Topic of the Week: the Radical Republican Redistricting plan
Yesterday Republicans in the state legislature revealed their plan to redraw the state’s 132 legislative seats just before a wave of recall elections this summer – a proposal that would push at least...
View ArticleAbele refuses to sign County Board’s odd redistricting plan
It’s just too bad the County Board had the votes to override a veto, because I would have liked to have seen this plan scrapped. Abele had previously returned the preliminary plan unsigned. In his...
View ArticleGlitch puts some Wisconsin voters in Africa
Some how I don’t think voter ID is going to fix this! LOL! Clerks scrambling to get voters in right districts before primary Madison – Clerks in the state are scrambling to assign voters to the right...
View ArticleJohn Boehner is one cocky S.O.B.
Boy, House Speaker John Boehner is one arrogant son of a gun… “So I think we’re in pretty strong shape for the year ahead.” Boehner said he thought it “quite likely” the party would maintain control of...
View Article“Ignore the Public Comments”
If you take away anything from this next story, as egregious as it is, remember that line. That should be the mantel that the democrats use to prop up their republican counterparts in the upcoming...
View ArticleErpenbach Strikes Back
The story came out yesterday that The republicans were unanimous in swearing their secrecy, to Michael, Best & Freidrich while they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to make...
View ArticleAnd Michael Best & Freidrich Passes the Buck
I shared Senator Jon Erpenbach's letter asking for some accountability for the taxpayers from Michael Best and Friedrich in regards to the redistricting fiasco that the Fitzgerald Brothers have put us...
View ArticleGOP Senate Majority Provided Shills for Redistricting Hearings.
Last Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article on the redistricting emails that were withheld from the courts. These emails were withheld even after the attorneys (Michael Best...
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly Bill Would Adopt Independent Redistricting.
First term Democratic members of the state assembly introduced a bill that would move the responsibility for redistricting from the assembly to an independent commission. Thursday’s proposal would...
View ArticleHow Many Wisconsin Counties Has Governor Walker Visited?
It’s a lazy hot summer day in Wisconsin…finally! But while reading my Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the front porch while eating breakfast…I see that Governor Walker is promising to visit every one of...
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Will We Have A Next Generation Of Space Scientists?
With all the brouhaha about declining education results, cuts to our university systems and the general disregard for science from our GOP electeds…in the shadow of the success of the New Horizons...
View ArticleHere’s your sunny Sunday open thread!
Here’s your chance to run the blog. Have a great Sunday!
View ArticleWhat rapper Killer Mike’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders could mean
Three weeks ago, rapper Killer Mike sent out a tweet announcing his endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and H.A. Goodman wrote on Friday that Killer Mike’s endorsement of...
View ArticleGreetings from Fitzwalkerstan: the calendar
Earlier this week I received an email from Ken Funck, a Wisconsin author who contributes annually to the Baseball Prospectus season preview guide and website. Ken emailed me about a new writing project...
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Cartoon: Walker’s Announcement from Dan Burr
Our friend Dan Burr submits another political cartoon. This time about Governor Walker’s announcement that he is running for president: Copyright and used by permission by Dan E. Burr.
View ArticleGov. Walker approves pay increase for State Troopers, give 31,000 other state...
This just sums up Gov. Scott Walker’s “divide and conquer” strategy at its best. Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that gives state troopers a 6 percent raise. The governor signed the...
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Kelly Wilz: An Open Letter to Those Who Hate Teachers
What follows is a blog by Kelly Wilz originally posted at Dissent and Cookies and reprinted here with her permission. When I graduated from college, I, like many graduates, had no clue what I wanted to...
View ArticleThe Hypocrisy Of The County Board About O’Donnell Park
I maybe could have resurrected my Whither Milwaukee County for this…and it does have one future installment coming…but not yet: It was announced in several venues today (including Facebook postings by...
View ArticleScott Walker gets the Bad Lip Reading treatment (VIDEO)
I’m a couple of days behind in my blogging, but I had to share this. Watch as Gov. Scott Walker’s first presidential campaign ad gets the Bad Lip Reading treatment.
View ArticleWhither MKE County: Dimitrijevic Gone?
JSOnline says that County Board Chair Marina Dimitrijevic is stepping down from the board chair effective Thursday July 30th: Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic is stepping down from...
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