Jay, who has lived in the Waukesha area for nearly 20 years, is an active volunteer who serves on numerous local boards and committees. He’s married to Colleen with three kids having gone through the Waukesha schools. He is the VP of a local distribution company and currently serves on several area Boards.
Following are my intuitive thoughts on what could happen to the following individuals and/or what they would like to see in the coming 2007 year. Remember, these “wishes” or “events” have not been confirmed, nor are they official, but the “best guess” method is usually quite reliable…
Larry Nelson: Waukesha Mayor - Another (28) on-call snowplows. A fresh, radium-free water supply for generations to come. Kinder/gentler bi-partisan approaches to the Waukesha political process. “State outlaws talk radio except between 3:00 – 3:20 a.m... In the future, Talk Radio can only be broadcast on Hartford’s polka station”
Keith Henderson: Town of Brookfield Chairman - The chance to “re-plan” the Bluemound road development before every driver/visitor to the Town experiences the State’s new “no left turns in medians” plan.(Aaaaarghhh!!!) Enjoys breakfast with a congenial, forthright, forward-thinking, openly honest Mayor in a like-named adjacent City – then realizes the “other guy” didn’t bring his wallet and expects Keith to pay for both.
Dan Vrakas: Waukesha County Executive - Slips on icy City of Waukesha street adjacent to Moreland Blvd which allegedly remained unplowed for “3 weeks”! Hits his head on pavement. Awakens, curses Mayor Larry Nelson, and finds he has an epiphany which reveals to him the true and correct size for future County Boards. The County Board, in a true showing of equanimity, overwhelmingly welcomes his new plan for 172 Supervisors…
David Schmidt: Waukesha School District Superintendent - A non-partisan, Statewide “call to arms” where politicians, unions, and educators roll-up their sleeves together and…have a marathon bocce ball match on the lawn of the State Capitol. Finishing off with a beer, the combatants emerge “liking each other”, and present a new, immediate, equitable plan for education funding in Wisconsin
Rodney Stillwell: Town of Waukesha Chairman - Wakes up one day and realizes that allowing the School District to sell its’ property might actually improve his carefully crafted curmudgeonly image while generating additional tax dollars for his Town. New image emboldens him to announce he’s running for Town chairman for a 27th term.
John Cramer: Waukesha Civic Theatre Managing Director - Street signs on every County highway pointing out directions to the home of live theater in Waukesha – The Pix! An epidemic of “word of mouth” suddenly spreads the quality of this homegrown treasure to the ears of the uninformed…
Karen Richards: Waukesha BID (Business Improvement District) Director – Garter snakes are found in quantity within Pabst farms development. Construction halts (for next 4 years) while DNR debates, and debates, next step. National retailers have shelving, fixtures, and merchandise “en-route” diverted to Waukesha where every available square foot is leased at top dollar for years to come. Existing Downtown merchants sub-lease to the “chain stores” and retire handily off of the profits. National Retailers then find that Downtown Waukesha is captivating. This emboldens the City to build a $100,000,000+ Town Center with Cosmic Records signed on as first anchor tenant...
Mark Maley: Journal/Sentinel “NOW” Editor - Gets latest data pertaining to “hits” the “NOW” sites generated in December. Decides to recruit additional Community bloggers. Starts new program by adding “all residents with computers living in houses on east sides of streets”. Plan is met with skepticism by his bosses until the March “hit count” shows 42% improvement. Mark immediately signs-up anyone living on West, North, and South sides of streets. Plan backfires as there are only 2 hits for Southeastern Wisconsin in the entire month of August. It appears everyone was now too busy “writing blogs instead of reading them!
That’s it for me…I’m on hiatus for a couple of weeks as we are off to Pasadena to watch and enjoy my youngest daughter marching in the Waukesha Northstar Band in the Tournament of Roses Parade.
