This must be the decade of daft politicians who love to point fingers and invent sound bites.
It all started when President George W. Bush called a few countries he was miffed at the “Axis of Evil”. Now Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee (Jackson) Jr. is calling his opponents “Principalities of Darkness”.
Could they get more childish?
McGee [...]

The oxyMORONically named group Citizens for Responsible Government (CRG) is in the news again but unfortunately the mainstream media failed to make some important connections.
Wal-Mart is center stage in this story. In one case, CRG is angry about a Wal-Mart being built. In the other, CRG supported a pro Wal-Mart candidate.
In [...]

Cha-ching!
We told you so.
Back in September we warned you what the results would be if Jefferson Alderman Dave Olsen was recalled. Wal-Mart backed the recall and their candidate turned Alderman, Chris Havill, was the tipping point on their City Council.
Well now Wal-Mart has the go ahead to build a new SuperCenter. I know, [...]

You would think he would at least wait until the Wisconsin State Senate really begins it’s session before he would make a threat, but Republican activist Bob Dohnal is already suggesting that newly sworn in State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa) will be out of office before he can act on the public place smoking ban [...]

The Milwaukee County District Attorney is going after a group calling themselves Franklin Citizens for Responsible Leadership whose treasurer, James Seymer, allegedly lied on the groups campaign finance report.
James Seymer is the son of Orville Seymer, a founder of the Franklin group and one of the less than savory founders of the Republican shill group, [...]

I'll admit that I have a high standard when it comes to political newsletters.  I don't like my tax dollars wasted on fluff mailings.
So when I received County Supervisor Joe Rice's "Rice Report" which included a survey that asked:
Milwaukee County should balance its budget by
___ Increasing Taxes
___ Reducing Spending
___ Other

I asked myself: "Self, what exactly [...]