The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. -Abraham Lincoln This quote from Lincoln could not be more fitting of the current political climate […]
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GAB Double Standard: Public’s Right to Know Applies to Recall Signatures, Not to Walker Defense Fund
On Friday, March 30 the Government Accountability Board met to certify the recall petitions of four Republican senators, the Lieutenant Governor and the Governor of Wisconsin. Also on the agenda was a proposal to create and make public a searchable database containing the name of every person who has signed a recall petition for those […]
NaughTEA Republican View of the WI Presidential Primary
On the eve of the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, I am still searching to find a real Republican running to be our next US President. After a non-stop, full week of Super PAC negative ads highlighting each candidates weaknesses and how each fails the corporate-funded TEA Party Patriots’ agenda, their inane rhetoric fails to inspire […]
Romney Holds “Town Hall” at Marriott Hotel for Hand-Selected Town Members
Middleton, WI — At a town hall meeting held at the Marriott Hotel in Middleton, Wisconsin on Sunday, Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan spoke before a group of invited guests — all of whom had been required to RSVP ahead of time and to show identification at the door in order to be […]
Got Racism? Romney Does.
By Edward Kuharski As the Tuesday presidential primary election approached, Republican candidate Mitt Romney made two campaign appearances (using the term loosely) in the Madison area. Saturday’s was an appearance of approx. 1.5 seconds each on arrival and on departure from the Walker campaign’s Fitchburg “Victory Center” boiler room. It was oddly reminiscent of a […]
Wisconsin “Citizens United”
On Friday March 30, 2012, Federal District Judge William M. Conley struck down key provisions of Governor Scott Walker’s marquee legislation, WI Act 10, which stripped public workers across the State of Wisconsin of their right to collectively bargain. Although Judge Conley ruled that the State was within it’s right to deny public workers their […]
Public Denied Access to Virtual School Event
By Rebecca Kemble and Nicole Schulte On Wednesday, March 28, the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families held a lobbying day and awards ceremony for Governor Scott Walker and other Republicans in the legislature at the Concourse Hotel in Madison. The event was stage managed by Brian Fraley, communications director of the MacIver Institute, an […]
Walker: “We want to make sure that every kid in this state has access to a great education.”
The Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families held an event at the Concourse Hotel in Madison on Wednesday. The purpose of the meeting, according to the event details, was to “celebrate a year of success, say thank you to our champions and learn how and why we need to work together in the coming months […]
“Shoot first, questions later” law claims first WI victim
A diverse crowd gathered Tuesday March 27 on the UW campus for a Speak Out designed to highlight the recent deaths of two young unarmed African-American men, both shot dead by individuals who claimed they acted in self defense. Bo Morrison, 20, of West Bend, WI was shot while hiding on a back porch of […]
Scott Walker: “It’s one of those where…”
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, former Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of then County Executive Scott Walker, Kelly Rindfleisch, pleaded not guilty to 4 counts of Misconduct in Public Office. All of the charges are Class I Felonies carrying fines up to $10,000 and 3.5 years in prison. Prosecutors allege that Rindfleisch was […]
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