Category: Dane County Board
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Defund the police is not dead
Just more clever! Like we were saying in the last thrilling episode, the first impulse of the ruling UniParty here in Dane County is to slash law enforcement. After years of dithering over replacing an outdated and unsafe jail, our elected officials decided to build a new — but smaller — lock-up in Wisconsin’s fastest-growing…
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Is Madison ready to quit the crazy?
We hear things! Ran into Mike Verveer at Bob Keller’s funeral a week ago at Bethel Lutheran Church. Mike is by far Madison’s longest-serving alder — 30 years! We asked if the Council would finally pull the plug on the do-nothing Independent Police Monitor and its anti-cop Police Civilian Oversight Board. He thought maybe one…
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Big Gummint meets its day of reckoning
No county gov’t shutdown but how about a slow down? Dane County Executive Melissa Agard is imposing a hiring freeze and pay cuts across the board (albeit 1 percent) in her very first budget. Who did we elect last November? Scott Walker? Has the dear lady borrowed Elon Musk’s chain saw? For even the most…
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It IS the culture, stupid!
‘The stuff that cannot be quantified’ After she defeated Blaska for Madison school board, Ali Muldrow invited your scribbler to her talk show on WORT-FM. Like any good progressive, the host Defunded the Police and sponsored race-based outcomes. The station itself sometimes resembles Radio Free Hamas. Ms. Muldrow’s first question: “Are you carrying?” (“You don’t…
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Another thing about the Brewers:
They’re fun to watch! A thrill to hear “Let’s go Brewers” chanted at Wrigley Field during Monday’s 7-0 beatdown of the Chicago Cubs. On the way to the best record in all of Major League Baseball, the Crew has scored the most runs; their 645 are 2 better than the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9 better…
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We don’t know if taxpayers are being ripped off
Which is why a full audit is called for! We teased subscribers with a headline “Are taxpayers being ripped off?” Put a password on it so as to run the draft by some of the principals. Lots of response. We don’t have the forensic tools to determine who is right, which is why we need…