LITTLE GEMS
Residents in southern Wisconsin are being told to stop all outdoor burning immediately.
Dry air and recent fire calls raise the risk of fast-moving flames across Walworth County. Due to the extremely high volume of brush burns getting out of control, most of Walworth County is under a burn ban. High to very high fire danger exists in Wisconsin because of how dry the ground is. Then add in the windy days, and it’s sure to get out of control.
Fire crews have already responded to multiple incidents tied to outdoor burning, with officials warning that even small fires can spread quickly under current conditions. Light winds and low humidity are creating an environment where flames can jump containment lines and threaten nearby homes, especially in residential areas with dry grass or wooded edges. Smoke from these fires is also becoming a concern, drifting into neighboring properties and reducing local air quality. Officials urge residents to avoid any activities that could spark flames, including fire pits or debris burning, and to properly dispose of cigarette materials. Conditions will remain critical until moisture returns to the region. Additional advisories or expanded restrictions could be issued if fire activity increases.
The downtown traffic and road considerations.
The traffic lights, on a quiet day in Lake Geneva, can be heard to suck. They are that bad. The signal at Cook and Main is just plain awful and mechanically stupid, as it stays red forever when no cars are present. The signals at both Broad and Center and Main are almost equally as bad, with possibly the one at Broad being slightly better.
The effectiveness of the automatic system is almost completely gone after the city spent all that money. It’s almost like the city’s television broadcast system for recording and playing city meetings. Things are so screwed up in those places that it’s almost like it has to be on purpose, or why would nobody do anything about it? The payments to the city administrator’s new assistant would cover fixing both problems, but that’s not the administrator’s position.
In truth, if the city administrator needs that much help (he could not do the plan for the future, which had to be purchased from an outside source, as did the representation with the state and county from the coming downtown road project and now he needs an assistant at great expense. Why not have a younger city administrator with enough horsepower and get up and who might be able to do a great job and not spend all the city’s money?
