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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 […]
Walker to Deer Hunters: Pay Up or Get Lost
May 17, 2012 by Barbara With 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
OPINION: What Today’s Recall Primary Winners Mean To Wisconsin
[This article reflects the opinion of the author. Click here for WCMC’s editorial policy on election coverage.] The people of Wisconsin are voting to pick the challengers to recall our TEA Party Governor, 1% Walker, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, and four TEA GOP state senators. It is the ultimate showdown of what our uprising in […]
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 […]
ACTION ALERT: Tell Kathy Nickolaus: Step Down and Keep Your Hands Off Our Votes
Last September, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board concluded that Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus had indeed violated state law by failing to report 14,000 ballots from Brookfield on election night April 5, 2011 for the Supreme Court race between David Prosser and Joanne Kloppenburg. GAB Board Chair Thomas H. Barland stated, “This action has significantly […]
A Genuine Candidate for the May 8 GOP Primary!
There is no such thing as “normal” in politics. What is “normal,” anyway, and who defines it? Whatever “normal” is, it has hit a new low under the Walker regime. Honesty in elections has completely gone out the window. Just check out the Republican strategy for attempting to nab the election in the governor’s race. […]
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