马克汤姆森
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四分之一爱尔兰血统的犹太法官
上周五，州长詹姆斯·e·多伊尔(James E. Doyle)在Mo 's Irish Pub对大约75人说:“作为州长，我可以做很多好事。我可以任命法官作为一名律师和法官的儿子，我对此非常重视。”州长对法官的要求是什么?-到目前为止，他已经任命了大约6人-“我得到了一份非常非常优秀的人的名单。我能从帽子里挑出来。但我看重的是智慧、公平和对人的理解。坦率地说，还有一些非常需要的多样性。”Doyle去年任命Glenn Yamahiro为密尔沃基县巡回法院法官的时候，就已经充分体现了多样性。Yamahiro曾是一名公设辩护人、私人执业律师和心理障碍学生的老师，也是威斯康星州第一位担任律师的亚裔美国人。 He is that, and more, the crowd, gathered for a fundraiser, was to learn. Yamahiro told the crowd that he was proud to be “the first [judicial] appointee by a democratic governor in almost 20 years.” Yamahiro is running for a full term against former Judge Robert Crawford, whose antics on the bench in the past cost him his seat to Judge Louis Butler, who was present, as were such other judges as Jean DiMotto, Ted Wedemeyer, Tom Donegan, Paul Wall and judge wannabees like Audrey Skwierawski. Attorneys including the venerable Dominic Frinzi and Mark Thomsen popped in for the gig. Yamahiro has already proven himself to be one of the more amusing speakers on the bench, and among politicians generally. “I told the governor at the time of my appointment that any opponent I would get would be buried at the election. “Now we have to come through on that promise,” he said, to the general assent of the assembled, not eager for a return of the goofy Crawford. Yamahiro rubbed it in: “If it was an election of the informed, we wouldn’t need this gathering,” he said. Do not think that Yamahiro tried to coast by solely on the merits of his wit and the novelty of his Asian background. “I am the first Asian-American judge in Wisconsin, but I did have a grandma in Iowa, born about 100 years ago. Her name was Morrissey. So I have 25 percent Irish blood, and I am happy to be in Mo’s Irish Pub with the Guinness flowing.” The crowd really liked this intercultural news, and I talked to Deja Vishny, a public defender with a really cool name – and yet another story. “I’m Glenn’s wife,” she said. The couple has one child, who attends a Jewish elementary school. “I’m Jewish,” she explained. “So is Glenn,” she added. Observations From the Governor On the Legislature You get the feeling from Governor Jim Doyle that the legislature is acting like a pesky housefly that he has to keep swatting at. The recent meetings of the august representatives of the people were characterized in this […]
2004年3月8日迈克尔·霍恩
Lautenschlager的混乱
美国司法部长佩格·劳滕施拉格(Peg Lautenschlager)上周因酒驾被捕，她将被禁止驾驶自己的国有汽车一年，并由州长吉姆·多伊尔(Jim Doyle)担任司机。两人曾就州长就业法案的条款私下争吵，Lautenschlager威胁要用她的权力来确保该法律符合该州的环境法规，但她暗示这并不符合。司法部长采取这种独立行动在威斯康辛州并不新鲜。道尔是该法案的主要执行者，但话说回来，他是民主党人，而当时的州长是共和党人。媒体注意到，道尔建议劳滕施拉格放弃部分薪酬，作为对她轻率行为的一种忏悔，这一问题目前仍未得到解决。Doyle还建议Lautenschlager考虑加入一个治疗酗酒问题的项目。他说，他有很多朋友都有类似的情况，治疗对他们有帮助。事实上，公开承认有罪和责任(Lautenschlager就是这样做的)通常伴随着对问题存在的迅速承认。然后，受试者通常会迅速进入一个治疗方案并完成它，之后就会忘记这件事。劳滕施拉格到目前为止还没有承认这一点，这使得她要么没有“问题”，要么“否认”这个问题。 It does leave Doyle high and dry, however, and much less likely to face interference in his plans from that peskiest of all politicians – an ambitious Attorney General. Walker at the War Memorial County Executive Scott Walker welcomed about 100 well-clad guests to a fundraiser February 26th at the War Memorial Center. The strictly upper-crust affair was a Republican-type fundraiser, which meant that hard liquor was consumed (in moderation) and beer, for the most part, was ignored. For those fans of the frothy stuff, Walker offered Miller products and Heineken. Food was by Ellen’s Prestige Catering, and included strolling waiters, another classy touch. Menu items included spinach somethings, meat and melted cheese on sandwich rounds, wrapped up little salmon tidbits, an entirely unsuccessful raspberry-brie tart, platters of some kind of 21st century sandwich product along with perfectly delicious fruit. The event was unmarred by public oratory, but was enhanced by an A-list of locals practicing up for the next time Bush is in town. Among the exalted: George Dalton, Dennis Kuester (on crutches), Michael Cudahy, mourning the recent death of Daniel Urban Kiley, creator of the $4 million Cudahy garden outside the adjacent Milwaukee Art Museum, Fred Luber, Tim Hoeksma, Carol Skornicka, John Finerty, Jim Weichmann, Joe Rice, Mary Buestrin, Corey Hoze and developer Mark Irgens. Hoze has secured speaker Dennis Hastert to appear at a $2000 fundraiser on his hopeless behalf in his upcoming congressional campaign. That’s rich. Marvin Pratt popped in and worked the crowd for about 20 minutes before his cop told him it was time to […]
2004年3月1日迈克尔·霍恩
