Tag: Mike Blaska
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Conservatives helped build Dane County
but never got organized labor’s endorsement! Blaska was running for re-election to the Dane County Board when County Executive Kathleen Falk ordered AFSCME, the government employee labor union, to flood conservatives with telephone calls urging a NO vote on building a new Dane County courthouse. Mark Pocan led the Democrats’ fight against the badly needed…
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Could Madison go up, up and away?
“Make no little plans … … they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope …” — Daniel Burnham 1864-1912. Every once in awhile, Madison thinks big. The city and the state thought big when they replaced the burned out Capitol in 1906-17…
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We remember Wiggie
He was one of a kind Our friend and colleague Dave Wiganowski died April 17 while on a flight to Laughlin, Nevada, of a heart attack at age 67. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, June 2, at Wiggie’s tavern. Wiggie cut a wide swath through Madison and made friends with everyone…
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No money for more Madison police but plenty for Common Council staff
UPDATE: Was there a roll call on approving the contract for the hiring of a Common Council chief of staff? No there was not. The voice vote in favor was declared unanimous. I am put in mind of my old seat mate on the Dane County Board, the late Bill Hitzemann, who farmed in the…