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Marlin Schneider, Democratic State Representative from Wisconsin Rapids, wants to keep people from having easy access to CCAP, but for what ? Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, wants to restrict the popular service, known as CCAP, to only records of people who have been convicted of crimes, not those that are only pending or have been dismissed or ended in acquittals.. He said he sou...
Cognitive Dissidence - Mon 8:06 p.m. - 2 clicks 
Priebus' spin of things in Milwaukee: Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus says while it is positive Barrett is noticing his property tax hikes have consequences, Wisconsin residents don’t want to gamble as to whether or not Barrett’s new rhetoric will match reality if elected governor. “Barrett has a record of hiking property taxes as a mayor, so it’s hard to believe he’d have...
Cognitive Dissidence - Mon 7:04 p.m. - 3 clicks
Some Waukesha mayoral candidates say they don't want their to get entangled with Milwaukee's social problems. But still, they want water from Milwaukee's Water Works. Just without any responsibilities along the way - - no messy interactions with the big bad city to the East. Just send the water. The problem - - aside from those candidates' tunnel-vision and insensitivity - - is th...
The Political Environment - Mon 5:45 p.m. - 5 clicks
There is much to do and many ways to get it done. We know many of you would be interested in this festival and at the last meeting general membership voted to sponsor this by helping to spread the word. Progressive Dane will be tabling at the event, so stop by and find out what our members are working on and how you can practice what you learn here. Wisconsin River Valley Grassroots Festiva...
Progressive Dane - Mon 4:43 p.m. - 2 clicks
Gotta quiz for you...Which supposedly "independent" and "unbiased" organization in Wisconsin fits the following? Its president and leading voice is a former Republican administration official and local Republican party executive committee member. Members of its board of directors since 1994 have donated nearly $1.3 million to Republicans and conservative political can...
One Wisconsin Now - Mon 12:45 p.m. - 7 clicks
See Begala: Democrats Should Make The GOP Vote On Their Own Budget Proposals , by Rachel Slajda . ...
MAL Contends - Mon 8:40 a.m. - 9 clicks
It's all too funny watching Paul Ryan pose as a tribune of fiscal rectitude. It's not just because he voted for Bush's budgets, it's not just because he voted for the deficit-financed Medicare drug benefit. It's also because, just three......
Brew City Brawler - Mon 5:26 a.m. - 7 clicks
If the Tea Baggers are so angry about bailouts, they should consider fielding a candidate against US Rep. Paul Ryan, who convinced many conservative members of Congress to vote for the plan when it was first proposed by the Bush administration. Lou Kaye. Paul Begala thinks Democrats should put Ryan's entire Road Map up for a vote. Hullabaloo. It's all we can do to ...
Pundit Nation - Mon 5:08 a.m. - 6 clicks
As I’ve noted before, Wisconsin’s school funding formula is flawed, perhaps fatally. School districts across the state are facing increasingly difficult decisions on how to balance their desire to provide a quality education to their students with their need to not bust their budgets, and as Forward Our Motto points out, a very small [...]...
Blogging Blue - Mon 3:43 a.m. - 10 clicks
The Janesville Gazette continued to pile on Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan in both Saturday and Sunday editions with gangland style attacks, even bragging about how their trumped up story received statewide attention. JG Editor's Views Excerpt : (Feb.7, 2010) In nearly every case, the Gazette got credit for reporting the story first. We love to be first with any story. We parti...
Rock Netroots - Mon 3:22 a.m. - 6 clicks
Over the past eight years, we have seen Scott Walker attempt to system-atically destroy Milwaukee County. He has continuously denied his responsibility towards the parks, cutting funding every year, until we have over $200 million in deferred maintenance and repairs. Likewise, he has continuously cut routes and raised fares for the transit system, to the point that it is now 80% of what it ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 11:44 p.m. - 6 clicks
One Wisconsin Now is helping publicize this week's focus group opportunity that is part of a regional look at the effects of water diversions on our region's social justice. Activists should check it ou t, then mark your calendars. ...
The Political Environment - Sun 11:27 p.m. - 6 clicks
It didn't get much play last week, so let's go back to word that the region's private sector power brokers - - I reprinted their text - - created a coalition of chambers of commerce and large businesses to influence the Waukesha water issue. Waukesha's quest for a Lake Michigan diversion, they say, should be granted because it is now the key to the region's definition a...
