• Milwaukee Alderwoman Chantia Lewis Charged With Fraud

    On Tuesday, Milwaukee Alderwoman Chantia Lewis was charged with 4 felonies and 1 misdemeanor related to misconduct in public office, embezzlement, fraud, and campaign finance violations. Her attorneys say this situation is just about “accounting errors.” The detailed criminal complaint […]

  • Milwaukee Public Schools: It Has NEVER Been About the Children

    In 2008, I started writing here about Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) because the district was presenting the numbers in a dishonest way, complaining that they were underfunded. I was appalled that a school district could waste $1 billion a year […]

  • Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Lies About College Degree

    Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor, has been lying about his college degree for  a long time. In May 2018, he tweeted a picture of himself at graduation at Alabama A&M. Except he didn’t actually graduate, despite what appears to be […]

  • Milwaukee Public Schools Money Problems

    For decades Milwaukee Public Schools has been failing to educate children, with some of the worst student performance in the country. And for decades, we have been told that money is the problem. MPS is a “poor” district. If only […]

  • Strip Clubs, Milwaukee Aldermen, and Bribes

    For years the owners of strip club Silk Exotic were trying to open a strip club in downtown Milwaukee. They knew there was a market for what they had to offer. There were already a handful of strip clubs in […]

  • West Allis School District Will Steal Your Money… Twice

    Years ago, I wrote regularly about Milwaukee Public Schools and their penchant for wasting taxpayer money. The district portrays itself as poor, with an annual budget of more than $1 billion and spending that exceeds $14,00 per child with horrible […]

  • Truth About Poverty in America

    Last week the internets informed me that the United States is terrible because we “allow children to go hungry.” This is not true by any stretch of the imagination. If parents are willing to take even a minimal amount of […]

  • Fail to Educate Children, Get a $7.1 Million Bonus Courtesy of the Taxpayers

    In what may be a flipping of the bird to Milwaukee taxpayers… Gregory Thornton, outgoing superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools gave out $7.1 million in bonuses. $3.5 million of the loot was given to support and administrative staff in January, […]

  • Scamming Obamacare (Legally)

    There is an awesome provision in Obamacare (thoroughly inappropriately named the Affordable Care Act) that will allow anyone who receives a subsidy to scam the system. Here’s how it works: Pay your subsidized premium for one month, then stop paying. […]

  • Real Housewives Teresa Giudice Fraud Indicment

    Yesterday Teresa Giudice and Guiseppi (Joe) Giudice were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey on the following charges: Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud and  Wire Fraud Bankruptcy Fraud Bankruptcy Fraud – Concealment Bankruptcy Fraud – False […]