SURPRISING STUFF
Tom Earle. Head of Public Works. What do we say when the wrong man does right?
He’s trying to expand the fiefdom he’s built up over there where the street department sits on Highway H on the northwest side of Lake Geneva. He wants to acquire seven properties just adjacent to the current property in order to expand and take his set of structures from looking like a prison camp to that of a small Taj Mahal. Who can fault him for trying (other than the GSR)?
What has he done right there? The GSR sent reporters out to inquire about how the residents living in homes built on the properties Tom wants, to see how they felt about having to move or if they knew. They all knew. They all liked Tom because Tom went to talk to them. None wanted to move, but they understood if they had to move. Tom is out there, like our staff is out there, talking to and learning from the community, as well as teaching. Tom’s doing some things right. That’s hard for the GSR to print, but it’s the nuts-and-bolts truth. Many restaurants who have survived the lessening of the virus effects by raising prices sky high will pay a real price when winter comes, and the locals do not come back…not because the prices are not lowered again (they will be) but because they are angry about the summer of sky-high discontent. Locals matter around Geneva Lake, but mostly only when it’s below zero.
Flat Iron Bar and Grill just got wider.
The owners of that bar/food operation will be allowed to expand out onto the narrow strip of concrete that runs east and west along the facility’s southern outside wall. Cars park in slots just a few feet away, so how they are going to put tables along a thirty-foot long strip of raised concrete (about a foot above the sidewalk) and then have wait service delivered to customers without impacting or being impacted by the parked automobiles is a mystery to the GSR, but our investigative staff will be watching closely to see how they pull it off. The management and ownership of the Flat Iron are savvy about such things so if they do pull it off it won’t come as much of a surprise.
The Maxwell House got its way.
The place will be allowed to have outdoor microphones to allow voice transmissions only. That’s supposedly so that wedding couples can do their vows in front of a large crowd and be heard promising all the sorts of things young people promise to each other when getting married. It was a tearful moment as the couple gave voice to just how much they care about these newlyweds and all the people that congregate to celebrate such events. They did talk a lot about music and celebration when they spoke eloquently to the council, but there were no questions with respect to live music or any of that. They won a unanimous decision to proceed from the council.
Piggly Wiggly
Self check-out has arrived at Piggly Wiggly in Lake Geneva. We hope that no one lost a job to these machines…..
