Tag: Crime
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Crime is killing Democrats and they know it
Who ya’ gonna believe: James Carville or your lyin’ eyes? It’s variously been attributed to Lenin, Goebbels, and Saul Alinsky. Maybe they all said it: ‘Accuse the other side of that for which you are guilty.’ Add Clinton-whisperer James Carville to that list of bunko artists. Mind-blowing in its audacity, the Rajin’ Cajun declares that…
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A mall won’t fix Madison’s mauled State Street
first of two parts Newspapers need a cause. William Randolph Hearst’s was war with Spain. Col. McCormick wanted commies out of the State Department. The great crusade of our favorite Madison morning daily these days is moving bus traffic off State Street. “Madison is excited about turning State Street into a grand pedestrian mall, with…
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If the city won’t act, will property owners patrol violent State Street?
… Because the mayor proposes more free stuff Maria Milsted has had enough. Which means the bums, druggies, and shake-down thugs infesting upper State Street — just one block from the state Capitol — are on notice. One week ago (09-02-19) Maria issued this four-alarm alert: Ok! Done! No more! I am going to the…
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Today in Orchard Ridge, Madison
It’s not just Meadowood any more Taken from the NextDoor Orchard Ridge social media site: Notified police of suspicious behavior I called the police today (09-04-18) because I saw two African American young men approximately 17 to 18 years old, on Loruth Terrace clearly not out for leisurely stroll.In their hands they hold pieces of…
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Cops in Madison schools, Part #2
Lesson #1 is Discipline Fewer arrests don’t necessarily translate into safer schools and racial disparity continues Defining deviance down I’ve read the statistics. Yes, student arrests in Madison’s public schools are down 22% over the last four years. Two possible reasons: That EROs are making headway. Or, discouragingly, because that is how MMSD defines success.…