Fairly Conservative

I, like many of my internet acquaintances, am appalled by this morning’s story from the MJS regarding services from the Milwaukee County mental health facility. What needs to happen? An absolute mob demanding improvement. A brief chat with anyone working in this system will let you in on the burnout and impossibly low staffing that [...]

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I couldn’t help but think that Jessica McBride Bucher would be so pleased. Except she isn’t on it. Oh, well, I guess you can’t have everything. But seriously, folks. A hot list? Sometimes I swear Milwaukee is a parallel universe and I’m just stuck here accidentally.

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I’m not the only one unimpressed by Milwaukee’s leadership response to constant dumping into Lake Michigan. Sarandipity doesn’t take too kindly to it, either. She has some photos and some very interesting comparisons that you need to read.

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God bless the dead. How heart wrenching. Is this a Milwaukee County property?

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Oh, I know that technically MMSD stands alone, but if you were Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, don’t you think you’d have tried just a little bit harder? Dumping “blended” waste into Lake Michigan is a disgrace. If you want your city, county, and state to thrive, you should have [...]

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Oh, yes. You read correctly. Beer cupcakes. As in cupcakes made with beer. It’s the latest Iron Cupcake Milwaukee challenge. Now this really shouldn’t be too hard. I have a beer bread recipe that I used to make all the time. (I was younger and could afford the extra yum.) And have you had some [...]

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For those of you just stopping by, I’ll mention this blog goes dormant on January 12. There are a few things to get to before that day! One is a few predictions. I won’t be online when it all comes to pass, but I thought I’d give it a go anyway. — I believe the [...]

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Oh, you can’t make this stuff up. Go read the request for proposal! You didn’t miss: C. GLOBAL PROTECTION #W20340C OR EQUAL. WET 3ML FOIL PACKS, 500 PER CASE. ESTIMATED QUANTITY: 1300 CASES or D. GLOBAL PROTECTION #A6700C OR EQUAL. LIFESTYLES KING SIZE. 1000 PER CASE. ESTIMATED QUANTITY 240 CASES. As one person commented on [...]

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I am so glad the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel caught this one: Aprahamian, 49, the president and owner of MidAmerican and a partner in a political consulting firm, has a long history of political donations, most of them to Republicans, state and federal campaign records show. He is a longtime supporter of Walker, including his most [...]

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Just saw it on Twitter. I’m sure there will be more tomorrow. Good job, Mr. Walker. Just because I’m not on the bandwagon yet doesn’t mean leadership should be ignored.

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