We're having an editorial staff debate at SBT about whether radio talk show host Mark Belling is a loose cannon who shoots off his mouth about things he knows little about or simply a pathological liar.
As you may know, in the past couple of weeks, I have been just hammered on the air and in print by Milwaukee radio bullies Mark Belling and Charlie Sykes. However, unlike most of the local people, public servants, organizations and businesses that Belling and Sykes criticize on a daily basis, I do have a forum or two for rebuttal.
I turned on the radio on my desk to hear Belling reading, verbatim, a blog I wrote for OnMilwaukee.com last week. The blog featured the comments of five prominent local chief executive officers speaking at the Public Policy Forum luncheon, where they trashed Milwaukee as a terrible place to do business.
Citizens from both sides of the political aisle have been extremely quick to cast judgment on McGee in light of some overwhelming evidence against him.
Michael McGee Sr., caused a controversy with disparaging remarks about the mother of his rival Charlie Sykes. Katherine Sykes died in a fire Tuesday in Mequon.
I've been eating, drinking, and breathing the topic of Milwaukee talk radio for the past 20 months or so now, so when I read Dave Begel's March 1 OnMilwaukee.com article, "Milwaukee talk radio's (mostly) barren landscape," I felt an overwhelming need to respond. My particular int...