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It's Friday.
So Dan Schaefer is here.
Civic Media's political editor and the creator of the recombobulation area.
And it is my final show, my final day.
Wrapping
it up here at
Civic
Media
and we haven't had this many people in this building.
I don't think ever.
There's people everywhere.
It's
a packed
house for Jane's last day.
Exactly.
They're all here for you because they're certainly not here for me.
And I brought a PowerPoint to talk about the things that I wanted.
No one cares.
No one responds to my evite.
It's Greg's
birthday, by the way.
Happy
birthday.
Oh, happy birthday.
Thank you.
And Drew, one of our chief engineer.
Happy birthday to Drew as well.
And welcoming my good friend and former colleague, Melissa Barclay is here.
Good morning, lady.
How are you?
Hello, Jane.
Thanks for having me on the show.
You know, it's funny.
I put a little Facebook post up about you a couple of weeks ago when your article came out in the Journal Sentinel, and it got a pretty good response online.
And people were like, Jane.
retiring, you know, and just a lot of people saying how, you know, sad they were to see you off the air.
But I have to tell you, Jane, your career, are you kidding me?
44 years in the radio business?
That is
absolutely incredible.
And that's nothing to sneeze at for sure.
44 years.
Congratulations, Jane.
It feels like Melissa, you're saying that Jane's career is something to be lauded, respected, loved and that she has had an impact on the industry as well as the community.
Wouldn't you say that, Melissa?
I would say that, you know, and it's funny because like being a woman in the industry, that alone.
I mean, Jane, you've just, you know, topped everything 44 years.
So well, thank
you so much.
It's super proud to be your friend.
Hey, this didn't happen alone.
And I didn't do this myself.
I had people who supported me.
I had people who encouraged me.
I had people who mentored me.
So there, there are a lot of people to thank.
And the audience in particular, I talked about this earlier this week, I think I was with Pat Crite low.
Milwaukee audiences in southeastern Wisconsin in particular have been so loyal and so kind.
And back when I started, where when all the morning show duos, it was Dave and Carol and Dick and Ellen and Bob and Brian and those those teamings lasted for decades.
That didn't happen in other markets around the country.
It was very specific to this area.
And for that, I am so, so grateful.
Listening to you over the past hour, Jane, I really felt like you have found your home there.
I really felt like you were at the top of your game.
You've been on a lot of stations, but here, knowing you for the past about 10 years, I think you have, you know, the last place that you're at.
How great is it that that really feels like to me as a listener knowing you, that that's your home and you can speak your truth and everything that you believe in.
So that's what a blessing, you know, to have that be your last station.
It's been a huge gift.
It really has.
And to be.
welcomed and to, again, for Civic Media to place this trust in me and trust that I'm not going to say something horrible that's going to come back and bite them because that's always a concern.
And
they don't want you to leave, Jane.
They want you to stay.
So
like, you know, I said earlier when we started, it's like, gosh, I'm getting so many nice messages and everything.
I'm never leaving now.
I just I want to do this every day.
And actually, it's kind of like being able to go to your funeral where people have to say things about you.
But you get to hear them.
It's great.
I encourage everyone to do this.
This is the mortician's daughter being thrilled.
Yeah.
funeral.
I couldn't ask for anything.
The funeral
of your radio career.
I don't know, Greg, do you think she could handle another week of compliments?
No, I think she would actually, I think she would explode into glitter.
I'd like to see that.
There was, there was a conversation that had to be had where I told her, you are going to get loved on in a way that will make you very awkward feeling.
And I said, you're just going to have to take it.
But it's a very
Wisconsin thing not
me.
I'll take
them That is absolutely coming from you.
I I just think for for the run of the mill Wisconsin I yeah, it's and I hear my mother's voice in my head all the time is going That's great Jane.
Don't let it go to your head.
I Feel like there's a difference between like taking a compliment and then saying that's great
Stop like that.
Don't get a big head about it.
Yeah.
And you never did.
And you
never, it's like that Midwestern thing where you have to, if you get, you know, something on a discount, you have to let everyone know
that you got it on
sale.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's the same kind of energy.
