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Category: Dane County Board

  • How do you know? Do you do a count?

    “Okay! But are ya sure? ‘Cause I mean, how do you know? Do you do a count? Or what kind of a routine do you have here?”  — Sheriff Marge Gunderson questioning new car sales manager Jerry Lundegaard Grifters, many of them Somali immigrants, have stolen at least $9 Billion in taxpayer money in bogus…

  • We thought it was a good idea

    to challenge Madison’s uni-party. But what do we know? A slew of elections looms on the calendar — city, county, and school boards galore, all non-partisan, supposedly. That won’t stop the Democratic Party of Dane County WI from endorsing candidates across the board. And funding them; and setting them up with web designers, campaign lit…

  • Yeah, Dane County Board defunded police

    What else would you call at $2,388,000 reduction? Who are you going to believe, the Democratic-endorsed Dane County supervisors claiming they’re not defunding the police or your lying eyes?  Incredibly — as in: you gotta be kidding! — the chairman of the committee overseeing the Sheriff’s Office, Richelle Andrae, denied the county board majority was…

  • Can public safety advocates find their voice

    to speak up for the sheriff’s budget? Dane County supervisors will entertain public comment tonight beginning at 6 p.m. on next year’s annual budget, which would cut 28 positions from the sheriff’s department. An amendment would freeze 20 positions for one year. (Here’s the agenda.) Final vote scheduled for Wednesday November 5. Attend in person…

  • This county board is for them, not us

    Progressives protect their own! When a county committee voted to strip the sheriff of 28 deputy positions, (first reported here) it wasn’t to alleviate a $31 million budget deficit. No, they’re going to spend that $3.76 million of lost safety protection — just on other things. Like homeless shelters and more human services. Yes, in…

  • Who speaks for the hard-working taxpayer

    in Madison-area local government? Sheriff Kalvin Barrett warns that he will not be able to run the new county jail, currently under construction, if the Dane County Board slashes 28 deputy positions, as Supv. Heidi Wegleitner proposes.  That’s just fine with Madison’s downtown, Tenney Park-area supervisor, for she is steadfastly Defund the Police, like so…