If your in education! Cross Posted @bloggingblue: I wrote earlier about Scott Walker's latest attack on teachers. This morning Katy Lounsbury was on SLY explaining this in further detail: The rule redefines base wages for public employees as something other than what a teacher makes right now. No performance pay, overtime premium pay, reimbursement or [...]

With Apologies to Bill Maher, I thought I would steal his famous segment. New Rule: You can’t advocated slashing necessary services, especially if you have a column and pretend to be a journalist, and you do NOT know what those services do. A group of Dane County introduced a \"wheel tax\" to help raise money [...]

Governor Scott Walker appears to have been correct when he said: “We’re Broke and Can’t Negotiate.” Unfortunately the members of the legislature did not get that memo. The legislature continues to collectively bargain with that union of businesses better known as Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC). In recent days, the Joint Finance Committee, chaired by [...]

I wrote a LTE regarding teacher pay last year, and in Lieu of The community wide education meeting, I thought I would bring it back. One quick note, keep this story in mind, while listening to the noise about teacher pay and benefits. As Border’s is on the verge of bankruptcy and closing stores all [...]

I was recently given the opportunity to sit down with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Mr. Trumka was very cordial and positive and had plenty to say about the state of the union and what started in Madison and has blossomed throughout the country and the world. Mr. Trumka gladly took all of our questions and [...]

I’d kept half an eye on the Dame County Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, but my interest and hope has markedly increased with the beginnings of the Implementation Team work.  When the Task Force Report came out I was impressed with the thorough documentation of the issues along with the [...]

The only story that ends up in my google reader to pass along to you. But the story is more about what you don’t see. One might think this was some kind of April Fools joke. From: Harmon, RaySent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:06 PMTo: ALL ALDERSSubject: Dear Alders- I wanted to let you know [...]

Edgewater free round up . . . CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MIASo, where is our Economic Development Commission, our Economic Development Director and city leadership? With all the talk of jobs and the economy, wouldn’t you think buying local would have been a top priority this shopping season? NO WONDER THERE IS SO MUCH SHERIFF’S OVERTIMEWhat [...]

Eh, I slept in, went to Bizzardoke at the High Noon last night. Now I can’t decide if its worth it to get my car out of the ramp, the streets don’t really look all that plowed. I was kind of hoping for a plowed spot to move into before tonight. Problem is that if [...]

Less regurgitation of things you should know, more attitude! BIGOTED FLASHBACKAs my co-worker and friend Megin McDonell says on my Facebook page “hello? 1999? is that you? can you come and get your talking points, please, and take them back to your own century? thanks.” Apparently, we’re going to have the debate about if Section [...]

Watched it on TiVo . . . wasn’t feeling well so went home. So, you don’t really get the same information as if you are actually there, but here’s what I got out of it. A. ROLL CALLAnd here is one area that watching on TV is difficult as the clerk doesn’t repeat if people [...]