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 [...]
Comes from Dave Zweifel at the Cap Times, with a brilliant way to save money in WI. This kind of vicious and juvenile behavior from Nass’ office has become routine. He’s just one of several current legislators who have never learned the meaning of civility. Here’s my suggestion for saving big bucks: Take Mikalsen off [...]
This weeks Herald Independent, the paper of record for the Monona Grove School District, had an interesting column from their latest Cottage Grove columnist Tom Reason. Mr. Reason covered two topics and unfortunately both of them poorly. The first topic that Mr. Reason covered was the success of the “budget repair bill”. I don’t think [...]
We have been chronicling how the fiscal conservatives are breaking the bank, now we see it “trickling down” to the Dane County Board. The right wing of the Dane County Board is attempting to throw a hissy fit which could cost the taxpayers of Dane County hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is not like [...]
The talks between the Town of Cottage Grove and the Village of Cottage Grove have been continually advancing (as has the cost to the taxpayers of the Village of Cottage Grove). I wrote about it here . Since that time, the merger study committee has brought in some people from Verona, (who tried and failed [...]
From My email inbox: If you love to cook/bake you may already know Penzeys, the wonderful Wisc-based spice and herb store. Their newest catalog has a coupon for a “free Teachers Gift Box” (free with a purchase, that is), and owner Bill Penzey’s ‘note from Bill’ section has a lovely message of respect for and [...]
While I worked, we were able to get away for a family vacation in Hayward, WI. Monona Grove School District teacher Brent Schacht spent his summer making television advertisements to re-elect Alberta Darling. “There is no stronger advocate for our kids” Alberta Darling is someone who claims to have taught in her bio, yet where [...]
As the kids start school today there will be lots of “Scott Walker has saved our schools” misinformation running around the right wing airwaves. I wanted to share a couple of links that will be relevant to many stories that you will be hearing. The first has to do with the Walker administrations favorite school [...]
Cross Posted @bloggingblue, because, in lieu of the right wing attack on Justice Bradley and inexcusable defense of Justice Prosser, this story needs to be told. Justice David Prosser, through official marionette, Brian Schimming, had this to say”“I was confident the truth would come out – and it did. I am gratified that the prosecutor [...]
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then get elected and prove it. P.J. O’ROURKE, Holidays in Hell The Village Board in Cottage Grove has been making some news lately, besides the probable privatizing of our Emergency Medical Services. There is also the ongoing discussions between the Village and town of [...]
The Village of Cottage Grove is at it again. They seem to be working very hard to lower the quality of life for all of the citizens in the Village(and unfortunately have been very successful the last two years plus). This time they have some accomplices – the town of Cottage Grove and the municipalities [...]
