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MY LTE: Congratulations to the Monona Grove District, teachers, parents and students for standing up for their rights and marching at the Capitol last week. We appreciate the lesson that you have shown our children, that there comes a time to stand up for what you believe in and that everyone needs to take [...] Listen as Republican State Senator Dale Schultz explains on radio station WEKZ earlier today why he believes Gov. Scott Walker’s budget “repair”/union busting bill is a “classic overreach.” It’s safe to say Sen. Schultz isn’t making many friends within the Republican Senate caucus… Bob Lien, the co-owner of a small business in Stoughton (and someone who voted for Gov. Scott Walker) explains why he’s unconvinced of Gov. Walker’s ability to lead the state: My company had a contract related to Wisconsin’s high-speed rail project that would have allowed us to create at least 6 jobs. After Governor Walker’s [...] The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently came out in “solidarity and support” of Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee, who recently wrote: “The Church is well aware that difficult economic times call for hard choices and financial responsibility to further the common good,” the archbishop said. “But hard times do not nullify the moral [...] According to this report, the man, who is an instructor at Pima Community College (which Jared Lee Loughner attended), was “sitting in front of the store in a ‘yoga position’” and chanting the phrase “We are the ones you have been waiting for.” The Safeway manager asked him to leave, but he would not, invoking [...] Saw this today and thought it was clever and wanted to share! Despite a court order early yesterday morning mandating the state Capitol be opened to its owners, the Wisconsin Capitol Police have issued the following memorandum outlining continued plans to limit public access to the state Capitol today: MEMO TO: ALL WISCONSIN LEGISLATORS FROM: CAPITOL POLICE – INTERIOR BRANCH RE: CONSTITUENT BADGES FOR VISITOR APPOINTMNENTS WITH [...] Gov. Scott Walker has released his 2011-2013 biennial budget, a budget that’s full of bad news for school districts and local governments. Here’s some highlights from Gov. Walker’s proposed budget: Cut state aid to local governments by $930 million over the next two years, while preventing local governments from making up any lost revenue by [...] I thought I’d take a break from all the budget and union-related goings on in Madison to share a couple of quick notes about the race to succeed Chris Larson in Milwaukee County’s 14th supervisory district. In a bit of good news, Jason Haas, a good friend of Blogging Blue, has received the endorsement of [...] The folks over at blue cheddar, one of my favorite blogs in the Cheddarsphere, have started a “Rumormonger Shit List” to track the veracity of rumors relating to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget boondoggle bill, also known as his budget “repair” bill. If you’ve heard a rumor you’d like the folks at blue cheddar to get [...] |
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