Impeachment Anyone? Those riding on the impeachment bandwagon can get together in a circle at the last Milwaukee area meeting that discusses ways to seek impeaching President Bush.

"We believe the Bush-Cheney administration has abused their executive power and violated their Constitutional oaths. First and foremost we think that their deceitfulness has led us into military adventures destroying countless lives and costing hundreds of billions of dollars. And such abuse is likely to continue unless we hold them accountable," reads a statement from the Milwaukee Impeachment Committee and Peace Action.

The action will feature a showing of Bill Moyers' 40-minute look at the impeachment issue that has appeared on PBS. The event is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19 at the Bay View Library, 2566 S. Kinnickinnic.

A town hall impeachment meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 in the Milwaukee City Hall Rotunda, 200 E. Wells St. Madison newspaper columnist John Nichols is the keynote speaker.

Little Guy Gets Noticed by Big Glenn: State Sen. Glenn Grothman isn't a regular on the "protecting the little guy" circuit. The conservative Republican from West Bend generally pushes the agenda of the ideological right. So we're a tad confused where Grothman was coming from when he took time to issue a statement attacking a plan to require sprinkler systems in new apartment buildings with three to 20 units.

Grothman argues that it will add $50 a month in rent, since sprinklers cost $7,000 a unit. That's in addition to higher property taxes and maintenance costs. Buildings with more than 20 units already are required to have sprinklers.

He says apartment fires usually take place in older units (which new ones eventually become) but that having renters pay additional rent is "unconscionable."

"The well-heeled sprinkler companies, lobbyists, and Madison bureaucrats have weighed in on this matter, but the little guy (the renters) are not represented in the room," he says.

Happy Days for High-rise Owners: Christmas will come early for the Colorado-based owners of the office tower at 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., the building featuring that swanky new neon sign touting the presence of the Quarles and Brady law firm.

The building was assessed at $97,877,000 in 2006 and the owners, an LLC based in Aurora, Colo., asked the city's Board of Review for a break. The Board decreased the assessment for an even $95 million. That means the city will refund the difference in taxes plus interest, which totals $64,490.54 extra for the owners' bank account. Besides the city's shelling out the new check, it also lost state and county tax credits amounting to $3,639.70.

Drug Tests Cancelled in the 'burbs: Here's one for the common sense books: the Cedarburg School District, after months of research, has decided it wouldn't be a good idea to randomly make their students take drug tests.

It doesn't really send a message of trust when the school board treats its students like they are all druggies (board members' kids excluded, of course). Board members found that it's unclear if drug testing has a desirable outcome, according to press reports.

Bad News for Good Kids: Running Rebels, an agency that works with troubled youth, received a few negative headlines recently, including one where a mentor was found guilty of sexual assault and exposing children to pornography.

Running Rebels, which has been mentoring youth in Milwaukee for almost 30 years, employed Lee Jones as a mentor, but he ran afoul of the law.

It was the same week that the Rebels were told to repay Milwaukee County more than $250,000 due to overpayments since 2004. The Rebels, founded by Victor Barnett, have long been a community asset.

No one from the Milwaukee County Board is suggesting that there is fraud on the part of the group. The group received about $1.4 million from the county last year. But the Rebels have been overpaid in the past and have had to repay the county for services -- a process that can take some time since the group's budget is fairly low. The Rebels ended up double billing the county for some clients, but county officials say the extra money the group received was a mistake and not deliberate.