Author: OperationsManager

  • Flashback: Lookout Summer! Remember July 5, 2011?

     Dust Storm or Haboob – Video captured from the roof top of the Optima Biltmore Towers at 24th Street and Camelback in Phoenix, Arizona. An incredible wall of dust blanketed most of the Phoenix urban areas. The video is shot from 15 stories over street level showing how fast the dust storm approached and…

  • A Bit of WXYZ History

    Created by Megan Saunders and by Erik Smith, this wonderful summary of the history of WXYZ is a winner.  Many of the folks at the Reunion on September 21, 2013, missed seeing this presentation because of a technical snafu and missing adapter, but it’s here for you to see.  Please enjoy and we welcome your…

  • Republican Senator Rebukes the President

    CNN posted: Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, took to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to rebuke the President for his repeated attacks on the truth as well as his colleagues for failing to be a check on Trump. “No longer can we compound attacks on truth with our silent…

  • A Great Win for Democrats in Wisconsin

    Todd Richmond (Associated Press) writes in the Wisconsin State Journal: Patty Schachtner defeated Republican state Rep. Adam Jarchow for an open state Senate seat Tuesday in an upset victory for struggling Wisconsin Democrats, signaling voter anger toward President Donald Trump that could cost the GOP more legislative seats in the fall elections. Jarchow tweeted his…

  • Reflections on 2017s – Into the 2018s

    All across America people chose to get involved, get engaged and stand up. Each of us can make a difference, and all of us ought to try. So go keep changing the world in 2018. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 29, 2017