I like the queen of that, Jane.
When we worked at the newsroom, you'd be like, I like your shirt.
I'm like, Oh my gosh, I got this at TJ Maxx for seven dollars.
Yes.
You were like, that's one of my bits.
But, but this is how we knew we were, we were, we could be friends.
because
we shared
that.
Jane, I made a list of some of the top news stories that we covered together, the five years that we worked at WTMJ.
So think about this, we covered some big stuff, right?
So all of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Never
heard of
that.
The Me Too movement, we did all of that.
We did some local ones here.
the mass shooting at Molson course.
We covered Trinity Lutheran church fire downtown.
We covered some
big
stories and it was kind of at a time where everything was just happening and I worked with you from 2017 to 2022.
So for five years, but it was like being in the foxhole like every day.
It was well, and
Melissa, you are a journalist.
You have a journalism degree.
You've won Fent really prestigious awards for your work as a journalist.
You have and and you deserve kudos for that as well.
I mean, we won.
Best runner up for second place at the WBAs this year for best segment.
Uh, excuse me, but I want someone just like a man to jump in and try to take some credit.
All right.
All right.
There you go.
Uh, yeah.
I mean, the stories you've told Jane about your time and the thing is I've heard so many stories this week that I did not know like the Russia trip.
I did not know you went to Russia.
Like I imagined there and you've talked about this writing a book.
Writing some sort of thing that documents your time
in radio.
Well, I've kicked this idea around and Melissa and I I'm sure I've talked about this with you.
I would very much love to compile stories from women in media.
I think it would be a very unique perspective.
I think women in media would have stories to share that other people may not have experienced.
And so
I think it could be, you know, Jane, it could be a very healing experience for everybody too, if you did write that book.
Well, only if I'm still waiting for some people to die so I can name names.
I'm kidding.
I'm
just kidding.
Yeah.
Are you really?
Am I
really kidding?
I'm
not sure.
No, but that is that is something that I've thought about.
And it's it's more about what form to put it in.
And I'm reading one of Jim Gaffigan's books right now, which is like little three page chapters.
like essays
like yeah little essays kind of yeah that that's
something i'm thinking about about that that i could do novel is not going to happen i'm not going to i will not be writing the great american novel
radio detective you're gonna tell you a british murder book where it's a radio person who moves to a country radio station and then are like little small radio station and then there's murders everywhere making it the most crime-ridden village in in england
he has gregg's mic he can
i watch my whole future is i watch so much
box.
It is ridiculous.
Yeah.
Melissa, you have moved on.
You're now with Merkett University.
I am
for the past
three years.
And do you miss broadcasting?
Do you miss?
Do you miss the biz?
You know, it's funny.
There are aspects of it that I do miss.
And I think anybody that gets out of it for a while can say that, you know, there's aspects I absolutely miss.
I miss having a platform.
Something
will come up and I'll be like, oh, that'd be a great bit for a show or a great topic for a show.
And those are the types of things that I really miss having a bigger voice.
But working at Market University, it's really been a huge blessing in my life.
It's helped me to calm down a little bit.
I got married.
Calm down a little bit.
But yeah, no, it's really been a great opportunity to build on strengths that I have that I didn't know.
So and the people are great.
But you make a really good point about having a platform and somewhere where to go where this is important to you
and this
is
what you would like to share.
So I've already told Greg and Tucker, who is the senior producer for our show, I will only email them once a week.
No, with ideas for topics
because not going to be once a week.
Here's a topic.
It's going to be a one.
So I convinced her to once a week put everything into one email.
So it could be three ideas.
It could be a blockable amount of ideas, but just, you know, he's like, don't send me 47
emails
every week.
I just I don't need that.
But it's it's it's it's part of turning off your my brain, right?
Because it's just been trained to.
When you're in this business, everything is material or everything
is everything is material.
Everything
is a
story.
Everything is copy.
Yeah.
Everything is copy.
Absolutely.
So it's, it's, I'm going to have to get away from that a little bit.
