On Beloit hospital, clinic join forces

Posted on November 18 at 9:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

"But any time you can create new barriers to entry to your market, it makes sense," he [Britton] said

And this is exactly what's wrong with health care. No real competition, no real consumer choice or decision making. This statement is most revealing.

On Manufacturer may not have looked at Janesville GM plant

Posted on November 9 at 5:40 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Zoom is right. The guys who started Fisker are coastal "sophisticates", we're just fly-over for them.
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But I wouldn't waste tears over this. Fisker is a risky start-up that could easily fail. Their projections of 2000 workers and 100,000 cars per year are wildly optimistic.

On Seasonal flu vaccine clinics start early in Rock County

Posted on September 8 at 10:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

raystone: I guess some people will believe anything, if the web site is fancy enough, looks legitimate and talks about some "gummint" conspiracy that they really, really wanna believe in . . .

On Wisconsin hotels seek exemption to smoking ban

Posted on August 7 at 11:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Let me get this straight, a manager of Double Trees in Madison and Milwaukee is afraid that people will take their business to another state? Let's see . . . Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa all have smoking bans, so where are these lodgers going to go? Escanaba? Iron Mountain? Bit of a commute.

On UPDATE: Suspect taken into custody in standoff

Posted on July 20 at 8:25 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I saw this story on Channel 3 out of Madison last night and they reported that it occurred in Rock County, they didn't specify that it was in Janesville. This isn't the first time that they've done something like this.
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A cynic might conclude that since their association with the Gazette, Channel 3 has been asked to downplay crime reports that might make Janesville look bad.

On Committee considers lawmakers' secret successors

Posted on July 15 at 8:24 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

How about if the voters keep a secret list of potential replacements in the event of an emergency, such as the legislature creating another wacky law.

On New law delays opening of Janesville's pools

Posted on June 4 at 2:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The new law seems to have caught the industry and pool owners, including municipalities, off guard.
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There is conflicting information on this, however, it appears that if the pool owner has had the drains inspected and is making good faith efforts to come into compliance, they may operate their pools this summer whether they have been able to complete repairs or not.

On Proposed state smoking ban aired at hearing

Posted on May 6 at 10:09 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

To call smoking a "right", whether it is legal or not, is to elevate it to a status that it does not deserve. Smoking is a habit that the smoker cannot control. It is an addiction, pure and simple. The majority of people do not smoke so if they choose to impose their will on smokers and forbid them from smoking in their presence, smokers will just have to live with it.
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If you can find a constitutional "right" to smoke, proceed with your argument. If not, then I'm afraid you've lost the battle.

On A life lost

Posted on April 19 at 6:31 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Maybe now Janesville will quit burying its collective head in the sand and face the fact that it, too, has drug and crime problems. That will be the first step toward dealing with those problems.

On Stimulus money could bring broadband to rural homes

Posted on April 12 at 9:06 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

A couple of years ago there was a joint committee of Beloit, Janesville and Rock County officials examining the issue of community wide wi-fi. Their work didn't result in the implementation of a plan, obviously, but could serve as the basis for a new study of this for rural areas. It seems to me, though, that if the private sector thought it was feasible, rural areas would already have it.