Follow The Bouncing Furlough Day, Part Deux
It was announced today that Milwaukee County will be rescinding one of the mandatory furlough days. It was reported, off of a press release (I find it doubtful any of the supervisors were in today, and Walker already was tweeting from home), that this was due to previously unrecognized savings from health care costs.The savings are in relation to the creation of the Employee Benefits Division, which was created due to a proposal by Board Chairman Lee Holloway.Lack of oversight causing fiscal problems is not something new under Scott Wa

The Biggest Turkey Of The Year
Surprisingly, I'm not saying it's Scott Walker.Congratulations goes to the City of Franklin for winning this dubious title.

Thanks For Making Us Feel Better About Ourselves Already
Las Vegas Dan, a frequent commenter here, started up his own blog a while ago. It is a cornucopia of opportunities to make one feel smarter, not by learning from what he writes, but in knowing that you couldn't possibly be that bad off.Case in point: Dan wrote a post attacking Jay Bullock, accusing him of calling Sarah Palin equine fecal matter.But if you actually look at Jay's post, you would see that Jay is not talking about Palin, per se. He is talking about her polling numbers compared to those of Presi

Santa Claus Is A Terrorist?
Maybe to the people in Tennessee, which tend to lean to the goofy side anyway:A package for Tennessee's governor turned out not too jolly for staffers at the Capitol. Safety Department spokesman Mike Browning says officials evacuated the building for almost two hours Wednesday when the mail room found a package addressed to Gov. Phil Bredesen that contained moving parts. Turned out it was a mechanical Santa Claus. The department's bomb squad and agents from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were called. The

Happy Roasted Dead Bird Day.
Theoretically anyway:Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.