Tag: Jerome Blaska
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Memorial Day is for thanking
Better late than never. Like probably every son who ever lived, Blaska wishes he had told his old man that he didn’t do such a bad job after all (although some may differ). We knew he was on his way out but he never complained except to say, “Nothing seems to be working right.” My…
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We’re a loser
🎵 and we’re not what we appear to be! There is no joy in Mudville today or the Stately Manor. To expiate their anger, the indentured servants have been given some old tableware to smash, since public buildings seem to be well guarded. We have witnesses. During the ninth inning, with two runners on base…
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An editor & publisher at age 7
Start the presses! The most recent editor of the Wisconsin State Journal is moving upstairs to a job at corporate hdq. Jason Adrians, we hardly knew ye. Isn’t that the case with every newspaper editor and publisher these days? Who is today’s Colonel McCormick? Katherine Graham? Ben Bradlee? Who bosses the Washington Post since Marty…
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Happy trails, Fred Risser
Builder of Wisconsin’s Democrat(ic) party, Fred watched it forget its heart and lose its soul. Just a kind word about a good man, Fred Risser. At age 92, he is stepping aside after a record 64 years in the Wisconsin state legislature. No one has served longer in any statehouse in the nation. That’s something…