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Healthy soil, healthy folks?
Well the man IS a vigorous 80! Few personalities have been more consequential and just damned interesting than Jonathan Barry. Former Dane County executive, state legislator, UW Regent, deputy secretary at Workforce Development, business exec in the private sector, candidate for governor, and Democrat turned Republican. That’s only a partial list. Probably his most enduring claim to fame is helping found Madison’s farmers market 51 years ago, after he parked his farm produce truck on State Street and the City kept ticketing it. The Saturday market on the Square is now as much part of the city’s culture as…
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Stones of steel — bringing the hammer down at midnight!
FA&FO! Donald Trump met the moment! Not that the world awaits the seat-of-the-pants reaction of a retiree blogging from Madison WI but here goes just the same: What a contrast is Donald Trump from dithering old Sleepy Joe! The previous occupant cut and ran from Afghanistan with local allies hanging in desperation onto the landing gear of aircraft lifting off from Bagram AFB. Wouldn’t that air force base have been useful when Donald Trump unleashed his unholy hell on Iran’s nuclear sites Saturday 06-21-25? What a contrast is this President from Barack Obama who tried to buy peace with…
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We don’t know if taxpayers are being ripped off
Which is why a full audit is called for! We teased subscribers with a headline “Are taxpayers being ripped off?” Put a password on it so as to run the draft by some of the principals. Lots of response. We don’t have the forensic tools to determine who is right, which is why we need a full-scale program audit. Because we don’t know. Former Madison alder Nino Amato is making serious charges against a social-services provider with which Dane County contracted for $21.8 million in housing assistance. Urban Triage pays its CEO, Brandi Grayson, $292,000 annually. Nino Amato is…
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Are taxpayers being ripped off?
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“Media: No motive yet In attack on Jewish synagogue by radical Muslim.” — Babylon Bee