Sold !
That’s what happened recently when the Milwaukee Public Museum Board decided to divest itself in the Costa Rican Trimbina rain forest.
You may ask yourself, how did the museum even acquire Trimbina? The answer is simple - it was donated. Donors included the late Jack Puelicher whose generous donation also made possible the [...]

The cardinals who gathered to choose new pope were stunned.
Cardinal Mahoney, the Vatican spokesperson, said:
We in the conclave are all shocked. We cast our votes using those new electronic voting machines that we purchased from the United States. The results overwhelmingly favored George W. Bush.
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And while we’re departing from our normal serious fare, here’s a [...]

In past years candidates have had websites but Governor Jim Doyle and Lt. Gov Barbara Lawton are kicking off with a new blog !
I’ve got to say — I’m impressed. Not only have they joined the blogosphere but they also allow comments.
Check it out: Doyle-Lawton 2006 Blog

There’s a theory, albeit misguided, that says that if you reduce the size of a County Board, that government will be less expensive to run. These advocates claim that the salaries of elected officials are to blame for the problem. The truth is much more complicated.
But let’s look at the facts. Take [...]

Midwest Airlines Exec Carol Skornicka and CEO Tim Hoeksema are coming under a touch of fire for not registering as lobbyists after lobbying State Representative Jeff Stone (R-Greenfield) to snatch the airport away from Milwaukee County and give it to an unelected board.
Sniff. Sniff. What’s that smell? It smells like Midwest Airlines [...]

This debate on whether the county contracted lawyers should get about a hundred thousand more to prosecute Chairman Lee Holloway has taken a bizarre twist.
Two Republicans on the ethics board resigned because they were upset that the county board didn’t approve yet another expenditure to prosecute Holloway. Cest la vie ! Don’t let [...]