Badger Blogger

Just a heads up, I am adding a few things to the blog, including a theme changer, since I know some do not like the current three column theme (but I like it so it will remain as the default).

You will see the theme changer on the sidebar, just below the Admin links. As of now, I only have three (only 2 are current as of this post) and I will bring another one or two on line. They can be a pain in the @zz to keep updated, since I have to update each theme by hand, so they may not have the exact same things on each theme, but the default “Journalized Blue” will have all of the bells and whistles.

Feel free to play with it, let me know if you have any problems or suggestions, and keep in mind that this is a work in progress right now.

I got to spend some time in the home town of my favorite Alderman and my favorite legislative staffer/radio-host/blogger today as I attended another gun show where, shockingly (by the papers standards) no one was shot in a hail of gunfire. As always, it was great to spend time around hundreds of sportsmen, thousands of guns and lots of camouflage

When Mayor Barrett speaks, thugs don’t listen. One day after everyone’s favorite career politician talks tough about Milwaukee’s post-NSI wave of deadly violence, local thugs react with… another night of deadly violence.

On Friday night, three more homicides in Milwaukee including, according to WTMJ-AM’s website, a double homicide of a man and woman in a home allegedly used as a recording studio on 55th and Lisbon.

In another shooting, a woman driving her car near Teutonia and Custer was shot and crashed her car. She will be the latest name added to the ghosts of Milwaukee’s streets.

I suspect there won’t be much tough talk or action from Milwaukee’s “leaders” resulting from these three overnight murders, as press releases aren’t often published on weekends. By Monday, most folks won’t even remember these three people who walked our streets just days earlier, except for their grieving families, and the cycle of hopelessness in certain communities of this city will continue.

Close your eyes and picture Milwaukee’s skyline. This is what a city with no leadership looks like.

When I opened jsonline this morning and read this, my first reaction was one of amazement. Then I snapped back to reality. After all, this IS Milwaukee and the proposal is being made by City “Leaders”.