I think the thing you'll probably miss the most Jane is talking about like personal things too.
I think, you know, things about your life because radio is a format where you can share those things.
You know, if you're in television, you can't really get to know the person, but on radio, you can share about your life.
You can share about, you know,
pets and your loved ones.
That's that's what makes radio so unique.
Without a doubt.
Yeah, absolutely.
And I said this to I think a couple of weeks ago, you know, people who have listened to me for a long time, you've gone through my breakups, you've gone through my pet losses, you've gone through my home, my home flooding nightmare stories and and we've we've lived a lot together.
We've lived a lot together.
for which I am really, really grateful.
I am so grateful for this business, for meeting people like you, Melissa Barclay, and I have a lot of great friends I am taking away as I head out the door for the last-ish time.
You're going to be
like,
hey,
everybody, I'm back.
It's been two weeks.
I'm kind of bored.
What are you doing now?
Melissa Barkley, thank you so very much, my friend.
I will see you soon.
We're going to lunch.
Yes.
I'm going to be.
Let's do it.
Lots of lunching.
There's going to be lots of lunch.
Lots of lunch lunching in my future.
If you are sending in messages, by the way, on the text line.
Or if you're sending messages to Jane says at civicmedia.us, I will get back to you.
It's just going to take me a little time.
And it's hard as the show is going on and as these messages are coming
in
to do it in real time.
Everyone loves Janice is what it is.
And you guys stick around for the rest of the show because we have another contest coming up in a little bit.
We do.
We have a fabulous prize.
Not to mention we are going to have a couple of other surprises coming through.
So you really want to stick around and I would encourage people to watch on the live stream because there will be visual components as well.
I've been told to be like water.
Yes.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Stick around.
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Dan Schaefer is here, Civic Media's political editor, creator of the Recombobulation Area.
And I don't know what's happening now because you guys won't tell me and you made me leave the studio.
Well, just we're just there's even though we're on the last day in the last hour, almost the last half an hour of your entire 44 plus 45 year career in radio.
We have other things set up and plan for you.
We're taking calls right now because look at those.
The phone lines are lighting up.
We should have been giving away things all the time because it's like, look at that.
Like it's almost completely packed with people like, I want that
hat.
And I understand why.
Absolutely.
It's fuzzy and warm.
It's a very warm.
Yeah.
But no, we're going to have some other things going on.
And I mean, you, you said that like when you come to retirement, when it's all done,
You're just gonna relax, basically.
Pretty much.
The next chapters haven't even been written yet, but it's about just taking a moment.
Gonna take a breath.
You're gonna re-combobulate.
I am gonna do some
re-combobulating, exactly, exactly.
And one thing that I did mention, and thank you to Mary from WhatWaySosa, who sent me a link about this.
You know, a lot of people are struggling right now.
And my husband and I are just trying to purge things.
There's always folks
who can use stuff you aren't using.
So please keep that in mind.
And before, you know, if you decide to go and do what we're doing and going through closets and just trying to weed through things, instead of bagging it all up and throwing it a landfill, check first to see if there's somewhere you can take the stuff first that they can use.
There's always people who can use the bookshelf you don't want or the table you don't want or, you know, things that you think aren't worth anything anymore.
Somebody else can use absolutely.
Yeah, so just just keep just keep that in mind
We have a special message from somebody for you They want to wish you happy retirement Calvin.
Can you please play that first video for us?
Hey Jane over 40 years.
Oh boy
and you're getting a chance to retire What's it gonna be like not having matinee on the air?
No one else I know has a literation with a radio program
Well, Gene, thanks for everything.
You've been a terrific journalist covering Wisconsin in the country, and I wish you all the best.
Take care.
There you go.
Representative Mark Pocan.
Lying down during the message.
Yes, he left a message while he was napping.
That was
lovely.
Thank you so
much, Representative Pocan.
He's been on the show a number of times.
I always, always loved talking to Mark.
You
guys
always have great conversations.
It was so much fun.
Very unvarnished that man is.
A couple of times FCC unvarnished, but you know, hey, you know, he's speaking his truth in the world.
