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Candle Light Vigil For 2011 Homicide Victims In Milwaukee Decmeber 30th at 6 pm

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Candle Light Vigil For 2011 Homicide Victims

Tabernacle Community Baptist Church

2500 West Medford, Milwaukee WI

Friday, December 30, 2011   6:00pm

Mother’s Against Gun Violence (MAGV) is an organization in this community trying to help stop the violence in our community. Please join us in supporting these families and praying over them and saying ENOUGH bloodshed in our community.

http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/MothersAgainstGunViolence/MemorialToHomicideVictims2011

A Letter from Mayor Barrett:

A Call for Action to Fight Crime and Reduce Violence Dear Friends: Warm weather typically brings an increase in violent crime, and I believe it is critical that we act early and aggressively to provide law enforcement with the tools they need to keep Milwaukee neighborhoods safe. Many of these tools require the approval of the State Legislature, and the time to act is now – before summer arrives. We need tougher consequences for felons and others who think little of using, carrying or selling illegal guns to terrorize our residents; we need specific legislation to deal with illegal guns; and we need appropriate resources so law enforcement has the manpower and technology it needs to crack down on illegal guns and the criminals who use them. Specifically Chief Flynn, District Attorney Chisholm and I believe the State Legislature must adopt legislation that will address the following: Minimum Mandatory sentences for felons and individuals with prior criminal records in possession of a weapon. Tougher sentences for crimes committed with firearms. Mandatory background checks on all sales of handguns. Adoption of micro-stamping technology legislation. Funding for Community Prosecutors, Drug Prosecutors and Violent Crime Prosecutors in the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office. Direct the 911 emergency surcharge collected within the City of Milwaukee to help pay for police, firefighters and paramedics in the City of Milwaukee. The Legislature has convened Special Sessions to address the state budget and the Great Lakes Compact. I believe fighting crime and reducing violence in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin are equally worthy of a Special Session. The governor has been an ally in the mission to keep Milwaukee safe, and I know he shares my strong belief that gun violence must not be tolerated. Gang members, felons and other criminals who choose to commit violent crime in Milwaukee must face serious consequences for their reckless acts. It’s time to toughen the message, enforce stiff penalties and fund the prosecutors and police needed to put away the bad guys. The time to act is now, and I ask the State Legislature to provide the tools to make Milwaukee safer.

 Sincerely,

Mayor Barrett

MICAH, a church-based organization, sponsors non-denominational prayer vigils as part of their “Holy Ground” campaign at the sites of homicides in Milwaukee. To be put on the phone tree to be notified of the time of these vigils, please call Marna of Mothers Against Gun Violence at 414–372–4358.

Please note that this count of homicides in the city of Milwaukee is for all homicides in this year. The Holy Ground Campaign count of homicides, which comes to MICAH from the Milwaukee police department does not coincide with the official count of the city of Milwaukee. The official count of the city of Milwaukee excludes some homicides involving a vehicle (vehicular homicides), some on or near county grounds in the city, and homicides resulting from police shootings.

 

Listing of those Murdered in 2011

January 8, 2011

1. Adam Jon Sobel (age 41) male body found in an alley in the 2800 block of N. 50th Street.

January 18, 2011

2. Dedrie A. Kelly-Baldwin (age 39) female was slain in the 3900 block of N. 28th Street.

January 20, 2011

3. Trinitee Carson (age 2) female suffered multiple injuries at a home in the 9000 block of N. 75th Street.

February 6, 2011

4. Rufino-Dominguez-Rosas (age 34) male was struck by a car in the 1000 block of S. Cesar Chavez Drive.

5. Jarrell D. Johnson (age 25) male.

February 7, 2011

6. Kewondo Boyd (age 30) Female was stabbed to death in the 900 block on N 28th in a domestic violence incident.

March 6, 2011

7. Scott Benton (age 40) male died in a fire at 500 N. 29th Street.

8. Jesus Carlos (age 50).

March 7, 2011

9. Oscar Vega (age 18) male was shot during a robbery in the 1900 block of W. Galena.

March 8, 2011

10. Bruce Jerzey (age 38) male shot and killed inside a house in the 500 block of E. Potter. A 15 year old also was shot at that location but injuries are not expected to be life-threatening.

