I received this amusing e-mail about how the City of Milwaukee would be if the explosive Alderman Michael McGee/Jackson Jr. were to become Mayor. If you’ve been following McGee’s antics over the past few years you can appreciate all of the similarities. It was penned by Attorney Alan Eisenberg, a former independent candidate [...]

On the Sunday talk shows, Milwaukee County Supervisor Lynne DeBruin expressed outrage that State Legislators are considering not revoking a sick pay benefit. The problem is that it was DeBruin who stood in the way of revoking the more lucrative “health care for life” benefit that Milwaukee County Supervisors who were elected prior to [...]

For months I’ve quietly listened to the folks from Midwest Airlines thump their chest over how they’re better prepared to serve the Milwaukee market than AirTran.
But let’s look at some of the facts.
Midwest Airlines (MEH) has seen its stock tumble and only recently, with the announcement of the AirTran offer and its subsequent increase in [...]

I’m always excited to see a new blog from someone who offers good, hard-core insight. I find myself reading about a dozen on a fairly regular basis. My favorites are from people who were formerly public officials, administrators, private investigators, reporters or are currently somehow either working with a level of government or [...]

Dave Zweifel, Editor of the Capital Times, has discovered a connection linking those supporting Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Annette Ziegler with the PR firm who ran the “Swift Boaters for Truth” smear ads against former Presidential candidate John Kerry (D-Mass).
Here’s the gist of it: Zweifel received a call from PR flack Tim Scheiderer. [...]

He’ll say anything to further the Republican agenda, but talk show host Charlie Sykes got caught red-handed in a lie about Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee (Jackson) Jr.
Mike Plaisted summed it up well when he wrote:
So when Sykes pulled out an audio clip of McGee Jr. saying something about gay activists and “the Jude cops” (the [...]