What's that?
What's that now?
Kevin, I'm hearing there's another message coming in from another person who wants to wish you a happy retirement.
Calvin, can you play that clip for me, please?
Here.
Jane, for over 40 years, you have touched so many lives, being a constant presence for folks tuning into the radio and building a lasting community along the way.
High quality, local news from people you trust is more important than ever.
I am so grateful for your service to the community.
I wish you
the...
She's frozen.
She's so she's so she's so overwhelmed
overwhelmed Wow senator Tammy Baldwin.
Yeah, thank you so very much.
Yeah, did we have to make donations to make that happen?
No,
we just, this
is... Moving on,
everybody.
Some civic media magic
here.
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
I think things were promised.
Yeah,
but we will exchange with that.
We will get you all of those videos as well, and yeah, they were very happy to make those videos for you, because we've also had Senator Baldwin on, had conversations with her as
well.
There were several advertisements that were...
put together by a super pack fighting against Tammy Baldwin, but it didn't seem, you know, to be very successful.
And I want to give a shout out to Matthew from representative Pocan's office and Aisling from Senator Baldwin's office who helped make all this happen.
Yes.
Thank you so much for that.
Very, very thankful for that.
But yeah, you know, you're gonna, you're gonna be missed and you are appreciated and valued.
Ha!
Kleenex is over there.
I have a whole box.
Oh, and by the way, I want to share this
with you.
Thank you to Calvin's mom.
Calvin's mother made me this amazing Afghan that she hand knitted.
I mean, like, with her hands.
Unbelievable.
I know.
If this wasn't my last show, Calvin, we'd have her on the air and we'd have a craft corner with Calvin's mom.
But thank you, Calvin's mom, so very much for this.
And thank you, everybody, for all your kind messages.
It's so, so lovely.
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It is Friday, so Civic Media's political editor and the creator of the Reconpopulation Area.
Dan Schaefer is here.
We have a studio full.
We have a building full.
And they're all here for you.
We are marking my end.
OK.
Your retirement.
Yes, it's my final show on the air here at Civic Media, wrapping it up after 44 years.
I am so grateful to everybody and I have had so much fun getting to know you, Greg and Calvin and Dan.
And just to see all the growth you guys have had over the years as broadcasters.
I'm so proud of you all.
Thank you very much.
Well, I've known, I didn't have any radio background.
So I went, I've gone to the Jane McNair school of.
School of Radio here over the past few years in these regular segments, and I've had such a wonderful time, and I've learned so much from you.
I hope so.
So thank
you, Jane.
I hope I taught you good lessons, not bad ones.
All good things.
All good
things.
All
the swear words off air.
That's the number.
That is a critically important role in radio.
You never swear live.
Yeah.
Always got to make sure the mic, but you must swear regularly when you are not live.
It's part of it.
It's part of the job.
It's part of the healing process.
It's part of the job.
It's the blood
flowing,
you know.
It's a, you know, how creatively can you put different words together?
I think
it's a good
verbal exercise.
Exactly.
I really, really, really enjoy that.
I think that we have, we have a few more surprises.
We have a few more surprises we're going to have.
And as far as I know too, there's going to be a
parting message from Jane coming up.
So I
have my friend Tony Larino.
Yep.
Also another former colleague of mine and still a radio consultant, actually.
And he stopped by earlier the week and he said, do you have things you want to say?
And I said, yes.
Yes, I do.
And he said, do you have them written down?
And I said, no.
And he said, why not?
And I said, because I don't want to cry.
And he said, then make bullet points.
So I have my buh-bye bullet points coming up at the very end of the show.
I feel like if you didn't have the bullet points and you tried to improv the whole thing, it would just be a mess.
It would be, hey listen to Jane just like sniffle and wheeze and we think she's happy, but we cannot tell right now.
She's
still breathing or is she
hyperventilating?
We can't tell.
But she seems happy, so good on you, good on you.
Thank you for that suggestion, Tony Larino.
Still getting coaching, up until the end.
It's always a good idea to listen to other people.
And it's always a good idea.
