Fairly Conservative

I just got off the phone with City of Brookfield Police Chief Dan Tushaus. He explained the guideline is just that - not a mandate. The goal is to get all of the officers on the beat to drive about the same every day IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION. He also listed a […]

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I’m checking into information that land from Elmbrook’s Swanson school may be needed for the new plans for Percheron Square. The developer pulled the application a few weeks ago saying there was new interest. I’ve got requests into the school district and city hall for records. We all know that often triggers a story by […]

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I’m hearing rumors that WISN channel 12 will have a report on Brookfield’s new police policy. Officers will be restricted to driving only 50 miles in an 8 hour shift.
You know me, immediately my thought was, “that shouldn’t be hard, they’re all facing each other and chatting at Wirth Park anyway!”
Seriously, I’ve called around […]

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As is often the case, the dog days of summer are used to slam through controversial projects. Next Monday’s plan commission will gift south Brookfield residents with the final nail in the “move the fire station” coffin.
I’m not kidding when I tell you that reading this agenda made me literally nauseated. They scheduled the […]

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This game is called tit for tat. In game theory, this particular strategy is supposed to be the most effective towards winning. We’ll see.
I know I have been a major proponent of respecting other’s content in our blog world. But today there’s a case where Journal Communications hasn’t been very quick to respond to my […]

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This Friday at 10:00 a.m. is the traditional parade down Calhoun and North. I had a brief e-mail exchange with Bill Kolstad, Brookfield’s Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry this morning. He surprised me with the news that for the first time in a while Elmbrook will have a combined band marching under the leadership […]

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Plan ahead and get yourself to the M&I Classic Rock stage at Summerfest this Thursday. Stray Voltage is playing at 5:30 p.m. One of these Brookfield boys could be your neighbor - or your boss!

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You were a hateful little twit and mentioned something about Aldi’s knock-off Oreo cookies and a laptop the other day.
Well, I want you to know the youngest just came home with Joe-Joe’s, Trader Joe’s Oreo version filled with chocolate creme. They are amazing.
For the record, I am writing from a laptop.
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I know it […]

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