Along with a data center committee, La Crosse needs a Costco committee

About this episode

Dr. Anthony Chergosky discusses the potential for a Costco committee in La Crosse alongside issues of gerrymandering and student knowledge in politics.

A day after a conversation about creating a county committee on data centers, UW-La Crosse political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky joined and toyed with the idea of also having a committee for bringing Costco to the area. It's a matter that was discussed years ago, when River Point District, downtown, had interest from Costco, and was rehashed this week with the La Crosse County Board chair , as well as Jason Spangler's As I See It .  Aside from that, however, Chergosky helped break down the gerrymandering wars that could come to Wisconsin. But, also, does the general public know what gerrymandering means? We asked Chergosky if this term is familiar with his new students at UW-L. That actually led to a whole other discussion about student knowledge, cheating with A.I., how students take notes (notebook, or computer?) and the benefits of teaching cursive in grade school — plus can people even read my cursive. After that, more state politics, including back to being pro rigging the voting maps as a way to win the Wisconsin governor election, plus how a $2.5 billion deal between three retiring politicians failed, and what it says about looking ahead to the…

People in this episode

Host: Rick Solem

Guest: Dr. Anthony Chergosky

Topics covered

• data centers
• Costco
• gerrymandering
• Wisconsin politics
• student knowledge
• education

Keywords

• data center committee
• Costco committee
• gerrymandering
• Wisconsin politics
• student knowledge
• education
• political science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UW-La Crosse, La Crosse County Board

Products: Costco

Places: Wisconsin, River Point District

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