Uppity Wisconsin
Making Wisconsin Progressive Again
I Love Black People!
Thu, 04/09/2009 - 10:46am | mal contends
Don't know what your living situation is, but a black man moves in a couple doors up and watch the property taxes in the hood move right on down. Black people [depicted above-left from Google Images] are like magic this way; no way white guys can do that.
Reprinted below is a short column from last month, and mal invites members of my neighborhood association's newsletter—the Jamestown Neighborhood Association of Fitchburg, Wisconsin (bordering Madison)—to explain why they ran a house and street number in the Spring issue and accused the people there of being "uninvited ... drug dealers" and printing a less-than-convincing evidential basis for their conclusion. Do please post a comment below.
Tags: Terrorists in Fitchburg Says Mayoral Candidate
Wed, 03/25/2009 - 11:05am | mal contends
Update: Bill Lueders of Isthmus broke this story at 9:58 this morning.
Mayoral candidate Jay Allen supports policies facilitating terrorists living in Fitchburg, says Allen’s opponent, former Fitchburg mayor Mark Vivian.
Mark Vivian is a hard worker; I respect him.
But Vivian has reportedly teamed up with GOP political operative (and occasional radio personality) Brian A. Schimming of the Midwest Strategy Group, a lobbying and consulting group in Wisconsin, in Vivian’s bid to defeat Allen on April 7 in this non-partisan mayoral race.
And the results are deplorable.
In a fundraising letter dated March 9, Vivian writes:
Mayoral candidate Jay Allen supports policies facilitating terrorists living in Fitchburg, says Allen’s opponent, former Fitchburg mayor Mark Vivian.
Mark Vivian is a hard worker; I respect him.
But Vivian has reportedly teamed up with GOP political operative (and occasional radio personality) Brian A. Schimming of the Midwest Strategy Group, a lobbying and consulting group in Wisconsin, in Vivian’s bid to defeat Allen on April 7 in this non-partisan mayoral race.
And the results are deplorable.
In a fundraising letter dated March 9, Vivian writes:
Perfect Obama Fieldwork Operation in Wisconsin
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 3:04pm | mal contends
Fitchburg, WI - Worked the early shift today at a high turn-out ward in Fitchburg, WI, next to Madison.
We received two separate knocks at our door in last three days.
I worked as an election inspector from 6:00 AM to 1:30 PM.
The register-at-the-poll crowd was huge in the morning, and was steady when I just left now.
Obama people working as poll watchers were numerous; I counted three.
No McCain observers, no Wisconsin DoJ observers (and I was looking for the little bastards to have a word with the folks).
Any Obama supporter IDed who has not voted will get a knock or call.
This fieldwork GOTV operation - and there is every reason to believe that this is what is happening in Virginia and Indiana - is what wins close elections, though Wisconsin won't be close.
Looking good folks.
- via mal contends
We received two separate knocks at our door in last three days.
I worked as an election inspector from 6:00 AM to 1:30 PM.
The register-at-the-poll crowd was huge in the morning, and was steady when I just left now.
Obama people working as poll watchers were numerous; I counted three.
No McCain observers, no Wisconsin DoJ observers (and I was looking for the little bastards to have a word with the folks).
Any Obama supporter IDed who has not voted will get a knock or call.
This fieldwork GOTV operation - and there is every reason to believe that this is what is happening in Virginia and Indiana - is what wins close elections, though Wisconsin won't be close.
Looking good folks.
- via mal contends
Obama Looking Good in Wisconsin
Sun, 10/19/2008 - 9:16am | mal contends
The good news just keeps on coming.
Voting in Fitchburg (pop. 20,501), Wisconsin (Dane County), located next to Madison, was brisk this last week as voters rushed to cast absentee ballots.
Obama should increase the 90,000-vote cushion that Dane County gave John Kerry in 2004.
Republican attempts at voter suppression in Wisconsin are naked, well-publicized and on Thursday or soon after likely be given a legal scolding. [Having too many blacks voting will not play well this particular election as a political message though J.B. Van Hollen and the Republicans will not stop trying.]
Obama endorses SeniorCare in Wisconsin, the popular Prescription Drug Assistance Program, that helps seniors buy needed prescriptions.
McCain favors letting people choose to pay for drugs or not get them. This will help Obama with a key voting demographic here.
And nationally, Obama looks to achieve an electoral landslide.
Colon Powell endorses Obama.
Voting in Fitchburg (pop. 20,501), Wisconsin (Dane County), located next to Madison, was brisk this last week as voters rushed to cast absentee ballots.
Obama should increase the 90,000-vote cushion that Dane County gave John Kerry in 2004.
Republican attempts at voter suppression in Wisconsin are naked, well-publicized and on Thursday or soon after likely be given a legal scolding. [Having too many blacks voting will not play well this particular election as a political message though J.B. Van Hollen and the Republicans will not stop trying.]
Obama endorses SeniorCare in Wisconsin, the popular Prescription Drug Assistance Program, that helps seniors buy needed prescriptions.
McCain favors letting people choose to pay for drugs or not get them. This will help Obama with a key voting demographic here.
And nationally, Obama looks to achieve an electoral landslide.
Colon Powell endorses Obama.
Madison’s West Side Hit with Rash of Obama Sign Thefts
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 6:42pm | mal contends
Numerous reports of Barack Obama signs being stolen on Madison’s west side and the City of Fitchburg have been reported over the last few days.
“We have had a whole bunch of calls of stolen signs, and they're all on the west side of Madison,” said a Madison Obama staffer in a phonce call from the Monroe Street headquarters.
The theft victims include the writer of this blog.
A Fitchburg resident on Monticello Way in Fitchburg reports that he heard several young males shouting “I hate that fucking guy! [Obama],” a few nights ago.
A police report has been filed with the City of Fitchburg Police Department (case # 08-14651).
“We have had a whole bunch of calls of stolen signs, and they're all on the west side of Madison,” said a Madison Obama staffer in a phonce call from the Monroe Street headquarters.
The theft victims include the writer of this blog.
A Fitchburg resident on Monticello Way in Fitchburg reports that he heard several young males shouting “I hate that fucking guy! [Obama],” a few nights ago.
A police report has been filed with the City of Fitchburg Police Department (case # 08-14651).
Star Theater: No Longer Stellar
Sat, 07/26/2008 - 10:15am | GlobalGirl
Boy, does Star Theater in Fitchburg (next to Madison) really suck now.
What the heck happened? I had only been to the theater once before since I heard the theater changed ownership.
I took my boyfriend to see a matinee of the X-Files: I Want to Believe (that was disappointing) and was treated, assaulted is a better word, to the following: