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| ANOTHER COLD, GRAY DAY |
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| BUDDY PLAYS ENDLESSLY, ALL BY HIMSELF |
Buddy continues to be a fun and affectionate addition to the household, is walking nicely on a lead and will play and play with his toys all by himself.
Commentary. The public hearing on the newly proposed mining bill was held yesterday, and all the usual suspects showed up at the State Fair Park in West Allis (a suburb of Milwaukee). From what I have read, the objectors objected to, and the supporters supported, the mining legislation, and I doubt if most or perhaps any read the bill, as they all pretty much presented the same arguments they had made previously. It is going to take more meetings and more time to resolve the issues involved, and at some point I will try to analyze the bill for myself. At this point my only comment is the following: it seems rather odd to me to oppose, on principal, mining iron ore in Iron County, Wisconsin, which is very close to the cities of Ironwood and Bessemer (think steel smelting) in Michigan. Also, it has been pointed out that mining is one of the four icons on the shield of the State of Wisconsin (which is called The Badger State in honor of its miners) and a miner, along with a sailor, are the two human figures on the state flag. Mining has a tradition of over 100 years in the exact same area that the proposed mine would be located, and mining was a principal industry when Wisconsin became a state in 1848. The quaint mining community of Montreal, Wisconsin, was a company town built at the foot of a mountain of mine tailings. It is now a national historic site. Why must we deny our cultural and economic heritage?
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