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It appears the sordid saga that is Tim Russell’s tenure as one of then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s closest aides and confidants isn’t over.

As
reported by Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Russell was hired to work in Scott Walker’s County Executive administration despite having been fired from his state [...]

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Among the revelations that came out of the multiple felony charges filed against former Scott Walker aide Kelly Rindfleisch was the assertion by Tom Nardelli, then-Milwaukee County Executive Walker’s chief of staff, that he didn’t even know Rindfleisch was hired to work in Walker’s office or for what reason she was hired until she showed [...]

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South Korea Gets It!

On January 29, 2012 By

Yesterday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured a front page article on a South Korean who is currently a professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Jae “Jim” Park received one of South Korea’s highest honors for his work reclaiming polluted waterways in his home nation. An amazing and worthwhile endeavor on the part [...]

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Except when it isn’t.

Milwaukee taxpayers are about to get some answers about why City Hall is cracking and crumbling in some spots.The damage happened a year ago after the city spent $75 million on a renovation project.

“Millions of dollars were spent to get it right, and unfortunately, it didn’t turn out like [...]

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It was a crushing defeat for Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse on Thursday at the Waukesha County Courthouse, as the Friends of Scott Walker successfully sued in order to ensure that those characters would not steal our recall process. Attorney Jeremy Levinson called the day’s events “political theatre”, an apt way to describe the arguments, [...]

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Inconvenient Keynesian Truths

On December 30, 2011 By

When you’re right, you’re right.

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A list of bills that Governor Walker signed this week.  I wonder how many were designed to create jobs?  Let’s look and see!

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Scott Walker’s enthrallment to the construction industry (to the tune of more than $1.2 million over the years) has now cost the state millions in federal dollars that would have been available to deliver needed (and mandatory) upgrades to the Hiawatha Line.  Wisconsin is one of the states which contributes more to the Federal [...]

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What to Cut?

On November 28, 2011 By

The elephant in the Federal Budget room.

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In a plan sure to be touted by the Walker administration as a “win,” the state has “convinced” Ruud Lighting to build a facility in Racine.  By “convinced” I mean “bribed.”

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