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Jeff Wagner

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A recovering lawyer and - after 25 years -a recently retired radio talk show host. Still sharing opinions.

Milwaukee, WI
Joined August 2017
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Jeff Wagner
5 months
At tonight’s ballgame,the entire Brewers team turned out for the National Anthem. A total of nine Cubs (including coaches) decided to come out to the field. Just saying.
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Jeff Wagner
4 years
I'm sorry but trying to have tens of thousands of otherwise valid ballots tossed out strikes me as being ill-considered in the extreme.
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Jeff Wagner
5 years
Just looked at the week to week numbers. 62 of 72 Wis. counties reported 10 or less new coronavirus cases. Of these, 56 had 5 or less. 25 had no new cases. Of the other 10 counties, 3 had 13 new cases or less. How much "flatter" can the curve get in these areas?
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Jeff Wagner
4 months
A 17-year old convicted felon, arrested again on May 20th and immediately released on $750 bail, starts firing an automatic weapon on a playground after "Juneteenth Peace Day" and kills another teenager. How do you even begin to unpack how wrong this is?
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
I've got a suggestion to cut down on the armed robberies and car thefts downtown. How about we flood the area with police, prosecute the bad guys and put their criminal butts in jail?
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Jeff Wagner
3 months
Give me a break. A man armed with two knives attacks an unarmed guy after being ordered to drop the weapons by police - and family members and protesters are outraged that police shot the assailant!
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
I still wonder what the last two Wisconsin statewide elections would have looked like if the candidates had been Rebecca Kleefisch and Jennifer Dorow instead of the candidates the Democrats pushed for in the Primaries? Should be a lesson in there somewhere.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
A 19-year-old armed robber murders a Milwaukee Police Officer while fleeing cops. This is the type of community that people get when they tolerate criminal behavior. I ask again, "When will enough be enough"?
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
2 uncomfortable truths: (1) if conservatives keep bypassing more electable candidates in the Primaries (Kleefisch, Dorow), they are going to continue to struggle statewide; and (2) a reasonable accommodation for elective abortion needs to be reached.
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Jeff Wagner
8 months
Eric Hovde is a life-long Wisconsinite with significant business ties in California. Amazingly THIS is the issue that Democrats want to attack him on. If he came to earth last week on a spaceship, he'd be a better Senator for Wisconsin than Tammy Baldwin.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
Tony Evers is "heartbroken" over the latest mass shooting. Okay - but how about something substantial? If he would call for mandatory minimum 5 year prison terms for felons with guns, I guarantee he'll have broad support. Not holding my breath waiting.
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Jeff Wagner
4 months
13 people shot in one day and the Mayor is outraged. Until judges start locking people up for illegally carrying - or using -firearms, nothing will change. Until politicians start calling out soft on crime judges and prosecutors, nothing will change.
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Jeff Wagner
8 months
Most know that I'm not a fan of former President Trump BUT this decision is absurd. None of the lenders lost a dime and all wanted to do business with him regardless of the valuations he put on his assets. Can you say "Reversed on appeal"?
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
A Shorewood School official defends emails allegedly including racial slurs saying that a white employee can't be "the victim of racism or the victim of reverse discrimination, whatever that is [because} There's no such thing that exists". Wow. Just wow.
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Jeff Wagner
3 months
If I were advising former President Trump, I'd suggest he skip the attacks (Biden is already hopelessly damaged goods) and pivot to offering a positive view of where he wants to take the country moving forward.
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Jeff Wagner
3 months
I thought the sales tax increase was supposed to end Milwaukee County's fiscal problems. Apparently it didn't - and now local officials seem to want another bailout from State taxpayers. It just never ends.
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Jeff Wagner
18 days
In a State (like Wisconsin) where every vote counts, Republican candidates need to campaign everywhere (even Madison and Milwaukee). If nothing else, it might help keep margins down. Trump apparently realizes this.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
If ANY private employer took the position that Tony Evers is taking regarding supervisors shacking up with subordinates, their HR people and attorneys would be going nuts. He is either clueless or afraid of upsetting the two employees in question or both.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
I think it's fair to ask why Governor Evers delayed for days doing what was obviously the right thing to have done immediately?
