Where is Racine?

Man died in harness,
Friend already dead inside.
No separation.

Racine all wonders
How a man could sit watching,
Never try to help.

Where is Racine when
Children are crying on streets
Needing warmth and love?

Where are residents
Who bitch, moan, and complain
On every blog?

On Journal Times’ site
They spew their criticism
Offering no hope.

Yes it is a crime,
Yes it is a tragedy,
What this man has done.

But 'til you shut up,
Pay attention, listen - you
Are no different.

How can I say this?
If you harm more than you help,
You silently kill.

Stop blaming others
For this city's misery,
Death and destruction.

Turn it around-now!
Try something new, different.
Love everyone.

No more cruel judgments.
Only hope, kindness allowed.
For everyone.

If you can do it,
Maybe others will try too.
Be a role model.

What a difference
We can make in our city
If we have hope, love.

Not just for victims,
For everyone involved,
For every crime.

Maybe you will laugh,
Perhaps I am crazy too.
But we have to try.
(Or we will all die).

--RacineGirl

The answer's always B

Multiple choice test:
School Board's final answer won't
be graded for years


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Oil companies cry foul

New electric cars
Purr past Racine gas stations.
Exxon will be shocked!


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This Saturday!

Racine Pancake Day
Sticky, filling, tasty treats ...
Volunteers needed!

Jet skis on North Beach

Jet skis on North Beach
Play wastes energy noise stinks.
Catamarans, please

--Lori Artiomow

Since fuel prices climbed
I can't afford to travel
North Beach here I come

--1dog2cats3kids

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North Bay dilemma

Ash borer moves in
And there goes the neighborhood.
So much for imports.


Hidden from our view
irridescent green insects
kicking our ashes

--1dog2cats3kids

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Fill 'er up with Lake Michigan breezes?

Wind farms on the lake
Make cheap electricity?
Pipe dream in spring air!


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Scribbled on the blackboard

While the Board debates
the public waits patiently.
Is one worth hiring?

-- By 1dog2cats3kids

Real winner

Keystone victory
Hillary won? Obama?
McCain in landslide

Alternate approach

Gunshots heard often.
Let's arm our retired cops.
Or... disarm hoodlums?



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Earth Day 2008

We live on this Earth
Every day. How nice of us
To care once a year.


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My summer vacation

Beating Paul Ryan
Is Democrats' Job One.
A long, hot summer


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Development trial

Lost money, lost land
Wood lands pined for settlement
Jury's time wasted


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It's April, and FEMA's on the job

FEMA feels our pain.
(Better late than never.)
Thanks for the snow aid!


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The Price Is Right in Hindsight

Gas $3.51!
By the end of summer,
Will we think that's cheap?


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Speaking in tongues

McCainconomics,
then School Board finalistspeak:
We need codebreakers!


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School Board story.

The day after

April 16 brings
smiles: a small refund! May I
have that in nickels?

Unified superintendent search (cont.)

Meet the finalists.
Two possible, one trainwreck;
What were they thinking?


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Unified's superintendent search

Sunday morning list
Questions already forming
Consultant's bungle?



Super intention-
But ghosts already rising
April winds resume



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