Yeah, there’s no hypocrisy there!

To say Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker is a hypocrite would be an understatement. At a press conference alongside big-bucks campaign donor Fred Luber on Wednesday, Walker attacked Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett for helping to bring new jobs to Milwaukee, and the Republican Party of Wisconsin, eager to carry…

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Milwaukee County Board votes against cutting pensions for elected officials

I smell a few recalls coming: A proposal to cut pensions of elected Milwaukee County officials to match the same trim approved for other county workers was defeated Thursday by the County Board on a 7-7 vote. The measure came up only after a substitute calling for a study of…

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At least Walker’s “Brown Bag” gimmick still has a few fans

Despite the fact that Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walke’s “Brown Bag” fundraising campaign has been exposed as a recycled gimmick from a campaign in Ohio in 1998, Walker’s “Brown Bag Movement” still has at least two fans. As The Chief notes, conservative blogger Aaron Rodriguez is furiously spinning Walker’s “Brown…

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