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 [...]

As a citizen journalist I run into some pretty amazing stuff. Sometimes people quickly deny what a tipster may have let me know about and sometimes they exaggerate. Sometimes they’re simply misinformed and other times they’re simply ignorant that there was ever a problem. Sometimes there was nothing done wrong in the first place — [...]

President George W. Bush announced that he will veto the bill that democrats are crafting that would renew the energy tax credit. That is the credit that homeowners get when they put in energy efficient windows, doors and/or insulation in their home. The credit was originally authorized back in 2006 but was reauthorized in 2007. [...]

As I was camping in Governor Dodge State Park this weekend I got a taste of what many of the other folks who were with me in western Wisconsin were having to deal with — torrential rains. Not only did it suck to camp in the rain, but every time I took a step in [...]

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 [...]

Talk show host Charlie Sykes must have State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa) in his political cross hairs but he’s really scraping the bottom in his efforts to smear the Senator. This week he whacked Sullivan for biking to work despite the fact that it was national bike to work week. Sullivan, whose office is in [...]