Archives: 'November, 2007'

24
November
2007

Impeachment for Lying? Why do we value dresses over soldiers lives?

I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking of this but now that it’s clear that the Bush administration lied about “weapons of mass destruction” in order to get us into this war in Iraq, doesn’t it make sense that we impeach Bush?
After all, remember what the GOP said about the Clinton impeachment? They […]

17
November
2007

Cashing in on Conflicts of Interest: Justice Annette Ziegler

Todays Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel points out that State Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler is recusing herself from some of the cases that come before her.
Key word “some”.
Ziegler doesn’t deserve a medal. Before being elected to her current position on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Ziegler heard cases where she had a direct financial conflict of interest […]

14
November
2007

County Board Should Have Reformed Exec’s Pay

Consider this: For nearly 8 years the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors have had their pay frozen and when I’m talking about frozen, I’m talking about not even getting a cost of living adjustment.
Now consider the fact that County Supervisors cannot vote themselves a raise. That’s right. It’s illegal.
What County leaders can […]

8
November
2007

SCOOP- Second corrections officer relieved of duty in a week

A second Milwaukee County Corrections Officer (not a deputy) was relieved of duty under allegations the officer has had a relationship with an inmate.
This is the second such instance of misconduct in office by a corrections officer this week — the first being the arrest of a Corrections Officer assigned to the classification […]

7
November
2007

Learning from the West Bend School Referendum Defeat

What happens when a school district, under the guise of fiscal conservatism, delays maintenance and expansion until it’s too late?
The answer is that they find their failing infrastructure and lack of facilities an embarrassment and they finally look for ways to remediate the problem. This was the case in Brown Deer just a few […]

4
November
2007

SCOOP - Sexual Assault of an Inmate by CORRECTIONS OFFICER

On Friday November 2nd a Milwaukee County Sheriff’s office correctional officer was arrested and charged with 2nd degree sexual assault of an inmate.
Somehow,this news wasn’t released via ‘press release’ from the sheriff’s office. This is just another example of how Sheriff David Clarke protects his correctional officers. Unfortunately he treats his deputies […]

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