March 11, 2011

11. Michael J. Grabowski Jr. (age 30) male was helping a pedestrian who was hit by a car when he was struck by a vehicle in the 3300 block of W. Lincoln.

March 15, 2011

12. Diamaris Gonzalez (age 23) female shot.

March 18, 2011

13. Yvontae S. Young (age 18) died in a shooting in the 4700 block of W. Rohr. A 15 year old also was shot but suffered only non-life threatening injuries.

March 19, 2011

14. Robert L. Horne (age 60) male was stabbed to death in a transitional living facility in the 4300 block of N. 27th Street.

15. Daniel L. Thompson (age 25) male was shot to death in the 3200 block of N. 26th Street.

March 25, 2011

16. Oshay D. Shaffer (age 17) male was shot outside a friends house in the 500 block of W. Maple Street.

April 2, 2011

17. Kamari J. Curtis (age 2) boy beaten at 2224 W. Wisconsin Avenue.

April 7, 2011

18. Brandon C. Thomas (age 26) shot and killed in an apartment in the 1300 block of W. Locust Avenue after a quarrel.

April 10, 2011

19. Joseph Johnson (age 27) was shot from an argument during a basketball game at O’Tiefenthaler Park near N. 24th and W. Cherry Street.

April 12, 2011

20. Dominique Greenwood (age 21) male shot at the intersection of N. 53rd and W. Fairmont Avenue.

April 19, 2011

21. Alvin Fuller (age 34) male shot to death in the 6000 block of N. 63rd Street.

April 23, 2011

22. Tajun L. Spencer (age 29) shot in the 3200 block of N. 11th Street.

April 24, 2011

23. Norma L. Williams (age 47) female killed in the 4600 block of N. 27th Street.

April 26, 2011

24. Meanie M. Jones (age 38) female shot to death in the 5800 block of N. 38th Street.

25. Cleveland D. Walker (age 37) male shot to death in the 5800 block of N. 38th Street.

April 27, 2011

26. Benita Castro (age 23) male was shot while driving in an alley after an altercation in the 2400 block of W. Mitchell Street.

April 28, 2011

27. Royality Sanders (age 10 months) boy died in the 5100 block of N. 47th Street after the infant was fed morphine and oxycodone.

May 2, 2011

28. Devon J. Butler (age 17) male was shot before he crashed a SUV at the corner of N. 38th and W. Fond du lac Avenue.

29. Shelton D. Smith (age 16) male shot to death in a scrap yard in the 9000 block of W. Fond du lac Avenue.

May 7, 2011

30. Anthony F. Brown (age 25) male killed in a shooting in the street in the 2300 block of N. 15th Street. A 44 year old women was also shot but she is expected to survive.

May 16, 2011

31. Luz E. Cardona-Baez (age 31) female fatally shot in the 1500 block of S. 23rd Street.

May 23, 2011

32. Lee E. McTiller (age 31) male shot to death in the 2400 block of N. 49th Street.

May 24, 2011

33. Luis E. Santiago (age 30) male was fatally shot during a bar fight inside LaPiazza at 1504 E. North Avenue. Another 28 year old man was wounded his injuries not life threatening.

May 26, 2011

34. Antonio L. Stewart (age 20) male shot.

May 28, 2011

35. Derrick Marquez (age 10 months) boy died after being hit with a video game controller.

36. Javonte Bohanan (age 18) male killed in a vehicular accident at the intersection of N. 35th and W. Townsend Street.

37. Ahmed N. Cooper (age 52) male died from blunt force trauma on a porch in the 2000 block of N. 37th Street.

May 29, 2011

38. Kenlance Wherry (age 34) male was shot in an alley in the 2700 block of N. 38th Street.

39. Gennie Cooks (age 50) male was shot on a porch in the 2300 block of N. 15th Street.

June 8, 2011

40. Jenaya Hicks (age 1) girl died of blunt-force injuries of the torso. Her death was ruled a homicide.

June 16, 2011

41. Shelton Atterberry (age 36) male stabbed during a fight over the relationship in the 2800 block of W. Meinecke Avenue.

