On Hometown pride: Paul Ryan speaks at Forward Janesville's annual dinner

Posted on April 27 at 8:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

wislady - wleong is entitled to his own opinion and legally allowed to express them. He didn't claim to be speaking on behalf of the Milton School Board or anyone else for that matter. Some of the words he chose were inflammatory and probably should warrant a removal of that post, though.

On Officials: Volunteers needed to help sandbag at City Services Center

Posted on April 19 at 10:46 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I volunteered for 2 1/2 hours this afternoon. The guys were pretty friendly. some good hard work. Even saw councilman Liebert packing sandbags on pallets. Worth it if it helps someone save their house.

On Janesville's city manager heading to Simi Valley, Calif.

Posted on April 10 at 1:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I have met Jay on several occasions, I think he would make a pretty good city manager.

On Marklein top vote-getter for Janesville council

Posted on April 3 at 7:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Beldar - a small claims judgment from 8 years ago doesn't mean irresponsible with money now. In fact, it may have made him better at managing it, having learned a lesson. As for Yuri, if he cared so much, he should have announced and run like all the others. Then he would have taken part in the forums and gotten interviewed by the gazette. The rock county elections site says there were 821 write in votes. I suspect the gazette hasn't posted his results because write ins have to be individually inspected. I don't think the clerks office has done that yet. I think the people of Janesville were pretty clear last night, as the 5th highest vote getter was 469 votes from 4th. not exactly a few votes. Good Luck to the new Councilmembers and Go DuWayne!

On Janesville's new trash-collection-system kickoff approaches

Posted on March 30 at 5:43 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

@hooters, pizza leaves grease that eventually degrades the box making it unsuitable for recycling.

On City economic development official resigns

Posted on March 16 at 8:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Why the random sentence about his salary? I realize some people might want to know, but it seems irrelevant to the article.

On I-90/39 Interstate expansion project still set to start in 2015

Posted on March 1 at 8:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I think cynicaleye meant that we should put one on our side of the border so the state of WI could get some funding.

On Janesville City Council OKs beer in parks

Posted on February 14 at 1:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Just a thought, but maybe we can impose stiffer penalties to those who do decide to drink in public parks but fail to act responsibly. If a JPD officer is called to a party and finds a reasonable public nuisance, That person(and maybe the person who holds the permit) gets a ticket with a large fine on it. Maybe $250 per offense. This would allow people the option, but also the understanding that the are responsible for their behavior. The $250 ticket would be a deterrent and a way to pay for any additional police expenses for responding to such calls.

This is just an idea. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcome.

On Computer game competitions proving to be popular with teens

Posted on February 3 at 10:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Minecraft is just the tip of a very large Iceberg.

League of Legends is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena(MOBA) game entering it's 3rd season Of the League Championship Series this week. 8 North American teams and 8 European teams will play weekly matches just like the NFL. The LCS has a 5 Million dollar prize pool.
League of Legends is streamed to millions world wide and has a bigger audience then the NHL.(Last years figures)

StarCraft 2 has been around for years and it's competitions have paid out millions in prize money.

In both cases, teams are sponsored by major manufacturers and have player salaries as well as endorsement deals.

On Janesville councilmen want to raise $2.5 million for public safety, streets

Posted on January 12 at 6:21 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Seems to me that the Council just can't win. Seen a bunch of people in gazette comments complain about how the Councilmembers don't listen to the citizens of Janesville and do whatever they want, but when they want to ask for the public's input, the public berates them for not doing their job.