By Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Sep 25, 2006 at 9:19 AM
The TV trucks were the first clue that something big is happening Downtown this morning (although security in the area has been tight for a few days).

Then, you noticed the policemen on the corner and the bomb-sniffing dogs checking out the planters on Mason Street.

Vice President Dick Cheney appears today at a fundraising luncheon at The Pfister Hotel for gubernatorial hopeful Mark Green and other Republican candidates. Tickets for the luncheon reportedly for $1,000 per person or $5,000 for two tickets and a photo with Cheney.

Cheney is slated to leave Wisconsin immediately after the luncheon.

Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to be in Milwaukee Oct. 24 to raise money for Democratic Governor Jim Doyle.
Drew Olson Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.