June 17, 2011

42. Kenda M. Baker (age 25) male shot and killed in the 1700 block of W. Mineral Street after an argument.

June 26, 2011

43. Latare Nixon (age 37) male was killed by police in the 3100 block of N 44th Street.

June 29, 2011

44. Rebecca Manzke (age 34) female stabbed by her boyfriend in the 7300 block of W. Burdick Avenue.

July 10, 2011

45. Ashantia L. Lindsey (age 19) male shot inside a house in the 1300 block of W. Madison during an ongoing feud with the suspect.

July 11, 2011

46. Kenneth Cunning (age 26) male shot in the 3500 block of N. l0th Street by his friend.

July 13, 2011

47. Curtis J. Walker (age 18) male was shot several times and killed outside a home in the 5500 block of N. 34th Street during an ongoing dispute.

July 17, 2011

48. Cordell Robinson (age 22) male was shot in the 1800 block of W. Kearney Place.

July 19, 2011

49. Terrence Leverson (age 27) male died of gunshot wounds at a family barbecue in the 3500 block of N. 23rd Street.

July 20, 2011

50. Antrell C. Blake (age 22) male was shot and killed in the 2800 block of N. 24th Place.

July 26, 2011

51. Johnny Jordan (age 43) male thrown into the river from the Wisconsin Avenue bridge during a fight and drowned.

July 30, 2011

52. Terry Jordan (age 53) male shot during domestic violence in a home in the 3800 block of N. Humboldt Blvd.

August 2, 2011

53. Darrin L. Moore (age 19) male shot to death while driving a van in the 3200 block of N. 15th Street.

August 7, 2011

54. Sharon Staples (age 34) pregnant female who was shot during a robbery.

August 13, 2011

55. Charles Evans (age 32) male 3300 block of N. 9th Street.

August 20, 2011

56. James L Currin (age 26) male was shot to death in the 2100 block of N. 26th Street.

August 21, 2011

57. R V Boyd (age 71) male who was beaten August 10th died from his injuries.

August 22, 2011

56. Rickie D. Blaeske (age 58) male stabbed to death in the 2800 block of N. Fratney Street.

August 23, 2011

58. Lawrence C. Allen (age 30) male was shot multiple times in the 2400 block of N. 1st Street.

59. William E. Washington (age 54) male died in the 3700 block of N. 13th Street.

September 1, 2011

60. William C. Roberson (age 28) male of Waukesha died after a stabbing in the 100 block of W. Mitchell Street.

September 11, 2011

61. Dwight H. McCoy (age 35) male a local producer shot in the 4600 block of N 54th Street.

September 13, 2011

62. Carmen M. Santana (age 30) female was found dead at a house in the 6100 block of W. Medford Avenue in a domestic violence-related homicide.

September 17, 2011

63. DeWayne W. Harris (age 30) male was found dead at a house in the 2300 block of N. 44th. Street.

September 25, 2011

64. Jarvis J. Nash (age 29) male found shot in a house in the 6500 block of W. Villard. Shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.

September 26, 2011

65. Louis A. Candelaria (age 19) male shot during an altercation at E. Ring and N. Palmer Street.

66. Millie Joi Smith (age 11 months) baby girl died from abuse.

September 27, 2011

67. Darnell M. Kendricks (age 17) male shot while waiting to see a fight between two other students and collapsed in an alley behind MATC in the 900 block of 72nd Street.

September 28, 2011

68. (age 19) male 1500 block of N. 39th.

October 1, 2011

69. Willie L. Boyd (age 28) male shot in the 2700 block of N. 21st Street.

October 6, 2011

70. Maritza Ramirez-Cruz (age 23) female who was killed, in the 1600 block of S. 7th Street along with her unborn infant in a fetal abduction.

