March 1, 2012 by WCMC Following Senator Harsdorf’s testimony on AB 584, a proposal requiring a person arrested for or charged with certain sexual offenses, or a juvenile taken into custody for certain offenses, to provide a biological specimen for DNA testing, Representative Fred Kessler expressed his concerns about the constitutionality of this bill. He […]
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DNA Testing – The 21st Century Identifier
March 1, 2012 by WCMC When a person is found guilty of a felony or is in jail for a felony, they are required to submit “biological specimens…for DNA analysis.” The other cases where it’s required are as follows: “a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent for certain offenses; a person is “found guilty of […]
The WI Capitol Press Corps’ Deal With the Devil: Updated
In a February 24th online article titled “On the Capitol: Blogosphere goes wild after Rep. Kleefisch caught on video,” Wisconsin State Journal reporters Mary Spicuzza and Clay Barbour take the unwashed masses to task for their outraged reaction to a video showing GOP Rep. Joel Kleefisch casting votes for Assembly colleagues who were too busy […]
Do What We Say, Not What We Do. Why? Because We Say So
Over the past year Jeff Fitzgerald and the Wisconsin Assembly went to great lengths to limit the public’s ability to see them at work in the Assembly chamber. Many of their most recent and most extreme bills have passed under cover of darkness between the hours of midnight and 4am despite Governor Walkers campaign promise […]
As The Rotunda Turns: Episode #368 – Kerfuffle in The Capitol
“On the 15th of May, in the jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing…enjoying the jungle’s great joys… When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.” On Friday, February 17, Reps. David Craig and Paul Farrow sent a letter to Department of Administration secretary Mike Huebsch. In […]
Who ordered the pie at the Inn on the Park?
February 20, 2012 by WCMC Last night at Best Western PLUS Inn on the Park Hotel Rep. Robin Vos, Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, Sen. Mike Ellis and Sen. Glenn Grothman sat down at the hotel’s bar and decided to hold an open caucus. The night before the State of the State, January 24, four legislators were […]
Geologists Rock the House With Stunning Testimony at Mining Hearing
With nearly two dozen state troopers stationed in and outside the Joint Finance Committee hearing on Friday, overflowing crowds lined up to testify overwhelmingly against the latest version of a new mining bill. Wednesday, Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R) announced his decision to unexpectedly and unilaterally dismantle the Senate Committee on Mining, pulling the plug […]
Wisconsin Uprising Marks One-Year Anniversary
February 15, 2012 by Lady Forward Valerie Van Horn brought her crock pot to the rotunda on Tuesday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Wisconsin Uprising. Shortly after the capitol occupation ended last winter, the Department of Administration came up with a list of items “prohibited” from the capitol. A foamboard […]
Mass Chaos
February 14, 2012 by Lady Forward Ardis Cerny, Chair of Community Activism for Republican Women of Waukesha County (RWWC), testified at the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reforms hearing on February 6, 2012. On the subject of “double voting,” Cerny stated: “I predict that when citizens find out that they can vote a second […]
Wisconsin One Year Longer, One Year Stronger
February 10, 2012 by WCMC Why an Anniversary Week of Action? To remember and honor the unprecedented protests of February and March of 2011, when the people of Wisconsin rediscovered the power of collective action. To reconvene the empowered community that launched the Capitol Occupation and organized state-wide protests, and to reinvigorate the spirit of […]
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