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Danger – Schwoerer Campaign Running on Thin Ice

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“@shevegas ..and your point is?”

“Can you link me to this promise? Between record temp.s & routine rink maintenance this seems like sensationalism, not journalism”

@timgorges Your link is here, a Sheboygan leader must see reality sheboyganpress.com/article/201201… Schwoerer for Mayor  post.ly/4sJGU

I didn’t enjoy the uninformed swipe at me in the comments of this article either.

“Does it seem too warm for an ice skating rink? Nonsense, according to Harbor Centre Business Improvement District manager Randy Schwoerer.”

“Technically, it’s ready now,” Schwoerer said Wednesday afternoon.

Technically? Let’s talk reality, this is a minor issue, why make it a big one, silly human pride?“Every day was anywhere from 10 to 100,” Schwoerer said. “Whenever you drove by it, unless the wind or weather was extremely cold, there was somebody skating on it.”

These quotes belong to The Sheboygan Press, I’m kinda sorta stealing them in a legal way, it’s called fair use, they do the same. Help fight SOPA & PIPA

I’m not against the rink, I’m against people claiming success where it is at best questionable. If this is what you pin your hat to, don’t blame me when the wind blows it off, you can expect me to point out that: The Emperor has no Ice.

Nothing personal Tim, politics is simply business.

Sheboygan Today

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Asher did tell me he wasn’t going to be at the debate because of the snow, I guess he meant it. He also told me repeatedly that he wasn’t voting for his bad self, he was voting for Randy Schwoerer. In fact Asher said he had already written a letter of support.

I never asked, I was enjoying my Hamburger (MKOP & B) with the works at Sheboygan Hamburger heavyweight Charcoal Inn Wednesday night.

Curtis Britton – Oop Dunk It Is – Sheboygan YMCA

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Curtis Britton and friend dream of a day they can do this at the Sheboygan Armory. Wonder if they know Lakeland College used to have the greatest  home court in college Basketball?

It’s a shame we lost that building in a earthquake – alien attack  - development scheme?

Why are we paying for the building to sit empty?

Why is it being allowed to fall into disrepair?
Curtis Britton finishes off a pickup game at the Sheboygan YMCA with a breakaway dunk, turns around and swishes full court shot. Saw it with my eyes, yet Nikon V1 stopped video at 1.01 seconds. If this would have went .01 seconds longer you would have seen ball going through.

Learning the limitations the hard way.

I told Curtis I will never see that again, his response: I saw Derrick Rose do it!

Nikon 1 Kit lens, 400fps

Brought to you by the good folks at the armory foundation

Hey G-Force, Curtis is 6’7″ raw talent hoping to get into college, Go Muskies!

Shootout @ The Sheboygan Walmart

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Friends of Victims Arriving - Tried to make this clear.

Shortly after midnight @Endrz48 woke Sheboygan’s Twitter stream with: “Holy fuck the sheboygan police just drove by at like 100 MPH. At least 7 cops.”

My Twitter stream picked up the action when Sheboygan Mayoral candidate and notorious Twit (I don’t know what you call these guys) @aherheimerman broadcast: “Unconfirmed reports of a shooting at the Sheboygan Southside Wallmart.” followed by: “@shevegas Unconfirmed reports of a shooting at the Sheboygan Southside Wallmart. Head over there for photos. Lots of police & fire.”

I ran this through the SheVegas Twit analyzer and headed off to WalMart, because, why not? Asher was right, police cars, marked and un, made it clear I wasn’t getting near. Joining a group of WalMart employees, and post bar gawkers in the defunct Car-X lot I started shooting and scooting, while listening to the smart phone packing crew sharing updates from local Twitter god @sheboyganscan.

“Guy shot a dude in the face and he’s being flight for lifed”

“Another guy got out of a car and shot the guy bam, bam, three times in the chest, point blank, the guy that got shot in the face is OK”

My bad self asked, how the fuck is the guy that got shot in the face OK?

“It went through his mouth”

Flight for life heads towards St. Nicholas Hospital.

An impromptu flashlight interview with my “official sources” revealed something, I don’t recall (review the vid later). Moving on I descend upon the parking lot with TMJ4 camera guy. As we snuggle up to the POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS zone, a beat ass Chevy Cavalierish car pulls next to us, why did we walk?

“Oh man, why’s the door closed? We gotta go pee, we just got back from Oneida”. I informed Cheech and Chong (white like me) that they just arrived at a shootout and better not pee because cops are everywhere. They jumped in the car and rolled out, at this point I noticed that the front entrance was lacking the red & blue disco lights (shift change?) and pulled my warming box to ground zero.

Seconds later a red car moving at about 40MPH pulled into the spot where the above pik was snapped. WTF, dudes want to be shot? Ah, they know somebody involved, spin and fist clench of despair confirms this. Flight for life heads out to Milwaukee, quiet on the set.

Shoot move shoot, Officer X informs us newsies: We are still evaluating the crime scene, could you move to the westside of the parking lot. Reevaluating what? I circle out and notice several cars hanging out by the tape and move into place behind the gawkers.

Andrew comes walking from inside WalMart and beelines towards TV dudes: “I’m looking for my fifteen minutes of fame” feeling ignored, he comes up to my warm self in the Yaris. “You just looking” I hold up the big I’m working here camera and talk to Andrew.

