As long as we’re on the subject of Waukesha and it’s interesting mayor, let’s clear up a few misconceptions that I have heard on Mark Belling’s show and elsewhere.
1) Tuesday on Belling’s show, he said the mayor was elected to stop the Great Lakes water application, and now he’s surprised that residents of Waukesha [...]

Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:Jul 8, 2010; Section:Opinion; Page Number:10A
Scrima’s drama on water more like science fiction
Waukesha residents got more than they had bargained for in April’s election. As the local blog Spring City Chronicle commented recently, a vote for Jeff Scrima was a vote for less drama in the mayor’s office. They were sadly mistaken.
What drama! The mayor [...]

When we say we have a weak mayor in Waukesha, we aren’t messing around. Tonight, Mayor Jeff Scrima discovered the hard way just how weak he is. The City Administrator is answerable to the Common Council, not the mayor. (I argued strongly against this and lost the argument.) The one hold [...]

Jessica McBride has a bit of sticker shock when it came to the re-painting of the mayor’s office:
If you were elected the mayor of the city of Waukesha, what would be first on your agenda?
I can tell you what wouldn’t be tops on mine: Painting my own office for thousands [...]

Today we learned from the Waukesha Freeman that Mayor Jeff Scrima secretly recorded a meeting between “himself, City Administrator Lori Luther, City Attorney Curt Meitz and an attorney representing a consultant working with the city.” But he also says there’s “no story” on the need to improve communications.
I’m just going to point out that it’s [...]

Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley);
Date: Apr 8, 2010;
Section: Opinion;
Page: 10A

Winds of change sweep through City Hall
Several factors worked against Nelson
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.) (Editor’s note: Regarding the alleged hanging up on a reporter, Scrima has claimed the disconnection was involuntary due [...]

Waukesha Mayor Larry Nelson finally won an argument with me. He’s absolutely right that Waukesha needs a city administrator that is independent of the mayor to run the city. Having a city administrator that is ultimately answerable to the Common Council looks much better to me in recent days.

Critics of Scott Walker have been claiming the Milwaukee County Budget that passed was unbalanced – even illegal – because it called for concessions from county employees. This week at the MacIver Institute, I point out that Milwaukee County is hardly the only government entity to budget that way.

Yes, the budget was passed with [...]

Another year come and gone and the view from Whiterock Avenue of the Fox River remains unobstructed by a baseball stadium. The Waukesha Freeman reported yesterday that the Northwoods Baseball League will just have to wait another year before asking the Waukesha Common Council for permission to dig up Frame Park.
The plans are on hold [...]

Waukesha Mayor Larry Nelson said tonight, “the ball is in Chad Bauer’s court,” regarding the possibility of the Northwoods Baseball League having baseball at Frame Park in 2010. The mayor said he spoke with Bauer recently but that Bauer has been unable to secure financing for the stadium construction. Nelson agreed that, “Time is definitely running [...]