One typically expects that a longtime incumbent will easily manage a newcomer-challenger. Those conventional expectations were upset last week. Lori Compas matched Scott Fitzgerald in last Wednesday’s candidate debate between the incumbent majority leader and his recall challenger for the 13th Senate District. A libertarian on the ballot, Dr. Terry Virgil, was sadly not invited…
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Campaign Ads, Elections, Recall
Sen. Fitzgerald’s foolish contention that recall challenger Lori Compas isn’t running her own campaign
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
In the 13th district recall battle between Sen. Majority Leader Fitzgerald and challenger Lori Compas, Fitzgerald recently expressed his doubts about Compas’s control of her own campaign: For the record, Fitzgerald said he doesn’t buy Compas’ Pollyanna image. He knows some people are painting the race as a David-vs.-Goliath contest. But Fitzgerald said he thinks…
Elections, Politics, Recall
The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater (Compas and Jorgensen edition)
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
I wrote yesterday about the Democrats’ recall forum, focusing on the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. (See, The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater. ) Below is a summary of two other candidates’ presentations: Lori Compas, running in the 13th Senate District against Sen. Maj. Leader Scott Fitzgerald, and Rep. Andy Jorgensen, now representing the…
Elections, Recall
Recall Organizer Lori Compas’s Declaration Speech
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Embedded below is a video of recall-organizer-turned-candidate Lori Compas declaring against Sen. Majority Leader Fitzgerald in Wisconsin’s 13th District. Despite Sen. Fitzgerald’s numerous challenges to petition signatures, I’d guess a recall election in his district will happen. (It’s a partisan video, from SSWIDTMS. Compas’s remarks are my only interest; the origin of the video isn’t…
Elections, Recall
Lori Compas Declares Recall Candidacy Against Sen. Majority Leader Fitzgerald
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Compas led a recall petition drive against Sen. Fitzgerald, and she’s now declared her candidacy for the13th Sen. District. I’ve no idea how the race will go, but it will be worth following. (I’ve written a bit about Compas & Fitzgerald previously. See, Sen. Majority Leader Fitzgerald’s 12.19.11 Open Office.) The always-solid Mary Spicuzza reports…
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Jan. 15, 1929: Birth of a Moral Compass, Even for Science
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wired notes a famous birthday — Martin Luther King Jr. is born. Though his work for civil rights and peace will become widely known, he will also deliver an important warning on the perils of technological amorality. King delivered a lecture at the University of Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 11, 1964, the day after receiving…
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Daily Bread for 7.19.23: For (Too) Many, Yes, It Is ‘Gut-Level’ Hatred
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
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Daily Bread for 7.6.23: Heals & Ails, General & Particular, Public & Private
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Daily Bread for 6.25.23: Committee Sends Wisconsin Budget to Full Legislature
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Daily Bread for 3.21.23: Libertarians, Bleeding-Heart Libertarians, and All that Lies Beyond
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Daily Bread for 12.8.22: Enrollment Grows at Wisconsin Technical Colleges
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 07m 15s of daytime. The moon is full with 99.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1941, President Roosevelt declares December 7 to…
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Daily Bread for 8.19.22: Residency Matters, Practically and Ethically
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:06 AM and sunset 7:49 PM for 13h 43m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 45.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast…
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Daily Bread for 5.21.22: “I Don’t Have Control Over Mr. Gableman”
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with afternoon showers and a high of 60. Sunrise is 5:25 AM and sunset 8:17 PM for 14h 51m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 64.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1673, Marquette and Joliet Reach the Menominee: On or…