Doyle Appoints Judges in Washington County

Interesting. 

Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday appointed West Bend attorney James Pouros and Washington County District Attorney Todd Martens to circuit judge vacancies.

Pouros and Martens will fill vacancies left by Patrick Faragher and David Resheske, who announced their retirements in May.

I like Martens.  I don’t think he’s the most conservative of people, but my interactions with him on an official capacity have always been good.

LFB Refutes Peterson’s Claim

Oops. 

A column by Mark Peterson titled, “Another job for CFAC: Help explain state funding formula,” was published in the June 12 edition of the Daily News.

   In his column, Mr. Peterson includes the following statement, “The Legislative Fiscal Bureau knew from the beginning that the formula wouldn’t work … .” The Legislative Fiscal Bureau is a nonpartisan service agency of the Wisconsin Legislature. Its mission is to provide fiscal information and analyses to the legislature. The Bureau has never stated or written that the “formula wouldn’t work.”

   Robert Lang, director, Legislative Fiscal Bureau

Sporcle of the Day, 8 Jul 10

It’s harder than it sounds.  10 minutes to name all the Presidents.  I brainfarted on numbers 14 and 15.