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No guns allowed where he works, but shootouts OK in other county buildings, sheriff says
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has sensibly proposed continuing a ban on carrying concealed weapons in county buildings, a decision the county can make despite a new concealed carry law which takes effect on Nov. 1.
Guess who disagrees?
The Lone Ranger, Sheriff David Clarke, who used to oppose concealed carry and said it would put his deputies in danger. Now he thinks people need weapons to shoot the bad guys.
Clarke wants people to be able to bring weapons into county buildings -- just not the ones he works in.
The new law prohibits weapons in the courthouse, safety building,jail and Mitchell airport. So Clarke will be safe; only law enforcement personnel can pack guns where he works.
Abele -- after checking with county department heads -- says he also wants to ban weapons in county park buildings, the Mental Health Complex, the zoo, senior centers, the public museum, and the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
The City of Milwaukee already has approved posting city buildings with "No weapons" signs. Abele's plan needs County Board approval. The Journal Sentinel reports:
Grown-ups, guns and just gone-crazy: In Arizona now, Wisconsin soon
So what's Wisconsin going to be like when the new Republican-enabled concealed-carry gun law takes hold? Well, it may be a lot like Arizona. That's a state with an insanely laissez-faire concealed-carry law. Hendrik Hertzberg, political writer for the New Yorker magazine, reported on a recent incident there where an entire military base went to Condition Red over a reported gun sighting. "The base was locked down, emergency vehicles were summoned, and automated alert messages went out, advising people to stay indoors, away from windows," Hertzberg wrote.
Grown-ups, guns and just gone-crazy: In Arizona now, Wisconsin soon
So what's Wisconsin going to be like when the new Republican-enabled concealed-carry gun law takes hold? Well, it may be a lot like Arizona. That's a state with an insanely laissez-faire concealed-carry law. Hendrik Hertzberg, political writer for the New Yorker magazine, reported on a recent incident there where an entire military base went to Condition Red over a reported gun sighting. "The base was locked down, emergency vehicles were summoned, and automated alert messages went out, advising people to stay indoors, away from windows," Hertzberg wrote.
Waukesha Continues Institutional Disdain For Transit
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
Another Waukesha story - - no light rail. No regional transit authority. No Amtrak stop. No direct transit from downtown Waukesha to downtown Milwaukee. No direct service from New Berlin's Industrial park for Milwaukee or regional workers to downtown, the South side, the North side, etc.
No connection from Pabst Farms to anywhere. And now
no takers for employer vans, now in storage.
You have to wonder how vigorously these vans have been marketed to employers.
Here is Scott Walker's own political version of the famous Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in physics:
Republicans are for certainty -- except when that would benefit Democrats. Then, they're for uncertainty.
Walker, commenting on the Department of Revenue's decision to slam small "roll your own" cigaret shops:
"What we hear from employers all the time … is they want the certainty of knowing what the law is, what the rules are, that they're applied universally and across the board."
But when implementing the state's new Voter ID law, the Walker administration has told its Department of Transportation service centers that they are not to volunteer to citizens seeking the IDs the information that, under the law, they don't have to pay the usual $28 fee if they're only going to use the card to get a ballot at a polling place.
So, businesses need certainty to create jobs! But if you're an average citizen? Walker wants you to keep on guessing! Only if you're a member of the opposition, of course.
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