Editorial: Laurels & Darts

Waukesha Freeman, June 17, 2006

LAUREL To settlement talks finally beginning between Oconomowoc and Aurora Health Care. The hospital systems lawsuit against the city is more than 5 years old, and it is about time the two sides work to end it. The final result of these talks has yet to be determined, and who knows? maybe the settlement discussions will end up with Aurora building in the town of Summit after all. That is what Aurora wants, that is what the city wants, and that is what the town wants. Either way, at least Aurora and the city are talking. Hopefully this means an end to the rhetoric, for now.

LAUREL To Pabst Farms Development Inc. for bringing on General Growth Properties Inc. as a partner in the development of a massive retail complex for Oconomowoc. From Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa to Oakbrook Center near Chicago, we like what the real estate investment trust has done in other areas. We hope, and expect, a similar quality development at Pabst Farms.