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Milwaukee News Briefs From the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: May 24, 2001 Trial to begin for South Milwaukee man A South Milwaukee man is scheduled to go on trial next Tuesday on child enticement charges in connection with an alleged incident on a South Milwaukee school playground, according to police and Milwaukee County Circuit Court records. South Milwaukee police Sgt. Terry Olson said Christopher R. Krey allegedly made sexual comments to an 11-year-old child during an afternoon recess at Blakewood Elementary School, 3501 Blakewood Ave. There was no physical contact between Krey and the child, Olson said. Krey was described ...

Linda Cross is the obvious choice for State School Superintendent March 29, 2001 Wisconsin’s public schools used to be outstanding. Some are still okay, some are poor and way too many are lousy. What’s changed? Part of the problem is societal. We have way too many one-parent families and dysfunctional homes that produce kids that would struggle in any school environment. But much of the blame lies with the schools themselves. Proven educational techniques like phonics have been replaced with new-fangled instructional methods. Core subjects have been abandoned in place of politically correct coursework on racial diversity, multiculturalism and ecological ...

Beware the tax cut follies From the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: Feb. 7, 2001 In 1976, presidential candidate Jimmy Carter described the U.S. tax code as "a disgrace to the human race" - a trifle hyperbolic, perhaps, but only because the former Georgia governor included the rest of the planet in America's unique humiliation. The tax code was a disgrace then, and it remains so today, all 2.8 million words of it, despite periodic efforts to clean it up or slim down its thousands of pages. A tax bill may originate as pure simplicity itself, but it never stays that ...

White House children's hour From the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: Jan. 26, 2001 At first, they seemed like harmless pranks - perhaps a little out of place in a setting like the White House. But still, nothing worse than good-natured (if not very imaginative) revenge perpetrated by crafty, outgoing Clinton Democrats on unsuspecting incoming Bush Republicans. The "W" keys plucked out of computer keyboards and stashed on the top of 12-foot-high doorways. Stuff like that. But it seems to have been more than that - more, and worse. Reports emanating from the White House now tell of sliced phone and ...

Ashcroft needn't get a pass From the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: Dec. 27, 2000 John Ashcroft, President-elect George W. Bush's controversial choice for attorney general, appears likely to be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But his former colleagues shouldn't give the ex-senator from Missouri a free ride. The Justice Department is huge, with significant enforcement powers in civil rights, crime fighting, drug trafficking, immigration, antitrust and more. Given Ashcroft's sharply conservative record - at odds in some cases with laws and rights upheld by the courts - he needs to answer some key questions. Possible avenues of inquiry: Race ...

Facing the inevitable From the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: Dec. 4, 2000 On Monday morning, a reluctant U.S. Supreme Court asked Florida's Supreme Court to explain why it extended the deadline for certifying final results of the presidential election in that state. Later in the day, the high court got the explanation it sought - not from the Florida Supreme Court, but from a Leon County circuit judge, N. Sanders Sauls. It was he who supplied much-needed clarity to a situation that has bewildered many Americans. Sauls' decision, in combination with the U.S. Supreme Court's earlier ruling, was a powerful ...

Let's remain voter-friendly From the Journal Sentinel Last Updated: Nov. 29, 2000 A picture ID for voting is an idea whose time must not yet come in Wisconsin, a pioneer in easy access to the ballot. Sure, most residents would find a photo ID no inconvenience at all. But for voting-age citizens who lack one, the requirement would amount to a roadblock to their franchise. Before making new law that would impede voting, the state should try enforcing the safeguards against fraud already on the books. At several voting sites in Milwaukee earlier this month, the crush of new voters ...

I just refreshed my screen, and got a real eyefull (XXX). Tried a few more times, and got various J-pegs, then was sent to Yahoo mail. Finally got back. Anybody know what's going on?

Shorewood voters talk about improper activities at polls SHOREWOOD, Nov. 13 – TODAY’S TMJ4 has learned about some more potential voter irregularities in Milwaukee County. And Republicans said if the recent allegations are proven, it could be enough to eliminate Al Gore’s 6000-vote Wisconsin victory. CECIL EDIRISINGHE WAS BORN in Sri Lanka and cherishes his U.S citizenship. He speaks Russian and said at his Shorewood polling place he overheard Russian-speaking poll workers instructing recent immigrants to vote for Gore. “It really bothers me because I gave up my previous citizenship and became a U.S. citizen, and I’d like to see ...

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