Cottage Grove Politics
April brings us another election and in Cottage Grove, WI it brings us almost full circle. In the April elections bring the Village...
Step Right Up…..
Wisconsin, the original headquarters of Ringling Brothers circus, which has brought us such acts as Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Zip...
Local Progressive Talk
We all know by now that Sly in the Morning and the local news team, on 1670 WTDY was ambushed and fired the day...
United Sportsmen
There is a scandal brewing in Wisconsin that not only typifies exactly who the Wisconsin Republican party is but what is wrong with Wisconsin...
You Can’t Shame The Shameless!
In the midst of the whole "budget repair" bill fiasco and Governor Walkers re-igniting of the progressive movement in America, the republicans in wisconsin...
The Governors “tools” and the President’s “stimulus”.
Governor Walker has been in office for just a few months and they have been an eventful few months. Before he even took...
Let The Battle’s Begin!
Today, the newest Wisconsin legislature will be sworn in and then they get to work(which is good because the Wisconsin legislature has not worked...
Why Teachers Need a Union – Part 2
I posted before some examples why teachers need a union.
From Idaho we get another case study!
A high school science teacher in Idaho is...
D-Day for Public Education
Today is the day that we have been discussing for weeks. Today is the day that the legislature starts discussing public school...
Cottage Grove – Where Democracy is a dirty word!
We recently held elections in Cottage Grove where Mike Mikalsen, lost his appointed position of Village Board President. The new Village President,...
New Rule – part 2.
This should be a given, but here goes.
New Rule - Staff from really bad politicians make really bad politicians!
While there are...
Desperate Times, Call for Desperate Measures!
Summer 2012, the Wisconsin republicans had the world by the balls. They had control over the State Assembly, the State Senate, the...