The Politics of Policing
So, 600 people on the Westside want more police services. Maybe. I'm not sure what they want. The angry emails...
New Year’s Eve Round Up
There were too many items yesterday for me not to do a round up - so here it is . . . COUNTY BOARD...
State of the City: An analysis
A whole lotta pro-business. A dash of police state and anti-progressive. Zero progressive. Here's the old and new initiatives he talked...
Manufactured News
It's not just the WSJ that makes things up. With the WSJ, they can't seem to get basic facts straight. Other times,...
Solving "Crime" – Feel Good Ordinances or Real Solutions?
Amen! Paul Soglin said it pretty well - except for the part where he said half the city council is making it hard...
The Friday Snarkarama
I have about 30 blog topics in my queue that I haven't gotten to, I might not have snarky comments about all of them,...
I lied/Can’t Sleep Extra Round Up
So, I wasn't going to blog today, but . . . I came home last night after being sniffly all day, made...
The Mayor and Police Department exempt?
Every year the Clerk's office sends out an email reminding committee staff not to schedule meetings on certain dates. The memo states as...
Full Circle
One of my first posts on this site was in regards to a column written by Chris Rickert. In the column...
Pre-Thanksgiving Round Up
It's a slow week, but somehow, I still found a few things to comment on.WYOU BLUESIf you ever thought about donating to WYOU, now...
Crime in Madison Down, While Fear of Crime Seems to be Up
I'm running out of blog time, so I'm going to be lazy. Check out the bolded parts of the press release below -...
The Cost of 30 Police Officers.
At the last council meeting, we stopped crime in Madison. Well, not really. We passed two ordinances, one that would stop new...