There’s a new story at the Wisconsin State Journal revealing that Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Sheridan attended a ritzy resort with the payday loan industry lobbyist that he was dating while his caucus drafted legislation about that industry. Sheridan’s also not been living in his district, and has kept shoddy records of his travel expenses. In…
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Wisconsin State Journal: Sheridan hasn’t answered questions about travel expenses
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan faces increasing questions about his conduct while in office. The Janesville resident, representing a city with high unemployment, has been dating a lobbyist for an industry his caucus is seeking to regulate, has moved out of his assembly district, and has filed a vague travel expense report that’s inadequate under…
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Update: Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Sheridan’s Shameful and Laughable Self-Absolution
by JOHN ADAMS •
Recently, I posted on Assembly Speaker Sheridan’s contention that dating a lobbyist for the payday loan industry, while his caucus was drafting legislation to regulate that industry, wasn’t a conflict of interest. We knew that because Sheridan declared it wasn’t, and reassured us that he had “no problem” saying so. See, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Sheridan’s…
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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Sheridan’s Shameful and Laughable Self-Absolution
by JOHN ADAMS •
Not far from Whitewater, little more than twenty miles away, sits the City of Janesville, a small city of about sixty-thousand people. The city has had all manner of economic problems, and it has unemployment among the highest in Wisconsin. If life itself were just a bit easier, and kinder, one might hope that Janesville…
Elections
August 12 Primary Results
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
A few remarks on last night’s results; those results are, of course, as yet unofficial. 1. Governor’s Race. In the city, Burke received 462, to Walker’s 288. Neither candidate had meaningful opposition (Brett Hulsey was inconsequential, really). Summer, no real opposition, campus mostly empty, but Burke takes over 61% of the top-candidate vote. It’s a…
15th Senate District, Campaign Ads, Elections, Politics
When Even Other Democrats Complain About a Democratic Candidate
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Mike Sheridan’s running in the 15th District Senate primary against two other Democrats, as Sen. Cullen is retiring. It’s not common for others within one’s party to be so critical of a candidate against whom they’re not running, but former colleagues of Mr. Sheridan (when he was in the Assembly) have strong criticisms of his…
Elections, Politics, State Government
The Importance of Skills
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Over at the Gazette, there’s a letter to the editor that touts Mike Sheridan, candidate for the 15th Senate District, as skillful: Your Views: Mike Sheridan has skills, ability to serve state Senate district (subscription req’d). I’ve written about Sheridan’s public career before; for those readers who are Democrats, and will vote in the primary,…
15th Senate District, Elections
The Democrats’ Contested 15th Senate District Primary
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I’m a libertarian, but for Democrats (or anyone who may vote that party in August) there’s a contested primary for retiring Sen. Cullen’s 15th Senatorial District seat. From Wisconsin Eye, here are interviews with each of the three candidates, listed in alphabetical order: Janis Ringhand: Austin Scieszinski: Mike Sheridan:
Elections, Politics, State Government
Low Comedy in 3, 2, 1…
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Democrats have three choices for the 15th District Senate Primary: Evansville’s Assembly Rep. Janis Ringhand, Janesville-native Austin Scieszinski, or former Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan. One sometimes encounters a politician who simply refuses to remain a former politician, and when one encounters such a person, that discovery probably sounds like Mike Sheridan. (He’s reportedly walking about,…
Politics
He Should Have Filed on April 1st
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Via the Gazette: Mike Sheridan files for candidacy for Senate seat. Sheridan said earlier this week he planned to publicaly [sic] announce his candidacy early next week. He filed paperwork to run for the 15th Senate District seat Friday, according to the state Government Accountability Board’s website…. Sheridan was elected to the 44th District of…
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Democrats in Wisconsin Squander Incumbency: The Burden Tom Barrett Bears
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at the left-of-center Capital Times, John Nichols writes about the many difficulties Wisconsin Democrats will have this year. In What Barrett Must Do to Win Governor’s race, Nichols is candid about the difficult terrain for Democrats: The gray governorship of Jim Doyle is edging to a close after eight years of uninspired managerialism. Even…
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Rushed Meetings in the Wisconsin Assembly
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I seldom write about Wisconsin’s Assembly, the exception being a recent series of posts on Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan of Janesville, who managed to embarrass his caucus, and the state, more ways that one. Over the weekend, though, the Associated Press wrote an analysis of Assembly deliberations on how to punish serial-offender assemblyman Jeff Wood…
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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 1-29-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high of eleven degrees. A smattering of stories available this morning: Unemployment is up in Walworth County, yet again: Walworth County’s unemployment rate hits 9 percent. Walworth County Today has a brief item about a diversity mural at Whitewater’s Lincoln School:…