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Wednesday, March 12,2008
Gableman’s Tough-on-Crime Message Doesn’t Match Reco
If you only watched the campaign ads, you would think that Supreme Court justices are the ultimate crime-fighters in the state. Even if that were true, you may want to think twice about Burnett County Circuit Court Judge Michael Gableman’s record as a prosecutor and judge.
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Wednesday, March 12,2008
MPD-Republican Quid Pro Quo
Wink wink, nod nod. There was a convenient understanding between a few rogue cops in the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and state Republicans who continue to push unnecessary legislation. The agreement worked something like this:
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Wednesday, March 12,2008
McCain’s Very Own Farrakhan
Endorsed by an extremist Christian pastor
Well aware of Farrakhan’s record, since both of them reside in Chicago, Obama forthrightly rejected the support of the unsavory minister. Unfortunately, his own Christian pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has chosen to associate himself with the Nation of Islam, which may well create problems for Obama—
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Wednesday, March 5,2008
In Whose Interest?
Protesters shadow WMC’s meetings and members
WMC is a business association working to advance policies that are in the public interest of our state and nation,” reads a statement on the Web site of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the state’s largest business lobbying group.
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Wednesday, March 5,2008
Changing Voter Turnout Affects Campaigns
On the East Side, Flaherty and Kovac advance to April election
The field has narrowed from eight candidates to two, and on April 1 Patrick Flaherty and Nik Kovac will vie for departing East Side Alderman Mike D’Amato’s Milwaukee Common Council seat. The Feb. 19 primary was an unusual one, and not just because the open seat provided so much heat on the East Side and Riverwest.
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Wednesday, March 5,2008
Candidates Getting Real About County Finances
Weishan and Manzke offer their proposals
Milwaukee County’s tight finances are the underlying theme of the campaign for county supervisor in the 16th District, which encompasses the Southwest Side of Milwaukee, Greenfield and West Allis. Incumbent John Weishan faces retired Milwaukee police detective Timothy John Manzke in the April 1 general election.
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Wednesday, March 5,2008
McCain’s Political Quagmire
The maverick must explain his support for Bush’s war polic
Within the next two weeks, the number of American troops killed in Iraq is likely to reach 4,000, assuming that the average number of fatal casualties per day remains steady. It is an arbitrary number, given meaning by the fact that the nation may briefly take notice, but a day will come in this presidential...
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Sunday, March 2,2008
A Corporate Court at All Costs
Expect WMC to interfere in another Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) is the state’s largest and most powerful business lobby, but in recent years WMC has become much more than that. To the dismay of some of its own members, the group has taken a very deliberate partisan turn to the right.
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Wednesday, February 27,2008
Will Wisconsin Let Felons Vote?
20 states have more inclusive voting rules
A bill introduced in the state Legislature would save taxpayers money, streamline Election Day procedures and allow an additional 38,000 people to vote in November. But the bill is stalled in committee by state Rep. Sheryl Albers (R-Reedsburg)— the very person...
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Wednesday, February 27,2008
County Ponders How to Increase Minority Participation on Juries
Milwaukee courts can’t target specific neighborhoods
State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen put the kibosh on a plan to ask more minority residents of Milwaukee County to serve on juries. The Milwaukee County Circuit Court has been trying to find ways to increase minority participation on juries so that juries are truly “of one’s peers.”
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