Many organizations are considering local celebrations to join with the January 20, 2009 Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama — as they should. Many have worked hard to get him elected so everyone can finally have someone representing all of us in the White House.
But I would ask each of these organizations to consider all [...]

You’ve likely heard the post-election Obama bashing start already. Republicans appear to be confused about who the President was that got us into this economic mess (George W. Bush) are now trying to shift blame onto President-Elect Barack Obama and his supporters even before he takes office.
It’s important that the Democrats who are clearly [...]

For the fifth year in a row Pension Obligation Bonds have been proposed by Scott Walker as a solution to the chronic underfunding of the Milwaukee County Pension system.  After securing bipartisan political support for the idea in 2008, even though it was rejected 57-43% in a 2004 referendum, it appears that the 2009 county [...]

Yesterday I was chatting with a neighbor of mine and our conversation turned to politics. We both had Obama signs in the front yard and we were both proud of him and hopeful for things to come.
But he shared something that took me off guard.
“Now my boys will have no excuses”.
It was simple as [...]

I’ve felt content in the knowledge that Barack Obama was elected President Tuesday and I’m confident that we will see change from the current policies of warmongering and the borrow and spend politics of the Republican party.
All do not share my optimism.
Feeling an opportunity to add melodrama, Republicans haven’t eased up from their fictional accusations. [...]

A few years ago when voters passed an advisory referrendum rejecting continued borrowing to fund operations and increase the county debt, Milwaukee County Executive Walker said voters didn’t understand what they were voting on.
He preceded to get the state to allow him to do the very borrow and spend mechanism that voters said no to [...]