(This appeared in the Waukesha Freeman 12/31/09)
Education funding dominated decade
   If we were to look for one issue that has dominated Wisconsin politics for much of the decade, education would have to be near the top of the list. How we fund it and how we provide it are the issues that dominate election after [...]

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 [...]

Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:2009 Nov 25; Section:Opinion; Page Number: 10A
Much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving
Thankfully, we won’t have Barbara Lawton as governor
For some people Thanksgiving is a sprint. For others it’s a marathon. My Thanksgiving marathon is two Thanksgiving dinners in the same day. My wife’s [...]

Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date:2009 Oct 29; Section:Opinion; Page Number: 10A
Who do you know wants to run a state?
Who will Dems field for governor?
Does any Democrat want to run for governor? After all, it’s not a bad-paying job. Housing is included. You even get state benefits.
OK, there is a good chance that if [...]

Let’s take a last look back at 2008 at the eight events that shaped Wisconsin and Waukesha.
Waukesha’s Big Eight:
1. The Flood. How often does a city emergency come up where a city handles it well?
2. The Great Lakes Water Compact passes, complete with a process for Waukesha to apply for a diversion. Speaking [...]

The Wisconsin Club for Growth latest newsletter has this goodie:
The Great Intergovernmental Heist
In recent years, when Wisconsin’s Medicaid program started hemorrhaging cash, Governor Jim Doyle didn’t look for ways to make the program more efficient. Nor did he cut costs by eliminating fraud and abuse in the system. Instead, Doyle leaned heavily [...]

Mark Belling of WISN-AM 1130 is reporting that we may yet witness the return of Tommy! Not the musical, the governor.
A Thompson comeback would be death for Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s own hopes of running for governor and the mere talk of a Tommy run would be enough to dry up Walker’s fundraising [...]

It’s a week of bad jokes in this week’s column in support of a good cause, destroying the Frankenstein Veto. Definitely worth the 50 cents.
On Tuesday voters will be asked to vote “yes” on a constitutional amendment to reduce the governor’s veto authority. No, it won’t make everything rosy in Madison. But it’s [...]

WTMJ-AM’s Charlie Sykes got “off the fence” in support of Arizona Senator John McCain for President. The event was at Serb Hall.
I suspect Charlie ordered the fish for dinner. So did John McCain. So did Tommy Thompson…

WTMJ-AM’s Charlie Sykes got “off the fence” in support of Arizona Senator John McCain for President. The event was at Serb Hall.
I suspect Charlie ordered the fish for dinner. So did John McCain. So did Tommy Thompson…