Kane Trumps McIlheran

On October 26, Patrick McIlheran posted on his blog that Council President Willie Hines was ready to run for mayor, regardless of whether Barrett wins or not on Tuesday.

Only thing is, it's not true.

Eugene Kane does what McIlheran only wishes he could do, which is practice actual journalism. Kane actually spoke to Hines to see what's up. He learned this:

It was reassuring to learn Hines isn't planning to announce a new campaign just as most voters are suffering fatigue from the latest round of political warfare. But the fact Hines plans to run for mayor of Milwaukee - whether Barrett wins Tuesday or not - is probably the worst-kept secret in political circles in Milwaukee.

In true conservative fashion, McIlheran deleted his post, without as much as a mea culpa or an "Oopsie, I screwed up again."

Perhaps if the powers that be at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel weren't so busy trying to help run Scott Walker's campaign, they could get around to replacing McIlheran with a real journalist, or at least offer Kane a bonus to tutor the poor man on how to be what he claims to be.

Tip of the crown to James Rowen.

When Will Clarke Show Some Leadership?

Sykes' misnamed "Hot Read" for Monday was an email from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. In his email, Clarke goes on about the rash of shootings over the past weekend, and of course, blames all the local leaders but himself.

Of course, this is the same David Clarke that pulled deputies from patrolling the parks, eliminated the drug unit, stopped supporting DARE, among other things.

But, in a matter of poor timing for Sykes and Clarke, this morning a deputy writes an open letter at Watchdog Milwaukee asking for Clarke to show some leadership for a change. And as usual, the wise Michael Mathias is way, way ahead of the game with a post from last June, giving some helpful advice to Clarke.

But to be fair, Sykes did also post a letter from Common Council Prsident Willie Hines, who Clarke attacked in his email.