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Why Didn’t Walker Exempt ALL Police Agencies From Provisions of Act 10?

_______________________________________________________________________________ Walker: “Well, we’re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill… The first step is, we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.” _______________________________________________________________________________ The following is a letter written by a Wisconsin law enforcement officer who wishes to remain […]

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Walker DNR Appointee Sought to Privatize Trout Streams

May 28, 2012 by WCMCooperative Scott Gunderson, appointed by Scott Walker to a top position in the DNR, once pushed for legislation that would have privatized thousands of miles of Wisconsin’s waterways, including portions of every trout stream in the state. The 2004 legislation, authored by Gunderson while he was representing the 83rd District (Waukesha) […]

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Dr. Deer’s $125,000 Taxpayer-Funded Endorsement of Scott Walker

May 26, 2012 by Hematite After WCMC reported on Dr. James Kroll, a Texas wildlife biologist hired by Scott Walker as a “Deer Czar” to advise on Wisconsin’s deer management policies, Kroll came under intense scrutiny by not only the citizens of Wisconsin, but national media who picked up on the local story to spread […]

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Walker Betrays Hunters with Privatization Scheme

Deer hunting may soon join open government and good schools on the pile of Wisconsin traditions trashed by Scott Walker. Each November, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites take to the woods to hunt, thinning our large herd of white tailed deer. A love of the hunt crosses all social and economic boundaries. Indeed, in the […]

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Walker’s ‘Deer Czar’ Proposes Privatizing Hunting, Wildlife

Deer hunting may soon join open government and good schools on the pile of Wisconsin traditions trashed by Scott Walker. Each November, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites take to the woods to hunt, thinning our large herd of white tailed deer. A love of the hunt crosses all social and economic boundaries. Indeed, in the […]

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Letter to DNC: Write the Check

To Our “Friends” At the D.N.C.: Can it possibly be that you fail to discern the profound importance of the June 5th election in Wisconsin, not only for our state but also for our nation? WRITE THE CHECK This is a zero sum game, winner take all, the triumph of true grassroots democracy, the rise […]

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Sewergate Scandal Outrages Concord Residents

Outraged residents of Concord, WI packed the Town Hall on Monday night to voice their concerns about the stink raised by Ron Seely’s recent report in the Wisconsin State Journal. Seely was looking into the question of, “how the political and business ties of top DNR administrators appointed by Gov. Scott Walker are influencing their […]

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Slow Times at Capitol High

On March 30th, directly after the recall of Senator Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) was certified by the Government Accountability Board, a group of people, including a reporter and a videographer from The Progressive, went to Fitzgerald’s office to see if they could get a comment from him. Fitzgerald was not in. After getting a phone number […]

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The Press and the Protester

It is impossible to understand what is happening in Wisconsin without understanding the intensity of popular opposition to Scott Walker and his policies, and the impatience many of Walker’s opponents have to traditional modes of political expression. Rather than rely on the often timid and half-hearted efforts of Democrats to resist GOP assaults, many have […]

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Don’t Spoil Your Ballot

I just voted in Madison, and even though there were clear instructions about this posted in the voting booth itself, the ballot was still a little visually confusing. If you are not voting in a senate recall race, you may cast TWO votes – one for Governor and one for Lt. Governor. If you are […]

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