Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Patrick McIlheran, writing in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, looks at how Milwaukee’s difficult reputation came about, and what should happen when it comes time for Milwaukee and Waukesha to negotiate. Here’s the background from the column:
Waukesha’s problem is that its well water is tainted with radium, put there by God [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting two unions have come to terms with Milwaukee County:
The first two of Milwaukee County’s eight labor unions have agreed to a set of concessions County Executive Scott Walker and the County Board have been seeking as budget-balancing steps.
The trade-off for the union workers: They won’t have to take 10 [...]
Waukesha voters have five choices in tomorrow’s primary election for mayor.
The incumbent, Larry Nelson, I dealt with at length in my newspaper column. Since the column appeared, Nelson has taken the unique approach of appealing to the Waukesha electorate by mentioning praise from Democratic State Senator Mark Miller, who represents the Madison [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article covering the failure of the state legislature to bring the state’s tax code into line with the federal government’s tax law when it comes to the conversion of your IRA to a Roth IRA:
The new federal rules unleashed a barrage of advertising from financial service firms and a [...]
It’s press releases like these that must make Team Barrett nervous about the abilities of Mike Tate as head of the Democratic Party:
Wisconsin tax burdens have dropped to, at, and below the national average thanks to Governor Doyle and our Democratic leadership. Today, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that since being one of the dismal [...]
Always fun when one of the speech cops get busted breaking one of their own rules. Dan “Peephole” Bice takes a break from reporting gossip on former Journal Sentinel staffers long enough to pass this along:
Made to be broken
Sometimes even the do-gooders find it tough to abide by the state’s many rules.
Common Cause Wisconsin, [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Ed Thompson, the brother of former Governor Tommy Thompson, is running for state senator as a Republican.
Senate Republican Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) told reporters Monday that Thompson will announce later this week he is running against Sen. Katheleen Vinehout (D-Alma).
Thompson is best known as the Libertarian candidate for governor [...]
Or is he just being malicious? Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway called Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker a “`Howdy Doody’ puppet and a David Duke-style politician.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane says Holloway should back off from the “trash talking.”
In the same interview, Holloway denied he was calling Walker a racist. [...]
Milwaukee State Representative Fred Kessler’s attack on school choice has not gone unnoticed. Ricky on State of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel opines:
Milwaukee State Representative Fred Kessler’s Kessler would take it back to 19,500, down from the 22,500 negotiated three years ago by choice advocates and the governor. The problem: Choice schools have acted as [...]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Jacqui Seibel confirmed for me earlier this evening blogger and former Brookfield Alderman Cindy Kilkenny alone was named in the defamation lawsuit by Joseph C. Niebler Sr. Kilkenny confirms on her blog that she has been served finally (in her fuzzy blue bathrobe). Cindy is backing off her promise [...]