The Political Environment - Sun 10:45 p.m. - 7 clicks
Lord, forgive them. Welcome to Wisconsin Christian News “Why Do 1,000 Scientists (and Growing) Believe Darwin Was Wrong?” That is the banner on the “What’s the Evidence?” fair booth which has been at Waukesha and Washington Counties this summer and is scheduled to be at Dodge and Sheboygan County fairs. “A lot of folks come to the booth and admit to having questions about the Creation and ...
The Motley Cow - Sun 8:59 p.m. - 4 clicks
Gretchen Schuldt may be very well correct when she points out that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is going down the toilet. Last year, I had a difficult time justifying renewing my subscription to the paper. Even though the paper was already a diminishing product, there was a lot of debate in the Cheddarsphere about supporting the media. Despite its lowered quality and its high level o...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 8:25 p.m. - 11 clicks
Week two of the agenda rundown experiment. The big important things are the La Follette Area attendance info (now including East Area and West Area) and the Budget Timeline. As explained in the first post in this series, the Madison Metropolitan School district Board of Education first sees most agenda items when meeting in committee [...] ...
Advocates for Madison Public Schools - Sun 6:24 p.m. - 8 clicks
Date: Mon, 02/15/2010 - 8:30am CHIPPEWA VALLEY CONSERVATION LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST, MONDAY, FEB.15, 8:30 A.M. Altoona City Hall, Community Room, 1303 Lynn Ave. (corner of Lynn & Division Streets) www.ci.altoona.wi.us Please join Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters and the Chippe...
Uppity Wisconsin - Sun 2:43 p.m. - 3 clicks
James Rowen, at the Political Environment , has covered , in detail and with clarity, the expensive , sprawl-encouraging, Waukesha water diversion proposal. He also critiques the unthinking and misguided Journal Sentinel editorial page's support for such exurban development. Though the editorial does mention an environmental impact study, this seems more an obstacle than a true concern. The...
Brewtown Gumshoe - Sun 9:45 a.m. - 5 clicks
LONDON (Reuters) - Saxophonist Sir John Dankworth, one of the leading figures in British jazz for more than half a century, has died, his agent said Sunday. He was 82. He and Cleo Laine played Milwaukee every year for a stretch in the mid-70s into the 80s. Always filled the Hall--Uihlein Hall. She was the headliner, but their show was like few other collaborations. Cleo sang a capella this s...
Water Blogged in Waukesha - Sun 8:28 a.m. - 11 clicks
The Journal Sentinel says in a Sunday editoria l that questions about the relationship between Waukesha's access to and use of diverted Lake Michigan water and potential growth are not appropriate. Let's look at this differently. I would argue that these are perfectly reasonable and relevant questions, for three reasons, at least: 1. The Great Lakes Compact, under which the Waukesha di...
The Political Environment - Sat 10:01 p.m. - 4 clicks
Posted by Gary Storck Saturday, February 6, 2010 The T.H.C. "Talking Hemp & Cannabis" expo drew dozens to the Berlin WI Public Library today. Below is a disappointing report from Fox11 in Green Bay, which had great footage of Jacki and me, but left most of it out in favor of some opponent with an illogical opposition to protecting the sick and dying from arrest and jail for treating themselve...
Madison NORML - Sat 10:01 p.m. - 3 clicks
Jim Rowen, a member of the Institute for One Wisconsin family, reports over at The Political Environment that the good work of activists is resulting in a series of public focus groups planned by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to get public input on "the implications of transferring Lake Michigan water to Waukesha and other communities." Check here for critic...
One Wisconsin Now - Sat 10:42 a.m. - 4 clicks
"I am not going to run for president. I'm just not going to do it. My head's not that big, and my kids are too small. - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to Mike Gousha. . ...
Uppity Wisconsin - Sat 9:47 a.m. - 15 clicks
Journal Sentinel: A 21-year-old man whose mother shot him in the groin Thursday night told police he was trying to be funny by wearing a ski mask and pretending to rob her, but investigators aren't necessarily buying his story, a Milwaukee police spokesman said Friday. Also: Is there any idiot wielding an illegal gun Owen Robinson won't defend? Update: We are, of course, not surpris...
Pundit Nation - Sat 8:49 a.m. - 9 clicks
In the United States Senate, doing nothing is protected as a point of historical pride. It is the privilege of a U.S. Senator to do nothing and the do-nothing gang does not want this august legislative body to lose its harrowed privilege. As Gail Collins puts it this morning : "There is a stupendous lack of real enthusiasm in the Senate for doing anything as dramatic as eliminating the senat...
