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Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — Hope, blue wave, voting, parasites, Trumpism, Veteran’s Day
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-syndicated editorial cartoonist in the nation. His cartoons are reprinted many times in USA Today, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week and The Washington Post. Joe’s cartoons have won numerous distinctions, including 10 Best of Gannett awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club awards and two Honorable mentions for the John Fischetti Award. He lives in Green Bay with his wife, Pamela. He is a regular featured cartoonist for the NKyTribune.
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Neenah council blocks mayor from using tax dollars for executive coach
Reader question: Why are Neenah taxpayers footing the bill for an executive coach for Mayor Brian Borchardt ? Shouldn't he pay for that? Answer: I received questions from three people about whether it was appropriate for the City of Neenah to pay $4,500 for Borchardt's executive coach. The expense wasn't included in the mayor's 2026 budget. Shortly after his election in April, Borchardt hired Dean Stewart , founder of Ascent Leadership Group of De Pere, to be his executive coach. They have met once a month. Borchardt initially intended to pay for the coaching himself but then learned that the Finance Department had money available – $2,900 in a training account and $1,600 in a wages account – to pay for the coaching. The money was transferred without the approval of the Finance and Personnel Committee and the Common Council. Borchardt acknowledged he didn't handle the budget transfers correctly. "I'll admit that I made a mistake and did not bring it to council or the finance committee," Borchardt told me. "That's a process that I wasn't aware of." To remedy the misstep, Borchardt introduced a resolution to ratify the budget transfers. The council voted 5-4 in favor of the resolution
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Highwire Farms owner won't sign a do-not sue provision
MENOMINEE — The result of last week’s ballot initiative in Menominee means nothing to Highwire Farms cannabis company principal owner Eric Kennedy. “Nothing has changed, it’s still capped and the lawsuit continues,” he told the EagleHerald. “They could go unlimited. It changes nothing.” Highwire Farms, 1015 10th St., was part of a settlement agreement in 2023 that promised retail licenses to six marijuana businesses. In exchange, those businesses agreed to indemnify or pay the city’s legal bills for future lawsuits and agreed not to appeal. Highwire Farms didn’t open at that time because it was mired in a legal situation over its location. It eventually settled at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 10th Street (most recently A&B Auto and before that a bank). A build-out ensued, but the business couldn’t get the green light from the city. When Menominee County Circuit Judge Mary B. Barglind lifted an injunction this past July that opened the door for a ninth license — one that Kennedy felt he was owed. He wasn’t alone. Puff Cannabis (located at the former Family Video location on 10th St.) and Urb (located just north of City Hall on 10th Street) also feel they deserve licenses. Puff
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Neenah man creates website to connect people with disability resources
NEENAH, Wis. (WBAY) - Carl Schulze, who has been a quadriplegic since 2007, has built a free website that lists more than 2,500 resources in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan. Schulze broke his neck after falling off a friend’s porch in 2007. “Overnight, my life just completely changed,”...