Commentary Update for June 7, 2001: Caspter/Mattox, Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Attention Home-Depot Shoppers:

Yesterday Mr. Mather and I interviewed new Oshkosh Common Councilor Shirley Mattox and Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce CEO John Casper. If you get a chance to see the show (7 p.m. tonight and Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday), I think you'll find that the guests have much of interest to say about commercial development in Oshkosh.

On the web site, I have posted the answers to 4 questions posed to Stacy Mitchell, a researcher for the St. Paul Minnesota based Institute for Local Self-Reliance (http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/stacy.htm). I happened to see an article by Stacy in the St. Paul Pioneer Press opposing a Home Depot, so I sent her some questions. If you read her responses you'll see there are some links to a few good anti-sprawl sites.

Best,

-Tony (or should I say "Commenary Associate")