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Jeff Wagner
28 days
The amount of money paid to those running MPS is obscene. To even consider giving any raises to those in charge - much less the size of the raises proposed - is a grotesque joke on taxpayers, parents and students.
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Jeff Wagner
22 days
In 2022, the Brewers kept Lorenzo Cain on their roster until late June in order to allow him to qualify for 10 years of service. The Pirates cut Rowdy Tellez 4 at-bats (1 game) short of earning a bonus. The Brewers always have been a class organization.
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Jeff Wagner
3 months
As a huge fan of Summerfest, I concede that rain certainly impacted attendance this year. Still, I really wish the event would go back to it's old 11 day format.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
You've got to be kidding me. You cancel a beloved event that raises a ton of money for children because after 45 years someone decides it's not inclusive enough?
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Jeff Wagner
4 months
If members of the media wonder why nobody trusts them and their employers are going broke, here's Exhibit A. Apparently the JS has knowingly taken a comment by Judge Brad Schimmel out of context in an effort to create a headline. #dobetter .
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Jeff Wagner
1 month
A mob of kids severely beat three men in an alley near Bradley Tech after school lets out. Three have been arrested so far. Until these punks (and their low life buddies) are taken off the streets, no one in the area will be safe. Do any judges care?
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Jeff Wagner
11 months
There's dumb, there's really dumb - and then there's the City of Wauwatosa. It's one thing for bureaucrats to be obsessed with political correctness, it's quite another for the taxpayers to let these bureaucrats take them down the rabbit hole.
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Jeff Wagner
6 months
The bias of the local newspaper is breathtaking. The true story of the MULS poll is that Hovde and Baldwin are TIED among likely voters (the measure you usually look at it). Instead the headline and story focuses on Baldwin's lead among registered voters.
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
What a great retirement gift from my friends at Summerfest. Now all I need to do is learn a few Jimmy Buffett songs, find a street corner, toss down a hat and start playing for change.
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Jeff Wagner
4 months
If you steal cars at gunpoint, flee from, ram and try to run over police, bad things will happen. Predictably some of the usual suspects are questioning why an officer had to fire his weapon! Wow. The teenage criminals in this case aren't victims.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
An Alderman says the City can't fix potholes because the State doesn't give it enough money but the City CAN spend $15 million to build a plaza for a future streetcar and $15 million to tear down Northridge (instead of letting a company do it for free).
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Jeff Wagner
4 months
6 teens carjack at least one vehicle, lead the police on a chase into a freeway construction zone and then ram a squad car - leading an officer to fire his weapon. The freeway is closed for hours. Any guesses why the Police Chief wants out of Milwaukee?
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Jeff Wagner
4 years
No ridership, no money to continue to operate the streetcar and a Federal requirement that the trolley keeps running regardless. What a mess. Who could have seen it coming though? Oh wait, just about everyone!
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
Today is the first day that I really miss having a radio show. The 63-year old Chancellor at UW-La Crosse is stunned that he's being fired for "appearing" in porno videos. You can't make this stuff up - and why does it always seem to happen in Wisconsin?
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Jeff Wagner
11 months
The City of WokeWokeTosa is in full retreat on its ill-considered and probably illegal anti-Christmas directive to employees. Where do they find the very highly paid bureaucrats who thought this was a good idea in the first place?
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Jeff Wagner
7 months
For anyone curious, the judge who sentenced a guy who had an automatic firearm on school property and subsequently fled from police to PROBATION (w/ 90 days work release) was Tony Evers appointee Kori Ashley. I guess Fox 6 decided not to name the judge?
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
Let's play this out: if NY passes a law requiring the few Chick-fil-A stores located on public rest areas to remain open on Sundays, Chick-fil-A will simply close those restaurants for good rather than bow down. In other words, nobody wins.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
A 19% increase in government spending, 800 new State employees, almost $250 million for paid leave, no relief for those who pay a bulk of taxes, throwing more money at schools - and that's just the start. One of the most non-serious State budgets ever.
