Mayor contributes to BID mess, drags feet on appointees
Waukesha Freeman 11/15/2012, Page A08 Mayor contributes to BID mess, drags feet on appointees By James Wigderson City of Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima has been busy trying to avoid responsibility for the...
View ArticleIf the three Kings can make it to Christmas, why can’t the mayor?
As reported in the Waukesha Freeman the other day (and teased in my Waukesha Freeman column), Mayor Jeff Scrima will again miss the city of Waukesha Christmas Parade. The parade is the biggest civic...
View ArticleBah humbug Scrima
Bah humbug Scrima Christmas Parade was fun without the mayor Waukesha Freeman 11/21/2012 What a wonderful Christmas Parade this year. It was fun to be among so many of our fellow Waukesha residents...
View ArticleWigderson and his critics
From today’s Sound Off in the Waukesha Freeman, Scrima comments Ah, yes, here we go again. There’s a large headline belittling Mayor Jeff Scrima for his absence at the Christmas Parade (Thursday, Nov....
View ArticleJeff Scrima explains how BID appointments work
City of Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima, blaming the Common Council for the lack of Business Improvement District appointments as quoted by the Waukesha Freeman on November 9th. Scrima criticized the...
View ArticleIf you thought my predictions were bad, imagine how the Mayans feel
Each year I make a list of predictions, and each year we examine where I went wrong. Unfortunately the end of the Mayan calendar did not mean the end of the world, so we have 50 predictions to sort...
View ArticlePredictions for 2013
Every year I make a list of predictions, and every year we check last year’s predictions. This year I consulted my spirit guide Joan, a bartender I knew in a previous life, to help me see deep into the...
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Government interference led to Golden Guernsey closure
Government interference led to Golden Guernsey closure Van Hollen not a milk market expert Waukesha Freeman Opinion Page a6 1/10/2013 Sometimes we just have to ask, “And how did it work out for you?”...
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Be careful what you wish for
Be careful what you wish for Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for Scrima’s college Waukesha Freeman 1/31/13 Page A8 Opinion In one of Aesop’s fables, a contented community of frogs decided they needed a king....
View ArticleHe can see! He can see!
City of Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima is back in town after visiting the Harvard Business School gift shop and seminar certificate mill. According to the Waukesha Freeman, Scrima said it was like a trip...
View ArticleWhat? Waukesha didn’t win?
What? Waukesha didn’t win the Bloomberg prize? Even after Mayor Jeff Scrima went to Harvard and came up with the plan to add more smart people? Maybe Scrima should have gone back to his plan to dig...
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City of Waukesha to purchase “The Calling”
City of Waukesha Director of Community Development Steve Crandell announced today, April 1st, that it is purchasing The Calling, a sculpture by Mark di Suvero, from the “The Calling” will be renamed...
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Tour the mayor’s mansion
Today, April 1, 2013, only, free tours of the mayoral mansion in Waukesha. Come take advantage of this rare look by anyone inside the official mayoral residence. Tours given vigorously every half-hour....
View ArticleWaukesha Business Improvement District – gone
Downtown resident an property owner sent out an email this afternoon confirming Waukesha Business Improvement District is dissolved. Enough property owners remained on the petition to dissolve the BID....
View ArticleWoodman’s reviewed and there’s that pizza place
Sometimes I forget how small Waukesha really is. Ooh, look, a new grocery store! Anyway, Darryl Enriquez visited the new Woodman’s yesterday in his column and declared it one of the seven wonders of...
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Reilly announcement start of long campaign
Reilly announcement start of long campaign Scrima’s record open to challengers Waukesha Freeman 7/3/13 Opinion page A8 And so it begins. The announcement by local attorney Shawn Reilly last week he...
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Mayor’s race heating up; teacher’s rhetoric goes cold
Summertime quick-hitters Mayor’s race heating up; teacher’s rhetoric goes cold Waukesha Freeman Opinion Page A6, 7/25/2013 Some quick hits before your summer vacations start. Don’t forget to pack the...
View ArticleWho knew how they treat their subordinates is a fireable offense?
Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima and City Administrator Ed Henschel are determined to fire new Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba. We don’t know yet the substance of the complaint that’s been filed with the fire...
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Saving Waukesha’s history
Saving Waukesha’s history Scrima wrong about county museum Waukesha Freeman August 26, 2013 Page A6 Opinion Shortly before the beginning of summer my wife, the lovely Doreen from Waukesha, and I...
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We fired the last mayor for wearing Crocs
Hey, we fired the last mayor for wearing Crocs. Can we fire the current mayor for wearing sandals? Photo from Waukesha GuitarTown on Facebook. Hey, some people would be against him just for wearing...
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