Milwaukee

Question of the day

October 6, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Is David Clarke running for something?

Or is he just in heat for publicity?

He has delusions of grandeur, once ran an embarrassingly bad campaign for mayor of Milwaukee.

He considered running for county executive when Scott Walker was elected governor, but the Republican bosses told him it was Jeff Stone's turn, so he backed off.

Chris Abele's up in April, and doesn't have an opponent.  It's a free ride for Clarke, but a loss could really hurt his standing. 

Meanwhile, Clarke's always been a publicity hound, so he's loving the attention and happy to pick a fight every day, whether it's about the budget, guns, or illegal immigrants.  And the media just eat it up. 

It may energize the right wing base, but he sounds a lot like someone who's off his meds.  And that could be a problem.

Big, bad sheriff huffs and puffs, but Abele's house is still standing

October 4, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Bruce Murphy of Milwaukee Magazine on the Abele-Clarke budget battle we wrote about recently:  

 "This is a fascinating dispute pitting a champion verbal pugilist like Clarke against a political neophyte like Abele, yet Clarke is so far getting the worst of it. An unruffled Abele is simply letting the attacks roll off him citing facts and analysis, while an angry Clarke huffs and puffs away."  

Murphy's take here.

Judicial Commission didn't get the memo about doing whatever the sheriff wants

October 3, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Apparently the Judicial Commission didn't get the memo.  Clarke's position is that because he is a "constitutional officer" he is a law unto himself.