From the monthly archives: March 2009

“Awear” event to be held April 2

On March 31, 2009 By

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Mayor Tom Barrett will strut the runway this spring.

It’s for a good cause, too. Barrett and his wife, Kris, as well as Kenya Bell, wife of Milwaukee Bucks player Charlie Bell, and former TV reporter Julie Feldman will take part in “Awear,” the fifth annual fashion event [...]

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So this is what constitutes a “clean campaign?”

On March 31, 2009 By

Down at the bottom of Judge Randy Koschnick’s Supreme Court campaign website, there’s a clean campaign ticker counting down the days since Judge Koschnick invited Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson to sign a clean campaign pledge. According to Judge Koschnick’s website, Judge Koschnick “said he believes the two can disagree while maintaining a high level [...]

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The Journal Sentinel asked questions, I answered

On March 30, 2009 By

There’s no question there’s a lot at stake in the upcoming spring elections, both on a statewide level and more importantly on the local level. Here in South Milwaukee, voters will have to choose two individuals to serve for the next three years as members of the school board. To help voters make their choices, [...]

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Koschnick running illegal ad?

On March 29, 2009 By

Take a look at the ad being run by Randy Koschnick’s campaign (it’s on the right hand side of the image) and tell me if you see anything wrong with it:

Did you see anything wrong with the ad? If you said that his ad doesn’t have a disclaimer (along the [...]

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The Republican budget “solution”

On March 28, 2009 By

Apparently, GOP “young gun” (the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s term, not mine) Paul Ryan thinks he’s got some bright ideas on how to improve President Barack Obama’s budget proposal. Predictably, shortly after Rep. Ryan unveiled his grand budget proposal, some on the right fell all over themselves to praise the proposal offered by Republicans:

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Norquist pitches street grids

On March 26, 2009 By

Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist has a novel idea: build more street grids (emphasis mine):

[I]f you have a city with boulevards and avenues and no freeways, it’s going to be a lot more valuable. You look at Vancouver, they have no freeways whatsoever, and they have a fabulously intense and valuable real [...]

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Since when do Republicans support bigger government?

On March 26, 2009 By

Since when do Republicans support bigger government?

I think it’s a question that’s worth asking, especially on the heels of a report in the Journal Sentinel that Republican State Senator Ted Kanavas of Brookfield and Republican State Representative Leah Vukmir of Wauwatosa have introduced a bill to dissolve Milwaukee Public Schools and replace it [...]

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Did Pridemore coordinate his questionable press release?

On March 25, 2009 By

I blogged earlier today about State DPI Superintendent candidate Tony Evers’ use of state resources to engage in campaign-related activities. However, as some bloggers and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin have noted, Republican State Representative Don Pridemore may have violated state election laws for an email he sent off using his state email [...]

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AFSCME Lobby Day 2009

On March 25, 2009 By

Alexis and I spent today in Madison at the Capitol, where we joined hundreds of fellow AFSCME brothers and sisters to speak to our legislators. The highlight of the day for Alexis was probably when she got to sit behind Rep. Mark Honadel’s desk, while the highlight for me was meeting Sen. Jeff Plale for [...]

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Evers used state resources for campaign purposes?

On March 25, 2009 By

Say it ain’t so!

Now keep in mind, this story was broken by Mark Belling, and I have yet to see the emails Belling references (despite him breaking the story yesterday), but I am hoping they’ll be put on the intertubes soon. According to Mark Belling, an open records request he initiated regarding Continue Reading →