Uppity Wisconsin - Sat 8:25 a.m. - 10 clicks
Paul Ryan is wrong again. And, as usual, the Journal Sentinel is spreading his drivel . Paul Krugman addressed and debunked these fiscal fallacies and scare-tactics (such as those Paul Ryan purveys ) in his latest column . The economy is, historically, worse under Republican administrations. When conservatives are in power: deficits increase, wage-growth slows, and general socio-economic ...
Brewtown Gumshoe - Sat 6:21 a.m. - 6 clicks
The Waukesha Water Utility has posted on its website a breakdown of estimated costs for three water supply alternatives, with its preferred plan - - a Lake Michigan diversion - - carrying a projected $164 million construction price tag. The posting is here . It would dwarf recent water utility capital project costs . And is about triple the entire City's 2010 operating budget . S...
The Political Environment - Fri 11:56 p.m. - 4 clicks
The Tony Evers takeover story was one of the first, and has 44 comments right now, including: I'm a high school teacher with 2 years of employment in the district. The state is playing budgetary politics and withholding funds will only help keep the status quo. The teachers that will be let go are the ones who work the hardest and are the most dedicated. The teachers who are not invested in ed...
Pundit Nation - Fri 8:07 p.m. - 12 clicks
...this might be a good time to update your Facebook profile picture . After all, social media needs do change. ...
Pundit Nation - Fri 5:25 p.m. - 12 clicks
The cops didn't ask for an ID? Waukesha - The former Waukesha County account clerk accused of stealing more than $300,000 donated by seniors for meals at nutrition sites evaded arrest for two days this week after telling a detective the person he was looking for was in another state, a prosecutor said Friday. The Waukesha County sheriff's detective went to Kham Sisaleumsak's residenc...
Pundit Nation - Fri 5:03 p.m. - 4 clicks
Including the Metropolitan Milwaukee (sic) Association of Commerce: From Biz Times Daily enews Feb 5 2010 Mission statement from their webpage: The Sustainable Water Supply Coalition (SH2OSC) is a growing alliance of regional businesses and organizations focused on advancing our region as a global water hub focusing on water technology, water conserv...
The Political Environment - Fri 3:26 p.m. - 4 clicks
Word had been circulating for weeks that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources had decided to carry out a complete Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) review of Waukesha's proposal to divert Lake Michigan water and return it via wastewater discharged into Wauwatosa's Underwood Creek. The EIS is a matter of federal statutory authority, and comports with Wisconsin law, too. This is g...
The Political Environment - Fri 12:45 p.m. - 9 clicks
The State of Michigan continues to pressure the courts to force Illinois to shut off the Asian carps' access to the Great Lakes, according to the Journal Sentinel. ...
The Political Environment - Fri 12:22 p.m. - 4 clicks
In 18 poverty fighting pieces of legislation in 2009, Ryan voted against 15. View scorecard here . State of Wisconsin Population: 5,654,774 Poverty rate: 10.4% If you didn't think it was possible, one other Wisconsin legislator actually scored lower on poverty than Ryan's "F". Score Ryan 12, Sensenbrenner 11 ...
Rock Netroots - Fri 10:43 a.m. - 11 clicks
From WBAY-TV AMPS followed the travails of the Wausaukee School District as the pressures 0f Wisconsin’s broken school finance system led it to the brink of dissolution. A successful referendum in August 2008 gave the district new life. This Wednesday, Wausaukee celebrated three prestigious awards, the High School won a Federal Department of Education National [...] ...
Advocates for Madison Public Schools - Fri 7:42 a.m. - 3 clicks
It's nice of Glenn to provide fodder here . Senator Grothman reiterated his call to disband the Clean Energy Committee as Wisconsin has had its second year in a row of temperatures below average, calling the whole rationale of the original task force in question. At the first committee meeting Senator Miller adjourned the committee while Senator Grothman tried to get his attention to discuss t...
Glenn Grothman Watch - Fri 7:05 a.m. - 6 clicks
It's hard to know what to make of yesterday's threat by Tony Evers, Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction, to withhold millions of dollars in federal funds for Milwaukee Public Schools. At first blush, it's hard to take it all that seriously. While no one's confirming a number there is a breathtaking estimate of $166 million floating around. That wouldn't just be a matter of Evers,...
Pundit Nation - Fri 5:26 a.m. - 6 clicks
Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center takes a look at Paul Ryan's Road Map to Ruin and finds Paul Ryan's plan won't fix the deficit: Word is getting around that CBO has blessed a major budget reform plan proposed......
