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: Jun 24, 2010; Section: Opinion; Page: 10A
Fundamental problems with New Day fund
Too much potential for trouble with Scrima’s new charity
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
The temptation with Mayor Jeff Scrima’s new charity, [...]
While I was away this last week, Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima finally announced a plan to dispose of half his pay. He is creating a charity, the New Day in Waukesha Fund, which will be administered through the Waukesha County Community Foundation and donating half his pay to the charity. This is supposed [...]
I could spend all day answering Jeff Scrima’s supporters complaining about my “unfair” coverage of the mayor, or the Waukesha Freeman’s “unfair” coverage of the mayor. However, it’s just as easy to link to other commentaries on the mayor. This time it’s WISN-AM’s Mark Belling on Monday’s program blasting Scrima (audio link) for [...]
My interview with Dick Leinenkugel in the Waukesha Freeman last week caught the attention of the Terrence Wall campaign and WISN’s Mark Belling (7:11 in).
An e-mail from the Wall campaign yesterday:
Dick Leinenkugel was a quick study under his old boss, Jim Doyle. It only took him 18 months to acquire Jim Doyle’s sense of honesty:
From today’s [...]
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date: Apr 22, 2010; Section: Opinion; Page: 8A
Trouble on tap for Leinenkugel?
Candidate might fall flat
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
When Dick Leinenkugel stepped down as Gov. Jim Doyle’s fourth Commerce secretary, speculation immediately began about whether he [...]
With passage by the State Senate of a ban on offensive Native American nicknames for Wisconsin’s Public Schools, the state legislature is a step closer to finally restoring peace between Native Americans and the White Devil. On to the Assembly to rescue us from naming anything even remotely after Native Americans – except for casinos.
When [...]
Dick Leinenkugel goes out the revolving door at the state’s commerce department and is likely a Republican candidate for US Senate against Russ Feingold. Former Democratic consultant Bill Christofferson points out the family connection for Leinenkugel to the Tommy Thompson camp and says if Leinenkugel is in, Thompson is out.
Dick Leinenkugel just resigned [...]
WISN’s Mark Belling endorsed Jeff Scrima because of Mayor Larry Nelson’s support for the RTA. Does anyone know Scrima’s actual position on the issue? Or is he still listening?
Here’s another good question. If Mayor Larry Nelson loses to Jeff Scrima in conservative Waukesha in part because of the shoes he wears, will [...]
Or how about this whopper: Scrima announced Tuesday night that he would work with the city attorney to prevent any more sex offenders from moving into the city.
I whispered to state Rep. Bill Kramer sitting in front of me, “Well, your job is done.”
If a mayor and the city attorney could stop sex offenders from moving into Waukesha, it would have happened by now. Cities are able to impose reasonable restrictions (as Waukesha has) but ultimately the state and the courts determine in which city the sex offender lives.
Scrima either doesn’t understand the issue, or he’s just trying to shamelessly pander again.
