Commentary Update for April 22, 2002: Doyle, Bird Op-Ed, Hentz Letter, Photos
This week's Commentary guest is Wisconsin Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor James Doyle. I must admit that my opinion of Doyle went up after the interview. It's not that I agreed with him on most issues--in fact I probably disagree with him on most--but he comes off as much more of a "no-nonsense" and down to earth guy than I thought he would be. I actually thought he was more candid than Barrett. And while Doyle's not going to win any charisma contests anytime soon, he certainly is not as "boring" as the press has been suggesting.
The only Democrat candidate for governor who has not been on the show is Kathy Falk. She will join us on May 6th. Next week's guest is sportswriter Chuck Carlson.
Some website items:
Former Oshkosh School Board President LuAnn Bird had an op-ed in the Sunday
Northwestern. The piece included some fascinating Wisconsin school history,
including the fact that there were over 7,500 school districts in Wisconsin
in 1937. Wow!
Here's the op-ed:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/labirdonhistory.htm
Cheryl Hentz, a candidate for Winnebago County Board supervisor earlier
this month, emailed me a copy of a letter she has recently sent to the Oshkosh
Northwestern. She wonders why the paper is all of a sudden praising County Board
Chair Joe Maehl, a man they have been lambasting pretty much non-stop for the
last several years:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/chdletter.htm
There are lots of new pictures on the website, including
Commentary guiding light Doug Freshner:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/freshner.htm
Newly elected school board member Ben Schneider:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/schneider.htm
School Board candidate Ted Sehmer:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/sehmer.htm
German Bundestag (Parliament) member Friedhelm Ost:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/ost.htm
Commentary regulars Jim Simmons and Dan Rylance:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/simmonsandrylance.htm
Oshkosh Common Council Candidate Steve Bender:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/benderphoto.htm
Oshkosh Common Councilor Paul Esslinger:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/esslingerphoto.htm
Newly elected Oshkosh Common Councilor Frank Tower:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/towerphoto.htm
Oshkosh Common Councilor and new Oshkosh Mayor Steve Hintz:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/hintzphoto.htm
Former Oshkosh Common Councilor/Mayor Melanie Bloechl:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/bloechlphoto1.htm
Bloechl gets flowers from Dan Rylance:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/bloechlphoto2.htm
School Board "stealth" candidate Brett Smits:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/smitsphoto.htm
Newly elected School Board member Tom McDermott:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/mcdermottphoto.htm
A complete archive of Commentary photos can be found here:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/photos.htm
Jim and I appreciate all of your support for the program.
Best,
Tony