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Fitzwalkerstan’s War on Women

[The following speech was delivered by Dee Ives at a rally denouncing the War on Women at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Saturday, April 28, 2012.} Solidarity Wisconsin! As an SEIU “Union Thug” nurse and veteran, I spoke last year about how Governor Walker’s Act 10 would amount to a War on Women and veterans […]

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Extreme Mining Advocate ALEC Member Rep. Knilans Promotes Mining Misinformation

April 19, 2012 by Barbara With On April 16, 2012, Extreme Mining Advocate Rep. Joe Knilans (R-Janesville-ALEC) issued a press release trying to once again revive the controversial mining bill that would allow a 22-mile open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Hills. Knilans has deep ties to ALEC and during the last session […]

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Jim Coursolle, President of Heartland Communications, Mangles Science with Misinformation on Mining Bill

Last week Jim Coursolle, President of Heartland Communications, began running editorials on his radio stations in northern Wisconsin attempting to debunk the scientific evidence that a 22-mile open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Hills would send billions of gallons of sulfuric acid into the Bad River watershed. His efforts seem to be strategically […]

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EDITORIAL: Dear Shirl LaBarre, Why Do You Hate Democracy?

April 6, 2012 by Barbara With Dear Shirl LaBarre and the Recall Bob Jauch Facebook page: I wanted to see how your virtual recall of Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) was coming. I noted that your page includes quotes from me about my impressions of Bob Jauch’s Hurley listening session on March 31. I won’t “LIKE” […]

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Hurley Listening Session Fueled By Blame

On Saturday March 31, Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) held a listening session at the Hurley High School. The purpose was to allow citizens to air their views about the recently stalled legislation that would make it easier for mining companies to do business in Wisconsin. Rep. Milroy (D-Superior) was also in attendance, and they were […]

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Award-Winning Solidarity Sing Along Comes to Washburn, Wisconsin

Ever since the fateful day in February 2011 when Scott Walker unveiled his “Budget Repair Bill” which dismantled 50 years of collective bargaining and drew hundreds of thousand of people to protest at the capitol, Wisconsin has been at war. From the infamous fake David Koch phone call, to the Summer of Recalls when a […]

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GOP chair wants Jauch ousted for higher price on his (2/3) pound of flesh

  By Nicole Desautels Schulte, Hematite, JoBeth Kay, Rebecca Kemble, Edward Kuharski, Barbara With Madison — On March 19, the last day of winter 2012, John J. Sendra, chairman of the Republican Party in Iron County, joined Shirl LaBarre of Hayward and Dan Curran of Dodgeville at the Government Accountability Board in Madison as they […]

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Meet Shirl LaBarre, Failed Tea Party Candidate And Head of Recall Jauch

Shirl LaBarre, three-time failed Tea Party candidate from Hayward, WI, filed recall papers for Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) this morning at the Government Accountability Board Office in Madison, WI. A press release issued on right-wing talk show host Vicki McKenna’s blog states that Citizens for Responsible Government Network (CRG) affiliate CRG Northland will amend its […]

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Papers Filed to Recall Jauch, Exploratory Committee Started to Recall Schultz

On Monday, March 19, Shirl LaBarre of Hayward, WI and Dan Curran of Dodgeville, WI filed recall papers against Senator Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) and started an exploratory committee for the recall of Senator Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center). In the statement of intent on the Jauch recall papers, LaBarre wrote: “Senator Jauch voted against a Mining […]

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Senator Bob Jauch (D-25) Responds to Recall Campaign Against Him

From Sen. Bob Jauch (D-25) on Shirl LaBarre filing recall papers against him: “Today, Citizens for Responsible Government (an oxymoron) began recall effort against me and established a recall committee against Sen. Dale Schultz (R-17). Here is my statement: “Citizens for Responsible government is a Milwaukee fringe group that is more interested in political conquest […]

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