The Wisconsin Department of Revenue issued their quarterly economic forecast the other week, and they announced the economy is in recovery with manufacturing leading the way. Then in the fine print they mention there will still be less manufacturing jobs than last year and government is now the second largest employer in the Wisconsin [...]
Next Friday the Lovely Doreen from Waukesha and I are driving through Southwestern Wisconsin on our way to Galena for a few days. I’m looking for lunch suggestions both there and back. Our phone lines are open.
Hotline is reporting that if the RNC throne ever becomes vacant, Wisconsin’s Reince Priebus would be a serious contender.
Reince Priebus: The current RNC general counsel and WI GOP chair, Priebus is perhaps Steele’s closest ally on the committee. Priebus has his own fans on the committee, and if Steele decides against running, Priebus would be [...]
Dear President Obama:
On behalf of the people of Wisconsin, I respectfully ask you to reverse the environmental policies enacted by your administration that are directly killing jobs in our state.
Right now, 300 Wisconsin jobs at Bucyrus International are in jeopardy because of radical environmental policies created by your administration. Today, you have [...]
…you just might find some of your friends and former neighbors, and even the businesses they owned.
…Virginia: Net gain of 5,210 households. Biggest gains came from Maryland and New York.
Washington: Net gain of 18,029 households. Biggest gains came from California and foreigners.
West Virginia: Net gain of 1,291 households. Biggest gains came from Maryland and Virginia.
Wisconsin: [...]
Wisconsin has unveiled a new logo for tourism. We’ve, ah, modified it to be a bit more accurate:
And it stinks if you’re a fan of Senator John McCain.
In Wisconsin, Obama 54% McCain 44%
Barack Obama has opened a double digit lead over John McCain in Wisconsin. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state-conducted the night before the second Presidential Debate-shows Obama attracting 54% of the vote while McCain [...]
The Wisconsin Institute for Leadership says there’s a time and a place for publicly-funded art, and it ain’t over at the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
$40,000 for photos of an endangered species, the Wisconsin worker. I hope it was pretty.
The Recess Supervisor reminds us why the rest of Wisconsin thinks Milwaukee sucks.
I once knew a woman who was a real world-traveler. While up in the hills of Thailand someone asked her where she was from. When she told them, “Milwaukee,” they immediately asked if she knew Jeffrey Dahmer.
Technorati Tags: Milwaukee, Dahmer, cannibalism, [...]
Bizarrely, the state Department of Corrections is not allowing a non-profit organization to send books to prisoners, citing security reasons. They’re afraid contraband might be smuggled with the books.
The way the program works is that people donate the books, the prisoners request books, and the books are mailed to the prisoners. The group [...]
