Better Government

The Village of Cottage Grove is at it again. They seem to be working very hard to lower the quality of life for...

Showing a case of Sour Grapes, former appointed Cottage Grove Village President Mike Mikalsen, submitted a LTE to our local paper attacking me....

Cross Posted @bloggingblue, because, in lieu of the right wing attack on Justice Bradley and inexcusable defense of Justice Prosser, this story needs...

Recently, Monona Grove Elementary teacher Jeff Knudson was the "star" of an ad for Scott Walker. Mr. Knutson looked directly into the...

It has been said that the people lead and the government follows. There have been many examples of this throughout history. Pressure...

This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...

I was recently given the opportunity to sit down with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Mr. Trumka was very cordial and positive and had...

This is Part II of a three part series. In Part I, I briefly motivated Open Government and Government as a Platform, and used Madison Metro as an example of how we could do better. Unfortunately, we’re not doing much better elsewhere in the city, but there are ways to change that.

The Village of Cottage Grove meeting this week was very telling of four members of the board. This item: e. Ad Hoc...

In response to the shocking sexual assault on the Capitol City trail last Saturday Morning, local residents of the Marquette Neighborhood have organized a Take...

The truth of school Vouchers is slowly starting to come out and its not pretty. While Scott Walker, Robin Vos, et...

I have written before of the the right wings veiled attempts to privatize public education. I have also pointed out that while they...