This Shit Is Starting To Make Me Nervous

[Dinger]

http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=191625

Some horseshit about repukes and the polls.

[ewagner]

1. I don't like this either

I'm hearing a lot of opposition to Obey in my district and the "tea-partiers" are trying to unseat Feingold too.

[Robbie88]

2. Definitely getting worried also...

However, with the gubernatorial race, both Neumann and Walker have been running TV ads, while Barett, to my knowledge has not. His online campaign also didn't really start picking up until relatively recently compared to the two main Republican candidates. Not sure how much of an impact all of that did or didn't have on this poll, but maybe there's still some hope.

The other numbers are downright frightening, though...

[AllyCat]

3. Neumann sent some BS letter to my house and wanted money so he could

save me tax money and bring jobs. Yeah, like he and his party have SO done that in the past 8 years. I wanted to mark up the letter with red ink and return it (not that they would read it), but then saw I had to put postage on it. Not worth it to send a "message" to that freak.

[midnight]

4. If anyone want's to see what scott walker will do for the state of wisconsin,

let them look at the impact he has had on the citizens of milwaukee co. In the short time that this man has had the co. executive position, he has done big time damage to the infrastructure of the city of milwaukee.

[Robbie88]

5. Yup.

This being a good example of that:

Engineering firm suggested Milwaukee County Courthouse repairs in '08

An engineering firm told Milwaukee County in 2008 that the courthouse needed $350,000 in repairs to make the building safe, including fixing the upper portion of the facade from which a chunk fell off last month.

Among several suggested courthouse repairs, the firm called for spending $125,000 for "securing and sealing the entire cornice flashing."

That and other repairs were deemed "necessary to 'make safe' facade conditions that are exhibiting significant deterioration and/or distress," according to an Oct. 27, 2008, letter to the county from engineering consultant Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates.

The cornice is a decorative molding made of limestone that borders the upper perimeter of the courthouse. A volleyball-sized piece of the cornice popped out March 4 and crashed to the sidewalk. No one was hurt, but the incident prompted the county to inspect and repair the entire cornice, a job that could take up to 5 1/2 months.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/89885332.html

To be fair, the Milwaukee County Director of Public Works does claim that the piece of stone which fell off of the Courthouse was "unrelated" to the problems outlined in the report, but either way, it does look pretty obvious that the county did not act in the best interest of public safety.