Politics - April 4, 2008
Ballot box musings
Some high-profile names in the news took one on the electoral chin on Tuesday. Business gurus and perennial candidates dotted the ballots, but most of them didn't get very far.
Tags: Ed Thompson, Libertarian, Spyro Speedo Condos, election, ballot, vote, Tomah, Walworth County, Franklin, West Allis, Basil Ryan, Dan Devine, Mike Gabelman, Salentine, Muskego, JJ Blonien, Menomonee Falls, Kathleen Pritchard, Julius Heil, Paul Lincoln Schu

Politics - March 31, 2008
Help! Where do I vote?
Wondering where to vote on Tuesday? If you live in the City of Milwaukee, the election commission has a Web site that allows you to enter your address and find your polling place.
Tags: vote, polling, poll, ballot, election, presidental primary, alderman, county executive, register to vote

Politics - March 26, 2008
Observations from the political winds
It's been a somewhat lackluster spring election in the City of Milwaukee -- except maybe for an open aldermanic seat on the East Side and the Ald. Michael McGee vote -- as incumbents are facing relatively weak opponents who got late starts. But there have been some interesting developments.
Tags: Election, vote, Alderman, Angel Sanchez, Witkowiak, Michael McGee, Milele Coggs, Willie Wade, Ralph Ovadahl, Nik Kovac, Pat Flaherty, Lena Taylor, Franky's Newport, Rebecca Dallet, Leon Young, Bradley DeBraska, Brenda K. Pullen-O'Donnell, Jim Bohl, Sharon

Politics - March 20, 2008
Wisconsin likely to be key to November election
Wisconsin will be among a handful of "purple" states that will decide the presidential election in November. That prediction was among several observations made by a panel of political experts at a Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon Wednesday.
Tags: election, milwaukee press club, jeff mayers, obama, john mccain, republican, democrat, hillary, graul, mike tate

Politics - March 16, 2008
I object to negative and confusing judge ads
I’ll admit it, I’m perhaps not as tuned in as I should be into the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court judge. I’ll also admit that until I started seeing these vague and confusing commercials lately, I didn’t even know a race was underway.
Tags: supreme court, election, special interest, judge

Politics - April 2, 2008
Vote Responsibly
It’s election time, which means we get to hear the word “disenfranchised” again. I recently heard voters with disabilities described that way, and that was news to me. The argument goes that voter ID legislation would deny these people their right to vote because many don’...
Tags: election, ID, disenfranchised