Good riddance

State Supreme Court:

Justice Wilcox will Retire from the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2007

Justice Jon P. Wilcox will retire from the Wisconsin Supreme Court when his current 10-year term ends in August 2007. He makes the announcement today, more than a year before the April 2007 election for the seat, to clear the way for those interested in becoming candidates in this statewide race.

His bio fails to mention that his campaign was fined more than any campaign in Wisconsin history -- $60,000 -- for breaking the law, or that he paid a $10,000 fine for the way he conducted his last campaign, and that others who worked on it were barred from Wisconsin politics for several years. One of them, Mark Block, is back in Wisconsin as the front man for Americans for Prosperity, one of those "shadowy" groups supporting Bride of TABOR.

Happy retirement, Justice Wilcox. Don't let the door hit you in the rear end on the way out.