This afternoon, Governor Jim Doyle will announce the appointment of William Pocan, brother of State Representative Mark Pocan, to the open seat on the Circuit Court in Milwaukee County.
Here's what the Governor's office put out shortly after we broke the story: 
"… Pocan will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael P. Sullivan.  […]

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker doesn't want to pay for parks so he's endorsed a plan to turn them over to an unaccountable board with taxing authority. This is bad on so many levels.
Milwaukee County parks have been described as a jewel, a beautiful part of what makes Milwaukee special and unique.  But Walker's plan […]

Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner held a series of town hall meetings this week in an effort to push his vision of immigration reform.  To promote his narrow-minded ideas, the Wisconsin Republican Congressman made use of tabloid-like tactics as a means to market his bankrupt anti-immigrant campaign.
 
Wisconsin’s ultra-conservative unfavorite son is about to cost America billions of […]

…PETA member clerk refuse to check out our eggs, milk, and bacon? Should the Packers have to hire devout Christians as football players if they refuse to play football on a Sunday? Should bars have to hire pentecostal bartenders who refuse to pour beer?.

It's a slippery slope but the Pharmacist Protection […]

Sorry there weren’t more of you there.  There was a cameraperson/reporter for Spivak and Bice and a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle covering why Senselessbrenner is so jacked up about immigration, given that he is in a district that is soooooooo far away from the Mexican border.  (Beeeeeee  Afwaaaaid, Vewy, Veeewy Afwaaaaaid!)
 “I’d like to […]

Are you tired of the Republican whine that the media is liberal?  Don't believe it?  Smart you.
Join us for a half hour podcast debunking the myth of a liberal media here in Milwaukee County.
We also explore how the Wisconsin election laws encourage partisans to sabotage the other party's election and how Sheriff David Clarke Jr. […]