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Burlington, Wisconsin 10/31/92 [OA 8485]
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October 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MCGROARTY
RAY SILLER
CHRISTINA MARTIN
CLAIRE TURNEY
FROM:
CAROL AARHUS
SUBJECT:
BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN LOCAL COLOR
Burlington is the first stop on the train trip (event time:
approx. 9 a.m.). POTUS will motorcade from Racine to the
Burlington train depot, deliver his remarks in front of the depot
with the engine as his backdrop, board and ride off into the
sunrise. This is the same site from where Governor Thompson
began his campaign train trip in 1990.
Burlington Employment and Economics: Burlington is 30 miles from
Milwaukee. Burlington population is approximately 9,000 --
although they are expecting to draw a crowd of 10-15,000. Local
economy good; unemployment low. Burlington has been cited by the
local planning commission as having great potential to become an
industrial center by the year 2010. They are planning to widen a
highway (to 4 lanes) that is currently the main artery between
Milwaukee and Burlington.
Burlington has been one of Racine County's fastest-growing
communities over the last 20 years, growing 19.2% from 1970-1990
-- a time when the county as a whole grew only 2.5%.
Burlington's two largest employers are Nestle Foods (650
employees) and Foster Forbes Glass (400 employees). Enterprises
in the industrial park employ an average of about 15 people each.
Great Local Touches: Burlington bills itself as "Chocolate City,
USA" since the Nestle plant is located there. In fact, the mayor
says that the President will probably be able to smell chocolate
since the factory will probably be operating at that time.
Also, "Fred burgers" (burger w/ grilled ham, fried onions, green
peppers, and swiss cheese) have drawn fans from as far away as
Milwaukee and Chicago. They have been proclaimed the "World's
Best Burgers" by the owner of Fred's Parkview, Fred Mabson.
Everyone in the community knows about Fred Burgers. Maybe POTUS
could say, "It's great to be here in Chocolate city, USA. I'm
only sorry I don't have time to stay for one of the world's best
burgers -- a Fred burger."
continued I :
Great Local Touches cont'd.: Burlington has a "Liar's Club" --
everyone in the community knows about it. The club was founded
in 1929 by reporters who would get together on slow news days and
concoct stories about how the old-timers of Burlington gathered
together to see who could tell the best lie. The first-year
champion was a man whose lie was: "I never told a lie in my
life." Other champion lies have included: "Our town is so strict
about litter laws that anyone will be fined $50 for telling a
dirty joke"; "We were so poor in our youth that our parents
couldn't even afford window shopping"; "Your sister is so thin
she plays hoola-hoop with a Cheerio". So as you can see, this is
pretty hokey stuff. The mayor is hoping that we can get POTUS to
come up with a lie, or make up a line that Clinton supposedly
said, so that one of them can be inducted into the Club. I have
given Ray a copy of what the mayor faxed me so that we can work
on it here.
Nestle has donated chocolate so that the city could have a
chocolate train engine carved as a gift for POTUS. They are also
giving him a chocolate key to the city. Make sure POTUS says
something about it being "Chocolate City, USA". Thanks.
They are asking the children to come to the event dressed up in
their Halloween costumes, so that after the President leaves they
can go into town where they will have the usual Halloween events:
food, games, scary music piped throughout the stores, pumpkin-
carving, fire truck displays, etc.
Pertinent Campaign Issues: NAFTA, and small business initiatives.
Contacts:
Site Lead: Lyn Kennelly
Press Lead: Scott Fassett
Mayor Jeannie Hefty: 414-763-7996
29 OCTOBER 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
CLAIRE TURNEY
RAY SILLER
FROM:
J. BUNTON &
SUBJECT:
SUSSEX, WISCONSIN // COLOR
SITE:
From Burlington to the Village of Sussex, the second stop // then
on to [Osh Kosh]. Around 10:30 a.m. POTUS speaks from back of
train to audience of 10,000. POTUS right is Sussex Lumber "The
Do It Center". POTUS north-northwest 100 yds. away is Quad
Graphics, which prints TIME, NEWSWEEK, U.S. NEWS, SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED, and WORLD REPORT and PLAYBOY -- maybe an appropriate
gentle ribbing for "Annoy the Media, re-elect Bush" sticker. An
ink plant for Quad Graphics is south-southwest of POTUS. [Elect
me or Clinton'll open up a whole new market for red ink.]
