This wasn’t Rep. Wood’s first OWI…

…it’s actually his third. I reported when news of Rep. Wood’s arrest first broke that he was arrested on charges of operating while intoxicated-first offense, but it turns out Rep. Wood has been arrested twice before for Operating While Intoxicated, in 1990 and 1991.

As James Wigderson notes, Rep. Wood gave an interview with WAYY-AM, [...]

Sheriff’s deputy arrested in double shooting

A Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputy is being held this afternoon on a possible charge of attempted homicide in connection with a double shooting last night that wounded a 31 year-old woman and her 12 year-old neighbor, according to police reports. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Thomas D. Hutchins, a 12-year-veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, [...]

More thoughts on health care in South Milwaukee

A little earlier today, I wrote about the decision by the South Milwaukee Common Council to push through an ordinance prohibiting the city of South Milwaukee from mandating that private businesses provide certain wages or benefits to employees.

It’s no secret State Representative Mark Honadel – whose district includes South Milwaukee – is no fan [...]

No health care mandate for South Milwaukee

Fresh off the heels of voters in Milwaukee overwhelmingly approving a referendum that requires all private employers in the city to provide paid sick days to all employees, members of the South Milwaukee Common Council are prepared to suspend their rules tonight so they can quickly adopt an ordinance prohibiting the city itself from mandating [...]

The 50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme

Not sure if any of you out there saw this, but Bernard Madoff, the former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested last week Thursday on a single charge of securities fraud:

Bernard Madoff, a quiet force on Wall Street for decades, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a $50 [...]