October 9, 2011

71. Aaron Allen, Jr. (age 22 months) boy died after being suffocated with a sock by his father.

October 16, 2011

72. Billy W. Murray (age 63) male was found strangled to death in a room at the Village Inn at 3001 W. Wisconsin Avenue.

73. Marshall K. Johnikin (age 22) male was fatally shot in an alley in the 2400 block of N. 23rd Street.

74. Mitchell A. Oshkenaniew (age 17) male was shot and killed in an altercation in the 2300 block of W. Becher Street.

October 22, 2011

75. George R. Yensh (age 70) male died of heart attack after a robbery at 2919 W. Wisconsin Avenue.

October 28, 2011

76. Shawn J. Jenkins (age 41) male found shot to death at Midtown Auto & Metal Recycling 3211 W. Burleigh Street.

November 6, 2011

77. Frances Pizzaro (age 49) female was pronounced dead after a drunken driver who fled hit her and her son Edward G. Lindsey. She was crossing the street in the 1400 block of W. Greenfield Avenue.

November 11, 2011

78. Shante D. Alford (age 31) male shot and killed by police in the parking lot between George Webb after a robbery on Old World 3rd Street.

November 14, 2011

79. Neal A. Tellis (age 24) male died from gunshot wound in the 3000 block of N. Buffum after an quarrel over a jacket.

80. Michael L. Scott (age 21) male died from a gunshot wound in the 2700 block of N. Palmer.

November 15, 2011

81. Edward G. Lindsey (age 20) male died as a result of a hit and run drunken driver while crossing the street with his mother Frances Pizzarro in the 1400 block of W. Greenfield.

82. Marvin Thomas (age 37) male was shot after a brief quarrel in the 3200 block of N. 9th Street.

November 18, 2011

83. Darryl L. Ramsey (age 34) male was stabbed to death after an argument with his girlfriend.

November 21, 2011

84. Barbara McIntosh (age 58) female died in a motor vehicle accident near 34th and W. Forest Home by a teen driver chasing another vehicle.
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85. Dararlle J. Addison (age 32) male shot while on the porch of house in the 2200 block N. Hubbard Street.

November 22, 2011

86. Harvey Johnnies (age 35) male was shot and killed inside a residence in the area of S. 37th and W. National Avenue during a robbery and home invasion.

87. Thomas Watson (age 25) male shot in the 4800 block of W. Meinecke Avenue.

November 24, 2011

88. Jiyto Cox (age 36) male stabbed to death on Thanksgiving day after past arguments with a tenant in the 4900 block of N. 55th Street.

November 29, 2011

89. Jesse Greer (age 61) male 5004 N. 39th St. homicide victim of undetermined cause.

December 5, 2011

90. Andrew Tyler (age 24) male shot inside a residence in the 4400 block of N 50th Street.

December 13, 2011

91. John M. Astenborski (age 35) male found inside a vehicle in the 7200 block of N. 7th St.

92. Joseph A. McBeath (age 26) male shot to death inside a car on N. 46th & W. Lisbon Avenue.

December 15, 2011

93.Charles A. Hart (age 34) male shot in an alley near N. 53rd Street & W Auer Avenue.

December 19, 2011

94. Clementina Hernandez (age 65) female hit by a vehicle while pushing a child in a stroller across S 6th Street.

 

Calling All Civil Rights Leaders Past & Present in Milwaukee

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Between 1958 and 1970, a distinctive movement for racial justice emerged from unique circumstances in Milwaukee. A series of local leaders inspired growing numbers of people to participate in campaigns….

Calling All Civil Rights Leaders in Milwaukee

“We Are The Drum – A Rhythm In Wisconsin” – 2012

Since 1990, CAPITA Productions (City At Peace In The Arts) founded by Brother Booker Ashe and others has been presenting a Black History Program yearly for thousands in the Greater Milwaukee Area. 

This year we are adding a very special and overdue segment which will celebrate those brave marchers and demonstrators, from all backgrounds, who risked their lives for the cause of civil rights, especially in Milwaukee. It will be a dramatic reenactment of the Underground Railroad, prominent in the Waukesha area; the escaped slave Joshua Grover, and Fr. Jim Groppi’s “March on Milwaukee”.

For 200 consecutive nights hundreds marched for open housing through rain, snow and fear of physical attacks. These heroes have not been properly honored until now. Their stories should be known by our youth as well as everyone in Milwaukee and across the nation.

