{"id":289,"date":"2005-06-27T17:24:28","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=283"},"modified":"2005-06-27T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2005-06-27T17:24:28","slug":"62705","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"6\/27\/05"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a summary of some of the other stops last week: During an interview with a reporter for The<\/em> Monroe (WS) Times<\/em>, I said our agricultural platform calls for much more organic farming because modern herbacides, pestacides and fertilizers are creating “chemical cocktails” in our systems, leading to things like cancer… I then interviewed Monroe’s George Schutte who has a quarter acre organic garden (he uses flour to dust his vegetables as a natural pesticide). Schutte’s license plate says: “17 kids.” Because, well, that’s how many he’s had… We then traveled west to Platteville, Wisconsin, where I interviewed Bob Metzger who is the president of this town’s Main Street Downtown Revitilization Program. He told me part of this rejuvination process is being driven by a group of shop owners who have moved in above their respective shops. (Metzger and his wife live above their “Badger Brothers Bagel & Coffee Shop” as an example.) He said for these store owners, the downtown becomes their “front yard” so they are very motivated to fix it up. In addition, Main Street Project coordinator Cheryl Smina told me the town has adopted a “4-Point Approach,” which includes putting on regular events downtown, recruiting businesses, publishing a newsletter, raising awareness about why it’s important to shop locally… Note: <\/strong> Outside Badger Brothers is a chalk board that displays different sayings. This week’s: “When the volume goes up; communication goes down.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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