A new sheriff in town?
Anthony Hamilton, a detective with the Dane County Sheriff’s office is running for sheriff as a Republican against incumbent Kalvin Barrett. Any eligible voter in Dane County can sign his nomination paper. Detective Hamilton needs 500 valid signatures by Wednesday, June 1. Public safety is a top priority for voters this years as crime has skyrocketed. Hamilton Nomination Paper.
Nationally …
The massacre at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 05-24-22 has produced the usual demands to “do something.” We share the impulse and the anger, but what specifically to do? …
So-called red-flag laws that give police the ability to deny guns to people who may pose a risk to the community have been useful in some cases. But they are hard to enforce, as we recently learned in Buffalo. New York state has a red-flag statute, and Payton Gendron was even referred for mental counseling. He still got a gun. — Wall Street Journal.
The statement that the Second Amendment is not absolute is certainly true. There are laws that can be crafted within the confines set out under controlling Supreme Court precedent. … President Biden repeated his claim that certain weapons were prohibited at the time that the Second Amendment was ratified. That is simply untrue. — law professor Jonathan Turley.
Donald Trump’s political revenge campaign hit a wall in Georgia on Tuesday, as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger easily defeated Trump-backed challengers. The question now is whether the former President will continue his vendetta by trying to defeat both men in November. — Wall Street Journal.
From the Dane County Sheriff:
Madison WI. 05-25-22 – There are no words to describe the devastating news of yesterday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
As a precaution, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office will be increasing our presence around all of the schools in our primary jurisdictions.
Sadly, these events serve as a reminder for us all to be aware of our environment. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office continues to offer Emergency Preparedness Training for the community.
On a more personal note, hold your children extra tight today.
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Tony is no “Tiger”. And his sidekick Barnes is nothing but an agitator.
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“Evers instead has allowed Republicans to cast him as weak and ineffective.”
Allowed? Horse $#!t! Ichabod Evers is the everLUVIN poster-child for weak-n-ineffective.
Anyone that helped get him elected should be summarily shamed to the fullest extent of the blogosphere!!
The Gotch
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I worked to get Evers elected and am proud of it. Maybe if the right wing whinners worked as hard as we did they would have got those 36,000 names they needed.
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Nailed it Mr. Gotch; problem is, shame is not a primary response among those of limited thoughtful vigor, skepticism, or curiosity [& an irreparable/missing bullsh!t detector?]. I would not expect to find electorate of the Evers-Barnes-Kaul-Parisi-Mahoney-Conway-Progressive Dane stripe among consumers/contributors of BPW; shame can be a function of exposure to and acceptance of truth and empirical evidence. Dogged adherence to ignorance obviates any instance of shamefulness.
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From the article in Politico concerning WI’s pencil-necked Ichabod wannabe:
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And while Evers is still above water in polls, his approval rating slid 6 points after his handling of the Kenosha unrest.
“Is he governing? Because it doesn’t feel like it,” said one Democratic party activist, who requested anonymity to express his frustrations with Evers candidly.
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And… AOC comments that once the Sniffer gets the WH, he'll be easy to turn:
Fox: AOC says Dems can 'likely' push Biden in 'more progressive direction' if elected."
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And now he’s fired (former) DWD Secretary Frostman. Curiously, the second in command at DWD, who presents as a fully-melanated man, is not stepping in. Instead we have a person who presents as a, HORRORS, non-melanated woman formerly 2nd in command at DOC. Things that make you go, “hmm”.
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You sure about that One…the X-Chromosomal box is the only…um…ONE checked?
No LGBTTQQIAAPEIEIO, no other-abled, no obscure (READ: Protected) religious/national/both affiliation…anything…ANYTHING…to kickstart Lefty’s Gosh I’m Nice endorphin spectrum and get them all weepy?
This simply cannot be. Who’s The Gotch to believe; you or his lyin’ eyes?
The Gotch
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