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Jeff Wagner
3 months
In Fond du Lac this week, gas was $3.20 a gallon. In Milwaukee, it's $3.75. Why? The absurd requirement that southeastern Wisconsin drivers purchase reformulated gas in the misguided big government belief that it makes a difference in our air quality.
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Jeff Wagner
2 months
Yes, the goats are still on the roof at Al Johnson’s in Sister Bay. Labor Day weekend in Door County rocks!
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
There's no crying and there's no loyalty in baseball. Milwaukee was great for Counsell as long as it served his purpose. Now that the bigger money is elsewhere, he's gone. Forget hometown feel good stories, it's just a business for these guys. Nothing more.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
Probation! If you wonder why people who lead police on high speed chases in Milwaukee County think there are no consequences if they're caught it's because there are NO CONSEQUENCES if they're caught. Unbelievable.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
Hey Tony, it is every taxpayer's "g***d" business if you are stupidly permitting romantic relationships between supervisors and subordinates in your office. It leads to a toxic work environment and exposes you to a myriad of legal claims. Unbelievable.
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Jeff Wagner
9 months
So typical. 3 people take off after being pulled over by the cops and unfortunately die after crashing their car while fleeing. The response by some: change the chase policy. My take - don't run in the first place.
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Jeff Wagner
4 years
$50 million in damages, over 30 businesses burned to the ground, who knows how many injuries ... and Tony Evers has "no regrets" about how the State handled the rioting in Kenosha? Wow ... just wow!
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
As a George Bush/Ronald Reagan Republican - who thinks Paul Ryan is almost always the smartest guy in the room - I saw the first 30 minutes of Trump's speech tonight. Two takeaways: (1) I want those 30 minutes of my life back; and (2) this guy is nuts.
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Jeff Wagner
4 years
This is just flat out crazy. Tony Evers' DNR Chief is telling employees to wear masks while participating in Zoom meetings - even if they're alone in their own homes. And you wonder why people find some mask rules - and some Evers edicts - ridiculous?
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Jeff Wagner
3 months
This is the first year in 25 that I haven't done a show from the Fair. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't meet at least a few listeners who remember the program fondly. This means more to me than I can ever explain. Thanks again for all the years.
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Jeff Wagner
7 months
There have been many staggeringly stupid political stunts pulled in Wisconsin over the years on both sides of the aisle - (think Democrats fleeing the State to avoid voting on Act 10) BUT the effort to recall Robin Vos is in it's own special class of dumb.
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Jeff Wagner
7 months
I like Mike Gallagher but agree that it's disappointing that he couldn't show some respect to his constituents and finish his term before cashing in and going to work for a defense contractor.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
The local newspaper continues to report on this story WITHOUT MENTIONING the internal State DOJ memo which says that the alternate electors did not violate State law. Are the reporters unaware or does this inconvenient truth conflict with the narrative?
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
GOP leadership is kidding themselves if they think the recent statewide losses were due to more to "logistics" and "strategy" than to abortion. Agree or disagree, the overwhelming number of voters in Wisconsin support some access to elective abortions.
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
$1.5 million bail for the felon who crashed while fleeing police with a car full of kids - killing two. He had over a dozen convictions for driving without a license. If he did it in Milwaukee instead of Waukesha, bail would have been a fraction of that.
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Jeff Wagner
1 month
The continued griping about voter ID is ridiculous. If you someone doesn't have a photo ID, they are frozen out of many things in society. The goal should be to get people usable IDs, not eliminate the requirement to prove who you are to vote.
