Former Madison mayor Dave Cieslewicz writes:
“Yeah, he’s a lot more conservative than I am, but that does not change the simple fact that what he’s saying about school safety is true. He wants to make the basic safety of students and staff a priority. He would return the SRO’s and get rid of the wrong-headed Behavioral Education Plan, which discourages staff from calling the police even when there’s physical violence. These things are just common sense.”
God Help Me, Blaska for School Board – Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos
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Our Founder
and irascible head groundskeeper at the Policy Werkes is David Blaska, former has-been, 33-year card-carrying RINO, recovering know-it-all journalist. Holds the record for banishment on the NextDoor social media app. Aging gracelessly at Stately Blaska Manor on the SW side of Madison WI, the Emerald City.
My pronouns are “Sir” and “Your Lordship” but you dasn’t call me Late For Dinner.
→ “Why I’ll never vote for Trump again.” In Sunday’s 05-21-23 WI State Journal.
→ “Blaska & Me” by Dave Cieslewicz.
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It is to laugh
“The ‘Chaos’ at the border is by design”
“As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden criticized Trump for “drastically” restricting access to asylum. Now he’s doing the very same thing.”
— Where else but in The Nation.
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Question of the Day
What ‘Deep State’?
Rachael Rollins, the US attorney for Massachusetts, leaked sensitive Justice Department information to a journalist in an effort to influence a local election, lied to investigators and improperly attended a fundraiser with Jill Biden, according to two critical federal reports released Wednesday. (More here.)
How can anyone take them seriously?
Charles C.W. Cooke asks at National Review.
“Rachel Maddow made a career out of spreading lunatic conspiracy theories on MSNBC, as did Chris Hayes and Nicolle Wallace (who is still, today, rejecting all evidence that contradicts her fever dream). Adam Schiff lied relentlessly from his official perch on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is now gearing up to run for the Senate.”
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
Worthy of mention: Blaska has a spirited, if finite, following on neighborsnextdoor (They Report/You Decide!)
The Gotch
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I was already going to write in DB even before he officially declared his candidacy.
Cieslewicz’s announcement is just further proof of how bad it if in Madison.
And just watch, because it’s going to get much worse.
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Mayor Dave: too little too late, IMO. He’s pushing back against the Regressives sensing the writing on the wall about the mid-terms.
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Just wrote in our gracious host’s name on my ballot. The first time I voted for a write-in candidate. Still basking in the afterglow–a legal and patriotic high.
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To paraphrase Roger Miller,
Madison swings like a pendulum do
Blaska on the School Board may come true
SRO’s return with some sane discipline
Saving education for the little children.
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Got text from a wok ester on my cell asking for my vote. Mentioning school safely. Really? How by removal of the policeman who could help against the bullies. I’m putting down David blaska.
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What are they leaving out of the electric buses for 1.7 million each?
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“What are they leaving out of the electric buses for 1.7 million each?”
You mean OTHER than they’ll be powered with EVIL coal-generated electricity AND no one will be riding them?
The Gotch
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Yes, you are correct
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Pretty sure the EV buses still have issues with cold temps and hills. I sure hope Madison Metro has the good sense to test them in extreme hot and cold conditions.
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A helpful suggestion: To avoid cognitive dissonance, try not to use “Madison” and “good sense” in the same sentence.
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You’re a very responsible citizen, Gary, but diplomatic as well. Mission accomplished with no hurt feelings.
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Seat number?
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4
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Got it
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Maybe the buses will be like the electric( actually hybrid ) fire (pumper ) truck they have. I’ve heard its driving range is 27 miles and pumping time is 3 minutes. Good thing it has the 350 horsepower diesel engine as backup.I wonder what their run time is. Maybe the buses will come with extension cords just in case.
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Electric buses are just the latest in Madison progressives’ pet projects. Check out the link below to see another–this one literally going up in smoke.
https://www.nbc15.com/2022/03/31/businesses-voice-concerns-following-incidents-dairy-drive-shelter/
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This will get worse with warmer weather. Send in the social firefighters. Will be fire.
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What took them so long to fix Blair st? And, be sure to do roadwork on Williamson st same time. Really make rapid transit only option seeing they can control the lights.
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Mary Hudson: Public Education’s Dirty Secret
“Bad teaching is a common explanation given for the disastrously inadequate public education received by America’s most vulnerable populations. THIS IS A MYTH. (bolds/caps/italics mine)
“High school diplomas were […] handed out to countless 12th graders with, from my observation, a 7th grade education. ”
Much of this is from ~20 years ago, the most recent examples in this article are 10-12 years + old; has it gotten better, stayed the same, or gotten worse?
VOTE_LAURA_SIMKIN_AND_DAVID_BLASKA_FOR_SCHOOL_BOARD!
The Gotch
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“In the last hundred years, we’ve gone from teaching Greek and Latin in high schools to teaching remedial English in college.” My public high school in a small town in northern Wi offered Latin back in the ’60s when I was a student. It also required teachers to have a Master’s degree in their subject area. On graduation, I entered UW-Madison and found myself well prepared for the rigors of college work despite my utter ignorance of CRT. Those were the days, my friend ….
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That telling Sobran quote is one of The Gotch’s faves!
Why? For one thing, it cuts to the quick.
Another? Despicable Lefties laughably believe it’s RAYcist.
The difference between genius and stupidity….
Morons!
The Gotch
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BREAKING NEWS: MULDROW ENDORSES BLASKA !
Excerpt from her email sent this morning:
“… and oh who the hell am I kidding, the schools are getting worse not better. And the damn meetings! The only reason I get through them is I got my shows on. Never heard so much blah blah blah in my whole life. Ain’t gonna do it no more. That is why I am asking all you all to write in DAVID BLASKA for seat 4. For the love of God put me out of my misery! ”
This could be a game changer.
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Her e-mail must have been hacked by the Russkies. Probably the same ones who hacked into Joy Reid’s blog and wrote all those homophobic rants.
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