Day: April 29, 2011

According to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal, at least two-thirds of Madison teachers were absent for at least one day of a union-organized four day absence back in February to protest Republican Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to curb public sector collective bargaining. According to the Madison School District,…

The following is a guest blog by Blogging Blue commenter Steve Carlson: At his recent town hall meeting in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, Congressman Sean Duffy told me that when I had my own town hall meeting I could get up and give a presentation. http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/25/sean-duffy-loses-cool/ Yes, that’s me in the…

The wave of “tea party” republicans who swept to massive wins all over the country in the last election is “coming home to roost” (for lack of a better term). We see it up close and personal in Wisconsin with Scott Walkers war on labor and education, now it is…

Earlier today I wrote about County Executive Chris Abele’s veto of a measure approved by the County Board that would have spent $1.2 million on decorative glass and aluminum panels for the exterior of the O’Donnell Park garage, and I noted that supervisors had supported the measure by a vote…