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Jeff Wagner
23 days
Note to the Dane County Sheriff: If ICE puts a detainer on an illegal alien in your jail, simply hold them until ICE has a chance to pick them up. Rushing to release people subject to deportation can be both dangerous and irresponsible. This isn't hard.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
The sad reality is that crime in Milwaukee will NEVER get better as long as John Chisholm is the District Attorney. I don't know if a new DA would do better but it's hard to imagine someone doing worse.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
Five juveniles steal a car and lead police on a high speed chase at 1 pm Monday afternoon. How about we treat them as adults and give them three years in prison to think about the error of their ways? Not holding my breath.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
20 people shot in downtown Milwaukee in the aftermath of the Bucks game (including 17 on Water Street). 20! Want to bet how many of the 10 in custody have criminal records? I'd guess all. This is why people can't have nice things.
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
For anyone wondering what the final song on the final show was, here it is. It truly has been a lovely cruise! Thank you for a 25 year career - and at the risk of being once again labeled politically incorrect - may God Bless You.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
The local newspaper really is going off the rails when it comes to liberal bias. I understand they rely heavily on young reporters but, seriously, are there any editors left over there?
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Jeff Wagner
6 months
@lanceallan This decision says much more about the state of local television than it does about Lance Allen. Like so many talented people who have walked through the increasingly revolving door at TMJ4, Lance will be greatly missed by the audience.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
Another day, another hit piece against Rebecca Kleefisch in the local newspaper. I didn't realize the Lt. Governor was in charge of the unemployment system. She wasn't - but when you're intent on running a smear per day, why let facts slow you down.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
A horrible story gets worse. Reports say the 19-year-old who killed the MPD officer was in court YESTERDAY and given a suspended sentence for hit and run. If this turns out to be true, no need to wonder why people have no faith in the judicial system.
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Jeff Wagner
1 month
Don't skip Wisconsin (like Hillary in 2016), lay out an agenda, be positive and campaign in Dane County (I especially like this last one). Sounds like Tommy Thompson has some good advice for the Trump campaign. Will they listen?
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
Family and friends at my official WTMJ retirement party this evening. So blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
It is stunning that almost no one - LITERALLY - in Wisconsin law enforcement is willing to publicly endorse Mandela Barnes. For anybody who cares about public safety (and that should be everybody), this should tell you who to vote for!
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
I last saw Herb Kohl at the funeral of a mutual friend about three months ago. Our politics weren't the same but nonetheless we always got along. He was a kind and decent man who had an abiding love for his community. Sail on Senator.
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
Want to reduce police overtime? The answer is simple. Fully staff the Police Department and start putting recidivist criminals, felons with guns and thugs fleeing cops in prison where they belong. A side benefit is that the rest of us will be safer too.
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Jeff Wagner
9 months
It just never stops. Four kids (ages 13-16) driving a stolen car lead police on a high speed chase thru the suburbs. The outgoing DA says he's not "soft on crime". OK. Want to bet nothing happens to these punks?
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
Come on man. Dan Kelly obviously feels like he's not gaining any traction in the Supreme Court race and feels the need to lash out against Judge Dorow. He really needs to do himself and conservatives across Wisconsin a favor and knock it off.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
There is a thug element in this community that won't be satisfied until they've shut down every festival. It's why we're not going to be able to have nice things moving forward unless we crack down on troublemakers.
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Jeff Wagner
11 months
Here are the lengths taken by the Governor's Office to kill the story about two high ranking employees being in a romantic relationship (a situation that would not be tolerated in most workplaces). As always, Governor Spahn plays by different rules.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
Speaking of staggering stupid, the City of Milwaukee has now managed to kill the sale of Northridge to a private investor who would have done something useful with the property. Is it any wonder the mismanaged City is such a mess financially?
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
A quarter century sure goes by in a flash.
