Monthly Archive: February 2010

Feb
28

Margaret Mead

Any town that doesn’t have sidewalks doesn’t love its children.

Feb
27

Alan Lakein, writer

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Feb
26

Immanuel Kant

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Feb
25

Waterloo residents concerned rail line would divide city

WATERLOO, Wis. (AP) — Some residents of Waterloo are concerned a high-speed rail line would divide the city and compromise safety. Read the entire article

Feb
25

Henrik Ibsen, writer

A community is like a ship: everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

Feb
24

Recalibrating our goals on 40th Earth Day

John Heritage | 1970 Earth Day organizer Forty years ago, we celebrated the first Earth Day. I was the environmental assistant to the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who founded the event and charged me to make it happen. The project began when the former Wisconsin governor called Chuck Conconi, his press secretary, and me into …

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Feb
24

Plain Talk: A case of Edgewater exaggeration

Dave Zweifel | Capital Times editor emeritus | Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Long ago William T. Evjue, the founder of The Capital Times, wrote that developers are people who come to make over a neighborhood, and when they’re finished changing the lives of the folks who live there, they go back to their homes …

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