Tag: Paul Skidmore
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‘It is time to try something else’
Ald. Nikki Conklin to neighbors demanding more police protection Add Tamarack Trails as another neighborhood demanding more public safety.The far westside neighborhood association on 11 October 21 told Mayor Satya and their alder that residents are “extremely concerned about the escalation and increased frequency of violent crimes in our community. Over the course of this…
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Paul Soglin endorses Ald. Skidmore
A ray of hope for Madison! What a strange trip this has been! Havana Paul is now the voice of reason! We have to think that a majority of Madison wishes they had voted Paul Soglin in 2019, not Satya. This campaign lit piece hit mailboxes this week as an independent expenditure from Madison Area Builders…
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It weren’t Skidmore
Where is your head … set? You might not remember the name “Raymond Donovan,” but you will remember what he said. The news media, virulently anti-Republican even 34 years ago, dragged the obscure cabinet member’s name through the mud as a way to dirty up President Reagan until a court of law cleared the man of…
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Alds. Henak, Skidmore, and Tierney fight the good fight
Three key roll call votes from Tuesday’s Madison Common Council budget meeting Involved citizens, whether driven by fear or not, deserve to know how their alders voted on public safety 11-12-19. Here are three key roll call votes on public safety in the City of Madison 2020 annual budget. More firefighters, kill the police auditor/monitor…
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Something is wrong with Madison police — they must be MONITORED!
Freedom Inc. et al wouldn’t be satisfied if police were all Zen Buddhists Seemingly sacrosanct: $130 million for bus rapid transit over several years; $3.5 million annually to operate Council meets 4:30 today on $40 wheel tax The social justice warriors were at it again Monday night (10-28-19), haranguing the Madison Board of Education for…
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Hope for more cops? 3 is greater than 0
November 3 will tell the tale Late last night (10-21-19) the city Finance Committee voted down additional police officers by a 3-2 vote, with Ald. Donna Moreland abstaining. (Dammit, people, you are paid to vote; it’s ones and zeroes, a binary system. Absent a conflict of interest, it’s yes or no.) But the Common Council…