Be wary of anyone who says they know everything.
I
don't know.
Anyone who has just the tenacity to say that.
Oh my God.
I didn't think of one.
My dad always said, don't trust someone who says, trust me.
That too.
I think one of the points I wanted to bring up during Melissa's sit down with us is the fact that for as long as you've been doing it and for all the things you have done,
I've seen lesser, I've seen people with less of a resume have a bigger ego.
And you think to yourself, if someone, and I'm not saying an ego or like a egotistically blown out attitude is a good thing to have.
But if you came in saying, I'm Jane McNair, I know what I'm, you know what I mean?
There's kind of like a, don't, don't bother me with that stuff.
I know what I'm doing.
I could understand why, because you've been doing it for so long, you've done so many things, but you come in with humility, and you come in with an openness to learn, and to try things, and to work with people like me, myself, like I, you can look at me and say, get me somebody with experience, okay?
I'm not doing this with a newbie.
You know what I mean?
But you didn't.
And to me, that amount of time in this industry,
It has made you so, I mean, I don't know.
To me, it's very impressive.
And I thank you for that because it could have been hard.
It could have been bad.
You have the experience of working with people on air that you have to be friends with.
And the moment the mics are off, you're done.
And that's not been our thing.
And I'm very, very fortunate.
I'm very, very thankful for that.
And you've been very much a teacher and a friend.
and the mom I never asked for.
And never wanted
it.
But yeah, I just think that's important.
I just think that's a great thing.
Well, thank you, Greg.
And lest anybody think I don't have an ego, trust me, I have an ego.
I have a pretty
healthy ego.
But I also think that it's really important to not think you know everything,
no
matter how long you've been doing something.
And that's why when I was given the opportunity to do some producing, I said, yes.
Because it's a chance to learn a new thing.
Why would you turn away the opportunity to learn a new skill?
That is very short-sighted to me.
And just saying yes to things,
right?
And just saying
yes to different opportunities.
And that's certainly something I've learned from you as well.
You gotta give it a chance.
And you try it and you decide, okay, this didn't work, I don't like it, that's fine.
And but but at least you gave it a shot.
Absolutely.
And I think a lot of us will regret more so the opportunities that we didn't take.
Yes.
Then than the ones that we did.
It's like I should have done X. I should have gone here.
I should have made this phone call.
I should have done.
Yeah.
So don't wait.
Do.
Yeah.
And I think with that attitude, it's an attitude and a personage of yourself that should be recognized, right, Dan?
I think there's a recognition in, there should be a recognition of who you are, Jane Matten there.
And Dan, can you help me out with that problem?
Well, there's I think we we've we've worked together a little bit on figuring out a way to share some recognition.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think so.
I think so.
Dan brought this up a while ago and it was a capital idea.
Tell us more about what happened.
Tell us what what we did.
Well, what did we do, Greg?
We talked to a very well-known gentleman from Milwaukee and he agreed with us that you deserve recognition and
I'm not going to talk about it.
I want him to talk more about Calvin.
Can you please play that audio or that video for us of what we did to properly recognize Jane.
Matt in there.
Hey, Jane, Cavalier Johnson.
Look, I've had a pleasure over the years to just hear you on air, but to interview with you and to listen to you over the time.
You've had such an incredible impact.
Not just on Milwaukee, but really.
South Eastern Wisconsin.
And as mayor, I want to proclaim something in your honor for us.
So bear with me for just a moment and read the mayor city, Milwaukee, where is the city of Milwaukee?
Probably joins family, friends and community members and recognize
Calvin take it down.
Calvin take, we're going to start over.
We're going to play the audio.
We're going to play the audio.
I think you know where it's going.
I think I know where it's going.
But you are, you are that special to us and to Southeastern Wisconsin and to Milwaukee.
Calvin, can you play the audio of that?
We're still, okay.
We're still trying to get the audio.
Give me, give us one moment and we will make it work.
Sounds good to me.
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You can still download the civic media app.
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Yeah.
And as we get that, I think let's just actually do it
then.
We'll
yeah.