The CEO of Quad Graphics is a Democrat -- and is supportive of
POTUS -- he's hanging a "In George We Trust" banner form the Quad
Graphics building and Advance says he's being cooperative ---
however, he has not publicly endorsed POTUS.
POTUS INTRO: Gov. Thompson
ACKS:
State Sen. Margaret Farrow, Paul Fleischmann,
President of the Village of Sussex, local high
school bands
When Advance picked Sussex for it's beauty -- little did they
know what they stumbled on to ... the last 12 years of Republican
rule have helped make Sussex what it is --- While Bill Clinton
ran Arkansas down -- look what Republican leadership helped
Sussex built up:
Town historian Fred Keller says: "The Reagan-Bush years have
been great for Sussex and the local work force. What was a
series of corn and hay fields for a struggling farm became an
industrial park in 1980. Today there are thousands of good jobs
in this orderly, clean industrial park [train stops in a part of
the industrial park] that you can see just to the east of us.
Sussex has had phenomenal population growth as workers have
flocked to the community for jobs. A new subdivision, Eagle
Ridge, doesn't even have its roads in, and already over 80 of its
100 lots have been sold. Sussex has grown 13% in population in
the last 2 years. Sussex says, "Where is this recession" the
press is always talking about?
The Sussex Story, 1980-1992:
A record of impressive community growth and development built
upon a solid Wisconsin economy, low interest rates, midwestern
work ethic, public-private cooperation, and high quality of life.
1980
1992
% Change
Net Change
Population:
3,482
5,699
64%
2,217
Housing
Single Family:
785
*1,375
75%
590
Multi-Family:
152
*773
408%
621
Two-Family:
30
*130
333%
100
Manufacturing
Employment:
128
*3,169
2,375%
3,041
Unemployment in 1980 was 5.1% / in 1990 it was 2.1%
Industrial Space: 1980: 124,000 sq. ft. / 1992: 2,028,000 sq. ft.
/ % change 1,535 % / net change 1,903,680 sq. ft.
Manufacturing tax base: 1986: $17,941,100 / 1992: $59,185,400 / %
change: 229% / net change: $41,244,300
Equalized Value of Tax Base: 1980: $77.5 million / 1992 $261
million / net change $183.5 million / % change 237%
* estimate
[Compiled by Mooney, LeSage - real estate brokerage, management,
consulting, investment and development
referred by Sen.
Farrow.]
"WCTC" Waukesha County Technical College [commonly called WCTC]
is one of the best international trade curriculum -- people come
from all over country to study -- well known program.
All the kids in the Village of Sussex went trick or treating last
Sunday [the 25th]. A few years back there was a horrible episode
of altered candy [needles, razors, etc.] so the town changed
trick or treating to the Sunday before Halloween -- during the
day.
Dilly's Bar and Grill is the local "in" place for the 21-34 crowd
...
some of the older folks dine there too -- know for all you
can eat ribs [Tell Tim McBride].
History:
Sussex, Waukesha County, was settled by the three Weaver brothers
in 1834 who laid out the village to resemble their hometown of
Sussex, England. In 1842 they built St. Alban's Episcopal Church
as a copy of the church in England's Sussex. Dick Weaver made a
fortune by raising hops, hanging them out to dry on long tamarack
poles.
Military Service:
In the Civil War Alfred Weaver, son of the founder of the
community {James Weaver} volunteered in Aug. 1862. He became the
flag bearer for the Wisconsin 28th Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
In 1898 the community turned out on the steps of Town Hall to
welcome home the local veterans of the Spanish American War. WW
I saw local butcher, Claude [Butch] Kaderbek [Kad-er-A-bek] got
to France with the American Expeditionary Forces under Gen. Black
Jack Pershing. WW II saw Scout Master Swen Magnusson raise up to
Captain and be captured at the Battle of the Bulge. Ray Podolske
(Pod-ol-ski) was a B-17 navigator when he was shot down, and
taken captive in Fortress Europe. Emory Horne was killed in his
B-17 Fortress crash in Germany. Ray Mudlitz was killed in the
Battle of Hurtgen Forrest, Germany. The Vietnam War saw the
community lose Mike Wilson and Bruce Nettesheim. A local Eagle
Scout, Bob Miklautsch flew out of the Red Sea, off an aircraft
carrier to fight in Desert Storm.
