City of Madison did not lobby Republicans
David Blaskafor more state revenue! After filing an open records request, citizen watchdog Bonnie Roe finds that not once did the City of Madison lobby a single Republican legislator during the…
See me after school
Welcome to Lake Woebegone (Where everything ‘meets expectations’) Every so often, The Werkes attempts to be even-handed. (Why does it hurt when we do that?) But did anyone read Jill…
Going up the country
Baby don’t you wanna go! Every other early October, the Head Groundskeeper and the Lovely Lisa take a break from our increasingly ugly politics to put the top down, turn…
Madison mayor wants to gut Police Monitor/Oversight Board
Is this the Rapture? Even atheists get religion in a foxhole. The corollary is that nothing induces good government like an empty cash register. Her backside pressed up against the…
The weather outside is delightful
Up here in Wisconsin, anyways! These last few golden but threadbare years, the Werkes fantasized that if we were to establish a southern outpost, it would be somewhere around Asheville…
Who’s running this show?
You don’t want to know! Yeah, O.K., spending one hundred grand to pay for out-of-town head hunters only to wind up with the obvious choice for Madison schools superintendent, a…
We’re a loser
🎵 and we’re not what we appear to be! There is no joy in Mudville today or the Stately Manor. To expiate their anger, the indentured servants have been given…
Why can’t JD Vance be our presidential nominee?
Not weird after all! They say vice presidential debates don’t move the needle. But J.D. Vance took some of the rough edges off the Republican ticket. Now, if they could…
Madison board plays politics with charter school
We have a few more questions! The Madison school board that a dozen years ago rejected Kaleem Caire’s proposed charter school catering to under-achieving minority students is now inflicting death…
Is Mason Crosby still available?
We’re extra crabby this Monday! The Badgers, Packers and Brewers lost over the weekend. Yes, we live our lives vicariously. Missing two makable field goals in a 31 – 29…