Brew City Brawler - Fri 5:25 a.m. - 8 clicks
Check out these two articles: SF mayor: city can save money with open source software and California CIO: Open source officially welcome here . [Oh, here is what open source is, if you are wondering. The short version: the source code for the program is available to anyone, and the application is free.] Of course, open source does have some draw backs, but so does closed source commercial ...
Forward Our Motto - Fri 3:48 a.m. - 3 clicks
Well not in those exact words but according to Milwaukee Alder Robert Bauman: Dane County Airport rail stop would be a mistake From the article: The current plan provides that the Madison terminal for this new service will be at the Dane County Regional Airport - miles from the Capitol and downtown Madison. The airport location is a mistake that must be corrected if the new service is going t...
Forward Our Motto - Fri 3:48 a.m. - 3 clicks
Fellow Supporters of Milwaukee County- Things are really starting to move in regarding the much needed dedicated funding for our transit system and our parks system. The state legislature is poised to consider two very important bills. One is SB-511 , which is the bill that would allow Milwaukee County to pass the half-cent sales tax for the transit system as the prelude to the RTA. On ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 10:45 p.m. - 13 clicks
Paul Ryan: Why aren't you giving us a budget...that actually is sustainable? Timothy Geithner: Congressman, we're proposing a budget that takes the huge mess we inherited and cuts the deficits dramatically. Ryan: You can blame Bush only so long. Geithner: It's just a factual thing. Again, when I left the Treasury in 2000 it was surpluses on OMB and CBO’s around as far as the eye can see. Whe...
Rock Netroots - Thu 10:28 p.m. - 8 clicks
The Google never lies: (click on image to embiggen) I thought that there might be something from Scott Walker the musician or Scott Walker the hockey player . Heck, I even thought that our own Scott Walker the hypocrite would have had at least one, until I remembered that he hasn't completely destroyed Milwaukee County...yet. Although he is getting close, if you read the bottom one...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 8:57 p.m. - 7 clicks
From a Brawler classic about Paul Ryan from three years ago: Here's what Ryan had to say in the 3/22/05 Cap Times & Wisconsin State Journal: About 2 p.m. Sunday, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, learned he'd need to fly......
Brew City Brawler - Thu 8:17 p.m. - 6 clicks
The Brawler 100% supports Democratic efforts to make the Republican Party own Paul Ryan's Road Map to An Early Grave for Poor Seniors. From Talking Points Memo: You thought Republicans were going to be able to wiggle away from their......
Brew City Brawler - Thu 7:27 p.m. - 9 clicks
Russ Feingold, during today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Louis Butler's nomination to the federal bench: I know Justice Butler very well. The characterization of his type of judging and the way he approaches cases by Senator Kyl , with all respect, is simply incorrect. As Senator Kohl indicated we had a distinguished commission of people who care a great deal about h...
Pundit Nation - Thu 7:05 p.m. - 17 clicks
[corrected material crossed out; new material in italics, update at bottom] Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction has officially embraced a policy of starving Milwaukee Public Schools into submission by exercising his power to withhold Federal funds from the district. Here is the Press Release in it’s entirety (official notice here). Evers issues notice to Milwaukee Public Schools...
Advocates for Madison Public Schools - Thu 2:35 p.m. - 6 clicks
Russ Feingold is used to being called a maverick, but nothing can be more outrageous than syndicated Republican talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s comparison of him to the terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. Limbaugh said that Bin Laden’s recent comments “sounds like this could easily be [said by] Russ Feingold, the Senator from Wisconsin.” Limbaugh clearly doesn’t understand [.....
Watchdog Milwaukee - Thu 1:43 p.m. - 4 clicks
WMC Watch News : WMC's new board chair is calling for bipartisan efforts to stimulate job growth in Wisconsin. Laughable, given the extremely partisan disposition of the organization he now heads and his own partisan campaign contributions....
One Wisconsin Now - Thu 10:48 a.m. - 8 clicks
Yet another story has popped about Republican Tommy Thompson maybe/maybe not throwing his hat in a race somewhere in Wisconsin. But the real question is: will the right wing call it "dithering"?...
One Wisconsin Now - Thu 10:48 a.m. - 5 clicks
Update : Please note response of the office of Sen. Feingold in the comments section. George Wagner's MJS column last month reporting Sen. Russ Feingold defended the filibuster at a listening session in Milwaukee reveals a problem of Feingold's that progressives know about but rarely speak: What Bertrand Russell would describe as Feingold's "corner of madness." That would be Feingold's tend...
