Political observers in the state are all atwitter this week over news that the domain name jimdoyle2010.com has been purchased by Doyle for Wisconsin. Some think this is proof that Gov. Jim Doyle will seek a third term in 2010. Then again, it might just be that someone was simultaneously taking advantage of a domain sale at GoDaddy and insuring that no pranksters from WMC or somewhere else squat on the domain.
That got me in the mood to do some cyber sleuthing of my own. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has always opted out of using his last name for stuff like this, so that eliminated a raft of possibilities like davecieslewicz2011.com, cieslewiczforthree.com or cieslewicz11.com (all available!). The mayor has used daveformadison.com in his previous two elections, a site that is currently "inactive." The registration of that domain expires in August, however, so we'll have to watch and see if it gets renewed.
Other domains point nowhere. Mayordave2011.com is available, but thirdtimesacharm.com is registered to someone in Dearborn, Mich. Remarkably, nobody has registered the domain for hitmemadisononemoretime.com either. Since the mayor doesn't include political meetings on his weekly calendar, there's no way of knowing if this pressing issue will be discussed this week. So what are the chances Mayor Dave will seek a third term?
MAYOR CIESLEWICZ WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday, March 17, 2008
10:00 a.m. Policy staff meeting 11:45 a.m. Lunch with Cora Holloway 2:30 p.m. Antonio Riley, Stan Davis, and Ray Harmon 3:30 p.m. Jim Bower, Mark Olinger, Janet Piraino, Mario Mendoza, and Ray Harmon
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
10:30 a.m. Mayor's Management Team meeting 12:00 noon Brown bag lunch with alders 3:00 p.m. Jim Palmer, Scott Favour, Mario Mendoza, and Janet Piriano 6:30 p.m. Common Council meeting (CCB 201)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
10:00 a.m. Staff meeting 2:00 p.m. Hickory Hurie quarterly meeting 4:30 p.m. Independent Living's Mayors for Meals
Thursday, March 20, 2008
7:30 a.m. Speak at Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting (615 E. Washington Avenue)
9:30 a.m. Eric Sundquist and Ray Harmon
10:30 a.m. Public Works Improvements (PWI) meeting
2:00 p.m. City union leadership meeting
4:30 p.m. Common Council leadership meeting
Friday, March 21, 2008
9:00 a.m. John McNamara
10:30 a.m. Joanna Rouse, Capt. Jim Wheeler, Officer Jane Stoklasa, Officer Susan Krause, Jennifer Zilavy, and Joel Plant
