Simpson’s Soliloquy on Words of Reason
This weeks Herald Independent, the paper of record for the Monona Grove School District, had an interesting column from their latest Cottage Grove...
Economic Development Director Do Over – 3rd Times A Charm
It must be Friday . . . that's when the City issues all of its bad news.Looks like we're going to try again to...
Misplaced Priorities
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then get elected and prove it.
P.J. O'ROURKE, Holidays in Hell
The Village Board in...
Desperate Times, Call for Desperate Measures!
Summer 2012, the Wisconsin republicans had the world by the balls. They had control over the State Assembly, the State Senate, the...
Why Teachers Need a Union – Part 2
I posted before some examples why teachers need a union.
From Idaho we get another case study!
A high school science teacher in Idaho is...
That darn EDC . . . hates the public?
So, prior to the second attempt the Economic Development Commission made to have a public hearing on paid sick leave, another controversy of sorts...
Even in Dane County the Fiscal Conservatives are Breaking Us!
We have been chronicling how the fiscal conservatives are breaking the bank, now we see it "trickling down" to the Dane County Board....
We All Must Oppose The Expansion of School Vouchers
The Monona Grove Board of Education, building principals and district office administrators, and teachers (Monona Grove Education Association) join together to urge legislators to...
Collective Bargaining
Recently, former Monona City Administrator Dave Berner, a "guest editorial" regarding the evils of collective bargaining. While working on my response...
Stop the Slogans!
During the smoking debate it was "Ban the Ban" and "Save Madison Jobs" - and various members of the council were Nazi's and a...
An agenda for the City
This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...
Air Quality vs. Economic Development
Those lousy air quality standards could hurt economic development! With the news that Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay are not meeting EPA air...