Category: Dane County Board
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‘Equity’ is fatal; the cure: more prisons!
‘Do progressives have an answer?’ No, because progressives are the problem. If she looked a tad less chirpy than a car hop on Happy Days, Rebecca Kleefisch might get more respect. Because she is pretty … ballsy (if you will pardon the rampant sexism). The former lieutenant governor is calling on the Republican state legislature…
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Stop the new jail, monitor judges for racism!
County supervisor accuses legal system of racism The other shoe just dropped. A county supervisor is proposing an immediate halt to all planning, design, architecture, and construction of a new jail. Race is the reason. Supv. Elizabeth Doyle says that the United States “incarcerates more people, most of whom are people of color, than any other…
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Local legislators are talking to each other?
At least the county board is no longer ‘divisive’ Say this for Brenda Konkel. She is something of a local government watchdog. She an open meetings maven, which is to her credit. She is blowing the whistle on, especially, the Dane County Board of Supervisors and the Madison Board of Education. Madame Konkel divulges that…
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Anti-jail anarchists tell district attorney to sit down and shut up
People who do not respect other people will not respect the law Pardon me all to heck, but I do enjoy my schadenfreude served warm on a toasted bun, extra stadium sauce. Led once again by Freedom Inc., Madison’s crazies did their best to disrupt the Dane County Board of Supervisors Thursday night as…
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Madison pols demand more data from police but not from jail diversion programs
Who wants to know? Not the Dane County Board Chris Rickert has committed some real journalism. Demanding answers to tough questions. The tough question: All those jail diversion programs, are they actually, you know, working? The answer: Who (the hell) knows? But, by golly, diversion sure feels good, keepin’ folks out of jail. That’s the…
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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…