I was heading off to the Realty-Wise office.
Given the Twins' history of shrewd personnel moves, a wise front office with more money to spend is a dangerous sign for their rivals.
This month, House Democratic leaders moved to ban the practice of awarding earmarks to private companies, long a source of scandals, a move that came just 12 days after the House ethics committee rejected recommendations from Mr. Wise's office to further investigate two lawmakers for possible earmarks-related misconduct.
Why should someone who ignores medical advice to rest, or legal advice to keep email on government servers, be trusted to take wise decisions in office?
Most of the cases brought by Mr. Wise and his office were ultimately dismissed by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, which retains the power to formally charge lawmakers with wrongdoing and recommend disciplinary action.
While traditional leaders hold few constitutional powers, no politician is wise to seek office without his blessing.
Wise said her office would take its time reviewing the records — some of which dated back to the early 1970s — to make sure they are accurate but said she anticipated many of the names provided by the Secretary of State's Office were errors.
Political veteran and former attorney general Bill Lockyer said there's almost no downside publicity-wise to the office Harris holds.
Frankly, if this works box-office wise, expect every studio that holds Marvel characters to start their precious franchises over from scratch, in order to avoid losing the rights to the Mouse House.
The Catholic church was wise to adopt the office of "Advocatus Diaboli" when considering its candidates for sainthood.
As best I could tell, most of the scores of people there weren't tourists; they were midtown office workers wise to the existence of dramatically discounted drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
