Editor - Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos, Blogger - Citizen Dave at Isthmus, Mayor of Madison, WI from 2003 to 2011.
Madison, United States (Local)
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My guess is that if the surplus spending deal, cobbled together by Gov. Tony Evers, Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, had been introduced a year ago it would have easily passed. But last night it went down in the Senate and is, at least for now, dead.
It looks like Madison’s public market will open sometime in the second half of this year, only about two decades after it was first proposed. That’s about the average gestation period for a major project in our town, but even that squishy date might not hold.
Talking about a revolution can sometimes sound like a whisper. Other times it sounds like a brief orchestral piece without any words at all.
For me late night TV ended on May 20, 2015. That was the last Late Show hosted by David Letterman.
It pays pretty well and the benefits are excellent — health care, pension, paid vacation. You get your own office and (bonus!) it comes with its own private bathroom. And the parking? We're talking rock star quality. Covered, heated, and just steps away from an elevator that whisks you up to your desk on the fourth floor.
Former Congressman Barney Frank died yesterday. He contributed a lot to his country and his party, but one of his most significant contributions was made in his final days.
Poor Ken Martin doesn't know which way to turn. First, the DNC Chair commissions a report from a Washington insider consultant (always a great idea!) to review why Democrats lost in 2024. Then, after he sees a draft and doesn't like it, he announces nobody may see what he doesn't like. Now last week for some reason he goes ahead and releases the damn thing anyway, even while disavowing it. And, on top of it all, the report is useless because it doesn't even begin to address what's fundamentally wrong with the party. It's also poorly written.
Yesterday, I offered my own take on what an honest post mortem on the 2024 election would look like for the Democrats. I concluded that the best solution going forward would be to split the party into two sub parties — progressives and moderates — with each agreeing to come together behind one candidate after the primaries.
Citizen Dave will be taking the summer off from his blog to find a publisher for his next book project.
Last month when I announced that I'd be taking the summer off to develop a new book project, YSDA readers — and the YSDA adjacent — rejoiced.
