Guest column: Wausau’s debt projected to double again
By Keene Winters Mayor Robert Mielke’s proposed budget for 2020 has been released, and it requests an increase in borrowing from $107 million to $223 million. Four years ago, the…
Guest column: The lessons of TID #3
Editor’s note: The views of our readers and guest columnists are independent of this newspaper and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wausau Pilot and Review. Opposing views are…
Guest Column: Planning, collaboration key for economic success in Wausau region
By David Eckmann, Ed.D, President/CEO of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Do you remember living through the Great Recession earlier this decade and the impact it had throughout central…
Guest column: Obey law on public employee records
Your Right to Know is a monthly column distributed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council (wisfoic.org), a group dedicated to open government. Council member Larry Gallup is the consumer experience director…
Guest Column: Democracy depends on open government
Your Right to Know By Sen. Chris Larson They say what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, but when it comes to public records, the state Legislature…
Guest column: Is common sense about drugs possible?
By Robert Kahn Courthouse News “They’re building bigger and better prisons in the States and they’re getting fuller and fuller. But I don’t really see how that’s helping the drug…
Guest column: Sometimes a debate is just a debate
By Lisa Rasmussen, Wausau City Council President City Council members are hearing a common question lately: What happened between the council and Alderperson Mary Thao? This follows allegations of racism,…
Guest column: Wausau Police chief seeks community unity
By Wausau Police Chief Benjamin Bliven It’s been a tough couple of weeks in our country. A person opened fire at a synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend killing 11…
Guest Column: Trick or treat? It’s leaf pickup time
By Keene Winters Today, I think we have a real treat for you. Last week, there was an actual reply from city hall to my Oct. 3 column on the…
GUEST COLUMN: Wausau’s economic development director responds to criticism
Editor’s note: Christian Schock wrote this in response to a Sept. 24 guest column submitted by former city council members Keene Winters, Deb Hadley and Richard Anklam calling for an…
Guest Column: It’s not a crime to ask for better service
by Keene Winters It’s hard to think of fall without thinking of leaves. Sometimes they fall early. Sometimes they come down late. Some years they fall in drips and drabs.…
Guest column: It’s time for an administrator in Wausau
By Richard Anklam, Deb Hadley and Keene Winters, former members of the Wausau City Council It is time to say it again. Wausau needs a city administrator. For the better…
Guest Column: Wausau’s debt, from a historical perspective
By Keene Winters As the community eagerly awaits announcements from city hall about new plans to move the downtown mall and the east-side riverfront projects forward, it is important to…
Guest column: Don’t shut down access to court records
By Mark Belling/Your Right to Know A few weeks back, while looking into a court case in Waukesha County, I went to the court’s website seeking contact information. There were…
Guest Column: Come home, Marissa
by Keene Winters It is time to talk about technology—computer technology to be exact. No discussion on life in the 21st Century would be complete without it. The first three…
Guest Column: Lien on me one more time
By Keene Winters This is a public response. In recent days, I have had a number of inquires asking for more details about my suggested strategy for handling the RiverLife…
Guest Column: Lien on me, it’s not so bad
by Keene Winters The city has a mess on its hands with the riverfront project. For two years, city officials have allowed themselves to be dazzled by would-be developer Mike…
Guest Column: Is there a map through our chaos?
By Dino Corvino As we enter the summer of 2018, the shine appears to be coming off the current administration in Wausau. There is a list of many unfinished or…