MAL Contends - Thu 7:42 a.m. - 7 clicks
Glenn doesn't believe in global warming because it's colder in West Bend this year. Wis. senator calls for disbanding state's Clean Energy Committee Wisconsin state Senator Glenn Grothman says he's not convinced climate change is happening in our state. Representing West Bend, he serves on the state's Clean Energy Committee. He says the committee should disband and stop pursuing alternative...
Glenn Grothman Watch - Thu 7:42 a.m. - 6 clicks
Then again, Paul Ryan is pretty sure Obama would lose if the election were held today. From RealClearPolitics: RCP: President Obama won Wisconsin by 14 points last year, yet a poll released last week showed your friend Russ Feingold trailing......
Brew City Brawler - Thu 5:22 a.m. - 18 clicks
I mean, really... This is politically viable: Huge Cuts (and/or Big Taxes) for MMSD? Yes, it's very likely that the Madison Metropolitan School District will see cuts in services coupled with a tax increase. And regardless of whatever Caffeinated Politics might say, it's not the fault of the local school board. The state funding formula is messed up and not sustainable. Yet, keeping it and...
Forward Our Motto - Thu 4:23 a.m. - 5 clicks
While watching last week's Janesville city council discussion about the ice arena, I was both flabbergasted and insulted by at least two council members readiness to throw Janesville taxpayers under a bus, or to imply that tough economic times means taxpayers must expect to sacrifice even more. Nearly every council member spoke about "time" and how they need to do all they can to get the ball ro...
Rock Netroots - Wed 11:43 p.m. - 4 clicks
Charlie Sykes periodically likes to adopt a tough guy pose. For instance, leading up to the 2008 presidential election he'd snarl that Barack Obama was a "sniveling, snot-nosed community organizer." Funny stuff for a guy who won't take calls from......
Brew City Brawler - Wed 8:57 p.m. - 9 clicks
Little late this week getting the newsletter to Daily Kos. Some parts might be outdated, but most is up to date. I also want to draw attention to a fellow Culture Kitchen blogger, Leo Igwe, whose attempts to further reason and oppose fundamentalism in Nigeria have gotten him beaten up by a mob and harassed by cops. Here are his two most recent articles regarding Nigeria: Humanism and the Ques...
DailyKos (Wisconsin) - Wed 6:07 p.m. - 10 clicks
Bill Richardson of Middleton, the media coordinator for the Dane County Republican Party, greeting the news that Wisconsin will get $810-million for a rail initiative linking Madison and Milwaukee: "Trains are a 19th century wonder," Richardson said. "To offer a train in the 21st century is like offering the public a telegraph instead of an iPhone." Richardson must not get out much -- not eve...
Uppity Wisconsin - Wed 5:07 p.m. - 6 clicks
Situation clarifies that a Tommy Thompson run is unlikely. Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was announced as the newest advisor to a Peak Ridge Capital Group venture capital fund . Thompson will be relied upon at Peak Ridge for his expertise in agriculture and agribusiness. The firm is currently investing its agricultural technology fund, having announced its first investment from ...
Uppity Wisconsin - Wed 5:07 p.m. - 7 clicks
Darn! Just when the nuclear industry is doing such a great job of selling its "renaissance" as the way to fight climate change, along comes another irritating little problem. As my mother used to say, there's always something to take the joy out of life. This time it's a tritium leak at a Vermont plant -- something that's already happened in Wisconsin at Point Beach and Kewaunee, as not...
Uppity Wisconsin - Wed 5:07 p.m. - 4 clicks
You may have noticed the little block to the right that cropped up a few days ago. It's your opportunity to contribute to Russ Feingold's upcoming campaign, securely, and on-line through Act Blue. We will in the coming months be adding in more progressive Wisconsin candidates that you can donate to right here. There'll be more news about that later. But in the meantime, he...
Uppity Wisconsin - Wed 5:07 p.m. - 3 clicks
Or don't read in the papers, depending upon which ones you read. If you read the Chicago Trib, you might have seen this from the AP: MADISON, Wis. - Democratic U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold entered this election year with $3.65 million cash on hand for his re-election bid. But if you rely on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel exclusively (and many still do), all you'd know about Feingold is...
Uppity Wisconsin - Wed 5:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
(Cross-posted at Paul Ryan Watch.) The Economist's "Democracy in America" blog weighs in on Paul Ryan's Road Map to Ruin. If you're 54 or older right now -- the teabagger demo -- good for you. "You get caviar, and everybody......
