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Bruce Murphy
Bruce Murphy, Editor 2001-2002
Past Articles:

04/21/02: Karen Ordinans' Role in Shaping the Pension Plan

04/16/02: The Embarrassing Failure of Miller Park

04/12/02: Why Unions Don't Like Scott Walker

04/03/02: Why Jim Ryan Could Be Defeated

03/25/02: Why Scott McCallum Is In Big Trouble

03/19/02: Has The Teacher's Union Taken Over The GOP?

03/14/02: Why Gov. McCallum's Spending Priorities Were Wrong

03/06/02: Is Nardelli Qualified To Be County Executive?

02/27/02: Is Scott Walker Qualified To Be County Exec?

02/22/02: Which County Board Members Only Work Part-Time?

02/17/02: Dobbert's Folly: How His Errors Will Cost Taxpayers More

02/07/02: Why Ament Will Lose And How Taxpayers Will Suffer

02/03/02: Can Falk And Thompson Play Spoilers in the Governor's Race?

01/31/02: Is Ament's Pension Deal Biased Against Blacks?

01/25/02: Ament's Sweetheart Insurance Deal For An Old Crony

01/24/02: Could Bob Ott Be Investigated For Ethical Conflicts?

01/19/02: The Real Story Behind The Sheriff's Departure

01/16/02: How Ament Prevented Any Research of the Pension Plan

01/15/02: How Gary Dobbert's Buddies Got Yet Another Pension Benefit

01/15/02: Did Ament's Aides Conspire to Replace the Chair of Personnel?

01/11/02:What Karen Ordinans Really Thought About Ament's Pension

01/10/02: How To Kill Ament's Pension

01/05/02: Is The Legislature Giving Free Money To Fat Cat Investors?

12/14/01: The Bitter Feud Between the Bradley Center and Wisconsin Center

12/07/01: Why Did Chief Jones Protect a Man With a Violent Record?

11/29/01: The Milwaukee School Board's Incumbent Protection Plan

11/24/01: How Scott McCallum Plans to Raise Your Taxes

11/19/01: Could The Brewers Benefit If Minnesota Loses Its Team?

11/09/01: The Truth About the Di Suvero Sculpture

10/19/01: How Mayor Norquist's Salary Cut Lowers Property Taxes

10/15/01: Could Ed Thompson Get Elected Governor?

10/10/01: How The County's Pension Fund Grew And Benefited A Few

10/08/01: How Tom Ament Gave Himself a Golden Parachute

10/04/01: Can New President Darnell Cole Rescue MATC?

10/02/01: Is Ald. Herron Leaving Town?

10/01/01: Where Have You Gone, Ken Lamke?

09/28/01: Ameritech Catches Political Fire From Competitors

09/25/01: Scott Jensen's Big Shakedown

09/24/01: Superintendent Brumaster Slaps The Governor Around

09/21/01: Will Taxes Be The Key Issue In The Governors Race?

09/19/01: Secrets of the Bradley Center

09/14/01: Is There a Local Connection to Arab Terrorists?

09/12/01: Why Businesses Are Attacking The State's Freeway Plan

09/09/01: Why Chief Jones Won't Go Away

09/07/01: The Sad Saga of Rep. Steve Nass

09/04/01: Why Republicans are Dumping on Jim Doyle

08/30/01: Is Jim Sensenbrenner the Cheapest Congressman in America?

08/28/01: Is Tom Barrett Too Liberal to Get Elected Governor?

08/24/01: How Three Legislators Committed Highway Robbery

08/22/01: Is Superintendent Korte In Trouble With The School Board?

08/20/01: Should Wisconsin Get Ready for War?

08/17/01: 5 Things About the Budget The Media Missed (by Scott Jensen)

08/15/01: Why Republicans Are Bad For You (by Chuck Chvala)

08/13/01: Figueroa Accused Another Man of Sex Harassment

08/09/01: Rally Round the Convention Center, Boys

08/07/01: Is the State Legislature Still a Men's Club?

08/05/01: Antonio Riley's Campaign Coffer Looks Mayoral

08/01/01: Why The Mayor is Not Dead

07/30/01: Why the State Doesn't Hate Tom Ament Any More

07/27/01: Will a New Soccer Stadium Help or Hurt the Bucks?

07/23/01: Will Sen. Kohl Profit From Your Taxes?

07/18/01: Is the Plankinton Exit Worth $60 Million?

07/18/01: Milwaukee's Mighty Economy Crushes Other Nations

07/16/01: Why Are Homeowners Subsidizing Cable TV?

07/12/01: Is Wisconsin Short-Changed By Its Top Foundation?

07/10/01: The Truth about Miller Park

07/09/01: Why Can't MATC Get A Good President?

07/05/01: Is Mayor Norquist Sleeping on School Choice?

07/02/01: Can the New State Superintendent Succeed?

06/29/01: Milwaukee Goes Crazy for Research Parks

06/27/01: The Rise and Fall of Polly Williams

06/25/01: How Michael Joyce Sold Himself to George W. Bush

06/21/01: Kill the Comptroller

06/20/01: The Bucks Stop Here

06/18/01: The Raging Bull of MATC

06/15/01: Norquist Loses Favor With the Business Community

06/14/01: State Secrets: What's In the File on Figueroa and Norquist

06/11/01: Did Marilyn Want Millions From The Mayor?

06/08/01: What Marilyn Didn't Tell Us


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