The Wausau Daily Herald recently penned an Op-Ed stating that under the last legislative session school reform "took a step forward" The reforms establish a new system for teacher evaluations that is sensible and balanced. Student achievement — that is, test scores — now will be considered in teacher evaluations. But they won’t be the [...]
“The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.” Senator Joe McCarthy 2/9/50. Shame on [...]
April brings us another election and in Cottage Grove, WI it brings us almost full circle. In the April elections bring the Village a series of unopposed races. For School Board we will have incumbents Lionel Norton, Jessica Ace and Jason McCutchin. I was happy to see them all run again because despite the fact [...]
It is Board of Education candidate forum season and everyone is getting into the act (full list at the bottom). That includes Sustain Dane and the Isthmus, who are co-sponsoring a forum. All good, except they have chosen Dave Cieslewicz as one of the moderators and today our ex-Mayor endorsed two of the candidates. Nice [...]
Recently, Steve Nass and his spokesman got wind that the UW School for workers was putting on an art show. They then went into their extreme partisan frenzy and went there, and after some threats of pulling funding, made them cancel the show. The University of Wisconsin’s School for Workers was planning on hosting an [...]
Now that Act10 has been enacted making it next to impossible for teachers to bargain teachers are going to be left vulnerable. The next fight (that will probably not get as much press) will be the one over district handbooks – especially the term JUST CAUSE. Here are some examples to keep in mind while [...]
Wish death upon all who disagree with republican Governor Scott Walker! Tom in Grafton was Super Caller of the Day! Nothing funnier than wishing death upon a group of people in the name of the Lord! God Bless you!
Christopher Mertes, managing editor and far right wing idealogue, of the Sun Prairie Star, recently wrote one of the most ridiculous editorials I have seen this side of Christian Schneider. In his editorial, Mertes accuses democrats of hate speech, based on a few different facebook pages and comments. In mid-November, the Federal Bureau of Investigation [...]
Recently, the Cottage Grove village board passed a resolution calling for civil public discourse. Their resolution no. 2011-07, A Resolution Promoting Civil Public Discourse. One line of this resolution is Whereas, the principle of civility is the foundation of this republic and the rule of law: … While we are not a republic, civility is [...]
This should be a given, but here goes. New Rule – Staff from really bad politicians make really bad politicians! While there are too many examples to name (Robin Vos and Cottage Grove’s own ex-appointed president being a couple. Sun Prairie is also finding that out with Mayor John Murray who was formerly paul ryan [...]
Hydrite Chemical is a company that has a location in Cottage Grove that many people are not even aware exists. With the troubling smell and the numerous spills coming from this facility, that is changing. Tonight there is a meeting at Flynn Hall at 5PM to discuss the issuing of a permit extension of their [...]
