Day: January 28, 2014

There has been a fair amount of press on the shortage of propane in the state as temperatures continue to seek the bottom of the thermometer. Steve Carlson touched on it briefly here on Blogging Blue. But today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discussed Governor Walker’s about face on providing financial…

This is rich, considering how it’s Republicans who just love to scream about “VOTE FRAUD!” A state legislative aide was charged Monday with election fraud for allegedly voting in the wrong district in 2008 and 2010. Marcie R. Malszycki, 33, an aide to state Rep. Warren Petryk, a Republican from…

So here we go….President Obama’s fifth State of the Union address. Discuss.

Hey all you folks shivering up in the 7th congressional district and beyond, when you’re turning your thermostat down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit today and trying desperately to figure out how in the hell you’re going to pay $5.00 a gallon for propane, if you can find it at all,…

Ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight, Democratic House candidate Kelly Westlund held a media conference call today with minimum-wage workers from Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. On the call, Westlund and the minimum-wage workers urged Westlund’s opponent, incumbent Republican Rep. Sean Duffy to support raising the minimum…

What do Wal-Mart and a virus have in common? They both spread like wildfire. When big box stores (I’ll leave it to you to decide just WHICH big-box stores) come to town, they almost always shut down all the mom-and-pop stores in the area they open in. And it’s a…