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Madison police monitor comes out firing
Hints at legal action. Madison’s independent public monitor is firing back against critics who want her office to comply with city government I.T., procurement, personnel, and open records regulations. “I will not be silenced. The PCOB will not be dismantled. And this office will not be policed,” Aeiramique Glass declared hours before alders are scheduled…
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Speak out against Madison’s police monitor
because its apologists will resist even minor reforms! Among the costs levied by the dysfunctional independent police monitor is the reputational harm it causes the City of Madison. The City may run its buses on time, rake autumn leaves from neighborhood curbs, delight Saturday mornings with art fairs and farmers markets. All overshadowed by the…
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Madison alders try to rein in police monitor
Just want Office to obey the law! Madison alders only want the Independent Police Monitor to play by the same rules as other city agencies. Because: • Independent Police Monitor data analyst Greg Gelembiuk was crunching sensitive crime victim information on his personal computer while working from home until Police Chief John Patterson put a stop…
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Can parents discipline Madison schools?
or will the school board fight back? Madison homeowners rent their garments and cried unto the heavens after their school property tax bills hit their mail boxes. None of that wailing made a bit of difference in last week’s school board elections. Both incumbents were rewarded with new three-year terms because their challengers never made…
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Sarah is not normal
All hail Wisconsin’s Greta Thunberg! Platinum subscribers worried about the Head Groundskeeper’s mental health after the April 7 election shellacking can be reassured. Long walks in the UW Arboretum seem to be helping. We’re eating solid food again and Blaska is allowed to be near sharp objects (but not CNN). We’re actually optimistic about Republican…
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Sacrilegious, blasphemous, and just bad politics
Donald Trump, heal thyself! At the Big Bang of Beatlemania, an awed John Lennon remarked “We’re more popular than Jesus.” For certain, the Fab Four sold more vinyl than the Messiah but they did not have mid-term elections to worry about like Donald Trump. As the most self-destructive president since Richard Nixon, this may be…



