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Sand Mine Meeting Gets Testy

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Thu, 03/08/2007 - 3:18pm

Some of you may have heard about the sand mine that Proppant is trying to build in Dunn County. Although, as always, some of the resistance to this is the normal NIMBY sort of complaining, there are also a lot of legitimate concerns being raised about spoiling the Hoffman Hills area (which is quite stunning and unusual, and brings in 1.5 million bucks a year in tourism) as well as unanswered questions about traffic caused by the mine.

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Dustup in 23rd District on Zien Flyer - Update

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Sun, 11/05/2006 - 2:54pm

There's been a little bruhaha today because the state Republicans have been distributing a flyer in which Rob Kreibich (who was at one time an Eau Claire Channel 13 reporter) throws his support behind Dave Zien (R) over Pat Kreitlow (D). Well, no big surprise there. -- Update - I have added a link to a statement from Pat Kreitlow on the ad.

The point of contention, though, is that they used Channel 13's and NBC"s logos in the flyer, which may or may not be legal. And it certainly adds to the confusion that a few people in the area seem to be getting about the two former Channel 13 employees, and which is which (geez, if you ever talked to either of them you'd be able to keep it straight, I think - Kreitlow, Kreibich - Democrat, Republican - Black, White - all fine distinctions).

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Iraq For Sale in Menomonie

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Tue, 10/10/2006 - 10:01am

The Iraq For Sale screening in Menomonie last night was just about sold out - we used all the chairs. 

Thanks to Marion and Warren Lang for leading the great discussion after the film, and to everyone who came to the screening.  We'll have some further action items on the site in the next few days.  

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Iraq For Sale Last Night!

Photo from the Uppity Wisconsin Oct. 9 Iraq For Sale screening.



Iraq For Sale Last Night!
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Iraq For Sale Action Guide

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 9:38am
Brave New Films has produced an action guide for the film Iraq For Sale. The PDF file of the Action Guide is available below - you can download it and print it, give it to your friends, email it around, etc. If you are coming to the Menomonie screening, take a look at the guide before you come, if you can.
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Eyes Wide Open

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 12:56pm

I just returned from the moving Eyes Wide Open display in Menomonie. The display consists of sixty pairs of boots representing the Wisconsin casualties from the Iraq war.

This is a sad reminder of one of the costs of the war. Every hour there is a reading of the names of the Wisconsin dead, alternated with names of Iraqis who have been killed in the war.

If you have a chance, visit the display today (Nov. 29).

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