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• Comment on Tom Barretts Mayoral Takeover of MPS Plan

  
  Forward our Motto — Authority: 124
  I dont like the Mayoral takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) plan that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is pushing. The main problem with the plan? Its a plan for a Mayoral takeover that claims educational improvement as a side-effect, when the plan should be a plan to improve education with a Mayoral-take over as ...
  8 hours ago

• Barrett Officially Names Campaign Manager

  
  Lakeshore Laments — Authority: 139
  Thank you Steve Schultze of the Journal Sentinel , for passing on information most of my readers have known since last Tuesday night. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has hired Bill Hyers, an Obama Administration official and former Democratic campaign aide, to manage Barretts run for governor next year. Mayoral aide ...
  1 week ago

• Walker: A Candidate At A Crossroads?

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 434
  Charlie Sykes, Scott Walkers unofficial campaign spokesperson, proudly announced that James Klauser has now endorsed Walker for the Republican candidate for governor. At first, I thought it no big deal. But as I was going through the comment thread on Sykes post, something caught my eye. There was a comment by a ...
  1 week ago

• Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 07. December 2009

  
  Urban Milwaukee — Authority: 422
  Brewers interested in land near Miller Park – The Business Journal of Milwaukee: TIF bill targets exemption trend (UPDATE) « The Daily Reporter SEWRPC’s challenge: Connect with public « The Daily Reporter ‘Road Rage’ Case Highlights Cyclist Vs. Driver Tension : NPR MIAD chooses General Capital ...
  1 week ago

• Tom and Tommy?

  
  MAL Contends . . . — Authority: 467
  The Wisconsin gubernatorial race is wide open, even though the reported Obama backing of Tom Barrett led the heroic Democrat to throw his hat in the ring against two heavyweight Republican contenders. A Tommy Thompson supporter this weekend described Thompson as a "tremendous bundle of energy," having what appears as ...
  1 week ago

• More Interesting Ways to...

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 593
  Tom Barrett has launched a new set of Interesting Ways slides . Toms Interesting Ways slide decks are collaborative projects to which anyone can make a contribution, just contact Tom . The new additions to the Interesting Ways series are Web Conferencing in the Classroom, Teaching Reading Comprehension, Teach ...
  1 week ago

• Barrett Names Campaign Manager

  
  Lakeshore Laments — Authority: 139
  From the "Scott Walker for Governor" blog kept by political insiders, but not connected to the campaign. From WisPolitics: Bill Hyers, a veteran of numerous political campaigns and a member of President Obamas administration, will lead Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barretts guv bid, Dem sources told WisPolitics today. ...
  1 week ago

• Wave district proposal is bad economics

  
  mid coast views — Authority: 111
  Badger Meter CEO Richard Meeusen recently proposed that the city offer water free to firms that relocate to the area. The concept has been endorsed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. According to the Wall Street Journal the city is preparing an application for the ...
  1 week ago

• The Real Tax And Spenders

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 434
  County Supervisor Pat Jursik has been reading too many books about conspiracy theories, and now sees them everywhere. She is upset, because City of Milwaukee officials have also been meeting with the DOT about the Hoan Bridge, and their recommendation is to keep all viable options open as things progress. Jursik ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wispolitics.com on PPP Polling of WI Governor’s Race

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 481
  Wispolitics.com had a copy of the press release from Public Policy Polling (PPP), on a recent poll of the WI Governor’s race.  The poll conducted 11/20 – 22 with 767 poll respondents, found the following results: Tom Barrett vs. Tommy Thompson 46 – 41 Tom Barrett vs. Mark Neumann 41 – 39 Tom ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Year Out, Wisconsin Governors Race Shaping Up to Be Close

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 796
  Filed under: Polls , Governors , Poll Watch , 2010 Elections Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett would be in close races against any of three potential GOP candidates in next years race for governor in Wisconsin, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Nov. 20-22.   Permalink  |  Email this  |  ...
  2 weeks ago

• Milwaukees Governments: Two Leaders, Two Budgets...Many Differences

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 155
  Original Author:  jer45y@gmail.com (James Rowen) Lisa Kaiser at The Shepherd captures the salient difference between Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett when it comes to their budgets - - and hence, their leadership and what we might expect of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Walker: “Oops, I furloughed CO’s and deputies!”

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 481
  Remember when Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker criticized Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for imposing two furlough days on Milwaukee Police officers as part of Barrett’s most recent City of Milwaukee budget? I do, and that’s why I found it so amusing that Walker himself actually imposed eight unpaid furlough ...
  2 weeks ago

• Neumann Likely To Be Nominated?

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 434
  Team Neumann, on their twitter feed, has a link to The Kiplinger Letters website , which has a piece doing a preview of some of the upcoming governors races. This is what Kiplinger said about Wisconsin: Wisconsin. Republicans have the edge with former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann likely to be nominated. That ...
  2 weeks ago

• Henry Sanders announces candidacy for Wisc. Lt. Gov.

  
  Haas414 — Authority: 468
  Henry Sanders of Middleton (Dane County) has announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. Running as a Democratic Party candidate, Sanders will offer a geographical distinction over the two other best-known Democratic candidates, State Sen. Spencer Coggs and Ald. Tony Zielinski , who are both ...
  3 weeks ago

• Walker: Executiving Is Hard Work

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 434
  Scott Walker has been having a tough go of things during the last couple of weeks. First, he has the popular and charismatic hero-mayor "Battling" Tom Barrett announce that he will be seeking the the Democratic nomination for governor. This spells bad news for Team Walker due to Barrett already have statewide name ...
  3 weeks ago

• Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 23. November 2009

  
  Urban Milwaukee — Authority: 422
  County could face another budget crisis in early 2010 – JSOnline OnMilwaukee.com Politics: The politics of the veto Council sustains Barrett’s veto on furloughs – JSOnline Wisconsin sees gain in October construction jobs – JSOnline The Political Environment: Guest Post About County Fiscal Policy ...
  3 weeks ago

• Just a few random thoughts

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 481
  Just a few random thoughts to start the week: I haven’t chimed in at any great length on the MPS reform plan being pushed by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Governor Jim Doyle, but I believe the plan has positives and negatives. While I certainly think the mayor should have the ability to choose the ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Shark And The Stand Up Comic

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 434
  Rick Esenberg has got jokes : 2. This seems to me like an unusual matchup of two relatively personable and "cool" (in the McLuhan sense of being less obvious and more detached from the fray) candidates. Folks like Doyle, Loftus, Chvala, Garvey and even the garrulous Thompson were much more combative and ...
  3 weeks ago

• There Are Taxes, Then There Are Taxes

  
  Whallah! — Authority: 467
  PaddyMac got a memo from Steve Smith that he needed to support Scott Walker from those that correctly point out that Walker isnt really the tax hawk he likes to pretend that he is. So he tried to do so . Apparently Paddy no longer thinks that fees equate to taxes, since he doesnt mention Walkers desire to raise ...
  3 weeks ago

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