I’m in the race!

Fresh off the heels of Janet Evans’ announcement that she plans on running for a seat on the Franklin School Board, I have an announcement of my own.

I’ve filed all the necessary paperwork, and I am now a candidate for a seat on the South Milwaukee School Board. I’ve had a desire for a [...]

Blagojevich to name Obama Senate replacement

Despite warnings from Senate Democrats that they would not seat anyone appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by president-elect Barack Obama, the AP is reporting Gov. Blagojevich is going to go ahead and name former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris as president-elect Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate. [...]

Katrina: the nail in Bush’s coffin?

According to two former Bush White House advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government’s handling of the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina, the poor handling of Katrina knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, making it much more difficult for Bush to govern with credibility (emphasis mine):

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The cost of all those cuts

Let me preface this entry by noting that Chris (a.k.a. capper) over at Cognitive Dissidence has a much more personal – and much more powerful – blog entry about this same subject. I’d encourage you all to visit CD and read for yourselves.

For years, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has touted the fact [...]