Those Poor, Poor Exburbanites

McIlheran bewails the fate of the poor, genteel folks in western Waukesha County. He warns against doom and gloom that would surely befall them if the state were to pass the Great Lakes Compact.

Unfortunately, the majority of state senators don't see it the same way. Add to this that Waukesha Mayor Larry Nelson also supports the compact.

Making McIlheran's misery complete, the Brawler has already noticed this:

What McIlheran omits, of course, is that the mayor of Waukesha supports the Compact -- and is catching hell from County Republicans about it.

You'd think that'd be worth mentioning. But it undermines McIlheran's argument so it's just cast aside.

You can read the Brawler's whole post here.

A shoppe by any other name ...

Yes, I said I was giving up this hobby, but a recent McBride post reminded me how I chose my blogonym. She hasn't used the term as much recently as she did awhile ago, when it seemed to be a daily feature, but perhaps she will revive it in memory of me:

Nelson's comments fit neatly into the media template, so it's no wonder we're not hearing a lot about them outside of the Freeman.

The post was about Waukesha Mayor Larry Nelson taking a little shot at Brookfield and Delafield for being snobbily pretentious:

At the end of a very long special meeting Tuesday night with developers of two large projects – a Wal-Mart Supercenter and “The Shoppes at Fox River” – Nelson asked those proposing the latter to drop the extra “p” and “e” from the word “Shoppes” in the center’s name. “It reeks of ostentation and pretentiousness like Delafield and Brookfield, and that’s not Waukesha,” he said.

Perhaps Waukesha should welcome a Wal-Marte Supercentre, too.