I had been meaning to let this go, but it has been on my mind as a microcosm of the political events of recent times and wanted to put it to discussion. Recently Sarah Palin, embarrassed herself with her Paul Revere revisionism. Everyone makes mistakes, and there are many many stories both fact and fiction [...]

There is an incredible amount of fake outrage on the right regarding Anthony Weiner, from head nerd Reince Priebus on down. The Republicans are very upset kinda. If only Weiner had tried to to suppress minority votes, then Priebus would love him. Instead Congressman Anthony Weiner was flagged for inappropriate tweets! This caused a stir [...]

The Village of Cottage Grove meeting this week was very telling of four members of the board. This item: e. Ad Hoc Sustainability Committee i. Discuss and consider the 2011 action steps. In most cases this would be a blip on the screen and passed quickly and move on. The idea behind this is that [...]

In the Village of Cottage Grove and the Town of Cottage Grove that really is not the question of the moment. The question of the moment is, with Micah Zielke, seemingly being the voice of the Cottage Grove Merger Committee, how can we trust what they say? As I pointed out recently, Micah Zielke(who made [...]

A bunch of us started up a new blog today…. The Paul Ryan Watch With everything that has happened in Madison at the capitol lately, the incredible badness of Paul Ryan has been kind of under the radar. It is time to change all of that and we will keep a watch on Pink Slip [...]

PLEASE!!! Here in cottage grove, we found out last night, that we have a royal family and no one is allowed in and no one can be voted out. As I wrote yesterday the Village Board was getting ready to appoint registered (secret) lobbyist Paula Severson to fill out a one year term that was [...]

We recently held elections in Cottage Grove where Mike Mikalsen, lost his appointed position of Village Board President. The new Village President, Diane Wiedenbeck, was serving on the board as a trustee and now her position is open for the next year(until the next election). In the same election, Registered Lobbyist and one term village [...]

We recently had Budget listening Session in Cottage Grove, conducted by our State Representative Gary Hebl and Legislative Fiscal Bureau Head Bob Lang. Village President Mike Mikalsen spoke: Mikalsen pointed to his two children standing at the rear of the hall. “It is important that we as adults solve problems. And frankly I am sick [...]

H/T to Jay Bullock for catching this. Last week UW-Madison’s own professor of history, geography and environmental studies penned this op-ed in the NY Times. This op-ed on the history of collective bargaining in Wisconsin was very well written and extremely neutral. Wisconsin was at the forefront of the progressive reform movement in the early [...]

Scott Walker recall   H/t to Harris Lemberg I wonder if any other politician in history has been on both sides of a recall? At least we know he supports recall elections! Scott walker on recall elections!   Had some technical difficulties, but both links will take you to the same video.  

Tonight in the Village Of Cottage Grove, appointed village president Mike Mikalsen and Dane County Supervisor David Wiganowsky, are holding a fundraiser for Dane County executive candidate Eileen Bruskewitz, at 1855 Saloon and Grill. They are also holding a recall Mark Miller petition signing. In case there was any doubt, Mike Mikalsen and David Wiganowsky [...]