Tag: Dane County
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Go east, young Republican!
Trump won 7 places in Dane County WI! As promised, the Blaska Surveillance Vehicle ventured outside the distortion field of Madison WI to take soil samples of the presidential vote county-wide — in cities like Stoughton and Sun Prairie, villages like DeForest and Deerfield, and towns like Perry and Primrose. In the previous thrilling episode,…
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What can 2 WI counties tell us
about today’s presidential election? We are not Steve Kornacki dripping sweat, sleeves rolled up as he works the Magic Board like a mad foosball player drilling down into an obscure precinct for tell-all electoral augury. But we do have space to fill, lest we lose blog readers to a certain former mayor. So, yeah, we…
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Living in the belly of the beast
We dared put up an Eric Olson yard sign! We took a pass on witnessing “Cackles” (as a conservative acquaintance calls the sitting vice president). But reports say Kamala Harris packed the Alliant Energy Coliseum to its almost 11,000 capacity Friday night 09-20-24. Sounds about right. If you see one Trump/Vance yard sign in town,…
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Riding two wheels back into history
In our own back yard Fatigued from Saving America, on the seventh day, the Head Groundskeeper rested. What do you expect? It was the last Sunday in September; how many more days remain with temps in the upper 70s under bright hazy skies? Blaska fired up the HD Softail Slim and headed out for parts…
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Who was that (un)masked man?
Would the Lone Ranger take off his mask, kemosabe? No man is an island, unless he lives in Dane County, Mr. Donne. The Madison WI metro area plays by its own rules — the science be damned! The federal Centers for Disease Control (there’s more than one, apparently) say (plural) take off your facemasks if you…
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Remember these names in the Spring election
Here is the roll call on the vote to impose a $28 annual vehicle registration fee for Dane County residents on top of existing state fees: IN FAVOR 27: BAYRD, BOLLIG, CHENOWETH, CORRIGAN, DYE, ERICKSON, GILLIS, HENDRICK, KOLAR, KRAUSE, LEVIN, MATANO, MILES, McCARVILLE, NELSON, O’LOUGHLIN, RITT, RUSK, SCHAUER, SCHMIDT, VELDRAN, STUBBS, WEGLEITNER, KILMER, YOUNG, ZWEIFEL, KUHN…