1st Soccer Game and Clean up of an empty Lot on Jones

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jones st, Racine Parks, Racine WI, Soccer, West 6th St

 

The Dogs let me know this morning at 06:30 that the first Soccer  game of the year at Claton Park was going to take place today.

They did so by raising a fire storm how dare ANYONE even think of walking in their park without the Dogs O.K. or better yet coming by to pet them give them treats first!

I like seeing the games in the Park for not only when the kids show up to play the games do the Drug thugs stay away but afterword the teams clean the place up far better then they found it, no disrespect met to the Racine Parks not only with the Mayor’s budget cuts are they short staffed but how can they even think of keeping the Parks clean when we have thugs more then happy to just toss trash away on the ground as well as try and use the Parks to dump everything from Tires to old T.V. sets a sad sad piece of work.

At least the mostly Hispanic Teams do a great job in taking care of the Park when they are there many kids come to play since any of the drug thugs that show up are say convinced to go someplace else.

Again good to see, glad they are playing at the Park.

Hope to find a way to get a Porta-john down there so they have a place to use I know the City cant do much for: 1) The City has no money 2) Being mostly Hispanic no way I see our Mayor doing anything for them after all they just might come to the Downtown and scare the White folks!  Yes, IMHO he is that much of a Raciest.

 

Wife and I took the time since the temps got warmer then expected to clean up the lot across the street, that lead to cleaning or starting to clean up the Wood line on the South side of the lot into the Park a start only a start

The Lot gathers trash that not only blows around from the street but the trash from some of the Neighbors on Frank Ave who may not know how to close a lid on a Trash can.

All kinds of trash from pop cans to mail, from beer cans to baggies… The Photo above is the amount gathered in the first 15 or so minuets lot more to do. Will be doing more pick up in the A.M. for if we are not going to do it who will?

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Chickens and Food Deserts

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Racine WI, Urban Chickens, West 6th St

So we got Urban Chickens in Racine.

Up to 4 Birds no Rosters pay a fee, get inspected very simple should be no issue to do and yes the Eggs will cost more then if you bought them in the Store.

The process took less then a year and unlike the P.C. Nutcases of the first effort I did not drop the ball nor when the fad fade away do something else the new in fad to hang out with my pals at Wilson’s in West Racine drink Coffee, as the in crowd prepares to micromanage the kids life and wonder why my husband has quit touching me.

Oh the new P.C. effort by the rich White Women? Ending Animal Agriculture it’s for the kids right? If they are not talking about that it’s talking about what they can do to make Meatless Monday minatory from no meat served in schools not allowing kids to bring say Sloopy Joes in the lunches and of course compelling Restaurants not to serve Meat after all again its for the Kids.

I simply worked with the Racine Heath Department The Bord of Heath and City Fathers, spoke at a few City Meetings talked to a few Aldermen.

There were two votes by the Aldermen for the 2nd Vote the pro Chicken side even picked up more Yes votes.

It’s not a perfect law in time perhaps we can change parts of the law such as allowing rental properties to have Chickens with the Landlords O.K.

Life to some is just a P.C. Day dream, I did the effort to get the Chickens here mainly as a gift to my wife since I will not get her on a Farm this life I can bring parts here and we will use the Eggs perhaps more interesting accounting efforts make our 4 Birds seam to be more like Six.

In a real TSHTF world be hard to keep any birds unless we used the Chamber in the Basement an area we could keep a few birds away from the outside safe from others.

More interesting to me this A.M. is living in a Food Desert is. See in West 6th St area in Racine in you do not have a Car getting fresh food for your family will be trying.

Today 4/25/15 being a Saturday there is no Bus to take you to a Store the nearest one: Save A Lot over a mile walk each way. Think how do you bring say 30 Lbs of food home maybe you have a Cart you can use perhaps you get your older kids to help or perhaps you simply use the Gas Station as your Food Store why buy Milk when Pop is Cheaper? Why buy fruit when you can buy  fruit flavored drinks its the same thing right?

Books have been written about Food Deserts the long term heath outcomes of the population living in them and I will not even begin to talk about what happens three days after the Gas Stations run out of Chips.

Of course the City of Racine who ended the Bus service due to cost has no clue after all the Population does not vote or is active in City issues act as well a population that consume services vs contribute to the over all function of the City and A population IMHO our Mayor would love to drive away from his White Downtown.

The Joys of living in the inner city  Racine WI

 

 

 

Lost

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Chateau Clingman, Home improvement, Roof

How do I start this?

You might have guest what is coming next, yes, the Roof still leaks,

After we spend a bunch on money, used Roofers found on Angie’s List (and for the record INHO it’s next to worthless) followed the advice of experts on the tree’s around the home and possible issues of wicking  into the upper areas being carried out, I have no idea what is going on or what do do about it.

Some might suggest, to sell the house others simply pack up and walk away, let the bank have it.

Then too some folks are well silly. Better are them who used my efforts to save the home as a way to attack me for backing Scott Walker as if Walker had anything to do with perhaps dishonest contractors or a Goverment program exist to do something for everything that may happen.

I will say that the hit of 5K we must spend in added heath costs due to Obama Care is doing us no favors, nor the ever sky rocking taxes in the City of Racine

We have Home insurance with a great company I will be seeing if the our contact may have an idea or perhaps can offer a recourse to the poor workmanship. We will see.

Got a couple of idea here to look into but right now looks bleak

 

Easter

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Chateau Clingman, City of Racine, Home improvement, Rabbits, West 6th St

 

Happy Easter to you and yours!

Spring is here, by the end of next week the ground should be thawed, be able to do more in the Gardens.

Lot of paper trash to clean up but that is an everyday thing. Far too many just toss the trash on the ground the wind gets it shows up here and well I get to clean it up.

You think after 16 Years of living here I be used to it but we are not gets real old real fast.  On a weekly bases I guess I must pick up a large Garbage bag of trash from gum wrappers to Junk mail tossed.

The two lots where we had homes that the City took down are starting to gather trash, Public Works in theory is cleaning up the lots but its theory the realty is with the Cut backs in City staffing there is no one to do the work. I guess I could but why should I when the City can find the $$ for our Mayor’s law suits (yes we are being sued yet again) but not the basic job of City Goverment.

Now that I have the issues fixed on doing Podcasting here I am thinking to restart the one I did on the Chateau in the day, with podcasting many obstacles I have in blogging are dealt with going to see what happens.

We got about 2 quarts of Syrup from the trees this year we have info that will let us get more next year.

Got a Angora Rabbit to learn how to use the Fiber of to learn how to make cloth. So far so good He has not eaten anyone yet     We will be bulding him a bigger pen The head wife thinks we can use one of the old dog pens outside to allow him to eat grass and perhaps a Rabbit tractor.

The Chicken Law gets voted on the 21 of the month