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Anonymous Blogger “Huckleberry Dumbell” takes the Oconomowoc Common Council to task, complete with third-grade name-calling, over the city’s recent meaningless support of a measure that could maybe bring high-speed rail to Oconomowoc’s downtown. Maybe. Once Hell thaws back out. And the pigs land. And then only maybe.
However, we love a good ad hominem, and [...]

The Herald Times brings us the news of John Hopf, who later this year will be walking the Appalachian Trail as a means of building awareness and money to bring clean drinking water to those who lack it here on earth.
Why? Hopf writes on his website:
It hasn’t been until recently that I have realized [...]

Cheers to the Oconomowoc residents who refrained from coughing sarcastically when told Tuesday night at a special meeting held at Olympia Resort that Pabst Farms Developers intend to open a mall in 2010. From the Milwaukee BizJournal:
While he didn’t name any retailers, city economic development director Bob Duffy had earlier shown a slide that identified [...]

Sarcasm Shooter set to Kill: One thing that will certainly fix our ailing economy is the long-overdue approval of high-end condominium project aimed at giving the very rich a place to hide away while they rehabilitate their credit report.
Enter the Rockwell Village. City leaders approved Jan 6 plans to create 36 condos, two levels [...]

True confessions time: At least one of the authors of this blog — and it’s not Pete — secretly enjoys Gordon Ramsey shows.
Lets talk for a minute about some of our favorite restaurants in town. I’m specifically going to take the high road, and not name names here, but we all know there are [...]

Editors Note: This is the final part of our look ahead at Oconomowoc’s 2009. Thanks for playing.
Our Bold Prediction: Ocono.com will go a long time between updates.
Not a bold prediciton at all.*
Just like the newspapers in this town, we don’t do this for the money either. Ocono.com is a part-time operation, and try [...]

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of Ocono.com’s predictions for 2009.
We don’t think it’s a bold prediction, and its one that we don’t make lightly, but we believe, in 2009, at least one of Oconomowoc’s local newspapers will close.
This makes us sad, but it’s going to be a hard year for [...]

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of Ocono.com’s predictions for 2009.
We’re willing to bet that at some point this year, as people become more-and-more comfortable with downtown’s fancy new roundabout, someone will die in a traffic accident there– but it won’t be the roundabout’s fault. But that won’t stop everybody from blaming [...]

Let’s make 2009 a year of Good Choices in Oconomowoc…