Here’s a feel good human interest story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A curious Wisconsinite follows up on family stories to track down the deep woods northern Wisconsin crash site of a Cold War era B-52 bomber. Fifty years ago…
Bruce Murphy’s Take On AG Schimel’s Hearing Loss:
Earlier this week I commented on Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s total tone deafness related to his Department of Justice investigation into the shooting death of Sylville Smith at the hands of the Milwaukee Police Department. I am not the…
Which Friend, Relative or Contributor Will Gov Walker Appoint to Head the State Patrol?
Stephen Fitzgerald, father of WI State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and former Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, announced his retirement from his post as Superintendent of the Wisconsin State Patrol. Although a distinguished law enforcement officer there were some serious…
OP ED: Politician-made perfect storm could damage our kids’ schools
This is being reprinted with permission from Save Our Schools Wauwatosa. It originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and OnMilwaukee.com and was written by Mary Young. Most of you know how I feel about public schools and I think…
Report: Wisconsin tax credit primarily benefits wealthy
This shouldn’t be any surprise to anyone living in Wisconsin and paying any kind of attention…but from San Francisco via the Associated Press: A tax credit passed to benefit manufacturers and agricultural producers in Wisconsin is primarily helping millionaires, according…
Rep. Bob Gannon Goes Over His Own Edge
Sometimes you wonder where the party of personal responsibility, small government and local control gets their off the sanity continuum ideas. The latest off the charts wing nut is Wisconsin State Representative Bob Gannon (R-Slinger). His proposal is to put…
How The Dems Have To Run Locally In Wisconsin
I have seen any number of suggestions around the internet about the state party platform for the Dems in the Fall 2016 local elections. Most of them focus on the big ideas that are the big ideologies of the party.…
Now About Those Pesky Emails Anyway!
No, I am not talking about the personal email servers used by the last three former Secretaries of State…I am talking about those email issues on Capitol Hill! Yahoo Mail has been blocked until further notice by Congress due to…
Remember That Time Abele Said He Wasn’t Going To Take Over MPS Schools?
Many of our local readers are probably aware of the history behind the state-mandated Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program – or OSPP. Essentially the state has required the county executive to take over 3 underperforming Milwaukee Public Schools per year…
When is 49% Good Enough and 50% Isn’t
I know that I ragged on the voter turn out already last week. How everyone was extolling the high turnout yet only 49% of eligible voters turned out. So the minority of voters made some pretty important decisions about local…