Category: Madison city government

  • Despite the fires, blockades, and intimidation — Corey Ruiz zone was ‘largely peaceful’

    Defund the Police mob doesn’t want details. Should have known better. The Head Groundskeeper asked our favorite morning Madison newspaper to commend the mayor for shutting down the lawless Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone. Still waiting. Instead, newspaper editor Kelly Lecker almost revels in her editorial cowardice, bragging that her newspaper refused to even publish photographs…

  • ‘Things are about to get bad’

    ‘Burn this city down!’ — Madison’s Independent Police Monitor Great thing about electronic message boards: they can be rewritten with a few keystrokes. Driving in at 8 this morning, CSN&Y’s “Woodstock” on the tunes, two electronic signs proclaimed that Madison’s Willy Street was open for bidness. When it’s not closed. The mob had shut it…

  • Thank you, Mayor Satya

    Brenda Konkel says she has ‘no words.’  Blaska on the other hand, has two words: THANK YOU! Most welcome news this Tuesday morning. At daybreak this morning, the mayor of Madison WI sent in two of the surest and strongest forces of civilization — namely, police and garbage trucks — to reclaim its streets from…

  • Who’s with me?

    Can police supporters play this game? BULLETIN: Milw Journal Sentinel reports Mandela Barnes dropping out of governor’s race over allegations that Barnes was taking advantage of his role in the party to have sexual encounters with young adult women. The ostentatious and performative “grieving” by social justice warriors over the predictable demise of the Exceptional…

  • How a former police officer sees the Corey Ruiz case

    ‘Could have told you one day he would be killed by police.’ An account from former Madison police officer and security expert Adrian Alan: “The [police] officer involved [in the Corey Ruiz case] is someone I field trained many years ago. … He was solid back then and he is today. By all accounts and…

  • There will be blood

    Corey Ruiz is not the cause; he’s a means to an end. Our Platinum Subscribers know why Madison police, uniquely among large police agencies, are not equipped with body-worn cameras. “The Community,” as the chronically aggrieved describe themselves, does not want to see what the police officer sees on the job, is why. Because “The…