by jameswigderson | Jul 22, 2019 | Editorial, Features
Just when you thought the Madison School Board couldn’t get worse, it did. The board voted unanimously to add Savion Castro, formerly of One Wisconsin Now and currently a Democratic legislative aide for Rep. Sheila Stubbs (D-Madison). Castro replaces former...
by jameswigderson | Jul 21, 2019 | Editorial, Features
Courtesy of David Blaska How many Madison Sierra Club members does it take to hook up an air conditioner to a gas-powered generator? #MadisonDayWithoutFossilFuels — James Wigderson (@jwigderson) July 20, 2019 Madison finally got its wish and had a day without...
by jameswigderson | Jul 18, 2019 | Editorial, Features
Note: this first appeared in the RightWisconsin email update on July 18, 2019. Dear Readers, You may think it’s too early to talk about elections in 2022, but not for Wisconsin Republicans. They just received news that former Gov. Scott Walker will not be...
by jameswigderson | Jun 19, 2019 | Editorial, Features
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel finally put The Hop, Milwaukee’s streetcar to nowhere, to the test. They had five reporters take five different means of getting around downtown Milwaukee and The Hop finished last. “Would I recommend the streetcar to get...
by jameswigderson | Jun 12, 2019 | Editorial, Features
When the Wisconsin legislature voted to repeal gas tax indexing for inflation in 2005, they were voting for an important principle. If a tax in Wisconsin goes up, our representatives in the legislature should have to vote on it. Regardless of how we might feel about...
by jameswigderson | May 31, 2019 | Editorial, Features
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Milwaukee branch of the Gannett empire, is reporting on Foxconn’s awarding of contracts to Wisconsin companies with parent companies outside our state border. Rather than celebrate the creation of jobs for Wisconsin, the Journal...
