What Goes Around: Ryan McCue's political career was created by being attached to the strings of wizard Orville Seymer and the Citizens for Responsible Government.

McCue, now mayor of Cudahy, seems to have been ostracized from the CRG fold, which is more like two people, anyway -- Seymer (a controversial landlord from Franklin) and CRG minister of propaganda, Chris Kleismet.

McCue became a County Board supervisor in 2002 as part of the CRG-orchestrated recall efforts in the aftermath of the county pension scandal.

Now, CRG minions are attempting to start a recall effort against McCue for his opposition to a Wal-Mart Supercenter. CRG is picking up the tab for legal advice, among other efforts. Wal-Mart is attempting to be a white knight -- stepping in to take advantage of the large expanse of open space created for the failed Iceport fiasco - which did not involve McCue.

But CRG isn't only using policy differences as the reason for a recall, since, after all, isn't that what policy is about? It's also trumping up a specter of corruption on the part of McCue by suggesting that he's been misusing city credit cards and automobiles.

McCue may not be a Mensa candidate, but nonetheless, most small-town public officials are bright enough to know the magnifying glass is big enough to follow their every move--- except maybe in St. Francis.

McCue has wandered from the fold in the past, voting for a CRG-dreaded tax increase in one county budget and Seymer still seems to be smarting from that, according to press statements. Apparently being your own politician is something Seymer and the gang can't handle.

The Cudahy Plan Commission reversed its previous opposition to the 138,000-square-foot Supercenter this week when a commission member changed his vote on what to put on the 26-acre site south of E. Layton Ave. between S. Nicholson Ave. and Sweet Applewood Lane.

The developers of Iceport -- who still have a stake in the land -- filed a claim against Cudahy after its first rejection of Wal-Mart in what the Cudahy city attorney termed an attempted intimidation of the Plan Commission.

Flooding Equal Rights: It's good to see that privilege doesn't always get special treatment. Ozaukee County Sherrif's Department officials cited three young canoeists for disorderly conduct after they took their boat down the Milwaukee River and wiped out. Fire departments from several municipalities launched rescue attempts, but the boaters turned up safely on shore.

Officials bemoaned the cost of the search and rescue operation at the time. Meanwhile, just upstream, former state Sen. Don Stitt, known for some right-wing lunacy when he was in the Legislature, was saved from flood waters of the Milwaukee River after ignoring road blockades and attempting to drive through the raging river.

Firefighters rescued Stitt after his SUV was submerged near Saukville. For his efforts, Stitt will reportedly receive a ticket for ignoring an official sign -- a far cry from disorderly conduct. There is talk that Stitt will have to pay for his rescue.

A Flood of Irony: The Web site for Madison's WISC-TV Channel 3 featured compelling video footage of the road collapse and the draining of Lake Delton in the Wisconsin Dells. First, however, viewers had to watch the obligatory commercial before getting to the footage. In Channel 3's version, the ad, in a paradoxical twist of timing, was for the Noah's Ark water park in the Dells.