We are calling on those who lived this experience to share their stories with us in special listening sessions on Tuesday, November 15th and Wednesday November 16th from 5 pm to 8 pm and again November 19th from 10 am to 1 pm. We will meet at North Division Room #102, 1011 West Center Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

We are looking for all those who participated in the demonstrations, served on the NAACP Youth Council, Commandos, and all organizations that led or joined in some way, the historic Milwaukee’s Civil Rights Movement.

If you are interested in attending and would like more information please call 414-397-8661 or email arsmusic00@aol.com. (zero, zero). Otherwise we would love to see you at the meetings. Please share this announcement with everyone. We want to make sure we honor and thank you for your courage and brave acts that moved Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the nation so powerfully.

Thank you,

CAPITA Productions

An excerpt taken from

The Selma of the North:

Civil Rights Insurgency in Milwaukee

Patrick D Jones

Between 1958 and 1970, a distinctive movement for racial justice emerged from unique circumstances in Milwaukee. A series of local leaders inspired growing numbers of people to participate in campaigns against employment and housing discrimination, segregated public schools, the membership of public officials in discriminatory organizations, welfare cuts, and police brutality.

The Milwaukee movement culminated in the dramatic—and sometimes violent—1967 open housing campaign. A white Catholic priest, James Groppi, led the NAACP Youth Council and Commandos in a militant struggle that lasted for 200 consecutive nights and provoked the ire of thousands of white residents. After working-class mobs attacked demonstrators, some called Milwaukee “the Selma of the North.” Others believed the housing campaign represented the last stand for a nonviolent, interracial, church-based movement.

“We Are The Drum – A Rhythm In Wisconsin” – 2012 Show Dates:

 

Public Shows:

Fri, Feb. 24th, Sat., Feb. 25th, Fri. Mar. 3rd & Sat., Mar. 4th at 7:30 pm-

Tickets will go on sale on Dec. 1st

Student Shows:

The dates are: Tues. Feb.21st, Wed, Feb. 22nd, Mon., Feb.27th

 & Wed. Feb. 29th at 10am & 12 pm. tickets are $4 per child.

For more info on the student shows, call Liz Coleman- 414-807-7322

You can find more about CAPITA by visiting us on our Facebook Page

www.facebook.com/pages/Capita-Productions

or Twitter @CAPITAProd

Protest Gone Wrong At Messmer Prep!

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Protestors Go Too Far Trying to get at Walker.

 

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, and the students and staff at Messmer Preparatory Catholic School were all targets of an obnoxious protest on Friday, August 26, 2011.

Not only was this action a blatant racist attack from the Walker protestors of Wisconsin; these so-called “protestors” scared the young children and parents of Messmer Prep. Messmer Preparatory Grade School is one of the most successful, majority Black schools in the state and yes it is also a Choice School! On Friday they received a visit from Governor Walker who was there to tour the school and read to students.

The incident Friday was embarrassing for kids to see. It showed adults at their worst and most despicable form. It is not a coincidence these terrorists and thugs picked a predominantly Black school to act a fool in front of. Disrupting kids learning and scaring parents who were hearing that their kids might be superglued inside the school. We later found out that the locks were glued prior to the visit from the governor. COWARDS!!!

However parents were spit on and some even pelted with rocks! Shame, shame, shame!

 

As you can see in the video one ”brother” goes up to Brother Bob Smith, Messmer Prep and Messmer HS president, and pushes him to incite violence IN FRONT OF KIDS MIND YOU. Attacking a holy man, have you no limits?For what reason ”brother” did you feel the need to do that? For what reason are you pushing a Capuchin Brother who has been committed to this inner city community since he was born. Smith is the nephew of Brother Booker Ashe of the House of Peace which still operates on 17th and Walnut. The Capuchins also run several other resource areas in the city such as St. Francis of Assisi Church and other urban centers that feed and clothe OUR people. If anything they should get an award for their decades of service to this community and to BLACK PEOPLE!!! They do it by fund raising and by giving from their own pockets and this is how we thank them? Shame indeed, shame on the fake “residents” who were later identified as mostly Madison students, union reps, and MPS board members and teachers for the most part. A few tokens and Walker hating zealots that had nothing better to do comprised the rest of the crowd.

