Category: Random Thoughts

By Team Plouff Staff Report: Despite options, Milwaukee children struggle in both public and private schools (wpr.org) We need someone in the 92nd Assembly seat with authentic experience to know the problems and savvy to find solutions. The WPR story on Milwaukee Public School’s problems in educating minority children is a lesson to be learned.…

Joe Plouff understands that in order to make change, progressives need to build effective infrastructure that supports networking and mutual support and is based on the development of real, effective relationships. He has always walked that talk, still approaches his life and work that way, and if elected, will do so, as he did before,…

Classic books are viewed as those that provide a message that is true for any time period under any circumstances. A classic written by Sinclair Lewis nearly 100 years ago remains true to this day. Reading his, “It Can’t Happen Here” is as valuable today for its message as it was when first written. It…

Imagine a game of Monopoly with your family where you all just keep playing until death. At a certain point someone would have most if not all the money and everyone else would keep rolling and getting into debt. It would only really be fun for the person winning, to a point. Is that not…

Joe addressed the Chippewa County Democratic party with the following comments. Here, Joe is highlighting his experiences and knowledge. He is attempting to become viewed as the candidate that can take on a well established incumbent. Good Evening: Republicans have dominated the WI state assembly for thirty years. Deeply red maps cover Menomonie, Elk Mound,…

Here, President Obama shows us his respect for state government as essential institutions. Recognizing this reality allowed him to guide the country out of a deep recession and put America back to work.  Blog navigation:

I offer this meme as an illustration of how a conservative movement has used its funding sources to begin destroying our institutions. Conservative individuals, corporations, foundations, and interest groups banded together and spent the last sixty years trying to destroy the foundations of the 1930s New Deal era. Remember, the New Deal policies rebuilt America…

Story #1 “I know who you are. My sister told me you stopped at her door the other day.” Story #2 Knocking on a door thirty miles from your home lowers your recognition expectations. But I am surprised at times. And, more often than I would have thought.  A woman comes to the door, and…

One afternoon, I met a man who was probably in his sixties and spoke with a heavy accent. After shaking hands and explaining why I was there, I asked him about his story. He went on to relate that at a young age, he and his father took to the fields and back roads of…

Door stories: “Oh, you’re the guy with the “big red truck and signs. I’ve seen you in the neighborhood a lot lately.” Always happy to be recognized, this candidate smiles and begins an introduction, “Yup, that’s me and my name is Joe Plouff…”