January 2001
Volume 26
Number 1
Features
Clout
Belling, Spivak and Bice, Gousha, Mykleby. Are they the cat’s meow? Or something the cat dragged in? We asked politicos and other influentials to weigh in on local media.
By Peter Robertson
Water Street’s Charmer
Who is this Mitchell guy and why do people like him so much? Walk through leather luggage manufacturer Jerry Mitchell’s shop, listen to him talk and you’ll get it.
By C.J. Hribal
Power Failuer
It’s a horrid story that begins with 52 million pounds of cyanide-laced wood chips and ends with the largest punitive damage award for environmental pollution in state history.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Departments
Outfront
More about a big story.
By John Fennell
Letters
Letter writing is surely not a lost art form.
This Month
Some fun ways to spend your days and nights, bookmarked by our critics’ picks.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Insider
A thorny Rosebud and zealous child psych, a little town with dirt under its fingernails and names that might break ya.
Edited by Natalie Dorman.
Pressroom Confidential
She may spin it another way, but business columnist Joan Lloyd’s JS exit was no strategic move.
By Peter Robertson
Where Are They Now?
Why guitarist Mike Sieger prefers wood to Pat McCurdy.
By Natalie Dorman
Inside Views
Six unique perspectives on faces and places only Milwaukee could make.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining Out
Fishbone’s is tearing up Delafield. What’s up with that?
By Ann Christenson
Your Health
The latest treatments for fibromyalgia, PMS and a host of real female ailments.
By Janine S. Pouliot
Dining Guide
Italian food? Got it. Fish fries? Right here. Late-night nibbles? Yep, that and much, much more.
Endgame
Policing historic neighborhoods near you- the Preservation Gestapo.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
On the Cover
Photograph by Kevin J. Miyazaki
