Wayne Strong is sort of back in!
Wayne Strong, who had filed to challenge incumbent Nicki Vander Meulen for the seat earlier this month, suspended his campaign Jan. 9, according to the Madison City Clerk's office. In a statement emailed out Wednesday morning, Strong explained he would "campaign on a limited basis" following a "recent medical incident." The statement says Strong will make a final decision on staying in the race "on or prior to" Feb. 18, the same date as the primary election.
I read it here
Former Madison mayor Dave Cieslewicz in Isthmus: "I’m still stunned to realize that almost half of my country could vote for a man like Trump. I view his defeat as a moral imperative. And, yet, while I certainly don’t mean to equate it, I just can’t get on board with the policies and worldview of the Democratic left either. … Given the leftward movement of my party, I don’t think I qualify as a liberal anymore. Instead, I identify as a moderate." (Click image to read)
That’s our Bernie!
The real CNN writes: "The Iranian government's tendency to point the finger at Washington, or other malicious foreign actors, for unrest at home is ringing hollow now. While the Trump administration has fomented a fractious atmosphere, it was not responsible for this accident. … Iran's most popular female actor, took to Instagram to tell millions of followers that Iranians were "not citizens," but "captives." https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/world/iran-protest-analysis-intl/index.html
School-to-prison pipeline is back in session
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While taking groceries in
3:41 p.m. Tuesday 01-14-2020 — Officers responded to a west side residence reference a report of a stolen auto. The victim explained that they were unloading their vehicle after shopping and left the garage door open with their keys and personal belongings inside the vehicle. Approximately thirty minutes later the spouse arrived home and noted that the vehicle was missing. The suspects (two males) attempted to use the victim’s credit cards at a local shopping mall. Investigation continuing.
Car thieves up bright and early
7:56 AM Saturday 01/11/2020 – 3500 block Manchester Rd.
An unlocked SUV with garage door opener inside was parked in the driveway of a Manchester Rd. home Saturday morning. The door from the attached garage into the house was also unlocked.
When family members awoke, the SUV was gone as were several wallets that had been inside the home. The father quickly canceled credit cards after learning the burglar (s) had already been using them to make, or attempt to make, purchases.
The stolen SUV was located Saturday night in a Brittany Place parking lot.15 kids arrested in December
Last month, 56 were reported stolen. Of that number, 54 had keys in them, or had keys easily accessible to criminals. There were 29 (of the 56) that were unlocked and running at the time they were taken.In December, the MPD arrested 13 juveniles, two 17-year-olds, and three adults on tentative auto theft related charges.
Tag Archives: T.J. Mertz
Police have no real friends on Madison school board
School board praises the disrupters No wonder Police Chief Mike Koval is miffed. (Reported here.) So are we. This blogge did not realize until this very day that school resource officers (as the Madison school board is now calling them) … Continue reading
School board to vote on cops in school today!
Madison schools will train school cops to be more racially sensitive! Fasten your helmets. Gird your loins. Steel your resolve. Tell our story to the world if we don’t get back. We’re going to the Madison school board meeting tonight! … Continue reading
Official Madison’s war on diversity
No thousand points of light here! One sees those “DIVERSITY” stickers on every other Prius bumper here in the Emerald City. But Madison is a community that demands rigid conformity to the approved liberal dogma. Stray off the plantation and fear … Continue reading
Cops & security allow Madison school board to do its job!
After debating whether to expel cops from schools for almost two years (and they’re still not done)! At the end of Wednesday afternoon’s emergency meeting of the Madison Board of Education — instead of chants of “F*Bomb the police” — there … Continue reading
