Category: School board election 2022
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At some point, just vote no
against the tax & spenders! Newspaper editorial pages are disappearing faster than fishing boats in the Caribbean. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel quit opinionating after being absorbed into the maw of the sprawling 280-newspaper Gannett chain. Here in Madison, the Wisconsin State Journal mostly runs shrink-wrapped opinions Lee Enterprises distributes to its 77 outlets. So it…
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We dared speak out against the Madison consensus
In anno domini 2022! Honest to Smack, we were going to list our most-read blogges of this expiring year when, in a sure sign of senility, we erased the draft. Now we find that a certain former Madison mayor has posted the same concept at his roadside stand. Lo (and behold!), his top-rated blog for…
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Blaska is a stranger in a strange land
Speak out and ye will be tainted! A liberal acquaintance of ours (we have a few) sent us a sensible piece he had written calling for a return to discipline in Madison’s public schools. “Classroom discipline – the foundation for learning – has deteriorated to an extent that has made students feel unsafe in school,…