A city panel may have endorsed an electric bus system but the plan is already DOA unless the city wants to get into the bus system.For years, city officials have spoken of looking to the future, of vision and the consequences of failing to plan. For years, they haven’t gotten one key fact — they […]

Last year, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker announced that he wanted to expand on former Exec Tom Ament’s orders to expand public-private partnerships in our parks. The problem is that Walker cut the oversight and the private sector took advantage of it.

Starbucks managed to run a shop out of Red Arrow Park in the heart […]

A week or so ago some folks from the Sheboygan area met to discuss how to recall their Mayor Juan Perez now that he has completed his first year in office.
They had met before, but this meeting was going to be special. The “Experts” on recalls from Milwaukee County were coming to help the cause.
Citizens […]

How can Sheriff David Clarke say there is no money for Deputies to have taser guns to control unruly inmates and protect the public, yet he’s spending $25,000 in travel junkets and remodeling his office with a brand new LCD TV?
An open records request on Clarke’s travel habits showed that Clarke spent over $25,000 in […]

No, I don’t have a direct line to the psychic hotline, but anyone who has read either the last several County Executive budget addresses or the State of the County addresses knows that Exec Scott Walker has been blaming former Exec Tom Ament and the County Board for the pension scandal. Now the county […]

Yes, it’s important to condemn the “code of silence” that made it so that even the most over the top Milwaukee Police Officer could not be found guilty in the trial of Frank Jude Jr. but let’s not forget what our officers are dealing with every day.
We should also be expressing outrage at the “stop […]