Sunny Kept Us In The Dark…
In the Monona/Cottage Grove area,while we are a decent size community and many people read www.madison.com for their print/online newspaper, we have a respectable...
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...
Singing for the 1st
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to Nathaniel Macon
One thing that is common place...
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,...
Will Scott Walker Choose Superhighway Socialism?
Scott Walker will be delivering his third State of the State address tonight at 7pm. Infrastructure is among the five priorities he has been...
Dear Media: Please Research the Declining Returns on Highway Investments
Every couple of weeks, we hear about a $680 million shortfall in the transportation fund. The unspoken premise being that the projects that are creating...
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...
Merit Pay In Education -A Case Study
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...
Others Weigh in on Privatization of Schools.
It's not just me pointing out that the republicans, led by Scott Walker, want to privatize(and profit from) public education. Let's take...