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Warning: It is raining, stay away from all sewer overflow pipes along the lakefront and river, it’s not a question of IF but HOW MUCH… Complements of MMSD.

MMSD Storm Update: Deep Tunnel status

Have you seen the latest Michelle Malkin’s latest venture? Hot Air is internet broadcasting for Conservatives.

Jay is SO right about this. Personally this is why I rarely bother with these guys any more. In the event that they make a point, someone else will bring it to my attention. But their contempt for Bloggers is a real turn-off for me.

folkbum’s rambles and rants: Spice Boys almost decapitated by the point as it whizzes past
I am not certain there are two reporters, anywhere, who have as much animosity for the subject they are assigned to that Spivak and Bice have for blogging. The description attached to their blog space at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reads, “Journal Sentinel columnists Cary Spivak and Dan Bice trudge through the scores of local political blogs so you don’t have to.” Clearly, with the level of contempt they regularly show bloggers, this is not an assignment they relish. “Trudge,” indeed.

Go read the full post, it’s really good.

I wasn’t able to get to the Mark Green Town Hall Meeting in Franlkin today. I have a bad knee that has been giving me problems, so I decided to take the weekend off my feet. I hope everyone had a good time and that someone gives us a report…That’s a hint for Andy & Steve

It’s probably a good thing I wasn’t there, I was less than pleased with Green’s response to the passing of the terrible TPA… I’m really trying, but this guy doesn’t make it easy for me.

You can read about the Green visit at The Confidentials. Thanks Phelony.

If the Wisconsin Republicans, which have a majority in the State Senate and strong two thirds majority in the Assembly, lose big this fall, I would not be surprised. The reason is clear, it is because most of Wisconsin’s elected Republicans have totally abandoned it’s Conservative base. This week’s Taxpayers Protection Act (TPA) vote is proof that it is the RINO’s (Republican In Name Only) that are in charge. Polls show consistent support for strong controls on government spending, but our elected Republicans have abandoned us and have gone native in their safe Madison enclave.

I believe that the Republicans in Wisconsin will take a real beating, it won’t be because they Democrats have anything to offer, they don’t, but Conservatives like me have been screwed over so many times, that a lot of us are going to sit at home on election day. At least with the Democrats, you know that want to screw over the taxpayers, Wisconsin’s RINO’s talk the good game when we are looking, but they will screw you over in the middle of the night… Every time.

I had to expand on Peter’s idea. I think this is a more accurate representation of what is happening, the RINO’s are clearly “in the drivers seat” and they have us taxpayers over a barrel. (I know, a bad metaphor, but it’s how I feel… Besides, the RINO needed a boost)

JS Online: DayWatch
Milwaukee Police are searching for a 10-month-old boy reportedly abducted when the truck in which he was riding was stolen around 9:50 a.m. today on the near south side.

UPDATE: The child was found safe.

A few weeks ago, Congresswoman Gwen Moore was one of the politicians that helped to kill the plan for a Waukesha company, BuySeasons, which is listed by Inc. Magazine as the fastest growing privately held business in the state, from moving to and expanding in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley. The company has 150 full time employees that earn on average, $11.55 per hour, and last year they hired 218 central city resident sand expected to hire even more after the relocation These seasonal employees earned between $9 and $16 per hour. But Congresswoman Moore and other local politicians argued that these “were not the right kinds of jobs” to bring to the area. This is an area where unemployment and poverty rate is sky high, but I guess these Liberal politicians prefer this blight and despair to the opportunity this would give people to climb out of the morass.

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore’s news letter came in the mail. The lead column is titled Poverty Harms The Whole Community, in which she talks about the struggle that people in poverty have, and how hard it is for lower skilled and less educated workers to find decent paying jobs in Milwaukee.

She then discusses the government programs that she is supporting that will encourage new small businesses, and federal tax dollars that she is bringing home to the district to stimulate the local economy and combat poverty.

Excuse me Congresswoman, but you killed real jobs just a few weeks ago, jobs that would really do the things that you hope these programs will do in the future. The jobs you killed were just what the lower skilled workers that you claim to want to help, need. These jobs would give the employees the experience they need to succeed in the job market, but you killed them, then a few weeks later you brag about all that you are doing for us… Bah!

You can read Moore’s column by clicking the thumbnail below.

Update

BuySeasons is reconsidering their decision to give up on the Vally site.

The Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee is now supporting the sale of the desired land to BuySeasons. Alderman Bob Bauman still opposes the sale saying that Milwaukee is “running short of land available for industrial use, and should better protect that ’scarce resource.’” He also calls BuySeasons “a fad business,” and goes on to attack this company that wants to bring a few hundred jobs to Milwaukee… as if we had an overabundance of jobs in the area… Moron.

TOWN HALL MEETING WITH MARK GREEN
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Saturday, April 29, 2006

Polish Center of Wisconsin
6941 South 68th Street
Franklin, WI 53132

Click Here for Map

Sponsored by Alderman Steve Olson

(Thanks for the reminder Andy)

Polls showed that about 70% of the citizens wanted the controls on government spending that the Taxpayer Protection Amendment (formerly TABOR) would give us, but late last night, John Gard showed his leadership skills as he could only get 32 of his 59 so called Republicans to support firm spending limits on all levels of government. This is proof that it is the RINO’s that truly run the show in Madison’s “Republican controlled” Legislature.

