Tomorrow is the big day — April 22nd, the day that the new EPA rules on lead safe renovating go into effect. This will be a challenge for many contractors country-wide but Wisconsin renovators will have an even tougher go of it because legislators, who clearly know nothing about renovating, have decided to make it [...]

Oh brother — I’ve heard it all. Now the State Senate has passed legislation to outlaw schools from having indian mascots. I understand that we ought not be insensitive but some of these mascots have been around for many decades. It’s not like all these schools have names that are ethnic slurs. Someone, please, enlighten [...]

Dear Tea Party Activist, I get it, you’re angry. What I’d like to know is how you managed to get so much media attention. After all, according to a poll by the New York Times, this ‘massive up-swelling of political activism’ of yours is just 18% of the population. Compared to the 53% of the [...]

How can a County which has struggled for nearly a decade making ends meet, suddenly have over an $8 million surplus conveniently enough, in an election year? Why would the public even think that it was a surplus if an amount exceeding $8 million was borrowed in the form of bonds from the taxpayers? Those [...]

Once again Tommy Thompson is in the news — this time because he’ll be speaking at the tea party rally in Madison today. Once again Thompson has suggested that he might run for yet another office. When are people going to realize that Thompson is more addicted to the attention than public policy? He’s the [...]

Aren’t laws supposed to keep people on the straight and narrow? Aren’t they meant to make it so that people know that there are consequences for their actions and impose a penalty for violating those laws? If that’s the case, then there is little reason to pass the ban on texting while driving because it’s [...]