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Category: Mike Koval

  • 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…

  • Fathers! Inspect your kids’ back packs!

    and demand La Follette high school ‘security staff’ be terminated! Your correspondent was carrying a little baby we named Max out of what was then Elmbrook Hospital in Brookfield WI many calendars ago. The newly minted father — only a decade or so removed from childhood himself — half expected a tap on the shoulder.…

  • Proving good policing is firm AND caring

    Mike Hanson is a Madison treasure! We have a short list of people we admire. Mike Hanson should be on everyone’s list. After 23 years on the Madison WI police force, Mike is retiring 06-05-24 as captain of the downtown district.  What can you say about a police officer who, confronted with the body of…

  • Madison is not Memphis

    But we have a police monitor anyway! Memphis TN, we have a problem. The police killing of Tyre Nichols looks to be even more egregious than the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. But Memphis is more confounding, given that the five accused police officers are black, as was their victim. As is…

  • Democrats’ war on police allowed BLM riots

    Only in Kenosha WI did citizens fight back against the rioters The New York Times takes a deep dive into the BLM riots in the summer of 2020 that put Kyle Rittenhouse on the defendant’s block. His trial begins with jury selection Monday 11-01-21 in Kenosha. Expect wall to wall TV coverage. The NY Times…

  • The government takeover succeeded — in Madison WI

    Intimidation worked here! The consensus reaction to Wednesday’s assault on the nation’s Capitol (01-06-21) was: Where were the police? In Madison, they were told to stand down. Moderate Republican Peggy Noonan urges: “We lower the boom. No civilized country can accept or allow … the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. This was an attack…