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Article: RESOLUTIONS TO HELP NOTABLES DO BETTER.(LOCAL)(Column)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Byline: Susan Lampert Smith
It's the dawn of a new year, when anything seems possible, even reforming our oldest and worst habits.
There are certainly columns from 2005 I'd like a chance to rewrite. Mostly, I feel bad about making people mad when I didn't intend to.
Last summer when Middleton was named one of the best cities in America, I wrote a column spoofing Madison's status as a fading starlet complaining about the hot young upstart, Middleton. While some readers saw the humor, others, especially at the Club Tavern and points west, took me seriously, and demanded I correct my count of the number of ponds in the city of Middleton.
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