Local Indicator Of The Need For Campaign Finance Reform

Full Disclaimer: I have endorsed Common Council President and Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson for Mayor of Milwaukee and will continue my support through this election cycle. A few days ago, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Daniel Bice wrote about a ‘shadowy’ third party organization that has purchased television advertising in support…

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So The Democrats Pretty Much Look Like Sh*t Right Now.

First we have the app screw up in the Iowa Caucus. After reading the narrative on how it was developed and how it was delivered, this veteran of 25 years as a software developer…sees that it was bound to fail. AND it makes the Iowa Democratic Party look pretty inept….

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Chris Abele’s broken promises

Yesterday Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote a piece about a couple of campaign promises that County Executive Chris Abele appears to have broken since being elected to office. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is finding out that it’s easy to throw around campaign promises when running for…

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Chris Abele hires security to the stars as bodyguards

Earlier today Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has hired some new security to guard him – at a cost of nearly $74 per hour for each of two guards. What’s more, Abele will also be tooling around in a GMC Yukon XL,…

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So about that woman in the Mary Burke ad…

Despite his longstanding rule that “just because it’s on CCAP doesn’t mean it’s a story,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Bice didn’t hesitate to report on the story of Erin Forrest, a woman who appeared in an ad for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke, despite Forrest having been charged with…

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Source for conservative smear piece against DA Chisholm & wife is former cop who made threats against Chisholm

On Wednesday I reported on the conservative smear piece alleging Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s use of the John Doe investigation process to investigate (and successfully prosecute) a number of aides and close associates to then-County Executive Scott Walker was motivated by his wife’s feelings about Act 10. The…

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Dan Bice: “GOP criticizes Mary Burke for being ‘entitled’ to Trek job”

Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “GOP criticizes Mary Burke for being ‘entitled’ to Trek job” Putting aside the fact that Mary Burke cannot help the fact that she was born into the family that founded Trek, which makes Bice’s entire report laughable, I find it incredible that Joe…

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Sheriff Clarke brings the crazy, threatens to have HOC Superintendant arrested

Another day, another absolutely bizarre situation from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and one of his top toadies, Inspector Richard Schmidt. Michael Hafemann, the new superintendent of the House of Correction, must have known he was going to butt heads with Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. Clarke relinquished…

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Yes, Scott Walker Stonewalled, According to Indicted Walker Crony Tim Russell

The news today is from the courtroom, where the judge in the John Doe squeezed the information out of Tim Russell’s lawyer.  I’m going to get in trouble for copying this, but I’ll do it almost in its entirety nonetheless.  From Esquire:  Lon Robinson sat down at the defendant’s table…

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Walker Obstructed John Doe Investigation Two Years Ago

According to Dan Bice at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Milwaukee County Executive’s office has been obstructing the probe into the misappropriation of funds intended to help veterans and their families as far back as May, 2010. On May 5, 2010, Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf filed a petition with court officials asking…

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