When Milwaukee County won approval for a 1/2 cent sales tax, it was done with a promise — that the funds would be used for capital improvement projects. A few years later, County Executive Scott Walker petitioned the state to allow him to use the funds for whatever he felt they should be used for [...]

After years of frustration, the Milwaukee County Democratic Party finally showed some teeth with an endorsement of Democrat Vince Bobot in the primary race against faux dem Sheriff David Clarke. Last week we cued you in with a live blog from the Dem convention that this was going to happen. Now it has. Sometimes commentary [...]

Can we afford them? That’s the way County Executive Scott Walker is coaching his argument that pools need to be closed but this time he’s approaching his pool closing scheme in a different way. Last time he closed the pools in the heat of the summer and the public was outraged. Walker scapegoated former Parks [...]

Post Publication Update:  Governor Doyle has appointed Attorney William Pocan to the bench. With the possible exit of State Representative Dave Cullen from the legislature, the question of who will replace him hangs in the air. There are a few good people who might consider entering the race. I'll premise this by saying it's just [...]

Mom’s not a big threat. She wheels along in her electric chair puttering about in her Wautoma home making her way from her bookcase to the TV and back again. She even continues to vote Republican and calls me every election season to tell me who she thinks I should vote for. So why does [...]

  Northfield, MN — Over the weekend, the Watchdog faithful were treated to a rousing Democratic convention in LaCrosse, brought to you live via intrepid blogging by Watchdog Publisher Jim McGuigan. Unveiled at the convention was a statewide platform to make Wisconsin work for working families, and commitments from the governor on health care and [...]