We've got something for you, Jane.
Yeah.
I was able to pull some strings.
Greg and I have been working on some stuff for the past week.
We had that message ready for you.
We'll be able to play it after, but I'm just going to read here what was on the proclamation because we have a official office of the mayor proclamation for Jane matineeur day.
That's
right.
So.
Whereas Jane McNair has spent more than 40 years in radio and broadcasting in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin for 24 years in WNYX, later at B93 and 620 WTMJ, and for the last three years at Civic Media where she has hosted McNair on air.
And whereas Jane McNair has received recognitions from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and original Edward R. Murrow Award in 2018,
And whereas Jane McNair raised nearly $100,000 for the child abuse prevention fund, worked with rides and rains to raise $75,000 to fund therapeutic riding lessons for young people with special needs and helped raise money for a variety of causes.
And whereas Jane McNair has reported on news, greeted every morning with her listeners, has one of the greatest laughs in the history of all time laughs and ended every broadcast saying, I hope you find some joy in the days ahead and that you have the chance.
to share it.
Whereas the city of Milwaukee congratulates Jane Matinair for her dedication and service to the citizens of Milwaukee throughout her time on air.
And now therefore Cavalier Johnson, mayor of city of Milwaukee, hereby proclaim Friday, December 12th, 2025 to be Jane Matinair Day.
That is unbelievable.
That's
right.
Wow.
The throngs of people.
The throngs of people six where
as is
I think I think that increases the value of the number of whereas
Here you go Jane.
Happy Jane matineeur day
to you and to all of
southeastern Wisconsin all of Wisconsin
There we go so much.
Thank you.
Thank you mayor Johnson.
My goodness.
I
Now I have to vote for you.
Oh my god.
Take that to any participating culvers and get yourself a free scoop.
I
don't know if
any of them are participating.
Just take it and be like, it's my
day.
That is so lovely.
Thank you so very much for making this happen.
You
guys
made this happen.
Greg's got moves.
Somebody's got
moves.
We got some calls that I would like to get in real
quickly here.
Oh, who's
on that top one right there?
My sister is on the phone.
This is Suzanne Mattener joining us online.
Good morning, sister.
I
hope you know I had to get up pretty early
to do this.
Boy, that sounds like a Mattener statement I've ever heard one.
Wow.
You don't talk to Suzanne before eight o'clock in the morning, ever.
No, no, no, no.
Anyway, so I guess the freebies are over now for our family, right?
No more frees.
Bad news.
Got to buy
your own t-shirts now.
Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you on your very illustrious career.
You've shared a lot with me.
We laughed a lot and there were a few tears as well.
But thank you for being my sister.
Thank you for being
my sister.
I love you, Suzanne.
Thank
you
so much.
And Dietrich from Eau Claire has been also waiting very, very patiently.
Dietrich, we're all going to be at your house for Thanksgiving, you know, next year.
Let Meg
know.
Don't even delay.
Come sooner than that.
We would love that.
Thank you, Dietrich.
Thank you so very, very much.
We're still waiting for your recipes, too.
It's coming.
It's coming.
One thing.
to establish your legacy is birthday boy going to be taking over this morning spot?
Well, I will say this for the time being, I will be the interim host for nine to 11 there, you know, we're going to be
There'll be a lot of discussions going on and what to do with that time slot.
And as we know more, we'll, we'll announce that information.
But for the time being starting Monday, I will be the interim host for 9 a.m.
to 11 a.m.
And as far as I know, it's actually going to still be met in there and there for the rest of the year, because we'll be playing clips from the show.
We'll be
talking about, but we'll be having great guests, giving great conversations, extending the legacy of this show, the mission of what we've been trying to do here for the past few years, but that will be, what will be coming up next week.
So, all on the way.
I have all Jane to thank for
it.
Thank you, Greg.
And thank you, Dietrich.
And thank you, Suzanne.
Thanks, everybody.
All right.
One more break to go.
The bullet point.
Bye-bye.
I'm Jane Matinair Day, official city of Milwaukee.
Yeah.
