When Pat Jursik snapped up a victory in a special election for Milwaukee County Supervisor on the southeastern portion of the county, she wasn’t the only one who won. Taxpayers and park lovers got to put a mark in their “win” column since Jursik has openly said she would not be a rubber stamp [...]

Claiming former County Executive Tom Ament was either motivated by greed or asleep at the wheel when the pension scandal was unfolding was how County Executive Scott Walker rose to power. Walker called for the recall of Ament. For the same reasons, Walker should be recalled.
Milwaukee County stands to lose $50 MILLION because [...]

The following is a guest column by a Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff.
I’ve never been one to be very political. Opinionated yes, but I don’t attribute myself to either major party.
I’ve been a Milwaukee County employee for some time now and read about the first pension scandal and thought to myself ” jeez, that [...]

It’s amazing that Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is posing for holy pictures and parading himself around as some sort of tax reformer.
Remember, it was Walker who put together a budget that was reliant on the State to allow him to use Milwaukee County’s 0.5% sales tax for operating expenses. At the time, it [...]

Got a good laugh out of the Journal-Sentinel’s editorial page today (no, it wasn’t from the piece about people plotting to forcibly inflict spoilers on children waiting for the new Harry Potter book — they are scum who should be used as quidditch balls).
According to the paper’s editorial board, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker [...]

I’m a big fan of parks — I always have been. This week I took a walk through Doctors Park which is part of the Milwaukee County Parks system and I was again disappointed with what I’ve seen.
When you go on a nature walk, and that’s what the stroll down the hill toward the [...]