Posts by: Greg K

Rep. Stone paid former Franklin alderwoman for consulting

On September 8, 2010 By

I’m a bit surprised that State Representative Jeff Stone is taking his opponent, Larry Gamble, this seriously. In reviewing his Pre-Primary campaign finance report, Stone’s campaign records a total of $2000 given to Vi Hammelman for “consulting” during the months of July & August. Vi is the ex-wife of former Franklin Alderman Alan Hammelman, who [...]

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Scott Walker’s donations from “South of the Border”

On September 7, 2010 By

Working on a story about campaign contributions to political candidates from Franklin, I downloaded the July, 2010-continuing reports from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board’s website from Wisconsin’s “Big Three” in the gubernatorial race – Tom Barrett, Mark Neumann and Scott Walker. What I didn’t expect from this was to be amused by politics.

On [...]

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Stone vs. Gamble: It’s on!

On July 9, 2010 By

Did you see the BizTimes write-up about Larry Gamble’s candidacy against State Representative Jeff Stone yet? Wow is all I can say, because Stone didn’t hold back any punches until the Gamble candidacy was official via nomination papers being turned in. Stone responded to Gamble’s concerns by providing the following quote to BizTimes:

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Rep. Jeff Stone (R-Greendale) has a challenger?

On July 5, 2010 By

Word on the street in Franklin was that Rep. Jeff Stone (R-Greendale) will have a challenger for his AD-82 seat. More interesting is that the challenger isn’t a Democrat!

I was able to confirm that with Larry Gamble, who is one of the founders of  Franklin-based Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty. Gamble told me [...]

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The egg on RPW’s face is getting harder to wipe off

On June 25, 2010 By

What a bad move to make a surprise endorsement like the one delegates made for Ron Johnson. It’s been getting worse by the week in terms of credibility and overall respect of the public towards a candidate running for office. Just this morning, Zach had a post linking to a Republican blog criticizing [...]

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Vukmir travels to Lazich territory to get funds

On June 21, 2010 By

State Representative Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa), candidate trying to oust State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa), is holding a fundraiser on June 28th…in Muskego. It strikes me as a funny since most of us who live in the southern burbs of Milwaukee metro always complain of the lack of places to dine or hold events. [...]

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Milwaukee must be doing something right

On June 21, 2010 By

Despite constant criticism about how Milwaukee is a terrible place to do oh so many things, such as operating a business, the city has to be doing something right in the tourism and attraction department. Over the years, Milwaukee has done itself well and continues to build upon what success it has achieved. Over the [...]

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State vs. Region – why statewide rankings can hurt cities

On June 15, 2010 By

Chief arguments led by Republicans against Tom Barrett or Jim Doyle usually end up one way or another with links to media articles or headlines showing Wisconsin as a bad state to do business. On my post yesterday, it happened yet again with a commenter posting an article by Forbes Magazine showing Wisconsin [...]

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New Berlin has racism issues? A New Berlin blogger thinks so

On June 14, 2010 By

Several days ago, New Berlin blogger Linda Richter made a post showing a list of projects and organizations within that suburb that were controversial and could be considered racist. Linda doesn’t hold much back, and included the following:

Besides racism issues, our city has gotten much media attention when some churches wanting to locate [...]

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Why Barrett can easily knock Walker out

On June 14, 2010 By

This past weekend at the DPW Convention, I became convinced more than ever that Scott Walker will have a very tough time beating Tom Barrett this November. Why? Because of several things.

Listening to Barrett’s speech on Saturday, it was impressive to see how fired up he was. He was committed to go above and [...]

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