Tag: Dave Cieslewicz

  • The choir won’t listen

    Unless it hears its own song. The Squire of the Stately Manor has traced the improved morale of his indentured servants to their clandestine viewing — on company time — of a rival blogge. Goes by the name “Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos.” Run by a fellow named Dave Cieslewicz. (That last name, we believe,…

  • Are moderates safe in Madison any more?

    Wanted: political courage Former mayor Dave Cieslewicz has a brand new blog (wasn’t that a James Brown song?): Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos. (Those being the only things found in the middle of the road, it is said.) His blog’s subhead says it all: “a safe place for moderates in a polarized world.” Says something about…

  • The Bernie bois got burned

    A victory for tear gas! America repudiates progressivism Pretty much sums it up: “Orange man gone and succeeded by a moribund cypher with an unprincipled naïf waiting for the desk in the Oval Office; opposition holds Senate and gains in House.” — “a The Nation magazine subscriber comment. The big loser this week was John Nichols/Bernie Sanders/Mayor Satya-style…

  • Why won’t Dave Cieslewicz sign the recall petition?

    Courage, man! Dave Cieslewicz (pronounced exactly as spelled) has all the vowels (and more than enough consonants) but cannot seem to solve the puzzle. To date, Dave is the only Madison personage with liberal bona fides who has called out the chaos. But the former mayor says he won’t put his name to the Mayor…

  • Why won’t mayor Satya share the pain?

    Where is the empathy? Congressman Mark Pocan did not use the word “Deplorables” to describe those who protested the statewide coronavirus lock-down 04-24-2020 at the WI State Capitol. His condescension was palpable enough without it. The farmers, tavern keepers, and hairdressers who asked for relief from the resulting economic paralysis were motivated by “fear,” or…

  • Straight White Man gets religion

    Now that the April election is over and the Madison school board is more liberal than ever Glory, glory halleluja! A mere two days after Blaska called him out for ignoring THE central issue in the local Spring elections, former mayor Dave Cieslewicz has come to Jesus. “Keep cops in high schools,” Citizen Dave writes in his most…