Imagine a time when the government would come down on a citizen and force her into a legal battle which would exhaust her life savings and strip her of her good name. That time is now. Republican partisan and US Attorney Steven Biskupic did just that when he went after state administrator Georgia Thompson with [...]

Or, the apparent total-absence of coordination between progressive candidates in “nonpartisan” elections by Rick Kisséll I spent this past Election Day (4/3/07) at the Westlawn housing project on 60th and Silver Spring, going door-to-door with MPS School Board candidate Wendell Harris. I chose to work with Harris because my own neighborhood on the south side [...]

Tommy Thompson has a lot of nerve to claim he is a pioneer of welfare reform. Yes, he was the Governor in Wisconsin at the time welfare reform was first talked about but it seems that very few people have their facts straight on this one. Welfare reform was not Tommy Thompson’s baby — it [...]

We didn’t support Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee Jr‘s recall for multiple reasons but we predicted his win way before anyone else did. Now that we’ve been proven right, what will be the effect of McGee’s win? The answer is simple — he will be emboldened to continue his poor behavior which is unbefitting of a [...]

AirTran versus local perceptions By now it’s old news that AirTran upped its offer to Midwest stockholders 13 percent to $15 a share last week, or $389 million. The offer was again extended, this time to May 16, just in time for Midwest’s annual stockholders meeting May 23. But Jim’s Watchdog post “AirTran Deal Not [...]

Did anyone happen to watch Channel 12′s election coverage Tuesday night, in particular the interview with Michael McGee, Jr? The tall, mustachio’ed white guy standing just behind McGee as the alderman did his victory interview looked an awful lot like John Balcerzak, president of the Milwaukee cops’ union. Balcerzak had been on the news earlier [...]