Biggest Political Blunders of 2005

As heard on NewsTalk 1130 WISN in Milwaukee last week.

Wisconsin's Biggest Political Blunders of 2005....numbers 10-6.

10. Wauwatosa Mayor Theresa (Huggy Bear) Estness responds to Milwaukee Alderman Mike McGee's disorderly conduct citation by creating a race relations task force and then ducks media inquiries regarding her decision.

9. After he pleads guilty to several felonies, Former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala asks the judge presiding over his trial to recuse himself just before he is about to be sentenced. The judge then increases the prosecutor's recommended sentence by fifty percent.

8. French paper maker Arjo Wiggins hires former Senate Majority Leader Mary Panzer as a lobbyist. Perhaps taking a French-owned firm as a client wasn't the wisest move for a good person who just wants to move on with the next phase of her life?

7. The impotent Milwaukee County Board continues to let ethically challenged Lee Holloway serve as their chairman, more than a year after the investigation into his real estate dealings began.

6. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett started his summer giving away 10,000 blue bracelets as part of his campaign to curb violence in the city. More than 120 homicides later, we shockingly learn that cheap rubber wrist bands do not deter crime.

...to be continued....