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Miranda's Bamboozle

By Matt Mar 29th 2008 at 10:21 am EDT

Miranda's a cry baby. He sued Colon for telling the truth about him (actually he sued Colon because his campaign manager told the truth about him). He pretty much didn't get past the scheduling conference.

So now he's making a note that Milwaukee is not Los Angeles. Excellent point... so why the comparison to Iraq? Is Milwaukee the same as Iraq?

But since Miranda brings it up, who was the city attorney when the war in Iraq was launched? Grant Langley, that's who. So I guess he started it.

A city attorney can help in the fight against crime by (a) coordinating with the DA office so that little shits with dope get tickets and big shits with dope get charged (b) big fat dope houses and dope bars get closed quicker, rather than waiting for a shooting and (c) prioritizing the cases in muni court so that cops don't waste time and money sitting in court for settled cases.

Kind of like in Los Angeles. Not so much like Iraq.

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Pedro Colón Sweeping Away the Cynics and Naysayers

By User from Madison, WI - Mar 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm EDT

What can bring together the Milwaukee mayor, the DA, and virtually the entire City legislative caucus in a divisive election season?

Pedro Colón running for City Attorney. Reads the Shepard-Express endorsement:

(Mu)ltiple conversations with Colon, and really listening to his plans for the office, have won us over. We enthusiastically support state Rep. Pedro Colon for city attorney on April 1. We also understand why District Attorney John Chisholm strongly supports Colon. ...

Colon’s ideas would take the city attorney’s office into the 21st century by working with other levels of government, especially on reducing crime and nuisance properties; training police officers to respect the rights of citizens while making arrests; fighting to fix the school choice funding flaw, which currently penalizes city taxpayers; finding fair solutions for residents who have had their driver’s licenses taken away; and personally advocating for the city when important lawsuits arise.

Unity and action are playing well this election season, though a small number of naysayers still insist the key to better public policy resides in sitting on their duffs.