I love you. You love me. We’re a great big family… Those may be lyrics to the pre-school favorite purple dinosaur’s television song but you could barely notice a difference when hearing the two republican candidates for Governor square off. Rather than a true debate and candidates taking each other and their ideas to task, [...]

Bellyaching. Whining. Constant political attacks. Really now, wouldn’t you think that everyone would have something better to do than complain about MMSD? I mean, I get it — there is sewage dumping that happens a few times a year in order to reduce the possibility of sewage backups into peoples basements. That dumping goes into [...]

For years, Republicans have asked why government doesn’t run like a business. I’ve always wondered why they always focus on costs rather than customer service. Why, you have to wonder, doesn’t Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, a Republican, run Milwaukee like a business? Think about it. Customers are already paying for the services in the [...]

The far-right side of the blogosphere is up in arms over my assertion that the ailing O’Donnell Park parking garage which has been having problems since the get-go has finally led to a fatality due to negligence by County Executive Scott Walker. Disgusting, politicizing, all words to describe my guilt for connecting the obvious dots. [...]

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has built his entire career on the simple slogan “cut taxes”. Part of the way he has achieved this reputation is by allowing Milwaukee County’s infrastructure to erode to the point where yesterday, a 15 year old boy lost his life. Yesterday a 30 foot wide concrete wall fell from [...]

A little time has passed since Milwaukee County Supervisor Lynne DeBruin decided to run to the media with discussions that happened in a closed door meeting down at the County Board. In that time, some of her colleagues have decided to put together a resolution to censure her. Whether it passes or not will matter [...]