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Last night I posted the winners of the MacIver Institute’s first ever End of the Legislative Session awards.
Here were my nominees:
Taxpayer Hero – Has to be State Representative Leah Vukmir, for stopping the RTA with a timely amendment.
Taxpayer Villain – State Representative Jeff Wood. He’s going to jail, the legislature [...]
Posted by James Wigderson on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Filed under Library & Pub · Tagged Bill Kramer, Herod Antipas, Jeff Wood, Jim Ott, Leah Vukmir, Mike Sheridan, Pedro Colon, Public Service Commission, Regional Transit Authority, Russ Decker, Salome, Stephen Nass, TABOR, Tom Barrett
With the state legislature is meeting today for the final scheduled time this term (other than some mop up in May), I added two feeds to the side bar to help readers keep track of what’s going on: The MacIver Institute Twitter feed and the WisPolitics.com Quorum Call feed.
Speaking of the MacIver Institute, Brian Fraley [...]
Posted by James Wigderson on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Library & Pub · Tagged Brian Fraley, election law, global warming, MacIver Institute, Regional Transit Authority, state assembly, state senate, State Superintendent of Schools, WisPolitics
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 [...]
Posted by James Wigderson on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 1:37 am
Filed under Featured, Library & Pub · Tagged Chris Kapenga, Dan Duchniak, Dave Westlake, Don Taylor, Jeff Scrima, Jeff Wagner, Larry Nelson, Mark Belling, mickey kaus, Milwaukee 7, New Urbanism, Pete Kennedy, regional cooperation, Regional Transit Authority, Republican Party, Ruth Page Jones, schmuki, scott walker, SEWRPC, transportation, Waukesha Common Council, Waukesha water
Time once again to look back at the predictions of last January. Robert Heinlein’s character Lazarus Long said that Cassandra did not get nearly the kicking she deserved. Well, I hope I deserve better.
My predictions, 29 for 2009, are below, and the results are in italics.
1. Beer and alcohol prices will increase substantially due to [...]
Posted by James Wigderson on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Filed under Featured, Library & Pub · Tagged Abrahamson, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Brian Fraley, Capital Times, carbon trading, Charlie Sykes, climate change, gas prices, global warming, health care, Herb Kohl, Iran, Jeff Wood, Jim Sensenbrenner, John Nichols, Larry Nelson, Michael Steele, Milwaukee Brewers, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Motors, Owen Robinson, Pabst Farms, Pakistan, predictions, Regional Transit Authority, Republican National Committee, Roland Burris, Rose Fernandez, Russ Feingold, Scot Ross, taxes, Wisconsin State Journal