Peter from Texas Hold ‘Em Blogger has been mailing around a great picture that graphically shows what happened, but I don’t want to steal his thunder on that. But it is the taxpayers that are going to “take it” in the end.

So the watered down “state only” version of the TPA goes to the Senate, where they will probably kill it as they are even less conservative than the Assembly.

What a disgrace we Republicans have for an elected leadership, at least the Liberals are honest about their desire to screw the taxpayers.

Eugene Kane has posted the following statement from the owner of WNOV radio regarding the “jokes” made by Michael McGee last Friday.

JS Online:Eugene Kane: Raising Kane
It has been the stated purpose and mission of 860am WNOV over the past 40 years, to provide a means of direct communication for members of the community as a whole. That mission, in part, is to also serve as the clarion of information on those issues that will educate, empower, galvanize and strengthen our community, regardless of race, gender or creed.

Recently, however, there were comments made during one of our broadcasts that do not reflect the ‘mission’, or above referenced stances this radio station has endorsed since its inception. The comments were offensive to many in our community who strives to bridge the seemingly widening gaps between us all. We do sincerely apologize to anyone who may have been offended by the comments made last week.

As we seek to bring closure to an otherwise embarrassing situation, we hope this apology is accepted by all members of the community. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Jerrel Jones
President, Courier Communications Inc.

I am glad to see that they are acknowledging that the comments made were offensive and wrong.

As Kevin Fisher said, this is “another reason Peg has to go!!”

10 States Sue EPA Over Global Warming - Yahoo! News
Ten states fired a new legal salvo at the federal government Thursday in a long-running court battle over global warming and pollution from power plants.

The states, joined by environmental groups, sued the
Environmental Protection Agency over its decision not to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as a contributor to global warming.

She can’t run the crime lab worth a darn, but she has time to sue another government agency. Last month she joined a case suing the federal government over the No Child Left Behind Act, and before that she got Wisconsin into a case suing the FDA in an attempt to force the government to sell “the morning after” abortion pill over the counter to anyone 16 and up.

According to former mayor Marvin Pratt during a discussion he was having on WNOV radio with Alderman Michael McGee, they will be appealing the case in which his son Michael pled No-Contest to and was sentenced yesterday to 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. I don’t know if any of the others has plans for an appeal, but Pratt sounded pretty firm in his comment.

UPDATE

WisPolitics.com says that an appeal is unlikely:
The four do have the option of appealing the sentence and moving to retract their pleas. [Milwaukee County Assistant DA David] Feiss said, however, that due to the defendants’ statements and the procedures followed by the judge, any attempts would likely be unsuccessful. “The record speaks for itself,” Feiss said.

A.G. candidate JB Van Hollen slipped a few toes into his yap when he claimed that there are terrorists training in Wisconsin. Just a bit of an overstatement I’d say. Charlie Sykes gave VanHollen and Paul Bucher a chance to react on the air, you can find the audio here.

UPDATE: Belling pounds VanHollen

Wow, Mark Belling really hammered on Van Hollen this afternoon.

Just a quick note the administrators of St. Francis High School, if Osama Bin Laden is going to blow up your school, he won’t tell you about it a day ahead of time. So the next time that someone writes on a mirror in the bathroom that they are going to blow up the school the next day, I’d say that it was a pretty good chance that it was done by a student looking for a day off, probably because of that test the next day that they really need extra study time for.

Tim Cuprisin has chimed in on the “over-the-line ethnic jokes” made my Michael McGee Sr. on the air this past Friday.

JS Online:Small-town charmer Pickler stays chatty until the end
MORE MEAN RADIO: Audio of two over-the-line ethnic jokes by Michael McGee on his WNOV-AM (860) morning show has popped up on the Internet in recent days. One sound bite focuses on Hispanics, while the other uses the “n” word. Both are in line with the kind of garbage that McGee has been spouting for years on the radio.

Patrick Dorwin, who posted the audio at his badgerblogger.com site, said he recorded the two bits from McGee’s morning show on Friday.

McGee couldn’t be reached, and WNOV owner Jerrel Jones didn’t respond to Inside TV & Radio’s call about the matter. But these racially charged jokes don’t endanger WNOV’s license in the way an obscenity uttered by McGee in 2004 did. That led to McGee’s suspension from the 8 a.m. weekday show. The Federal Communications Commission focuses on obscenity, indecency and profanity from broadcasters, not other content.

McGee’s suspension followed the November 2004 suspension of Mark Belling from his WISN-AM (1130) afternoon show, after an ethnic slur directed at Mexicans led to an organized protest campaign and economic boycott against the station. Belling dealt with the issue as a bit on his show for nearly a week, as the protests were growing.

There was never a danger to WISN’s license, but the station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, the country’s largest radio chain. Clear Channel had just started an effort to target the growing Hispanic market by changing some of its stations in markets around the country to Spanish-language formats. So the protests had a particular influence on Belling’s employers.

I find it interesting that a full half of this section of the column dealt with Mark Belling’s insensitive comments made more than a year ago. Surprised? Nah.