From the monthly archives: December 2010
Reince Priebus, has been gaining steam in his race against his good friend Michael Steele. Think Progress has a detailed story today on Reince and while pointing out his “gaffes” like calling for the \"execution\" of the president(of which he never apologized). They also dug a little [...]
Continue Reading →Governor-elect Scott Walker named his cabinet appointees yesterday, and putting aside his “everything old is new again” approach in choosing three cabinet secretaries straight out of the Tommy Thompson era, Walker adopted a “foxes in the henhouse” approach by appointing home builder Cathy Stepp as head of the Department of Natural Resources. As [...]
Continue Reading →Remember when Scott Walker the gubernatorial candidate touted the fact that he drove a 1998 Saturn with 100,000 miles on it as proof of his frugality?
Apparently Scott Walker’s frugality went out the window when he was elected governor, as his brand spankin’ new 2010 Yukon XL cost taxpayers $2,054.10 for the first month [...]
Continue Reading →Earlier today Governor-elect Scott Walker named his cabinet appointees, and among the individuals named to cabinet positions within the Walker administration are current State Representatives Mark Gottleib (DOT), Mike Huebsch (DOA), and Scott Gunderson DNR). When asked when special elections to fill the seats vacated by Gottleib, Huebsch, and Gunderson would be scheduled, Walker [...]
Continue Reading →The Wisconsin State Journal has long been a right wing free-trade loving anti-protectionist newspaper. They tout the wonders of every free trade deal that comes along and are against every kind of protectionist policy that is desperately needed to help bring back manufacturing to the US. In spite of all of this rhetoric, one of [...]
Continue Reading →From my email inbox comes the announcement by Milwaukee philanthropist Chris Abele, President and CEO of the Argosy Foundation, that he’s running for Milwaukee County Executive.
If you’re like me, you look at Milwaukee County today and you know we must do better.
We need to fix the County’s fiscal crisis with real [...]
Continue Reading →A few days ago I noted the fact that New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie decided to take a vacation to Disney World in Florida despite the blizzard accurately being predicted to slam New Jersey with snow. While Gov. Christie saw fit to leave the state for the warmth of Florida, Newark’s Democratic Mayor [...]
Continue Reading →Acting Milwaukee County Executive Lee Holloway wants you to know he doesn’t have an ego.
No really, he doesn’t!
However, what Lee Holloway does have is a MASSIVE transition team helping guide him during his 30 days as acting county executive and possibly beyond, because there’s little doubt in my mind that [...]
Continue Reading →A couple days ago, Zach urged us all to attend this rally in Madison on this coming Monday, January 3rd, at Scott Walker’s Inauguration Day festivities.
Now I’m going to make it even easier for you! Community Action Now, along with a slew of other community groups (MICAH, Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s Good [...]
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