Just to note, Brother Bob and the Capuchins commitment to Black Milwaukee, particularly our Black youth excelling in education and training them up in the way that they should go, is undeniably solid. Smith has an 85% success rate of those who go on to college. He also has an outstanding record of working with MPS to help form working relations for educating our young people. Some do not like his tactics because he calls on parents and students to be just as accountable as the school. It is not a dumping ground for MPS rejects. He sees them as anything but rejects; they are diamonds in the rough! He is quick to tell the student and parent that they must participate 110% in their education. He gives them the tools to understand the power they have inside of them. They are treasure that no one else wanted or knew what to do with. Brother Bob and staff teach these kids that they are the rightful heirs of our legacy and heritage. And yes it is a Roman Catholic School. He also calls out mess when he sees it and he does not back down or mince words. He has fans and haters alike. Despite the haters, his end result speaks for itself. He gets the job done for the most part whether you like his education style or not. The fact that he and the Capuchins alone raised over 5 million dollars to renovate and upgrade that school speaks to his commitment to our kids and our community. A once barron land is now a vital tax base for our city and sacred ground for Afrocentric Centered Education.

The fact that most of these “protest” crazies don’t even live in our city also speaks volumes!  

Later that Friday the “protestors” went on to protest at Governor Walker’s son’s football game. Really? What are you people thinking? Where is your dignity? One said wherever he (Walker) would be, they would be, but again I say there is a time and a place for everything.

Disrupting valuable time from learning or running on football fields to send your message makes you look sick, pathetic and sad. These people have obviously broke with sanity and those things we hold dear like reading time and a peaceful football game are now inbounds for hate for our kids to witness and learn.

If one thing I know I am right 100% is that doing stupid stuff in front of kids is not politics anymore. It is outright anarchy as Sheriff Clark said. Adults acting like kids, using foul and vile language, using violence and pelting people with rocks, spitting on people, taking out their venom on kids at a football game, showing up at any Black school, is all the devil’s work, it is not union protesting. Unions better get their wackos back in line because this is making them look bad and any respect they once had is now lost at the hands of these psycho-nuts.

I challenge our Black reps, Mayor Barrett, and our Police Chief Flynn to take a stand against such nonsense and get these people back in order. Our kids need their learning time. All of it!

I would bet that this type of nonsense would not take place outside a White school!!

I have peace in my heart but when my babies, our babies are trying to learn, break from hate that they live with day in and day out, and come to sacred ground to impart knowledge, Hell to the naw!! WW don’t get down like that. Any school, MPS or other is scared space and if wacko terrorist nuts don’t see it that way, there will be hell to pay. And that’s all I got to say about that!

FYI… in the video….One of the so-called ‘resident protestors” was Brian Rothgery – the red headed bully telling that lady, “go back where you came from, we don’t want you here.” Brian’s occupation is Communications Coordinator for Citizen Action of Wisconsin.

Peace Family,

WW

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44309295

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Police say they’ve got a lead on the person who glued door locks at Messmer Preparatory School in the city’s Riverwest neighborhood before Governor Scott Walker’s visit last week.The incident happened just hours before Walker was scheduled to speak with children there Friday afternoon.Investigators say they’re reviewing surveillance video of the suspect.Protesters crowded the street outside of the Milwaukee school well before Walker spoke with the kids.

Ribs, Recalls, and Reality. Milwaukee Blacks Wined & Dined for Votes!

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Ribs, Recalls, and Reality

August 2nd the group “Wisconsin Jobs Now” held a barbecue with free prizes and food aimed at potential Black voters in a part of the highly contested district of Alberta Darling who is facing Sandy Pasch. The effort fed people then took them to vote absentee afterwards. This activity is being questioned as to its legality since bribery is forbidden in our voting process. However these tactics have never stopped groups like ACORN or Citizen Action of Wisconsin and others from bribing people, namely Blacks in the past. Remember the “Smokes for Votes” in the Gore/Bush presidential race? In 2000, Connie Milstein of New York, provided homeless Milwaukeeans cigarettes in exchange for their “Democratic” support/vote. She was fined $5000 for her lethal campaign. Subsequently, the Milwaukee Police Department released a damning report about the state of voting and election fraud in Milwaukee city. The report exposed voting fraud in Milwaukee and the lack of action to thwart these attempts from either the Government Accountability Board or Milwaukee’s Election Commission.

