Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays! We wish you a peaceful, joyous season. This is just a quick note this month, as it is hard to not say anything about the state of our country. I hope, as you reflect on your place in this country/state/county, that you see that it is imperative you join together with those …
Continue readingThe arrogance and thirst for power by some Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature continues unabated. Among other goals, they want to tell the state’s schools, libraries, and even sports organizations how to operate – not to mention how the state’s elections should be conducted. An early November $109,300 media blitz (currently upped to $250,000) in the Milwaukee market was staged …
Continue readingNovember 2023 (Meeting Tuesday, November 28, Chilton Public Library, 6:30 PM) Dear Calumet County Democrats: We are a year away from “the” election, and the Democratic Party in Wisconsin is actively working this month to connect with voters who may lean Democrat, or are undeclared, or are Democrats kind of iffy on voting. The last couple of weeks has seemingly …
Continue readingNewsletter October 2023 Good day everyone! My name is Doreen Woelfel, I am the 2023 chair of the Calumet County Democratic Party. You are likely registered or expressed interest in the Calumet County Democrats group to receive this newsletter. Let me assure you, there are Democrats in Calumet County. I say this, as we all have been …
Continue readingRay Mueller 11/12/20 “I can breathe again,” American democracy tweeted as it learned that the country’s voters had repelled Donald J. Trump’s bid for re-election. But, at the same time, she/it was wary of what more mischief and havoc Trump could cause in the remaining 70 days before he is supposed to leave office. It is quite disturbing that Trump …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller For the April 7 election, the Wisconsin Elections Commission reported there were 1,303,985 absentee ballots mailed with 1,159,800 of them returned and 120,989 (9.2 percent) not returned. Another report indicated nearly 1 million absentee mail-in ballots were cast. I don’t know why there is such a discrepancy of about 160,000 in the number of absentee mail-in voters. I believe …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller Folks, a dictatorship is being imposed on the United States. What are WE going to do about it? The national protest upheaval since Memorial Day has given the Trump administration another opportunity to concoct its own extremely misleading version of reality. While condemning the violence as such but without providing any leadership to address and counter the …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller After political, judicial, and administrative machinations, the only heroes in Wisconsin’s bizarre and tainted election on April 7 were Milwaukee and Green Bay residents who waited 2 to 4 hours to vote, besieged local election clerks, election poll workers, and the National Guard people who were prepared to help. Unfortunately, local officials in Green Bay and Milwaukee refused qualified …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller After political, judicial, and administrative machinations, the only heroes in Wisconsin’s bizarre and tainted election on April 7 were Milwaukee and Green Bay residents who waited 2 to 4 hours to vote, besieged local election clerks, election poll workers, and the National Guard people who were prepared to help. Unfortunately, local officials in Green Bay and Milwaukee refused qualified …
Continue readingWritten by Ray Mueller to the Green Bay Diocese I wonder how many fellow Catholics were offended or felt used or abused by the “Catholics for Trump” rally originally scheduled for March 19 in Milwaukee. I sure hope no clergy or members of religious orders would be exploited by such a ploy. How President Donald J. Trump acts personally and …
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