This is the third 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 […]
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Lutheran High School(Sheboygan) visits Solidarity Sing Along
On Thursday March 15, 2012 the afternoon Solidarity Sing Along was taken over by a large group of supporters from Lutheran High School in Sheboygan. The students, parents and supporters were all in town to participate in the WIAA Boy’s High […]
Historic Breakfast Summit of 2012
March 16, 2012 by WCMC On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 8am, twenty-two hours into the WI State Assembly’s final day of one of the most divisive and partisan legislative sessions in Wisconsin history, Rep Kevin Petersen (R-Waupaca) rose to speak under Assembly Rule 56 which states, “Any member who desires to speak in debate […]
Legislative Laundry List Part Three
May 16, 2012 by WCMC From 7 pm until 11 pm the Assembly was “debating” SB 306, a bill that makes it more onerous for a woman to get an abortion, and assesses criminal penalties on abortion providers who cannot show documented proof that every abortion they perform was not coerced. See our separate story […]
Legislative Laundry List Part Two
From 3pm to 7pm the following bills were passed by the WI Assembly. Still on deck, criminalizing abortion providers, trashing navigable water regulations, privatizing Milwaukee Area Tech College board, and water pollution credit trading, among dozens of others. SB 453 is an omnibus bill that lays out the scope of authority of the newly created […]
Laundry List of Last Ditch Legislation Passed by WI Assembly – Part One
Between 10am and 3pm on the last day of the legislative session, the WI Assembly passed the following bills. Dozens more controversial proposals have yet to be debated: SB 395 expands the definition of “homebrewing” for tax exempt purposes and allows home brewers to enter their products in public competitions, tasting and other events. SB […]
Two School Voucher Initiatives Stalled
A bill that restricts school voucher programs to Milwaukee and Racine passed the Assembly on a voice vote this afternoon. SB 174 was passed by the senate on October 18, 2011 but was stalled in the Assembly until last Tuesday. The bill is the subject of the conversation between Rep. Robin Vos (R-Burlington) and Sen. […]
GAB Judges Reject Staff Recommendation in Favor of Speedy Recall Elections
Today the six retired judges who comprise the Government Accountability Board voted to authorize staff to request a one week extension for the certification of the latest round of recalls. While the Board approved sufficient signatures for the four recalls against Republican Senators Fitzgerald, Wanggaard, Moulton and Galloway, GAB staff attorney Michael Haas recommended the […]
GAB Director Kennedy Says Law Prohibits Him From Commenting on Walker Defense Fund
After today’s Government Accountability Board meeting to discuss certification of six recall campaigns against Republican Senators Fitzgerald, Galloway, Moulton and Wanggaard and Governor Scott Walker and his Lieutenant, Rebecca Kleefisch, I asked Director Kevin Kennedy about the John Doe investigation allegedly centering around Scott Walker’s 2010 campaign for Governor. Per Chapter 11.64 of the Wisconsin […]
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, […]
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