This is the second installment of a series of excerpts from my new book, STEAL THIS BOOK, NOT MY VOTE. Due out April 7, 2012, the one-year anniversary of Kathy Nickolaus finding 14,000 votes two days after Joanne Kloppenburg was declared the winner of the 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Without those votes, there never would have […]
Archive | 2012
Wednesday, March 14
Joint Committee on Finance Senator Darling (Co-Chair) Senator Olsen (Vice-Chair) Senator Harsdorf Senator Grothman Senator Leibham Senator Zipperer Senator Taylor Senator Jauch Representative Vos (Co-Chair) Representative Meyer (Vice-Chair) Representative Strachota Representative LeMahieu Representative Nygren Representative Kleefisch Representative Mason Representative Richards 1:00 PM 412 East 13.10 WISCONSIN STATUTES MEETING Department of Natural Resources-Kurt Thiede, Lands Division […]
Tuesday, March 13
Committee on Health Committee members 9:00 AM 417 North (GAR Hall) State Capitol Public Hearing Assembly Bill 615 Relating to: prohibiting fingerprinting in connection with professional credentials issued by the Department of Safety and Professional Services or an examining board or affiliated credentialing board, except as provided in the statutes, and requiring the exercise of […]
Monday, March 12
Committee on Transportation and Elections Committee members Senator Lazich (Chair) Senator Leibham (Vice-Chair) Senator Lasee Senator Erpenbach Senator Coggs 9:00 AM 8 South (Mary Lazich’s office) Executive Session Pursuant to Senate Rule 25 (4) (am), the Committee on Transportation and Elections will vote by paper ballot on the following items: Senate Bill 401 Relating to: […]
Over 65,000 people turn out to Reclaim Wisconsin 3/10/12
March 11, 2012 by WCMC On March 10, 2012, over 65,000 people turned out to Reclaim Wisconsin in one of the best attended rallies since last year’s massive Uprising. The following images document some of the rally highlights, from the firefighters and Cops for Labor leading the March to Phil Neuenfeldt, Mahlon Mitchell, Lori Compas […]
“We Keep Having a Need for Earth Day”
March 11, 2012 by WCMC On Friday, The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment rushed through a public hearing and executive session on SB 557, relating to trading of water pollution credits, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Senator Neil Kedzie’s attempt at under-the-radar legislation did not go unnoticed, however; comments were […]
Extreme Mining Advocates Ramp Up Propaganda in Face of Mining Bill Failure
March 11, 2012 by Barbara With On March 6, the Wisconsin State Senate rejected the Joint Finance Committee’s Substitute Amendment to AB426, the Assembly version of a ferrous mining bill authored by Gogebic Taconite, the mining company seeking to open a 22-mile open-pit iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin. After the Senate voted it down, […]
STEAL THIS BOOK, NOT MY VOTE Installment #1 Introduction to the Takeover
In May 2011, I volunteered to be an observer in the recount of the Joanne Kloppenburg/David Prosser Wisconsin Supreme Court election triggered when Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus “found” 14,000 votes two days after Kloppenburg won. Months before, Scott Walker “dropped the bomb” with his now-famous budget repair bill and sent the state into a […]
Pocan & Risser Lead Effort to Restore Collective Bargaining
March 8, 2012 by WCMC On Thursday, State Representative Mark Pocan and Senator Fred Risser held a joint news conference to announce the Collective Bargaining Restoration Act, which would repeal the anti-union provisions of Wisconsin Act 10. March 11 will mark the one-year anniversary of Governor Walker’s signing of Act 10, which stripped Wisconsin’s public […]
“You Could Have Killed a Child!” In Fitzwalkerstan, an Unattended Sign is as Dangerous as an Unlocked Gun
March 8, 2012 by WCMC March 7, 2012 was a special day. The ferrous mining bill AB426 was sent back to committee by Scott Fitzgerald, and I wanted to celebrate by coming to the Solidarity Sing Along. I picked up my banners and went to the Capitol rotunda at noon as I have hundreds of […]
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