Picking up my pocket hammer I point it towards Andrew and ask him to tell me what he just told me. “Are you shooting this?” Ja, Andrew freezes , I tell him it’s OK, what you said is positive spin for WalMart. Andrew tells me his story, we talk and the TV guys are now obligated to interview Andrew. Cool, sidelit images rock, say it again and again Andrew.

One guy is dead, one critical, another wanted, I’m going to bed.

This is intended to be an uninformed rumor based account of what I saw and heard at the scene. Misinformation spreads rapidly, sorry for offending anyone.

Reality has a group of nice guys heading to the store for some food. They were gunned down by somebody they didn’t know. Could have been any one of us.

I kept the overtly racist comments out of the story, yet, am appalled that so many condemned the group simply for being Hmong. I’m jealous of the community that reminds me of my family from days gone by, and truly admire my neighbors on the other side of the house.

Andrew May be condemned for his appearance, yet he saved WalMart from having their logo on screen for the entire piece and cleared up some mistruths.

I may be condemned and perhaps I deserve it.

 

Running For Mayor?

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Bruno, Sammy, SheVegas, whatever, I’m Mike, and I think I might want to be your Mayor. Wow, how’s that for commitment, yet, that’s the truth.

Would I make a good Mayor, it’s hard to say, I’m not sure what it means to be Mayor of Sheboygan. In fact, the committee of the whole meets tonight to discuss    just this issue. The introduction of Jim Amodeo as Chief Administrative Officer has also altered the Mayor’s role significantly.

Last week, while waiting downstairs while the Council discussed what appears to be the sale of City owned land for a possible casino at Sheboygan’s South Pier District. I met two gentlemen whose attendance was more than just in passing.

I will call the first man: Warrant Server, because that’s what he was. Warrant Server drove in from the West Bend area to serve papers on a potential mayoral candidate, yet, that’s not the strange part. This weirdness served as an intro into to two other citizens looking to get involved, friendly guys, one invited me out for a beer. I accepted.

I new him as Cederwell, as that is the name he performs under. turns out his real name is Erik Neave, and he’s a political “noob” interested in what happened at the meeting, it was invisible after all. I explained that everybody inside had a confidentiality agreement, that’s how it works, no way of finding out. Unless it’s leaked, as “Source” spilled the beans to The Sheboygan Press the very next day.

We talked about City politics and the role of the Mayor, when I mentioned I would like to have a Rock the Vote thingy within the next week or two to give the candidates a chance to introduce themselves to the public. He was excited, I was excited, this would be fun, informative, and help get the young ones involved.

Music and presentations, tied together by someone who could run a tight and entertaining show, livestream it and upload to Youtube. Anybody can watch any of the candidates presentations at any time, getting the word out in a strange election. What could go wrong?

I mention I was thinking about running for Mayor as an informational candidate, in the tradition of Pat Paulson, Hunter S. Thompson, and legions of other fools and dreamers. It’s a great way to get a message out, yet, would require really running, and If I run, can I cover the race?

“So was I” (thinking of running) said Erik. You should, no you should, went on for awhile, discussion shifted to issues and potential candidates, we went home, neither a candidate for office. The next day we talked again, agreed to go forth with the event and boom, I’m here.

I mentioned my idea to local radio personality Ben Olson, and he agreed to help with the event, nothing more. Candidates were invited in the forums of the Sheboygan Press, and by, e-mail. Great response from some candidates, zero response from others, Mayor Bob and the Department of Public works were extremely helpful, yet scheduling, and what would be a conflict of interest if I ran, are still issues that I can’t resolve.

The Committee of the whole should clear up some of the confusion as to the future role of the Mayor tonight, This is important, if the Mayor has to become more like the Queen, this isn’t that important anymore. Erik said, he would decide tonight, and I would love somebody, anybody with a pulse to take over an event, or let it die, under the circumstances.

Feedback told me, next Wednesday evening would be great due to the short race and holiday season, this is just an intro after all, not a debate, the goal was to get young kids involved, nothing more.

update: Erik just left a message on my answering machine, he’s running for Mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin took out the papers this morning.

I guess there’s a reason things are done in the traditional manner, to much drama, this time, it’s my bad.

 

Attention: Lake Surfers

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Attention: Lake Surfers

Date: 2011-10-27, 10:54PM CDT
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Aloha from Hawaii
Lake surfers, I live in Hawaii and have surfed ocean waves for 40 years all over the world.
My idea is to build a boat/vehicle to plow up a surfable wave as close to possible as a powerfull wave.
A special channel would be created and lined with white and light blue sand bags to help produce a blue water effect (let,s face it, a blue wave rocks!)
You have so much water there and land it seems like a perfect place to construct this small water park.
I have been thinking about this for a long time and have worked out many problems. The trick is to make the wave break behind the boat; that way we aren’t running anybody over, Come on people, let’s do this and change the world! We need: People to locate the boat and peolpe to locate a good place for this. It dosen’t have to be that big (5 -10 acres) maybe just use an old trolly like the one on U-tube Australin River Surfing
Disel powered on Corn oil, no shortage of corn where you live.
Thanks for your time.
J.J.

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