But here we are again, Black folk whoring out the tiny bit of Darling’s district that is Black not for cigarettes but ribs. FOR RIBS? Seriously? And you wonder why people want to see ID’s? We didn’t sell out for jobs (because Pasch helped them get away), not for OUR community (because she had to use a GPS tracker to find us), not to say sorry about not honoring those college tuition reimbursements Doyle and her party trotted out last time and NEVER delivered on. I guess she figured the best she could do was offer a healthy “alternative” in ribs and hope to smooth over the whole “jobs /college thing” as if it was no big damn deal. Yes she does have direct ties to these organizations so she might as well have helped Speed Queen glaze the ribs herself!

Darling took the hardline and stood with Walker on the Collective Bargaining agreement. There is no need to rehash the events that followed. There is a need to point out all that has come from the historic votes and events that occurred thereafter.

  • Schools and local municipalities that did not make back door agreements with unions saw unexpected savings in their budgets. Those schools no longer were forced to work with WEA Trust, the union entity that charged extreme premiums for healthcare plans. With this savings they are now able to keep positions that were once on the chopping block, re-fund extinct or soon to be extinct programs.
  • Union members did not voluntarily sign up for memberships like we were told they would which showed that many union members were forced into the unions and when offered the chance to keep their memberships, they opted out. The unions are now going door to door begging and pleading for payments and union dues.
  • Walker also caught a break because Illinois chose to go the route our Democratic leadership wanted us to take, that being the route of tax hikes and increased fees. Businesses from all over Illinois are flocking to Wisconsin for relief and therefore bringing jobs, a healthy tax base, and prosperity to our state.
  • Our new found popularity across the nation also increased tourism and filed the hotels and attractions. Guess folks wanted to see what the hell is wrong with Wisconsin. They came for the fight but stayed for the after party!!
  • Homeowners and tax payers are not seeing increases in services and instead are able to depend on at least a few more years of financial freedom from a ridiculous tax burden.
  • We began to pay our debts to neighboring states and replenish the Dem/Pasch raped Patient Health Care Fund that the Dems had no intention of paying back.
  • For the months of May to June, Wisconsin created over 9000 jobs and voted to extend unemployment. We did good!

However Sandy Pasch and the Dems would have you to believe Wisconsin is a doomed forbidden rotting wasteland! That is simply not the case. We are moving FORWARD!!! If not than why would Lena Taylor and the 14 fleeing Dems support Milwaukee’s new cadillac streetcar if we were so desolate and forsaken? Because we can!! (Although to me that is still debatable.) You don’t see them out there screaming to the world that Wisconsin is closed for business right now. No more “Ed Show” or MSNBC fame and fortune. You want to know why that is? In part because it is tourism season and that is taboo. Secondly, they just do not have  the factual evidence to support such nonsense! They would be telling a lie even they could not get away with.

Pasch is part of the old Doyle regime of tax and spend until it hurts, and then tax some more. Her recall effort was to stick, jab and duck. She never discussed her insane voting record that inferred she never had a thought of her own and was void of any deep leadership qualities. Darling on the other hand takes it on the chin and keeps fighting. She has proposed legislation for our seniors and for our kids. Among her many battles she has proven herself a gladiator in the good old boys Wisconsin boxing ring.

Sandy is in this for Sandy alone. Let’s not get it twisted. She has not shown a care for us and nor will she ever. Darling, she is a politician. I am not a fool, but she has shown support across the aisle and across Lake Drive and her record speaks to that. Pasch went on all the radio shows and line for line recited her script of how Alberta Darling was the “devil incarnate” and how she would be the savior of us all.

Who wants to go back to the past Ms. Pasch? Please answer that question. And Mr. Ingram cannot help you answer; this one is all on you. Depleted funds, owing other states so we become like Obama and crew owing the Asians, taxing businesses to demise, raiding funds, small Black business owners not having any power or finances to fight for what’s left of the inner city, not making good on promises to OUR youth to get them into college. Sure we want to go back to that place. That and a plate of ribs to go please and thank you! NOT!

