Transit union President James Macon said earlier Monday the drivers will go on strike beginning at 3 a.m. Wednesday. He…
Public Services
Mistreated, otherwise ignored
“What, I wonder, would happen if our elected officials and their families, and our Federal employees and their families were…
WPR SOL
this is a backdoor budget cut where Walker didn’t have the guts to play it straight, and now the Joint…
At least no one’s starving
Janet Piraino — former state director for U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, a Madison Democrat — will replace Doug Hill, who…
Nice at the top
Milwaukee County Health and Human Services director gets 39% raise this year http://t.co/EWaql9G1VE — Don Behm (@conserve) March 15, 2015
Milwaukee’s streetcar battle
Via Streetcar: A statement begets a response which begets a response @ JS All Politics Blog.
Did the Commissioner Ellen Nowak tip off Big Energy?
Opponents of the controversial increase in solar power fees that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission just awarded We Energies are…
Falsely blaming the Feds
The story, conveniently published almost two months after Democratic candidate for the 15th District State Senate, Austin Scieszinski, claimed the…
Who’s fault is the condition of Wisconsin’s
Via Wisconsin’s Deficient Bridges: Walker, #WisGOP Shirk Responsibility. Squander State Surplus @ Rock Netroots.
How They’d Pay You’ll Pay for Roads
Via Mary Burke and Gov. Scott Walker on paying for roads @ JS All Politics Blog.
Road expansion kills road repair
….Janesville taxpayers should think long and hard before committing themselves to additional new taxes. Keep in mind that regardless of…
Racine to become Waukesha’s toilet
The City of Waukesha will hold a meeting tonight in Racine about its plan to move millions of gallons of…
WisconsinEye tries to keep video of public proceedings out of political ad
Planned Parenthood uses Sen. Mike Ellis’s public remarks in a political ad. “Do we have a democracy here in the…
The Left doesn’t help when it advocates workers’ cuts
“….do not expect Mary Burke to be the leader on standing up to all of this abuse, UNLESS, she wants…
It’s simply wrong to think that the Madison Library is an acceptable solution for homelessness
Officials also hope the renovated Central Library, which will reopen in September, can take some of the pressure off the…
If you’re looking for water in the Town of Jackson…
then you may be waiting until next year. Via About 100 Town of Jackson families waiting until 2014 for new…
They’re shifting patients from the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex to a community setting
Whether there’s an adequate safety next for those patients in a community setting awaits an answer. Via Abele’s Mental Health…
Gov. Walker contends that conservatives are unhappy with access to state-owned land
Walker’s mistaken about conservatives’ concerns – it’s how much public land the state owns, not access to it, that’s the…
The Town of Waukesha joins the City of Waukesha’s water service area
The Town of Waukesha joins the City of Waukesha’s water service area. [Responsible, perhaps, but still a close run thing…
Is the Air Traffic Controllers’ Furlough just an Obama Admin scam?
Inconvenience for a political point. Via Dad29.
Oshkosh can’t figure out what to do with unclaimed human bodies
Piling up. Via WMTV.
2,800 We Energies customers without power
Via FOX6Now.com.
We Energies ‘reports’ power failures across SE WI
Nice the cosseted public utility is able to report what its customers are already experiencing; nicer if they’d fix the…
Bureaucrats plot more public bus transit for Madison
Via Channel 3000.
200 We Energies Customers Lose Power
Probably a surprise that more We Energies customers aren’t without service. Via Caledonia Patch.