Town historian Fred Keller says Sussex was founded by Mr. James
Weaver [in around 1834] who had 16 kids -- "they call him the
Father of Sussex, in more ways than one. "
CONTACTS:
LEAD -- Hopson Nance: 414-547-0201
SITE -- Warren Hendricks / Staff office: 414-524-0364 / 0241 /
0571 / fax: 0491
Scott Jensen -- Exec. Dir. BQ WI 414-821-1992
Gov. Office - Rich Longabaugh 0) 608-266-2893 / H) 414-241-6595
Charlie Davis - BQ Vol. 414-782-4031
Sussex Historian -- Fred Keller H) 414-246-3603 / 0) 414-246-
5200
Sen. Margaret Farrow 0) 608-266-9174 / D) 414-782-1261
Rep. Lolita Schneiders 0) 608-266-3796 / D) 414-251-0139
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
26-Oct-1992 05:42pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Carol B. Aarhus
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: Train Trip
In General: The train trip will take place on Saturday, October
31 -- Halloween. This means we should come up with some good
Halloween lines for the speeches. I came up with some on the
train, but we should probably think of a few for each stop.
I don't think the trip has been announced, but there are rumors in
all the Wisconsin newspapers about POTUS coming. They know he's
coming to Wisconsin, they just don't know what towns. Someone
needs to be in charge of checking with the press office to find
out when the trip has been officially announced.
The President will be traveling on the Wisconsin Central Ltd.
train line. They are primarily a cargo line, and haul a lot of
paper, coal, and lumber. They are non-union and have increased
employment something like 56% since they began in 1987. They have
just begun an inter-modal service, in order to keep 18-wheelers
off the road, which is kind of part of the President's ISTEA plan.
For more info on the train line, call John Bradshaw, the VP and
General Manager of Wisconsin Central Ltd. at 715-345-2472. I also
have some fact sheets about it in my office.
POTUS will fly into Milwaukee on Friday, October 30 and drive to
Racine, WI where he will do the Larry King show that night. He
will RON in Racine and in the morning, he will motorcade to
Burlington, WI where the train tour will begin.
All along the train route there are open fields, farms, marshes,
etc. They haven't yet decided how many slow-downs they are going
to do, but there will be some areas of woods and meadows so that
POTUS will have a chance to rest. This is going to be a
loooooooong train ride for a one-day trip. I have a map of the
train route, in case anyone wants to see the geography of it. It
arcs north-northwest across the state.
Harry Truman also did train trip through Wisconsin. Maybe an
intern can pull some of his speeches from it.
Leslie Gromis will be doing acknowledgments for the whole trip.
She will be working out of the command center in Racine. I'll
call her on Thursday or Friday to get a preliminary list of
acknowledgments for everyone's speeches so we don't bother her
with five phone calls from five different people. Count on
Governor Thompson to be mentioned in every speech. I think he'll
be riding the train the whole way.
Other contacts in general:
** Suzanne Faulk -- in command center in Racine; call thru Signal
** Scott Jensen, Exec. Dir. of BQ Wisconsin. He's also a State
Representative and used to work for Gov. Thompson. Scott's
number is 414-821-1992.
** Peggy Dooley is one of the Governor's speechwriters, and can
help with Wisconsin general research questions. She can be
reached at 608-266-1212.
BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN -- Aarhus
Site lead: Lyn Kennelly
Press Lead: Scott Fassett
Event time: approx. 9 a.m.
Local area businesses: Trust-Worthy Hardware
Clinton's Home Building Center/Lumber and
Millwork (The manager's name is Bill, but
his last name's not Clinton. The owner
isn't really around and no one knows who
he is) -- The train will pass by
Clinton's, so I'm sure the press will
have a heyday. If only we could get the
owner to endorse us
American Family Insurance
Hi-Liter Graphics, Inc.
Nestle -- town is called Chocolate City
Fred's Parkview: World's Best Burgers
Veteran's Memorial Park (has bingo)
The Corner Pub: food and Drink
Mayor: Jeannie Hefty, 414-763-7996
Local economy is good. Unemployment is low. Burlington is slated
to be an industrial center by the year 2010. They are
planning to construct a four-lane highway from Milwaukee
through the Burlington area. Milwaukee Journal has done a
number of pieces on Burlington. Call the mayor and she
will fax them. Burlington population is around 10,000.
Event site: Burlington Train depot. Nothing scenic. Empty
buildings and warehouses. Have press advance person scout
out why they're empty. POTUS will speak from front of
train; engine will be backdrop. This is the same site that