Tag: Ali Muldrow
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Blaska can’t win
but he sure can whine! Last time Blaska ran for school board he was dismissed for “going out of his way to provoke liberals.” The Wisconsin State Journal could not endorse the one candidate in the 2019 election who supported its agenda of keeping school resource police officers in Madison’s troubled public high schools. This…
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Paul Fanlund won’t jump through any hoops
for some write-in candidates, for others it’s: c’mon down! It’s their party and The Capital Times can freeze out Blaska from its school board candidate debate next Tuesday 03-15-22 if it wants. But what a difference three years can make! Editor Paul Fanlund excuses his news blackout this-a-way: “Our rationale for excluding Mr. Blaska is…
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Send in the clowns!
Madison school board candidates promise equity, not education. The only drama in Madison’s April elections is whether a trans/bi performance artist who doesn’t use a real name will be elected to the school board. Could make national news of the “Can You Believe It?!” kind. It’s the only contested race, out of three. Another triumph for the…
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School board president is proud of school board
She’s proud … of herself? The Capital Times is up with a puff piece on school board president Ali Muldrow a week before candidate filing deadline (she is unopposed for re-election). “She’s proud of how far they [meaning the school board!] and the district have come.” Not even glossed over but totally unaddressed: the serial…
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Happy new year. Welcome to the same old …
It’s time to panic! The gray lab coats at the Policy Werkes tore their ears off the freezing cold train tracks this morning to report that nothing new is coming this a-way. The change train that visited Virginia, New York City, and Seattle ain’t stopping at the Emerald City. Neighbors here on the SW side…
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School safety officer sandbags police to protect gun-toting kids
Maybe it’s a blessing that schools are returning to virtual! The facts are these: high school-age kids in two vehicles, one of them stolen and used in an armed robbery, rendezvous in a fast food parking lot not far from East high school. They show off their firearms. Citizen reports incident to police. Officer pursues…