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Category: Madison city government

  • A disquisition on the amazing Dr. G

    the brainiac behind Madison’s police monitor. The last thrilling episode of Madison’s favorite blogge limned the role played by the one constant in the revolving doors of Madison’s independent police monitors, he being Dr. Gregory Gelembiuk. Our favorite Madison morning newspaper quoted him as saying the merest contact with law enforcement is hurtful to the…

  • Woke cop-bashing queen story hour

    Madison had two capitols! Sometimes one CAN judge a book by its cover. According to the annual report of the city’s latest independent police monitor, Madison has not one but two capitol buildings, within blocks of each other.  Sure, the monitor is only four months in town but might she have questioned the likelihood of…

  • Fiscal conservatives? In Madison?

    [ Insert laughing emoji here: 😜 ] Property tax bills gut-punched Madison WI homeowners by a year-over-year average 11.2% this winter but most local candidates remain focused on the niche interests of “under-served populations” in service of diversity, equity and inclusion — the gold, frankincense, and myrrh of uniparty progressivism.   Ol’ Sparky, our Eisenhower-era…

  • Whistle a stupid tune

    Madison goes all Minneapolis on immigration. Where is an unmarked police car not unmarked? In Madison WI. Where are undercover plain-clothed officers clearly marked as the constabulary? Here in Progressive Madison WI. Where can scofflaws speed off into the sunset unmolested? In Defund the Cops Madison WI — at least until unfettered police in nearby…

  • There ain’t no ‘UniParty’ in Madison, you fascist!

    Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes! Back when Ali Muldrow was still speaking to us, shortly after defeating Blaska for Madison school board, she invited her vanquished opponent to dine with her at an isthmus boîte frequented by other socialists like John Nichols and Mayor Satya’s chief of staff. Ali, a young black woman, seemed genuinely…

  • Wrong guy begins new year with right ideas

    You won’t go wrong with this agenda! Hard to believe it is 2026. Still remember the wonderment at the clock turning over to a new millennium, well, 26 years ago. (Still can’t count out Y2K freezing our computers.) In any event, we begin Year 10 of Blaska Policy Werkes with an annual tradition: the Head…