To the little part of Darling’s district that is Black; did you sell out your vote? Who thought getting a plate of ribs was worth their integrity? Did you bother to ask whitey if he would reimburse those college tuitions like he promised us? Or did you just do a little happy dance and smile for the white cameras, eating your barbeque like good little negro soldiers? Or did you take your plate and get on the bus, no questions asked? If it had been Walker or Darling would you have screamed racism? Since it was the Dems they got the Black access pass? I guess 2012 will bring us malt liquor or Icecube and Coors? What y’all want next time? Fried chicken from JJ’s? They will get it for you as long as you keep delivering your souls/votes and never cash in on the promises they make over and over again.

Black people, I am telling you we are worth more than cigarettes and the ribs we took in exchange for our pride and self-worth. We deserve better from both parties but going back to what was, is not sending a message to anyone other than our pocket books. A vote for Pasch to get back at Scott Walker won’t be felt until many years from now if at all. If you had been waiting to get payback, maybe taking a minute or two to see what was and what is, could benefit you and me. You don’t have to trust me; the facts are issued by the state and the feds. Even Obama is hanging his hat on us to save his own behind. You calling him a liar? Investigate for yourselves and be freed!! The numbers do not lie, the countless businesses moving here do not lie, and the school districts no longer beholden to their beloved unions do not lie. We are mending a broken Wisconsin.

Is there more work that needs to be done, hell yes!! We didn’t defeat Evilina and can now start singing “Can you feel a brand new day…” We are not there yet. We have only just begun, but we have to pledge our allegiance to us and not to the mighty “unions inc!” who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the state to get their cookies back. If you do not like the Koch brothers, than you should really hate the fact that unions spent all this money to get back their playground at your expense. Think about it…The 2012 elections are right around the corner and if the unions had this much for small potato recalls in one battle ground state, something’s burning and it ain’t the ribs evidently. They had too much damn money, more than any Koch, more than Scott Walker, more than Darling or the others facing recalls, more than the entire state put together! That is a lot of power and money. If we were facing reality we would be honest and say maybe Scott Walker, on this one issue, had a point. Say it in secret and watch how good it feels to actually be stating a truth. Maybe you will join me and start saying it out loud. Watch out now!!

Seems we just do not want to admit our wrongs. What are you afraid of? Lena Taylor won’t like you? We might catch a break? You might not have to pay more for wheel taxes and photo ID fees and whatever else they can think to tax or increase? In this case whether you like the man or not, Walker made the right choice and fought the right enemy, so did Alberta Darling and so did all those who stood their ground in the face of a most nasty political fight. We are still here. Don’t let the ribs take you back to ground zero. Hell Speed Queen ain’t even that good anymore. It certainly is not worth my vote. If you are going to wine me and dine me, it’s got to be steak or lobster and nothing short of that will suffice.

Now let’s continue this movement and walk in reality and leave the ribs and the other white man’s poisons alone and get together on this road to recovery. We can do this but it takes some healthy discourse and not the crap spewed all over the TV, the radio, the billboards, and everywhere else the unions, Pelosi, and the Dems think we be at. We are not owned and the unions have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that they have been sucking us dry for far too long. They are the evil rich!! Now it is time to give them a reality check and give this governor the okay to keep moving in the current direction. And to be perfectly clear (for those of you who seem to want to tie me on the man’s buttock constantly) I am not in agreement with Walker 100%. We got work to do on him, but moving backwards to prove a point is not the answer.

Reality vs. Ribs? Which one will win? I hope at least y’all had the beef ribs or did you partake of the swine?

Peace Family,

WW

PS….A BIG THANK YOU to all those who came out to support the Frederick Alexander Meade event. More to come but I could not rush that piece. It was too significant to be rushed. It was historic, magnificent, sealed and anointed by God and thank you to The Milwaukee Drum and Earl Ingram for giving me the tools to help get the event its proper due. Thank you Milwaukee!! WE did it, YOU did it, Meade indeed did it!!

 

For more information on the Ribs for Votes Debacle:

http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/08/free-bbq-and-prizes-for-voters-raise-questions-of-legality-collusion/