Of The Midnight “Revision” of Paul Revere

I had been meaning to let this go, but it has been on my mind as a microcosm of the political events of recent...

End of the Week Round Up

Now taking suggestions for a better title for these random comments on the things going on in Madison. Today, the post includes Soglin/Skidmore...

Just for fun

A nice tribute to badger hoops and the desperation of the Bruskewitz campaign.

Robbing Peter (Downtown Area Parks) to Pay Paul (Breese Stevens)

Two weeks ago, an item that was never introduced through the council magically appeared on the Board of Estimates agenda. That item was...

Live Blog Attempt of the Council Briefing on Library (Edited Slightly)

Here's we go . . . NOTE: The meeting got done about 1:14, these are the notes as I got them at the...

Teacher Appreciation

From My email inbox: If you love to cook/bake you may already know Penzeys, the wonderful Wisc-based spice and herb store. Their newest catalog...

Open Records request findings…

I recently did an open records request from our Village Board and found a couple very interesting documents that I felt needed to be...

He who must not be named….

There is an incredible amount of fake outrage on the right regarding Anthony Weiner, from head nerd Reince Priebus on down. ...

Continued Round Up for this Week

Less regurgitation of things you should know, more attitude! :)BIGOTED FLASHBACKAs my co-worker and friend Megin McDonell says on my Facebook page "hello?...

Won’t someone think of the children….

We recently had Budget listening Session in Cottage Grove, conducted by our State Representative Gary Hebl and Legislative Fiscal Bureau Head Bob...

City Staff: Your Input is needed!

This does seem to be a Mayor that doesn't want to follow the rules. Or at least feels like he can either ignore...

Maniaci’s Open Records Request

A few random thoughts on Maniaci's recent open records request to "determine who ratted her out to the press", in regards to her health-care...