How much will Scott Walker’s cabinet appointments cost Wisconsin taxpayers?

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 indicated [...]

Lets Gamble on Beloit

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 [...]

Chris Abele, Jim Sullivan announce campaigns for County Executive

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 reform, [...]

Just take the train!

$5 a gallon for gas by 2012? Just take the train!

Oh wait…

Newark mayor uses Twitter to coordinate blizzard response

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 Cory [...]