Citizen Dave
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Don’t keep customers in the dark
The Wisconsin Grocers Association has joined the regressive Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce to fight the Evers administration’s tentative steps toward listing businesses where at least two employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Read more
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Baseball strikes out
Baseball may finally return in July. But players and owners have badly damaged the game by putting on a three-month-long greed clinic while being dismissive of the fans who pay the bills. Read more
Jun 19, 2020
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Wait for a new UW president
Who would want to take a job as difficult as this one knowing that the folks who hired you and are in the majority on the board now, will be in the minority in just a few months, replaced by a majority with different values and goals? Read more
Jun 16, 2020
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The Evers tapes
Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald are aghast at Gov. Tony Evers’ “secret” recording of their conversation. Evers should have disclosed it, but Vos and Fitzgerald have done a lot worse. Read more
Jun 12, 2020
A test of leadership
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was already a rising star before the current outbreak of protest and unrest. Read more
Jun 5, 2020
Linda Falkenstein
How Mike May saved the Wienermobile
Mike May has been both a great lawyer and a respected public servant. Read more
May 29, 2020
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
Wait ‘til next year for Major League Baseball
The danger that the virus will come roaring back with a vengeance in the fall (if not earlier), just as the 1918 influenza pandemic did, should be on everyone’s mind. Read more
May 27, 2020
11:00 AM
Can't mask your politics
It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that reaction to the pandemic has now firmly divided along ideological and geographic lines. Read more
May 22, 2020
10:00 AM
Phil Ejercito
Watch out for the underdogs
The underlying concern about my not listing all the candidates in the SD 26 race in a previous blog post is legitimate. I also should have remembered what it feels like to be perceived as a second-tier candidate. Read more
May 20, 2020
9:00 AM
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Cut checks now, ask questions later
State unemployment systems are designed to make it hard for laid-off workers to get the benefits they are entitled to. Read more
May 14, 2020
1:00 PM
Phil Ejercito
Where have all the candidates gone?
At this point, Kelda Roys is the only major candidate running for a seat that has not been open in 58 years. Read more
May 10, 2020
11:00 AM
Dylan Brogan
Two good moves at the city
The system worked the way it should. Citizen commissioners reviewed the proposal and the law, took the staff analysis into consideration, and then exercised their own judgment. Read more
May 7, 2020
2:00 PM
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One step back
Restaurants and bars change with the changing rules. State Street Brats is temporarily closed, Dexter’s opens for takeout and Gib’s is in limbo. Read more
Make it rain with the 1s and 0s
Help out local artists by buying some music online. Here's a few more recent releases to get you started. Read more
Next steps for Overture
Overture is predicting a $7 million budget shortfall this year even with severe staffing cuts. Read more
Don’t keep customers in the dark
The Wisconsin Grocers Association has joined the regressive Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce to fight the Evers administration’s tentative steps toward listing businesses where at least two employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Read more
