Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:2010 Jan 28; Section:Opinion; Page Number: 8A
Kanavas’ decision surprises
He would be worthy foe for Feingold
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
On Monday afternoon I started skimming through e-mails and press releases looking to see what might interest me this [...]

State Senator Ted Kanavas announced today he is not seeking re-election.
Kanavas Will Not Seek Re-election
January 25, 2010 – (Madison, WI)…State Senator Ted Kanavas announced today he will not seek a third full term in the Wisconsin State Senate.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the people of the 33rd District and I [...]

State Senator Jim Sullivan was the lone State Senate Democrat to vote against the state budget. The budget passed anyway. If there wasn’t already pressure on him because of the recall effort, would he have voted for the budget? And would that have made him easier to defeat next year?
We may never [...]

State Representative Don Pridemore and his staff are in a little hot water because of a press release they issued attacking Tony Evers, candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. The press release was sent out using a state e-mail address and on the state assembly office letterhead, and it listed the representative’s toll-free [...]

With the introduction of the Friday afternoon cocktail, pinch-hitting for the Jo Egelhoff on Thursdays, and column writing on Tuesdays, we’re moving the Idiot Politician of the Week to Saturdays. Lucky for us, the move snagged us a last-minute entry this week. On any given week, the idiot politicians are thicker than mosquitoes in July. [...]

Jessica McBride has the last word on State Rep. Don Pridemore’s understanding of the First Amendment.
In response to the robocalls, Pridemore whipped out a press release that, in disclosure, mentioned my husband. Flailing at an imaginary electoral strawman, Pridemore raised speculation that my husband is going to run against him and speculated that it couldn’t [...]

Controversies come, controversies go. And I’m rather skeptical about most of what I read. Here was this morning’s controversy:
April 17, 2008 – Yale senior, Aliza Shvarts ,artificially inseminated herself several times in order to have multiple abortions for her “art” project.
The April 17th edition of Yale Daily News reports that senior Aliza Shvarts’ “art” show [...]

Put any prediction of Paul Bucher taking on State Representative Don Pridemore in the primary at the very low end of probabilities.
However, the thought of Paul Bucher sitting in the Republican Assembly Caucus does strike me as pretty funny. After the first meeting he’d probably demand mandatory breathalyzer checks for his colleagues.
And considering [...]