So it’s easy to be totally engrossed in the unbelievable drama unfolding in our own state. But, apparently, similar shenanigans are going on in Indiana, from whence their Dems have also taken shelter in Illinois to prevent a quorum on a union-busting vote. Sounds like isomorphic behavior on the part of power-mad Tea party governors. [...]
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Here’s Republican State Rep. Jeff Stone, Gov. Scott Walker’s hand-picked choice to succeed Walker as Milwaukee County Executive, explaining how he doesn’t agree with Gov. Walker’s proposal to eliminate virtually all collective bargaining for public employees (emphasis mine): “I understand it’s a major issue to the unions,” Stone said. “It’s not necessarily the way I [...] Steve King, a member of the national GOP’s executive committee from Wisconsin, explains that Gov. Walker’s proposal to eliminate collective bargaining, union dues collection, and union membership for public employees is really all about weakening the Democratic Party, not about balancing the state’d budget deficit: “For Republicans, conservatives, this was I think somewhat of a [...] Yesterday Milwaukee County Supervisor candidate Jason Haas called out his opponent, Steve Kraeger, for backing Gov. Scott Walker’s fiscal policies while still claiming he can get the Hoan Bridge rebuilt ahead of schedule. “My opponent wants to have it both ways,” Haas said. “The reality is we cannot rebuild the Hoan Bridge overnight while simultaneously [...] Watch as Bill O’Reilly of Fox News shows footage of the “violent” Wisconsin protests: While O’Reilly really really wants viewers to believe those violent protests are in Madison, the palm trees kinda give it away, because the last time I checked there weren’t palm trees outside the state Capitol – or anywhere else in Wisconsin [...] We’re seriously bordering on becoming a police state… Senate Republicans Thursday ordered the arrest of their 14 Democratic colleagues, who fled the state two weeks ago to avoid a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget repair bill. It’s unclear whether the resolution to force the senators back to the Capitol is constitutional. The state [...] |
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