NJ Republican governor Chris Christie leaves state for vacation during blizzard

I caught this little nugget while I was surfing around the intertubes (emphasis mine): New Jersey will remain in a state of emergency throughout rush hour Monday as crews try to clean up still-treacherous roads, acting Gov. Stephen Sweeney said.

“We really want people to stay off the roads and give us a chance to [...]

Wisconsin govt. employment lower than national average

Just something I found interesting…

According to a new report released by the Wisconsin Budget Project, Wisconsin employs 12.5 state employees per 1,000 citizens, a number that puts Wisconsin 43rd among the 50 states.

H/T to Reasonable Citizen.

random thoughts and links…

1. Thanks to President Obama and the democratic congress we will now be able to feel safe when we eat. They recently passed the Food Safety Modernization Act. While the vote ended up unanimous in the Senate, the partisan hacks in the House voted almost on a party line. Luckily the democrats had the majority [...]

Dane County Exec – Update

Due to the Holiday I have been a little lax in updating the race for Dane County Exec.

In the time since I have last posted…Jonathan Barry declared then undeclared all in a few days. Thus leaves an opening for a right wing candidate to surface from in the race.

In other news Zach [...]

It’s rally time!

From my email inbox: Scott Walker ran for Governor on a promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin. So far, he’s chased off more than 12,000 jobs. When not sending jobs to other states, he’s busy talking about making a good jobs less good by cutting pay for thousands of Wisconsin workers.

The campaign is [...]