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THANK YOU, JEFF! Tune in from Noon to 3 p.m. CST as @JeffWagnerRadio says goodbye after 25 years on the air here at Newsradio 620 WTMJ. WATCH HERE: LISTEN HERE:
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Jeff Wagner
4 years
Chief Morales is the BEST Chief the City has had in decades. To try to force him out because he's unwilling to turn the City over to the forces of political correctness would be disasterous! I can't believe the FPC could be so foolish - or maybe I can.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
It’s been a long week. New offices, a canceled concert and - oh yeah - a hurricane hits our neighborhood in Florida. Still, I get to celebrate our 5 year anniversary with my bride. Life is good - don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Jeff Wagner
11 months
Perhaps the biggest mistake these two thugs made was committing their crime spree in Waukesha County where cops, prosecutors, judges and the general public don't tolerate this crap - unlike say had they done the same thing a couple of miles to the east.
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Jeff Wagner
7 months
A guy who came to fame on the coattails of Bill Clinton (think Juanita Broderick, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Monica Lewinsky, et al.) is now challenging a rape victim for her support of Trump. What's that they say about people who live in glass houses?
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
Was at Radio City this evening to tape a brief segment with my friend ⁦ @CharlesBenson4 ⁩. This is what the studio where radio legends like Gordon Hinkley, Jon Greene, Jack Baker and Charlie Sykes broadcast from looks like today. I guess you really can’t go home again.😢
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Jeff Wagner
10 months
Milwaukee County voters have a once in a generation chance to reverse policies that I believe have led to an explosion of crime - especially among repeat offenders. Will a true tough on crime candidate emerge? If so, can that candidate get elected?
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
The behavior of the new liberal majority of the State Supreme Court is disappointing at best and deeply disturbing at worst. For those of who remember what the Supreme Court once was, It's awful to see what has happened over the last several years.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
Wonder how members of Congress can survive on their salaries of $174,000? It's by using slush funds like Gwen Moore does. High-end restaurants, payouts to family members, a trip to Napa. It should be made illegal - but unfortunately it won't. What a grift.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
If anyone is wondering, David Feiss is the Milwaukee County Judge who thought it was a good idea to put this guy on probation. If this name sounds familiar, he is the same judge who drastically lowered the bail on Darrell Brooks leading to his release.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
Some self-entitled dilettantes from Madison travel to Georgia to play Antifa and are now looking at decades in prison. What's the saying? Oh yeah, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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Jeff Wagner
9 months
As I've said, I think Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy "The Man Show" Kimmel deserve each other - and it's certainly fair to mock Rodgers for some of the stupid - and potentially slanderous things he says. Still, a 7 minute rant? Can you say "thin skinned"?
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Jeff Wagner
9 months
I feel as if I’m living life like a Jimmy Buffett song line. “Sometimes I see me as an old manatee heading south as the waters grow colder”. This is Manatee Park in Fort Myers.
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Jeff Wagner
2 years
Tony "Deer in the Headlights" Evers refuses to answer questions about the early release of a convicted murderer by his Parole Commission saying he's "just walking out the door". Truer words have never been spoken.
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Jeff Wagner
1 year
it's so sad on so many levels. Why would anyone use Capitol Drive any more? A 74-year-old man dies when hit by a speeding car (whose driver then flees the scene).
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Jeff Wagner
9 months
The problem isn't the police chasing, it's the bad guys running. When people who flee are caught, they need to go to prison! No probation, no deferred prosecution, no eluding charges dropped - prison! That, and only that, will reduce the need for chases.
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Jeff Wagner
8 months
Decriminalizing drugs like heroin and methamphetamine in Oregon has turned out to be a complete disaster. Who could have known? Oh yeah, everyone with an IQ above plant life.
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Jeff Wagner
7 months
As predicted, it took less than 90 minutes for a Dane County jury to acquit DCI agent Mark Wagner (no relation) on bogus charges that should never have been brought by DA Ozanne in the first place. Unfortunately Ozanne will face no consequences.
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Jeff Wagner
2 months
Forget the Radio Broadcasters Hall of Fame, I’ve got my own stool at the internationally famous Solly’s coffee shop in Glendale.
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Jeff Wagner
11 months
You just knew it! Rather than a groundswell of people objecting to Christmas decorations in WokeWokeTosa, it turns out it was just ONE person - the nutty President of the Common Council. Thank her for the City becoming an international laughing stock.
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