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Posted by Zach W on December 27, 2009, at 6:20 am

Plale gets a challenger for 2010, still no Democrat in the 21st

It appears State Senator Jeff Plale, who represents State Senate District 7, will have at least one Republican challenger in 2010, in the form of Milwaukee attorney Jess Ripp. Ripp’s campaign website (what little there is) is full of standard Republican talking points, so it’s safe to assume Ripp is firmly entrenched as [...]

Posted by Zach W on October 3, 2009, at 5:54 am

In Brief: 2010 election musings

After some speculation that he was interested in running, State Rep. Brett Davis (R-Oregon) has registered as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. As a moderate Republican (hard to believe there is still such a thing), Davis might have a hard time gaining support from a Republican establishment that seems to have veered far [...]

Posted by Zach W on August 24, 2009, at 5:52 am

Save the Hoan? How about finding the best solution?

Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik, who has previously suggested turning I-94 from the Milwaukee/Racine county line to the state line into a toll road to pay for the cost of redecking the Hoan Bridge, has made it clear she’s not interested in studying any alternatives to redecking the Hoan (emphasis mine):

Matt Hintze, an HNTB vice [...]

Posted by Zach W on August 10, 2009, at 5:57 am

Honadel to have a challenger?

While it’s obviously still very early in the race, Republican State Representative Mark Honadel of the 21st Assembly District will have at least one challenger for his seat in 2010. However, the lone challenger to register as a candidate isn’t a Democrat – it’s Republican Jason Scott Komorowski of Oak Creek. I’m attempting [...]

Posted by Zach W on June 11, 2009, at 5:37 pm

Honadel seeks to restore Learnfare program

In a press release issued yesterday, State Rep. Mark Honadel of South Milwaukee indicated he wants to amend the state budget to restore the Learnfare program. In justifying the amendment, here’s what Rep. Honadel said:

I believe the Learnfare program should be restored from the elimination made by Governor Doyle and Joint Finance because the [...]

Posted by Zach W on May 31, 2009, at 6:50 pm

Honadel to run for reelection in 2010

Earlier this week, I wrote about a rumor State Representative Mark Honadel might be retiring after his current term in office expires; however it appears that rumor is false, as Rep. Honadel himself explained:

It was brought to my attention that a rumor was published on this website saying that I may not run for re-election [...]

Posted by Zach W on May 27, 2009, at 7:50 pm

Honadel to retire?

Two anonymous sources have indicated to me Rep. Mark Honadel of the 21st Assembly District will not run for reelection in 2010. While this rumor hasn’t been confirmed by Rep. Honadel, it would certainly throw an interesting wrinkle into the 2010 race in the 21st District. If Rep. Honadel does in fact retire [...]

Posted by Zach W on March 25, 2009, at 7:42 pm

AFSCME Lobby Day 2009

Alexis and I spent today in Madison at the Capitol, where we joined hundreds of fellow AFSCME brothers and sisters to speak to our legislators. The highlight of the day for Alexis was probably when she got to sit behind Rep. Mark Honadel’s desk, while the highlight for me was meeting Sen. Jeff Plale [...]

Posted by Zach W on March 10, 2009, at 9:09 pm

South Shore Citizens for a Prosperous Future

This comes courtesy of Dave Maass:

The South Shore Citizens for a Prosperous Future is hosting a community meeting on Thursday, March12, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., in the Chase Bank Community Room, 4702 S Packard Avenue in Cudahy (that’s on the southeast corner of Packard and Layton – the parking lot is to the East). The purpose [...]

Posted by Zach W on January 18, 2009, at 2:19 pm

What if an election was held, but no one ran?

That’s a question being asked in the village of North Prairie, where no one has taken out the papers to run for Village President in the April 2009 election. I’ve not seen an update to this story, so I don’t know if anyone filed late for Village President, but barring a name on the [...]