Brew City Brawler - Wed 5:07 p.m. - 4 clicks
Situation clarifies that a Tommy Thompson run is unlikely. Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was announced as the newest advisor to a Peak Ridge Capital Group venture capital fund . Thompson will be relied upon at Peak Ridge for his expertise in agriculture and agribusiness. The firm is currently investing its agricultural technology fund, having announced its first investment from the ...
MAL Contends - Wed 3:23 p.m. - 3 clicks
UPDATE: The video of the segment is now online. Thanks Quinn for getting it online so quickly! I’ll be doing a segment along with Sonya Knauss from MilwaukeeMoms.com tomorrow for “The Morning Blend” on channel 4. We should be on around 9:00am-9:30am and will be discussing the changing gender roles in modern American families. Tune in! ...
Left on the Lake - Wed 2:11 p.m. - 3 clicks
My latest column is up over at MilwaukeeMoms.com, this one deals with the quantum leap the family structure – and fathers in particular – have taken since the late 50’s and early 60’s. A lot of attention – rightfully so – has been given to the evolution of the “modern” women who no longer spends her [...]...
Left on the Lake - Wed 12:43 p.m. - 4 clicks
Seems Rush Limbaugh, de facto head of the GOP, can't tell the difference between Osama Bin Laden and Democrats; and Rush singled out Sen. Russ Feingold . Specifically, Limbaugh said the al Qaeda leader's most recent audio tape: "sounds like this could easily be [said by] Russ Feingold, the Senator from Wisconsin." Wonder how Wisconsin Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, Terrence Wall and...
MAL Contends - Wed 12:24 p.m. - 12 clicks
As the only member of the GOP who apparently understands how to use a spreadsheet, Paul Ryan gets a lot of attention from the national media--and not much scrutiny about how reactionary his ideas truly are from the local presss. The Brew City Brawler is attempting to rectify that with a new blog, Paul Ryan Watch . There are a number of posts up, including details about a rather painful exchange...
Pundit Nation - Wed 5:29 a.m. - 10 clicks
Courtesy of the Sierra Club John Muir Chapter (with a little editing by me for brevity's sake). If you can help out, this is a worthy cause: There is good news on the horizon for Wisconsin ’s waters, but they need your help! The DNR recently proposed significant changes to NR151, Wisconsin’s administrative rules for addressing polluted runoff. Public hearings have been scheduled to obtai...
Forward Our Motto - Wed 3:45 a.m. - 6 clicks
At Milwaukee County First , we discuss what could be the beginning of the end. Walker has done a good job of driving Milwaukee County into the ground, and I'm afraid that it may be only a matter of time before we end up looking like Colorado Springs . I cannot imagine how in the world Scott Walker thinks that this continuous cycle of failure on his part is going to help his campaign one iota. ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Wed 12:00 a.m. - 9 clicks
As a supporter of State Sen. Judy Robson, I of course was disappointed when she announced that she will not seek re-election to another term in the Wisconsin legislature. Now comes word she may be exploring a run for lieutenant Governor, according to the Beloit Daily News. BDN Excerpt : Wisconsin politics may not have heard the last of Judy Robson. The Democrat state senator from Beloit says sh...
Rock Netroots - Tue 10:26 p.m. - 6 clicks
Hi - A group of us are currently starting planning for a Netroots Wisconsin event, in cooperation with Netroots Nation. This will be a regional conference along the lines of Netroots Nation, and we are currently aiming at September 2010 in Madison. We are looking for people to help with: Planning the conferenceLooking for sponsorsany other kind of help (including moral) If you're interested...
One Wisconsin Now - Tue 5:28 p.m. - 10 clicks
Read about what’s happening in Colorado Springs Colorado these days if you want a sneak peak into what Milwaukee County would look like if the “kill off government” crowd gets their way. If your tax rate isn’t the first thing you consider when choosing where to live (and most people aren’t) and you actually value [...]...
Left on the Lake - Tue 12:26 p.m. - 6 clicks
Wow, it's amazing how popular we've become. Jensen Family Park Events and Profile, West Bend WI Shout out to Dan for finding this! (There you go Dan... sorry I missed it the first time!) ...
The Motley Cow - Tue 11:09 a.m. - 6 clicks
Mike Sheridan should seize the moment created by his hometown newspaper and use this awkward episode as exhibit A to write legislation to rid Madison of the scourge of play-for-play lobbyists once and for all. The greatest outrage from his constituents seems to revolve around the potential that he "changed his mind" about a piece of legislation because of his relationship with a lobbyist. This str...
Rock Netroots - Tue 11:09 a.m. - 6 clicks
