Felonious Assault: The recent spate of legal troubles for some state lawmakers has created some proposed laws as well. The faces Gary George, Chuck Chvala and possibly Scott Jensen all grace felon posters and one Republican senator wants to keep it that way and keep them out of the capitol building.

Jensen is already making the rounds under the dome. Sen. Alan Lasee (R-DePere) wants to ban convicted felons from working as lobbyists. He told a Senate committee that it make no sense to him that felons can't vote, but can be trusted to peddle influence in the Capitol and influence legislators' votes.

"It's like taking a child molester and putting him in charge of a day care center," he said. When probed about how broad his definition of felon is -- since different states have different views on the distinction and Lasee's proposal simply states that anybody convicted in any U.S. court would be banned -- the senator responded, "Why are we even arguing about having felons be lobbyists? A felon is a felon in my book."

Not Happy in Israel: We don't normally jump onto the international political scene, but this one's too good not to share. A member of the Israeli parliament blamed the country's supposed tolerance of gays for earthquakes that have rocked the Holy Land recently. There were two earthquakes in Israel this month and four in November and December.

Shlomo Benizri, of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas Party, said the quakes were caused by lawmaking that gave "legitimacy to sodomy."

Israel decriminalized homosexuality in 1988, among other laws recognizing gay rights, including giving gay couples inheritance and adoption rights and recognizing same-sex marriages performed abroad.

Dock Work: The Milwaukee Rowing Club was given some prime real estate and state-of-art storage building as part of a deal with the city when it tore down the North Avenue Dam and rendered the club's Hubbard Park locale in Shorewood useless. The club, in turn had to maintain public access to the river via the dock.

Two girls drowned at the dock when the river became a torrent after a storm. The club was also required to maintain two water taxi docks, which it apparently has not done. An proposal before the Redevelopment Authority clarifies the agreement and requires the club to remove and repair the docks each season and would provide up to $10,000 from the city for the efforts.