion. I devour good quality, old books that may not be readily available on the shelves.
(2008/11/09)
Now that the election is over it is time for our elected officials to get back to the tasks at hand. It is time to hold our elected officials accountable for the promises they made and to look for bipartisan efforts in that regard.
(2008/11/09)
In these tough economic times, I am proud that La Crosse school district voters recognized that quality schools remain a vital component to rebuilding our economy and preparing our children for the global marketplace. I want to commend the community for its support of the school referendum that passed Tuesday, a testament to a commitment to quality education that we all share in Wisconsin.
(2008/11/09)
We missed Dr. Tom Roberts’ open house on Sunday. It is OK. I don’t think I could have said goodbye. He has been a part of our lives since our oldest daughter was born. He came to our Lamaze class, and we looked at each other and said “We want him to be our pediatrician.” It turns out, so did a lot of other families; he wasn’t taking new patients at the time. Life is funny, though, because a couple of months later, our little one was born with a cleft palate. Guess who was the pediatrician on the cleft palate team!
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