In Brief: Neumann in GOP Race for Gov, Vandals Strike Parks Again, Transit Tantrums Abound
What a great Brewers game to be at last night. The highlight was Ryan Braun’s double that turned into an inside the park home run and broke the game open. My “I’m good luck for the Brewers” streak continues. Celebrating a birthday today is none other than my very own wife and love of my life, Jenny. Happy Birthday!
- Mark Neumann announces he’ll be running as a Republican for Governor of Wisconsin today. The timing is smart as he preempts Scott Walker’s quarterly fundraising numbers. Neumann is clearly setting the table to position Walker as a “lifelong politician” with no private business experience. It will be interesting to see how that message resonates with Republicans.
- Idiots vandalize the Milwaukee County Parks system yet again. This time it’s Brown Deer golf course just weeks before the U.S. Bank Championship comes to Milwaukee. The folks at the Park Department have done a heck of a job to scramble and get the course in shape by next week. You can help by donating to The Park People for golf course repairs and to replant the trees that had to be removed parkpeoplemke.org or 414-273-7275.
- First it’s County Board Chairman Lee Holloway threatening to kill funding for the KRM as retaliation against Gov. Doyle vetoing a dedicated sales tax for Milwaukee County Transit, now the State Legislature is doing the same. Can we put the adults back in charge please? Seriously. On one hand, yes I’m just as upset as Rep. Grigsby and Rep. Colon about what the Governor did, but there’s got to be a more productive way to go about this. Successful cities or States aren’t the ones who spend their time in a circular firing squad.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and son Carter.