It was a bittersweet reunion with my dear old social work friends last weekend. The seven of us have been getting together at least twice a year for 55 years, since we met at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. We have really shared our lives together, so I got to live six other lives along with my own.
“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying,...but they are still lying.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Soviet dissident and author of “The Gulag Archipelago”
October 18th’s No King’s rally in Dodgeville was a great event! It was sunny and perfect weather. 800+ people of all ages and towns around the region attended. It was so well organized in coordination with our county sheriff and supported by over 10 designated volunteer trained peacekeepers and additional policemen.
On October 18, nearly 7,000,000 people across our country gathered peacefully to celebrate our democracy by taking part in No Kings marches. In Wisconsin, there were marches in 94 towns, villages and cities.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I saw a meme* on the internet about how to remove permanent marker from all sorts of things. Luckily enough, I happened to have permanent marker on several things in my home that weren’t supposed to have permanent marker.
In a 2007 ruling known as Zellner v. Cedarburg School District, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared that because public school teachers “are entrusted with the responsibility of teaching children,” the public has a clear right to know about allegations of misconduct against educators.
I want to sincerely thank everyone who attended our Annual Meeting last Thursday! We had another outstanding turnout and just a wonderful evening in every way.
