Monday, February 10, 2014

Who Will Run for Office in the 58th Assembly District Now That Rep. Strachota is Not Seeking Re-Election?

Rep. Strachota's news release.


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Public libraries in the 58th Assembly District
Slinger Community Library
West Bend Community Memorial Library

Academic library
UW Washington County Library, West Bend

The likelihood of a Democratic pick-up?


A snowball's chance in hell comes to mind.

This is Grothman County, people.

Other 2014 election posts:
81st Assembly District.  (2/7/2014)
17th Senate District.  (1/27/2014)
59th Assembly District.  (1/18/2014)
1st Assembly District.  (12/13/2013)
Candidate scorecard for the 2014 Wisconsin Attorney General's race.  (12/8/2013)
22nd Assembly District.  11/21/2013)
17 Senate District.  (11/7/2013)
19th Assembly District.  (11/7/2013)
9th State Senate District. (10/23/2013)
15th State Senate District.  (10/10/2013)
Wisconsin Attorney General in 2014: Waukesha County DA Brad Schimel.  (10/10/2013
25th State Senate District.  (10/9/2013)

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Are you a consumer with a complaint about your landlord? Too bad so sad, sez Wisconsin legislature

Robocalls lead top 10 consumer complaints in Wisconsin for 2013. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2/4/2014)

According to a 2/13/2013 Journal Sentinel article, it's tenants who are filing the consumer complaints, and they primarily involve security deposits.

So how does our state legislature address the issue?

You, too, can sponsor legislation from which you directly benefit -- if you can get yourself elected.  The proposal's lead author, Rep. Duey Stroebel (R-Town of Cedarburg), is himself a landlord — he owns a building on Milwaukee's east side at 2535 N. Stowell Ave. that is valued at $635,500, according to city records. He has said that his proposal doesn't represent a conflict for him because it treats all landlords equally.  (Just one example of the great minds we have serving us in Madison.)

Meet the Parents -- and the Wedding Planner to the Billiionaires

A Meeting That Couples Often Finding Daunting.  (The New York Times, 2/7/2014)


Wedding of the Billionaires.  (Forbes, 2/12/2012)

Cheryl, plugged into reality. “When money is no object, the gown and the jewels tend to separate the billionaires from the millionaires,” says Cheryl Clisby, a wedding planner who focuses on the ultra-rich. “Millionaires tend to borrow the jewels; billionaires tend to buy them.”