That's really gone to my head.
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I cannot thank all of you enough for being the, we have half the staff of Civic Media in here.
And we're spread out all over the state.
So for you folks who drove hours to be here for this, I cannot thank you enough.
It means the world.
You're going to make me be a sobbing mess.
I don't want to do that.
Oh,
too bad.
I don't want
to do that.
I'll cry later.
You'll cry now.
I'll cry.
No, no crying.
There's no crying in broadcaster.
There's not supposed to be anyway.
So
here we are here.
We
are here.
We are you told me to be like water
I told you to be like water and this and you and you made a bullet points beach for your goodbye.
I did Go for
are we ready?
I'm right.
Hey.
Hey, are you ready?
I am ready.
All right.
Here we go.
Here's my bullet point.
Bye-bye Number one not being informed is a choice you are choosing to give someone else the power to
to make decisions that directly affect you.
If you think about it, we walk around nowadays with encyclopedias in our hands.
So saying you don't know about something is not an excuse.
As my mother would have said, go look it up, get informed, knowledge is power.
Don't give that to somebody else.
Share what you know.
Number two, myvote.wi.gov, use it.
Call your representatives.
Let them know you're probably better informed on things than they would like you to be.
And if they aren't going to work on your behalf, perhaps they could have the decency to wear the logos of their corporate owners.
I mean donors.
No, I mean owners.
Number three, there is nothing wrong with reaching out for help.
Asking for help is a sign of wisdom and courage, not cowardice.
Call 988.
It's there for you.
Number four, now more than ever, we need one another, so get involved.
Help a neighbor, help a stranger, volunteer, donate, write postcards, find your candidate, knock on doors, organize, donate blood, adopt an animal, or buy a unicorn cape and march in support of democracy, whatever works for you, but do something.
Number five, eye contact can be fun.
Interact with other humans.
Okay, not in a creepy, unbroken, staring kind of way, but try something crazy, like saying good morning to the clerk at the gas station, or hold the door open for the lady at the post office.
Giving out a small compliment to someone, again, in a non-creepy, stalky way, can actually make someone's day.
I've done it, and so far, no one's punched me yet.
Number six.
This is state specific for people in my beloved home.
Friends, we live in Wisconsin.
When it snows, can we at least pretend we've driven in it before?
Snow isn't new.
Neither are the laws of physics.
Your big fancy expensive vehicle is still going to slide.
And as a reminder to all of us, a semi truck will always beat you.
Respect them.
Oh hell, just drive like me and then everything will be fine.
Number seven, remember that respect is earned, not demanded.
And number eight, never forget the importance of a little bit of silly.
Laughter is an undervalued commodity.
A chuckle to yourself is worth just as much as a big belly laugh and it's all free.
I hope you find some joy going forward and you have the chance to share it.
I love you guys.
We love you too, Jane.
Standing ovation.
My goodness.
Oh my goodness.
It has been a gift.
Four more years.
Four more years.
I promised to only email everyone once a week with all of my suggestions and things you should be covering and talking about.
And you are all special and magnificent and what you do.
makes a difference.
Please, please don't ever doubt that, because it does.
It makes a difference.
And everyone who listens, you all make a difference too.
Every little thing can add up.
Just like we talk about making donations for things.
If you can only do a dollar, if enough of us do a dollar, that makes a difference.
So we're pebbles, be a pebble.
or a goldfish, or I don't be a plant.
I don't care.
You can be whatever you want
to be.
That scene, that's exactly... Oh, look at that.
Got flowers
for
Jane
here.
Oh, my
goodness.
Thank you, everybody.
Yeah.
And Jane, you have made a difference.
Yes.
You have made a difference.
You're asking other people to make a difference.
You have made a difference for your 44-plus years.
And now I have
the whereas as to prove it.
Exactly.
You are legally
recognized in Milwaukee.
Thank you, everyone.
It is Jane McNair Day.
very, very much.
Take good care.
Take care of each other.
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Keep it here and tell people about it.
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do
with joy?
I hope you find some joy today and you get the chance to share it.
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I could enter.
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