Commentary Update for August 8, 2001: Ellis, Falk, Silent Six

Dear Commentarians:

State Senator Mike Ellis participated in a lively exchange with Jim and I today. The program will air on Thursday at 7 p.m. You can see a summary of the program here:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/schedule.htm#august8

In other news, most of you have heard that Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk has thrown her hat into the Democratic Party primary race for governor. I wrote a brief piece for the web site on why I think she can win the nomination:
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/falk.htm
The piece is not especially insightful (hey, politics is just a hobby for me), but it does have links to other information about the primary. I was happy to see that wispolitics.com (http://www.wispolitics.com) has placed it on its web site. Wispolitics.com is, in my opinion, one of the best sources available for information about state politics. Their on-line interviews with the state's political movers and shakers are especially valuable, in my opinion.

Next week, Mike McCabe from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (www.wisdc.org) will join us.

Finally, many thanks to those of you who have e-mailed and called about the "silent six" piece and follow-up (http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/palmeri/52days.htm). Unfortunately, not enough people are contacting the silent six themselves. They can be reached at: http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/mail.htm

All the best,

-Tony