Chris Durski pulls a Dwyer...

Well, Sykes, Wagner and Belling should have a field day on Monday. Remember the two week rant they each had on the Jim Dwyer commercial? (See post below). That scoundrel County Board Chairman had the audacity to perhaps lead voters to a false conclusion by quoting Dan Finley.

Well, the talking heads will love to hear this. Today, while driving down the road, I saw my first Pewaukee mayoral campaign sign. It was a Chris Durski sign and what I read almost forced me off the road...

Every candidate searches for that perfect campaign slogan. You know, there's a thousand of them out there... but which one is right for your campaign?

"For A New Direction"

"Trusted Leadership"

"It's Time for a Change"

I could go on and on but you get the idea. So what has Chris Durski selected for a campaign slogan?

"Your choice for Better Government"

Not bad, hey? Leads the voters to assume that the previous, or in the case, current mayor is doing a bad job and she is the one to turn the city around. I'm impressed. But wait, is there more here than meets the eye?

What was the name of that group trying to recall Mayor Nowak? Hmm. I believe it was PBG, or Pewaukeans for BETTER GOVERNMENT.

This must simply be one of those strange coincidences. After all, how many choices could Chris Durski be?

Your choice for clean Governemt?

Your choice for a New Direction?

The list could go on and on but you get the point. For some reason, that Better Government phrase seems to work the best, doesn't it? Especially since the PBG, last I checked, weren't going to endorse in this race. Nothing like a bit of an unofficial endorsement, hey?

To be completely honest, I have no idea whether Chris Durski would make a good mayor or not. I actually applaud anyone who sticks their neck out and runs. If she's the best candidate for Pewaukee, I hope she wins. Reading the paper leads me to question the current administration... but a read through of http://carrickbend.blogspot.com/ makes me give serious thought to the validity of many of the allegations made.

I actually think this was a sound choice by Ms. Durski. But, to be honest, it's not much different than Jim Dwyer's commercial. Will she be blasted for two weeks on the local air waves? Not as long as the CRG network is involved in Pewaukee. Sykes and company may not lose sleep over blasting their own as R.I.N.O.S, but to take on the new political thugs of Wisconsin? I don't think so...

I hope others are enjoying this Packer season as much as I am...

What?

I'm serious. I haven't enjoyed a season this much for years. I know, they're 1-6. Doesn't matter this year. This year is thirty years in the making.

I'm of the age of growing up with Jerry Tagge, Jim Del Gaizo and Rich Campbell. My entire childhood all I heard of was Lombardi, Starr and Horning. I was in that horrible age group that never saw the glory years but never stopped hearing about them. At some point, I believe I started to resent them.

Which brings me to this year. Folks, this is it for Brett Favre. He is NOT coming back for another year. We have 9 more games ( God willing) to watch him. And watch him I will.

I'll live with the 5 interceptions... hell, he's had days like that ever since Holmgren left here. (Another post for another day.) For the first time in his career here in Green Bay, the games no longer matter. And for the first time in his illustrious career, I can simply watch and marvel at our great quarterback. In other years, I been lost in the playoff race. I''ve been busy yelling at the punter or listing reason why they should fire the coach.

But for the rest of this year, it's all about saying good bye to Brett. Our kids will grow up, growing tired of hearing the legends of #4. It maybe another twenty years before we get back to the Super Bowl. I don't know and this year I don't care.

I'm going to make sure I enjoy this gunslinger's last stand...

Talk show hosts at it again...

Sometimes I am amazed at how someone who spends most of their day complaining of a newspaper and TV stations selectively picking their stories can be so good at selectively picking their stories. Let me explain...

Over the past month, talk radio has spent hours upon hours decrying Jim Dwyer for running an advertisement containing quotes from Dan Finley. It seems that a decade ago, when running for County Executive himself, Finley was quoted as saying that no one was more qualified to be the first County Executive as was the County Board Chairman (himself). Flash ahead twelve years and apparently the Dwyer campaign thinks that if it was true back then, it must be true today. Hence, the commercial and the outrage from our conservative talk show hosts that followed.

So why post on old news? Because while the MSM ran the Dwyer campaign into the ground with it's criticism, the Vrakas campaign was doing the same thing. Did you listen to the Vrakas ads on the radio.? (It was tough, there wasn't many of them) How did they end? Paid for by blah blah blah... Jenifer Finley, Chair... and goes on to list the treasurer, as required by law.

Ever hear a candidate list their chair on an advertisement? I haven't, not in twenty years of following elections. So one has to wonder, why the inclusion in this race?

Could it be that Vrakas does this every race? No, checked an old piece of literature, that's not it.

Could Dan be courting the womans' vote? No, he could simply have a female treasurer if that was his intent.

Hmmm...

Maybe... He wanted the name Finley in his advertisements (and on his signs, by the way). But you don't think that could lead people to think the Finley family as a whole was endorsing Mr. Vrakas in this race, do you?

Dan Vrakas was using Jenifer's support in this campaign to lead people to believe that Dan Finley was supporting his candidacy. Jim Dwyer used old quotes from the former County Executive to lead people to believe Dan was supporting him in the race. Both, in my mind, were good, political tactics.

One leads to two weeks of brow-beating and the other is ignored completely. Ooh, how I love that part of the MSM that insists they are not part of the MSM. Instead of an insight check, how about an integrity check?

Let the experiment begin...

I've become addicted to blogs. I simply cannot get enough of them. It doesn't matter if they are on the left or the right, I love the give and take.

So the experiment begins. I will do my best to comment on interesting educational issues and the state and local politics of the day. I will also try to provide a bit of accountability and reaction to those lovable goofs on the radio.

Hopefully, you will be entertained.