Category: Madison city government
-
How about a little taxpayer ‘equity’?
Bill comes due for free-spending Madison! Vince Lombardi, witnessing a lackluster football practice, barked, “What the hell is going on out there?!” Saddled with the expansion New York Mets, the ol’ perfesser, Casey Stengel, complained, “Can’t anybody here play this game?” Both giants of sports would keel over in apoplexy if they were coaching Madison…
-
We’re desperate for a win
Lowering expectations to the vanishing point! The world’s greatest democracy seems doomed to endure an entire year of Groundhog Days by nominating super-annuated, increasingly disreputable, and possibly criminal presidential candidates. Trump and Biden will lock horns in some kind of mutual death struggle until a measure of karma is achieved. Only then will the clock…
-
Slip sliding away
Are we living in an A&E reality show? The b&w Philco here at the Stately Manor flickers with a cable TV series out of Canada showing tow truckers pulling big rigs out of the ditch, set to narration appropriate to D-Day. Seriously, that’s the show. Another has semi-truck drivers negotiating icy roads somewhere north of…
-
Mayor Satya’s numbers don’t add up
Says her former challenger, Gloria Reyes When the likes of Zach Brandon, Dorothy Borchardt, and Paul Skidmore served as alders some 15-20 years ago, Madison WI city government had real budget hawks — watchdog types who could read a budget and find where the fat lay buried. The current cast of characters in city hall,…
-
Dane County elected Protasiewicz
Day #2 of Tuesday’s election autopsy Already, some Republicans are blaming the Wisconsin Election Commission and mail-in ballots for Tuesday’s drubbing in the Spring elections statewide and here in the Emerald City of Madison WI. Election deniers and other delusional conspiracy hounds are why we can’t see our way to victory. Wednesday’s thrilling installment of…
-
Aaarghh! Woke won!
Madison is Boss Satya’s town! Sorry to see Daniel Kelly lash out at Janet Protasiewicz, elected Tuesday 04-04-23 the fourth and deciding liberal on the Wisconsin supreme court. It’s tough to be a good loser, Dan my man. Then again, Blaska has had (past pluperfect) beaucoup practice. Wisconsin voted pro-choice. We said back awhile ago…